Sonneberg I

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Sonneberg 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 19. It covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, including the city of Sonneberg. [1]

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Sonneberg I was created for the 1994 Thuringian state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Sonneberg I covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Bachfeld, Föritztal, Frankenblick, Schalkau, and Sonneberg. [1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Christine Zitzmann, who served from 1994 to 2009. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Christine Zitzmann CDU 37.0
1999 50.3
2004 45.1
2009 Beate Meißner CDU 43.2
2014 48.1
2019 41.5

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Beate Meißner8,58441.5Decrease2.svg 6.65,61127.1Decrease2.svg 10.5
AfD Robert Sesselmann5,67027.45,65127.3Increase2.svg 16.0
Left Knut Korschewsky4,24320.5Decrease2.svg 10.25,88028.4Decrease2.svg 1.5
SPD Petra Lenk1,0114.9Decrease2.svg 8.21,2586.1Decrease2.svg 4.7
Greens Beate Kittel5512.7Decrease2.svg 1.46803.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP Christian Wollny3761.85522.7Increase2.svg 1.1
ÖDP Martin Truckenbrodt1950.91690.8
MLPD Andreas Eifler540.3650.3
List-only parties8454.1
Informal votes256229
Total Valid votes20,68420,711
Turnout 20,94061.4Increase2.svg 14.8
CDU holdMajority2,91414.1Decrease2.svg 3.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Beate Meißner7,50548.1Increase2.svg 4.95,92337.6Increase2.svg 3.0
Left Knut Korschewsky4,78730.7Decrease2.svg 3.54,71429.9Decrease2.svg 3.4
AfD  1,78611.3
SPD David-Christian Eckardt2,04913.1Decrease2.svg 5.01,70610.8Decrease2.svg 4.6
Greens Filip Heinlein6384.15623.6Increase2.svg 0.2
NPD Frank Neubert6304.0Decrease2.svg 0.54252.7Decrease2.svg 1.7
List-only parties6514.1
Informal votes374216
Total Valid votes15,60915,767
Turnout 15,98346.6Decrease2.svg 5.8
CDU holdMajority2,71817.4Increase2.svg 8.4

2009 election

State election (2009): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Beate Meißner8,07543.2Decrease2.svg 1.96,52534.6Decrease2.svg 8.8
Left Michael Gerstenberger6,37834.2Increase2.svg 7.06,27833.3Increase2.svg 5.3
SPD David-Christian Eckardt3,38018.1Increase2.svg 2.22,90715.4Increase2.svg 0.3
NPD Mike Steiner8404.58314.4Increase2.svg 3.8
FDP  1,1195.9Increase2.svg 2.7
Greens  6423.4Increase2.svg 0.6
List-only parties5432.9
Informal votes466294
Total Valid votes18,67318,845
Turnout 19,13952.4Increase2.svg 2.7
CDU holdMajority1,6979.0Decrease2.svg 8.9

2004 election

State election (2004): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Christine Zitzmann8,09945.1Decrease2.svg 5.27,84043.4Decrease2.svg 3.5
PDS Christoph Schwarze4,88327.2Increase2.svg 4.85,07028.0Increase2.svg 4.0
SPD David-Christian Eckardt2,85215.9Decrease2.svg 7.72,72515.1Decrease2.svg 4.4
FDP Frank Laaser1,0786.05853.2Increase2.svg 1.8
Independent Ringo Muggenthaler1,0595.9
List-only parties1,85710.3
Informal votes945839
Total Valid votes17,97118,077
Turnout 18,91649.7Decrease2.svg 7.3
CDU holdMajority3,21617.9Decrease2.svg 8.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Christine Zitzmann10,74550.3Increase2.svg 13.310,10846.9Increase2.svg 7.8
SPD David-Christian Eckardt5,05123.6Decrease2.svg 11.04,19819.5Decrease2.svg 13.1
PDS Almuth Beck4,77722.4Increase2.svg 3.75,17824.0Increase2.svg 6.4
REP Ulf Schmidt7993.72781.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
List-only parties1,7798.3
Informal votes475306
Total Valid votes21,37221,541
Turnout 21,84757.0Decrease2.svg 19.3
CDU holdMajority5,69426.7Increase2.svg 24.3

1994 election

State election (1994): Sonneberg 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Christine Zitzmann10,37337.011,01739.1
SPD 9,70834.69,19832.6
PDS 5,25618.74,97317.6
FDP 1,4955.31,1514.1
Greens 1,2374.49853.5
List-only parties8543.0
Informal votes915806
Total Valid votes28,06928,178
Turnout 28,98476.2
CDU win new seatMajority6652.4

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