Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I

Last updated November 29, 2023

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 8. It covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Anrode, Dünwald, Menteroda, Mühlhausen/Thüringen (excluding Bollstedt, Grabe, Höngeda und Seebach), Rodeberg, Südeichsfeld, and Unstruttal.^[1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Thomas Kretschmer, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Elke Holzapfel (2009–2019) and Jonas Urbach (2019–present).

	Member	Party	%
1994	Thomas Kretschmer	CDU	44.3
1999			53.1
2004			49.7
2009	Elke Holzapfel	CDU	31.3
2014	Elke Holzapfel	CDU	36.2
2019	Jonas Urbach	CDU	31.1

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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	%	±%
	CDU	Jonas Urbach		7,878	31.1	5.1	6,500	25.6	9.1
	AfD	Thomas Gröger		5,958	23.5	10.9	5,823	23.0	11.4
	Left	Steffen Thormann		5,625	22.2	1.2	6,941	27.4	3.0
	SPD	Oleg Shevchenko		3,124	12.3	5.1	2,441	9.6	5.5
	Greens	Tino Gaßmann		1,497	5.9	0.1	1,143	4.5	0.5
	FDP	Gerald Werner Schmidt		1,238	4.9	2.2	1,306	5.1	2.6
	List-only parties						1,209	4.8
Informal votes				416			373
Total Valid votes				25,320			25,363
Turnout				25,736	60.2	11.1
	CDU hold		Majority	1,920	7.6	5.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 Elke Holzapfel		7,837	36.2	4.9	7,509	34.7	0.9
	Left	Jörg Kubitzki		5,057	23.4	0.1	5,286	24.4	0.2
	SPD	Holger Poppenhäger		3,764	17.4	2.7	3,272	15.1	5.0
	AfD	Detlef Schiller		2,715	12.6		2,520	11.6
	Greens	Tino Gaßmann		1,246	5.8	0.8	1,079	5.0	0.2
	FDP	Steffen Dreiling		581	2.7	5.4	542	2.5	5.4
	NPD	Marvin Schiel		425	2.0	1.3	580	2.7	0.5
	List-only parties						875	4.0
Informal votes				335			297
Total Valid votes				21,625			21,663
Turnout				21,960	49.1	6.6
	CDU hold		Majority	2,780	12.8	5.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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	Elke Holzapfel		7,957	31.3	18.4	8,623	33.8	16.0
	Left	Jörg Kubitzki		5,973	23.5	1.6	6,265	24.6	2.4
	SPD	Bernd Münzberg		5,123	20.1	3.4	5,124	20.1	5.5
	Free Voters	Karl-Josef Montag		2,200	8.7		1,267	5.0	2.4
	FDP	Steffen Dreiling		2,064	8.1	4.1	2,023	7.9	4.9
	Greens	Knut Ewers		1,276	5.0	0.6	1,233	4.8	1.8
	NPD	Sebastian Böde		839	3.3		810	3.2	1.7
	List-only parties						170	0.7
Informal votes				516			433
Total Valid votes				25,432			25,515
Turnout				25,948	55.7	4.1
	CDU hold		Majority	1,984	7.8	16.8

2004 election

State election (2004): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 Thomas Kretschmer		11,498	49.7	3.3	11,702	49.8	4.2
	PDS	Jörg Kubitzki		5,804	25.1	6.0	5,215	22.2	4.1
	SPD	Walter Pilger		3,873	16.7	6.0	3,436	14.6	6.3
	Greens	Bernward Seipel		1,021	4.4	2.5	713	3.0	1.5
	FDP	Wolfgang Schwarzmann		930	4.0	2.4	708	3.0	2.2
	List-only parties						1,738	7.4
Informal votes				1,406			1,020
Total Valid votes				23,126			23,512
Turnout				24,532	51.6	9.1
	CDU hold		Majority	5,694	24.6	5.7

1999 election

State election (1999): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 Thomas Kretschmer		15,431	53.1	8.8	15,813	54.0	8.7
	SPD	Christine Eisenhut		6,622	22.8	10.6	6,135	21.0	11.6
	PDS	Benno Lemke		5,521	19.0	6.2	5,290	18.1	4.7
	Greens	Bernward Seipel		542	1.9	2.2	440	1.5	1.9
	REP	Andreas Bohne		513	1.8		150	0.5	0.3
	FDP	Dietrich Hose		450	1.5	3.0	247	0.8	2.0
	List-only parties						1,197	4.1
Informal votes				554			361
Total Valid votes				29,079			29,272
Turnout				29,633	60.5	16.1
	CDU hold		Majority	8,809	30.3	19.4

1994 election

State election (1994): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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	Thomas Kretschmer		16,091	44.3		16,510	45.3
	SPD			12,144	33.4		11,891	32.6
	PDS			4,654	12.8		4,880	13.4
	FDP			1,651	4.5		1,015	2.8
	Greens			1,492	4.1		1,245	3.4
	DSU			307	0.8		118	0.3
	List-only parties						810	2.2
Informal votes				1,117			987
Total Valid votes				36,339			36,469
Turnout				37,456	76.6
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,947	10.9

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[Area-1] 1 2 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".

[2] Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019

[3] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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