Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 9. It covers the central, southern, and eastern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis. [1]
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Lars Schütze of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
As of the 2019 state election, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II covers the central, southern, and eastern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Langensalza, Bad Tennstedt, Ballhausen, Blankenburg, Bothenheilingen, Bruchstedt, Großvargula, Haussömmern, Herbsleben, Hornsömmern, Issersheilingen, Kammerforst, Kirchheilingen, Kleinwelsbach, Körner, Kutzleben, Marolterode, Mittelsömmern, Mühlhausen/Thüringen (without Bollstedt, Grabe, Höngeda and Seebach), Neunheilingen, Obermehler, Oppershausen, Schlotheim, Schönstedt, Sundhausen, Tottleben, Unstrut-Hainich, Urleben, and Vogtei. [1]
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Peter Bonitz (1994–2004) and Annette Lehmann (2004–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Lars Schütze.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Peter Bonitz | CDU | 42.1 | |
1999 | 49.6 | |||
2004 | Annette Lehmann | CDU | 41.5 | |
2009 | 30.0 | |||
2014 | 40.2 | |||
2019 | Lars Schütze | AfD | 27.3 |
State election (2019): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Lars Schütze | 6,964 | 27.3 | 6,663 | 26.1 | 15.5 | |||
CDU | Jane Croll | 6,592 | 25.9 | 14.3 | 5,594 | 21.9 | 10.4 | ||
Left | Cordula Eger | 6,570 | 25.8 | 6.2 | 7,611 | 29.8 | 2.0 | ||
SPD | Jörg Klupak | 2,566 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 2,192 | 8.6 | 5.6 | ||
FDP | Alexander Kappe | 1,412 | 5.5 | 1,288 | 5.0 | 2.1 | |||
Green | Judith Keidel | 1,289 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 913 | 3.6 | 0.7 | ||
MLPD | Edeltraud König | 71 | 0.3 | 73 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,187 | 4.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 446 | 389 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,464 | 25,521 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,910 | 62.8 | 12.0 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 372 | 1.4 |
State election (2014): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Annette Lehmann | 8,588 | 40.2 | 10.2 | 6,987 | 32.3 | 1.0 | ||
Left | Cordula Eger | 6,846 | 32.0 | 6.6 | 6,003 | 27.8 | 1.6 | ||
SPD | Sandy Kirchner | 3,533 | 16.5 | 3.7 | 3,063 | 14.2 | 5.1 | ||
AfD | 2,285 | 10.6 | |||||||
NPD | Monique Möller | 1,290 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 918 | 4.3 | 0.1 | ||
Green | Carsten Meyer | 1,117 | 5.2 | 919 | 4.3 | 0.2 | |||
List-only parties | 1,425 | 6.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 579 | 353 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,374 | 21,600 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,953 | 50.8 | 4.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,742 | 8.2 | 3.6 |
State election (2009): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Annette Lehmann | 7,396 | 30.0 | 11.5 | 7,762 | 31.3 | 12.9 | ||
Left | Benno Lemke | 6,277 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 6,498 | 26.2 | 0.5 | ||
SPD | Walter Pilger | 4,984 | 20.2 | 4.9 | 4,788 | 19.3 | 4.3 | ||
FDP | Christina Lange | 3,053 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 2,387 | 9.6 | 5.6 | ||
Free Voters | Hans-Martin Menge | 1,910 | 7.7 | 1,033 | 4.2 | 2.5 | |||
NPD | Jonny Albrecht | 1,046 | 4.2 | 1,086 | 4.4 | 2.7 | |||
Green | 1,026 | 4.1 | 1.5 | ||||||
List-only parties | 181 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 683 | 588 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 24,666 | 24,761 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,349 | 55.3 | 1.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,119 | 4.6 | 9.2 |
State election (2004): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Annette Lehmann | 9,792 | 41.5 | 8.2 | 10,559 | 44.2 | 6.8 | ||
PDS | Benno Lemke | 6,526 | 27.7 | 6.8 | 6,363 | 26.7 | 7.8 | ||
SPD | Eckhard Ohl | 5,932 | 25.1 | 0.0 | 3,590 | 15.0 | 6.1 | ||
FDP | Friedrich-Wilhelm Emmerich | 1,338 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 954 | 4.0 | 2.6 | ||
List-only parties | 2,406 | 10.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,659 | 1,375 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,588 | 23,872 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,247 | 53.6 | 6.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,266 | 13.8 | 10.7 |
State election (1999): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Peter Bonitz | 13,470 | 49.6 | 7.5 | 13,982 | 50.9 | 7.0 | ||
SPD | Klaus Borck | 6,823 | 25.1 | 10.9 | 5,783 | 21.1 | 12.0 | ||
PDS | Rainer Preuß | 5,702 | 21.0 | 8.8 | 5,205 | 19.0 | 5.8 | ||
FDP | Eberhard Schmidt | 684 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 387 | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
Green | Michael Hüge | 471 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 336 | 1.2 | 2.3 | ||
List-only parties | 1,768 | 6.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 763 | 452 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,150 | 27,461 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,913 | 60.1 | 15.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 6,647 | 24.5 | 18.4 |
State election (1994): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Peter Bonitz | 13,844 | 42.1 | 14,506 | 43.9 | ||||
SPD | 11,856 | 36.0 | 10,950 | 33.1 | |||||
PDS | 4,023 | 12.2 | 4,344 | 13.2 | |||||
FDP | 1,742 | 5.3 | 1,271 | 3.8 | |||||
Green | 1,248 | 3.8 | 1,142 | 3.5 | |||||
DSU | 197 | 0.6 | 182 | 0.6 | |||||
List-only parties | 639 | 1.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,148 | 1,024 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,910 | 33,034 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,058 | 75.1 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 1,988 | 6.1 |
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