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]
Wartburgkreis III was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Marcus Malsch of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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]
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).
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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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 |
State election (2024): Wartburgkreis III [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | 9,806 | 35.3 | 11.4 | ||||||
CDU | Marcus Malsch | 11,057 | 46.3 | 17.3 | 6,846 | 24.6 | 2.1 | ||
BSW | 4,375 | 15.7 | |||||||
FW | Andreas Boehme | 5,145 | 21.6 | 18.7 | 460 | 1.7 | |||
Left | Torsten Because | 3,675 | 15.4 | 9.4 | 3,255 | 11.7 | 19.6 | ||
SPD | Katja Böhler | 2,890 | 12.1 | 3.3 | 1,541 | 5.5 | 2.8 | ||
Greens | 453 | 1.6 | 2.2 | ||||||
APT | 304 | 1.1 | |||||||
FDP | Matthias Fallenstein | 1,098 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 295 | 1.1 | 3.3 | ||
BD | 125 | 0.4 | |||||||
Familie | 112 | 0.4 | |||||||
Values | 109 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 60 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 30 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
MLPD | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 4,297 | 369 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 23,865 | 27,793 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,162 | 74.1 | 8.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 5,912 | 24.7 | 21.0 |
State election (2019): Wartburgkreis III [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Marcus Malsch | 7,971 | 29.0 | 8.0 | 6,204 | 22.5 | 11.4 | ||
AfD | Klaus Stöber | 6,944 | 25.3 | 6,576 | 23.9 | 14.9 | |||
Left | Anke Wirsing | 6,799 | 24.8 | 4.4 | 8,628 | 31.3 | 3.6 | ||
SPD | Lutz Kromke | 2,424 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 2,273 | 8.3 | 5.6 | ||
Greens | Elias Bohn | 1,343 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 1,050 | 3.8 | 0.8 | ||
FDP | Sebastian Bethge | 1,079 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1,222 | 4.4 | 2.1 | ||
Free Voters | Andreas Böhme | 792 | 2.9 | 2.2 | |||||
MLPD | Joachim Gärtner | 99 | 0.4 | 76 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,514 | 5.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 479 | 387 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,451 | 27,543 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,930 | 65.7 | 12.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,027 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
State election (2014): Wartburgkreis III [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Marcus Malsch | 8,695 | 37.0 | 2.4 | 8,015 | 31.3 | 2.6 | ||
Left | Hans-Jörg Lessig | 6,873 | 29.2 | 5.1 | 6,548 | 27.7 | 1.3 | ||
SPD | Matthias Kehr | 3,896 | 16.6 | 1.9 | 3,290 | 13.9 | 6.7 | ||
AfD | 2,136 | 9.0 | |||||||
NPD | Hendrik Tilmann Heller | 1,273 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 1,118 | 4.7 | 0.2 | ||
Free Voters | Andreas Böhme | 1,196 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 520 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
Greens | Danilo Saft | 1,002 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1,092 | 4.6 | 0.5 | ||
FDP | Fred Leise | 584 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 545 | 2.3 | 3.8 | ||
List-only parties | 353 | 1.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 473 | 375 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 23,519 | 23,617 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,992 | 53.7 | 2.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,822 | 7.8 | 2.7 |
State election (2009): Wartburgkreis III [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Gustav Bergemann | 9,091 | 34.6 | 8.7 | 8,260 | 31.3 | 11.4 | ||
Left | Sascha Bilay | 6,333 | 24.1 | 5.2 | 6,953 | 26.4 | 0.3 | ||
SPD | Sabine Doht | 4,853 | 18.5 | 0.2 | 5,442 | 20.6 | 4.5 | ||
Free Voters | Andreas Böhme | 1,934 | 7.4 | 1,262 | 4.8 | 1.2 | |||
Greens | Danilo Saft | 1,402 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1,342 | 5.1 | 1.3 | ||
NPD | Karsten Höhn | 1,335 | 5.1 | 1,299 | 4.9 | 3.9 | |||
FDP | Fred Leise | 1,328 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 1,608 | 6.1 | 3.0 | ||
List-only parties | 188 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 605 | 527 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,276 | 26,354 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,881 | 56.3 | 1.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,758 | 10.5 | 2.5 |
State election (2004): Wartburgkreis III [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Gustav Bergemann | 11,170 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 11,106 | 42.7 | 8.9 | ||
PDS | Rosel Neuhäuser | 7,561 | 29.3 | 8.8 | 6,799 | 26.1 | 7.2 | ||
SPD | Sabine Doht | 4,831 | 18.7 | 6.6 | 4,194 | 16.1 | 5.0 | ||
FDP | Rüdiger Schwanz | 1,224 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 797 | 3.1 | 2.1 | ||
Greens | Stefan Schweßinger | 1,016 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 980 | 3.8 | 2.0 | ||
List-only parties | 2,126 | 8.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,400 | 1,200 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 25,802 | 26,002 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,202 | 55.0 | 5.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,609 | 14.0 | 8.4 |
State election (1999): Wartburgkreis III [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Gustav Bergemann | 14,055 | 47.7 | 7.3 | 15,304 | 51.6 | 9.4 | ||
SPD | Sabine Doht | 7,441 | 25.3 | 8.8 | 6,262 | 21.1 | 12.0 | ||
PDS | Hans-Jörg Lessig | 6,031 | 20.5 | 7.3 | 5,590 | 18.9 | 5.4 | ||
FDP | Jürgen Bohn | 725 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 306 | 1.0 | 2.6 | ||
REP | Johannes Müller | 628 | 2.1 | 203 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||
Greens | Michael Spielmann | 582 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 530 | 1.8 | 3.0 | ||
List-only parties | 1,438 | 4.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 613 | 442 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,462 | 29,633 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,075 | 60.3 | 16.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 6,614 | 22.4 | 16.1 |
State election (1994): Wartburgkreis III [8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Werner Grünert | 14,089 | 40.3 | 14,926 | 42.2 | ||||
SPD | 11,941 | 34.1 | 11,718 | 33.1 | |||||
PDS | 4,654 | 13.3 | 4,803 | 13.6 | |||||
FDP | 2,359 | 6.7 | 1,270 | 3.6 | |||||
Greens | 1,942 | 5.6 | 1,712 | 4.8 | |||||
List-only parties | 977 | 2.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,416 | 995 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,985 | 35,406 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,401 | 76.4 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,148 | 6.2 |
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