Schmalkalden-Meiningen II

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Schmalkalden-Meiningen II 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 13. It covers the northern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. [1]

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Schmalkalden-Meiningen II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by René Aust of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Schmalkalden-Meiningen II covers the northern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Breitungen/Werra, Brotterode-Trusetal, Fambach, Floh-Seligenthal, Rosa, Roßdorf, Schmalkalden, and Steinbach-Hallenberg. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Andreas Trautvetter (1994–1999) and Jens Goebel (1999–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and was represented by Manfred Hellmann. The CDU's candidate Christina Liebetrau regained the constituency in 2014. It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by René Aust.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Andreas Trautvetter CDU 50.1
1999 Jens Goebel CDU 53.6
2004 37.5
2009 Manfred Hellmann The Left 27.6
2014 Christina Liebetrau CDU 42.0
2019 René Aust AfD 24.2

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
AfD René Aust6,09724.26,15724.4Increase2.svg 14.8
SPD Frank Ullrich5,87723.3Increase2.svg 6.02,54610.1Decrease2.svg 3.5
CDU Red x.svgN Christina Liebetrau5,73622.8Decrease2.svg 19.25,60622.2Decrease2.svg 14.2
Left Ronald Hande4,92719.6Decrease2.svg 6.97,66730.4Increase2.svg 4.4
FDP Gerald Ullrich1,4996.01,1714.6Increase2.svg 2.1
Green Mario Urbach1,0084.0Decrease2.svg 1.69053.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
MLPD Christopher Sengfelder330.1660.3
List-only parties1,1314.5
Informal votes346274
Total Valid votes25,17725,249
Turnout 25,52362.4Increase2.svg 10.2
AfD gain from CDU Majority2200.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Christina Liebetrau9,41742.0Increase2.svg 17.48,20836.4Increase2.svg 5.4
Left Ronald Hande [lower-alpha 1] 5,94726.5Decrease2.svg 1.15,86026.0Decrease2.svg 1.1
SPD Stephan Danz3,87817.3Decrease2.svg 0.83,05813.6Decrease2.svg 4.4
AfD  2,1619.6
NPD Andreas Kunze1,3716.1Increase2.svg 1.81,0674.7Steady2.svg 0.0
Green Simon Eckhard1,2495.6Increase2.svg 2.29174.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates Jan Schrenke5522.52481.1
List-only parties1,0464.6
Informal votes570419
Total Valid votes22,41422,565
Turnout 22,98452.2Decrease2.svg 2.3
CDU gain from Left Majority3,47015.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Manfred Hellmann7,23827.6Decrease2.svg 9.47,13627.1Increase2.svg 2.3
CDU Red x.svgN Jens Goebel6,48524.7Decrease2.svg 12.88,15831.0Decrease2.svg 3.0
SPD Claudia Scheerschmidt4,71118.0Increase2.svg 1.54,69517.9Increase2.svg 6.2
Free VotersRonny Römhild3,47113.21,7616.7Decrease2.svg 10.7
FDP Lutz Recknagel2,2798.7Decrease2.svg 0.32,0377.7Increase2.svg 3.5
NPD Hendrik Tilmann Heller1,1714.51,2624.8Increase2.svg 3.8
Green Alexander Keiner8843.41,0604.0Increase2.svg 1.2
List-only parties1870.7
Informal votes605548
Total Valid votes26,23926,296
Turnout 26,84454.8Decrease2.svg 3.9
Left gain from CDU Majority7532.9

2004 election

State election (2004): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Jens Goebel10,36137.5Decrease2.svg 16.19,64234.0Decrease2.svg 19.4
PDS Karl Koch10,22037.0Increase2.svg 17.37,04924.8Increase2.svg 4.6
Free Voters4,94517.4
SPD Mario Heyer4,55216.5Decrease2.svg 4.33,31611.7Decrease2.svg 5.6
FDP Lutz Rüdiger Recknagel2,4749.0Increase2.svg 6.81,2014.2Increase2.svg 2.8
List-only parties2,2467.9
Informal votes2,0381,246
Total Valid votes27,60728,399
Turnout 29,64558.7Decrease2.svg 1.8
CDU holdMajority1410.5Decrease2.svg 32.3

1999 election

State election (1999): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Jens Goebel16,17353.6Increase2.svg 3.616,17253.4Increase2.svg 6.1
SPD Peter Hammen6,29120.8Decrease2.svg 5.05,24917.3Decrease2.svg 10.5
PDS Karl Koch5,94519.7Increase2.svg 5.66,12320.2Increase2.svg 6.1
FDP Peter Wolf6782.2Decrease2.svg 2.34301.4Decrease2.svg 2.7
Green Beate Bach5651.9Decrease2.svg 3.74191.4Decrease2.svg 2.7
REP Roswitha Koch5431.81660.5Decrease2.svg 0.7
List-only parties1,7365.7
Informal votes572472
Total Valid votes30,19530,295
Turnout 30,76760.5Decrease2.svg 15.2
CDU holdMajority9,88232.8Increase2.svg 8.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Andreas Trautvetter18,87150.118,02947.5
SPD 9,72425.810,55427.8
PDS 5,27414.05,29814.0
Green 2,1065.61,5254.0
FDP 1,6764.51,5204.0
List-only parties1,0332.7
Informal votes1,6471,339
Total Valid votes37,65137,959
Turnout 39,29875.7
CDU win new seatMajority9,14724.3

Notes

  1. Hande entered the Landtag on the Left list after the resignation of Birgit Klaubert in March 2015.

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