Wartburgkreis III

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Wartburgkreis III 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 7. It covers the northern part of Wartburgkreis. [1]

Contents

Wartburgkreis III was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Marcus Malsch of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis III covers the northern part of Wartburgkreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Liebenstein, Barchfeld-Immelborn, Berka vor dem Hainich, Bischofroda, Creuzburg, Ebenshausen, Frankenroda, Hallungen, Hörselberg-Hainich, Krauthausen, Lauterbach, Mihla, Moorgrund, Nazza, Ruhla, Seebach, Treffurt, and Wutha-Farnroda. [1]

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Werner Grünert, who served from 1994 to 1999, followed by Gustav Bergemann (1999–2014) and Marcus Malsch (2014–present).

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Werner Grünert CDU 40.3
1999 Gustav Bergemann CDU 47.7
2004 43.3
2009 34.6
2014 Marcus Malsch CDU 37.0
2019 29.0
2024 46.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Wartburgkreis III [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  9,80635.3Increase2.svg 11.4
CDU Green check.svgY Marcus Malsch11,05746.3Increase2.svg 17.36,84624.6Increase2.svg 2.1
BSW  4,37515.7
FW Andreas Boehme5,14521.6Increase2.svg 18.74601.7
Left Torsten Because3,67515.4Decrease2.svg 9.43,25511.7Decrease2.svg 19.6
SPD Katja Böhler2,89012.1Increase2.svg 3.31,5415.5Decrease2.svg 2.8
Greens  4531.6Decrease2.svg 2.2
APT  3041.1Steady2.svg
FDP Matthias Fallenstein1,0984.6Increase2.svg 0.72951.1Decrease2.svg 3.3
BD  1250.4
Familie  1120.4
Values  1090.4
Pirates  600.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  300.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
MLPD  220.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Informal votes4,297369
Total valid votes23,86527,793
Turnout 28,16274.1Increase2.svg 8.4
CDU holdMajority5,91224.7Increase2.svg 21.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Wartburgkreis III [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 Marcus Malsch7,97129.0Decrease2.svg 8.06,20422.5Decrease2.svg 11.4
AfD Klaus Stöber6,94425.36,57623.9Increase2.svg 14.9
Left Anke Wirsing6,79924.8Decrease2.svg 4.48,62831.3Increase2.svg 3.6
SPD Lutz Kromke2,4248.8Decrease2.svg 7.82,2738.3Decrease2.svg 5.6
Greens Elias Bohn1,3434.9Increase2.svg 0.61,0503.8Decrease2.svg 0.8
FDP Sebastian Bethge1,0793.9Increase2.svg 1.41,2224.4Increase2.svg 2.1
Free VotersAndreas Böhme7922.9Decrease2.svg 2.2
MLPD Joachim Gärtner990.4760.3
List-only parties1,5145.5
Informal votes479387
Total valid votes27,45127,543
Turnout 27,93065.7Increase2.svg 12.0
CDU holdMajority1,0273.7Decrease2.svg 4.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Wartburgkreis III [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 Marcus Malsch8,69537.0Increase2.svg 2.48,01531.3Increase2.svg 2.6
Left Hans-Jörg Lessig6,87329.2Increase2.svg 5.16,54827.7Increase2.svg 1.3
SPD Matthias Kehr3,89616.6Decrease2.svg 1.93,29013.9Decrease2.svg 6.7
AfD  2,1369.0
NPD Hendrik Tilmann Heller1,2735.4Increase2.svg 0.31,1184.7Decrease2.svg 0.2
Free VotersAndreas Böhme1,1965.1Decrease2.svg 2.35202.2Decrease2.svg 2.6
Greens Danilo Saft1,0024.3Decrease2.svg 1.01,0924.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
FDP Fred Leise5842.5Decrease2.svg 2.65452.3Decrease2.svg 3.8
List-only parties3531.5
Informal votes473375
Total valid votes23,51923,617
Turnout 23,99253.7Decrease2.svg 2.6
CDU holdMajority1,8227.8Decrease2.svg 2.7

2009 election

State election (2009): Wartburgkreis III [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 Gustav Bergemann9,09134.6Decrease2.svg 8.78,26031.3Decrease2.svg 11.4
Left Sascha Bilay6,33324.1Decrease2.svg 5.26,95326.4Increase2.svg 0.3
SPD Sabine Doht4,85318.5Decrease2.svg 0.25,44220.6Increase2.svg 4.5
Free VotersAndreas Böhme1,9347.41,2624.8Increase2.svg 1.2
Greens Danilo Saft1,4025.3Increase2.svg 1.41,3425.1Increase2.svg 1.3
NPD Karsten Höhn1,3355.11,2994.9Increase2.svg 3.9
FDP Fred Leise1,3285.1Increase2.svg 0.41,6086.1Increase2.svg 3.0
List-only parties1880.7
Informal votes605527
Total valid votes26,27626,354
Turnout 26,88156.3Increase2.svg 1.3
CDU holdMajority2,75810.5Decrease2.svg 2.5

2004 election

State election (2004): Wartburgkreis III [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 Gustav Bergemann11,17043.3Decrease2.svg 4.411,10642.7Decrease2.svg 8.9
PDS Rosel Neuhäuser7,56129.3Increase2.svg 8.86,79926.1Increase2.svg 7.2
SPD Sabine Doht4,83118.7Decrease2.svg 6.64,19416.1Decrease2.svg 5.0
FDP Rüdiger Schwanz1,2244.7Increase2.svg 2.27973.1Increase2.svg 2.1
Greens Stefan Schweßinger1,0163.9Increase2.svg 1.99803.8Increase2.svg 2.0
List-only parties2,1268.2
Informal votes1,4001,200
Total valid votes25,80226,002
Turnout 27,20255.0Decrease2.svg 5.3
CDU holdMajority3,60914.0Decrease2.svg 8.4

1999 election

State election (1999): Wartburgkreis III [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 Gustav Bergemann14,05547.7Increase2.svg 7.315,30451.6Increase2.svg 9.4
SPD Sabine Doht7,44125.3Decrease2.svg 8.86,26221.1Decrease2.svg 12.0
PDS Hans-Jörg Lessig6,03120.5Increase2.svg 7.35,59018.9Increase2.svg 5.4
FDP Jürgen Bohn7252.5Decrease2.svg 4.23061.0Decrease2.svg 2.6
REP Johannes Müller6282.12030.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
Greens Michael Spielmann5822.0Decrease2.svg 3.55301.8Decrease2.svg 3.0
List-only parties1,4384.9
Informal votes613442
Total valid votes29,46229,633
Turnout 30,07560.3Decrease2.svg 16.1
CDU holdMajority6,61422.4Increase2.svg 16.1

1994 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Werner Grünert14,08940.314,92642.2
SPD 11,94134.111,71833.1
PDS 4,65413.34,80313.6
FDP 2,3596.71,2703.6
Greens 1,9425.61,7124.8
List-only parties9772.8
Informal votes1,416995
Total valid votes34,98535,406
Turnout 36,40176.4
CDU win new seatMajority2,1486.2

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