Schmalkalden-Meiningen I

Schmalkalden-Meiningen I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 12. It covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. ^[1]

Schmalkalden-Meiningen I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Vivien Rottstedt of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Schmalkalden-Meiningen I covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Belrieth, Birx, Christes, Dillstädt, Einhausen, Ellingshausen, Erbenhausen, Frankenheim/Rhön, Friedelshausen, Grabfeld (only Wölfershausen), Kaltennordheim (only Aschenhausen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Melpers, Mittelsdorf, Oberkatz und Unterweid), Kühndorf, Leutersdorf, Mehmels, Meiningen, Neubrunn, Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Oberweid, Rhönblick, Rippershausen, Ritschenhausen, Rohr, Schwallungen, Schwarza, Stepfershausen, Sülzfeld, Untermaßfeld, Utendorf, Vachdorf, Wasungen, and Zella-Mehlis (only Benshausen). ^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Adalbert Bauch, who served from 1994 to 1999. From 1999 until 2024, it was represented by Michael Heym. In the 2024 election, Vivien Rottstedt of Alternative for Germany gained the seat.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Adalbert Bauch	CDU	43.8
	1999	Michael Heym	CDU	50.7
	2004			44.3
	2009			34.2
	2014			39.4
	2019			26.3
	2024	Vivien Rottstedt	AfD	37.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [2]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Vivien Rottstedt		11,867	37.4	14.4	11,200	35.0	12.3
	CDU	Erik Thürmer		9,141	28.8	2.5	6,930	21.7	1.5
	BSW						5,286	16.5
	SPD	Janine Merz		4,945	15.6	2.7	2,407	7.5	3.1
	Greens						594	1.9	2.8
	Left	Patrick Beier		3,171	10.1	10.1	3,571	11.2	18.6
	FW	Anne-Kathrin Westhäuser		1,763	5.6		733	2.3
	Pirates	Christian Horn		449	1.4	0.1	137	0.4	0.2
	FDP	Alexander Andree		361	1.1	2.0	309	1.0	2.7
	APT						274	0.9	0.2
	Values						167	0.5
	Familie						145	0.5
	BD						137	0.4
	ÖDP						64	0.2	0.3
	MLPD						29	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				540			254
Total valid votes				31,697			31,983
Turnout				32,237	73.0	9.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	2,726	8.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Heym		7,480	26.3	13.1	6,600	23.2	11.9
	AfD	Klaus Tumma		6,539	23.0		6,474	22.7	13.1
	Left	Patrick Beier		5,758	20.2	4.4	8,501	29.8	4.0
	SPD	Janine Merz [a]		5,195	18.3	0.6	3,022	10.6	4.5
	Greens	Ulrich Töpfer		2,084	7.3	1.7	1,349	4.7	0.4
	FDP	Stefanie Gorzize		889	3.1	0.1	1,068	3.7	1.8
	Pirates	Christian Horn		436	1.5		170	0.6	0.3
	MLPD	Georg Thümmler		67	0.2		93	0.3
	List-only parties						1,208	4.2
Informal votes				372			335
Total valid votes				28,448			28,485
Turnout				28,820	63.3	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	941	3.3	11.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Heym		10,420	39.4	6.9	9,360	35.1	3.7
	Left	Maik Nothnagel		6,523	24.6	1.9	6,879	25.8	3.4
	SPD	Rolf Baumann		5,002	18.9	2.2	4,020	15.1	3.6
	AfD						2,560	9.6
	Greens	Ulrich Töpfer		2,373	9.0	0.3	1,347	5.1	0.8
	NPD	Sven Dietsch		1,353	5.1	1.3	1,161	4.4	0.4
	FDP	Jens Graf		800	3.0	3.4	503	1.9	4.7
	List-only parties						822	3.1
Informal votes				695			514
Total valid votes				26,471			26,652
Turnout				27,166	56.6	2.9
	CDU hold		Majority	3,897	14.8	8.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Heym		9,552	34.2	10.1	9,076	32.4	9.8
	Left	Maik Nothnagel		7,243	25.9	2.8	7,991	28.5	1.3
	SPD	Rolf Baumann		4,577	16.4	1.0	5,202	18.6	3.2
	Greens	Ulrich Töpfer		2,447	8.7	2.2	1,654	5.9	1.8
	FDP	Peter Casper		1,742	6.2	1.0	1,835	6.6	2.9
	Free Voters	Jörg Fürst		1,400	5.0		988	3.5	1.1
	NPD	Michael Ranft		1,009	3.6		1,063	3.8	2.6
	List-only parties						202	0.7
Informal votes				486			445
Total valid votes				27,970			28,011
Turnout				28,456	53.3	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	2,309	8.3	7.3

2004 election

State election (2004): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Michael Heym		11,909	44.3	6.4	11,434	42.2	8.9
	PDS	Maik Nothnagel		7,714	28.7	6.9	7,361	27.2	4.6
	SPD	Rolf Baumann		4,147	15.4	4.3	4,159	15.4	2.7
	Greens	Ulrich Töpfer		1,747	6.5	1.9	1,109	4.1	2.1
	FDP	Peter Casper		1,388	5.2	4.0	1,002	3.7	2.9
	List-only parties						2,010	7.4
Informal votes				1,232			1,062
Total valid votes				26,905			27,075
Turnout				28,137	51.4	7.4
	CDU hold		Majority	4,195	15.6	13.3

1999 election

State election (1999): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Heym		15,964	50.7	6.6	16,126	51.1	6.7
	PDS	Fritz Wilhelm Jackstädt		6,872	21.8	4.7	7,130	22.6	5.8
	SPD	Rolf Baumann		6,194	19.7	7.4	5,706	18.1	9.7
	Greens	Ulrich Töpfer		1,433	4.6	2.4	636	2.0	3.0
	REP	Herbert Schüller		623	2.0		227	0.7	0.5
	FDP	Bernhard Hille		379	1.2	3.4	255	0.8	2.1
	List-only parties						1,464	4.6
Informal votes				516			437
Total valid votes				31,465			31,544
Turnout				31,981	58.8	17.8
	CDU hold		Majority	9,092	28.9	11.9

1994 election

State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I [8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Adalbert Bauch		16,545	43.8		16,859	44.1
	SPD			10,230	27.1		10,654	27.8
	PDS			6,548	17.3		6,499	17.0
	Greens			2,685	7.1		1,926	5.0
	FDP			1,774	4.7		1,116	2.9
	List-only parties						1,201	3.1
Informal votes				1,558			1,085
Total valid votes				37,782			38,255
Turnout				39,340	76.4
	CDU win new seat		Majority	6,315	16.7

Notes

1. Merz entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Heike Taubert in June 2020.

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
2. https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=012&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
3. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
6. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
8. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994