Schmalkalden-Meiningen II

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]

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.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Andreas Trautvetter	CDU	50.1
	1999	Jens Goebel		53.6
	2004			37.5
	2009	Manfred Hellmann	The Left	27.6
	2014	Christina Liebetrau	CDU	42.0
	2019	René Aust	AfD	24.2
	2024	Jan Abicht		39.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Jan Abicht		10,867	39.8	15.6	9,880	35.9	11.5
	CDU	Stefan Tanneberger		7,641	28.0	5.2	5,866	21.3	0.9
	BSW						4,899	17.8
	Left	Ronald Hande		3,445	12.6	7.0	3,117	11.3	19.1
	SPD	Carsten Feller		2,703	9.9	13.4	1,641	6.0	4.1
	FW	Monique Avemarg		2,292	8.4		521	1.9
	Greens						437	1.6	2.0
	FDP	Stefanie Gorzize		353	1.3	4.7	390	1.4	3.2
	APT						278	1.0
	BD						127	0.5
	Familie						119	0.4
	Values						109	0.4
	Pirates						98	0.4
	ÖDP						52	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						22	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				443			188
Total valid votes				27,301			27,556
Turnout				27,744	72.0	9.6
	AfD hold		Majority	3,226	11.8	10.9

2019 election

State election (2019): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	René Aust		6,097	24.2		6,157	24.4	14.8
	SPD	Frank Ullrich		5,877	23.3	6.0	2,546	10.1	3.5
	CDU	N Christina Liebetrau		5,736	22.8	19.2	5,606	22.2	14.2
	Left	Ronald Hande		4,927	19.6	6.9	7,667	30.4	4.4
	FDP	Gerald Ullrich		1,499	6.0		1,171	4.6	2.1
	Greens	Mario Urbach		1,008	4.0	1.6	905	3.6	0.5
	MLPD	Christopher Sengfelder		33	0.1		66	0.3
	List-only parties						1,131	4.5
Informal votes				346			274
Total valid votes				25,177			25,249
Turnout				25,523	62.4	10.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	220	0.9

2014 election

State election (2014): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Christina Liebetrau		9,417	42.0	17.4	8,208	36.4	5.4
	Left	Ronald Hande [a]		5,947	26.5	1.1	5,860	26.0	1.1
	SPD	Stephan Danz		3,878	17.3	0.8	3,058	13.6	4.4
	AfD						2,161	9.6
	NPD	Andreas Kunze		1,371	6.1	1.8	1,067	4.7	0.0
	Greens	Simon Eckhard		1,249	5.6	2.2	917	4.1	0.0
	Pirates	Jan Schrenke		552	2.5		248	1.1
	List-only parties						1,046	4.6
Informal votes				570			419
Total valid votes				22,414			22,565
Turnout				22,984	52.2	2.3
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	3,470	15.5

2009 election

State election (2009): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Manfred Hellmann		7,238	27.6	9.4	7,136	27.1	2.3
	CDU	N Jens Goebel		6,485	24.7	12.8	8,158	31.0	3.0
	SPD	Claudia Scheerschmidt		4,711	18.0	1.5	4,695	17.9	6.2
	Free Voters	Ronny Römhild		3,471	13.2		1,761	6.7	10.7
	FDP	Lutz Recknagel		2,279	8.7	0.3	2,037	7.7	3.5
	NPD	Hendrik Tilmann Heller		1,171	4.5		1,262	4.8	3.8
	Greens	Alexander Keiner		884	3.4		1,060	4.0	1.2
	List-only parties						187	0.7
Informal votes				605			548
Total valid votes				26,239			26,296
Turnout				26,844	54.8	3.9
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	753	2.9

2004 election

State election (2004): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Jens Goebel		10,361	37.5	16.1	9,642	34.0	19.4
	PDS	Karl Koch		10,220	37.0	17.3	7,049	24.8	4.6
	Free Voters						4,945	17.4
	SPD	Mario Heyer		4,552	16.5	4.3	3,316	11.7	5.6
	FDP	Lutz Rüdiger Recknagel		2,474	9.0	6.8	1,201	4.2	2.8
	List-only parties						2,246	7.9
Informal votes				2,038			1,246
Total valid votes				27,607			28,399
Turnout				29,645	58.7	1.8
	CDU hold		Majority	141	0.5	32.3

1999 election

State election (1999): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Jens Goebel		16,173	53.6	3.6	16,172	53.4	6.1
	SPD	Peter Hammen		6,291	20.8	5.0	5,249	17.3	10.5
	PDS	Karl Koch		5,945	19.7	5.6	6,123	20.2	6.1
	FDP	Peter Wolf		678	2.2	2.3	430	1.4	2.7
	Greens	Beate Bach		565	1.9	3.7	419	1.4	2.7
	REP	Roswitha Koch		543	1.8		166	0.5	0.7
	List-only parties						1,736	5.7
Informal votes				572			472
Total valid votes				30,195			30,295
Turnout				30,767	60.5	15.2
	CDU hold		Majority	9,882	32.8	8.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II [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	Andreas Trautvetter		18,871	50.1		18,029	47.5
	SPD			9,724	25.8		10,554	27.8
	PDS			5,274	14.0		5,298	14.0
	Greens			2,106	5.6		1,525	4.0
	FDP			1,676	4.5		1,520	4.0
	List-only parties						1,033	2.7
Informal votes				1,647			1,339
Total valid votes				37,651			37,959
Turnout				39,298	75.7
	CDU win new seat		Majority	9,147	24.3

Notes

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

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
2. "Wahlen in Thüringen". wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
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