Weimar II

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Weimar 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 32. It covers most of the city of Weimar. [1]

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Weimar II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named just Weimar, it was renamed before the 2014 election after a small part of the city of Weimar was transferred to Weimar I – Weimarer Land II. Since 2019, it has been represented by Steffen Dittes of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Weimar II covers most of the city of Weimar, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Ettersberg-Siedlung, Gaberndorf, Gelmeroda, Innenstadt, Legefeld/Holzdorf, Niedergrunstedt, Nördliche Innenstadt, Nordstadt, Oberweimar/Ehringsdorf, Possendorf, Südstadt, Südweststadt, Taubach, Tröbsdorf, Weimar-Nord, and Weimar-West. [1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Frank-Michael Pietzsch (1994–2004) and Peter D. Krause (2004–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Thomas Hartung, who defected to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2010 and served the remainder of his term as a member of that party. The CDU's candidate Jörg Geibert regained the constituency in 2014. It was again won by The Left in 2019, and is represented by Steffen Dittes.

ElectionMemberParty %
1994 Frank-Michael Pietzsch CDU 38.5
1999 47.5
2004 Peter D. Krause CDU 37.9
2009 Thomas Hartung [lower-alpha 1] LINKE 28.4
SPD
2014 Jörg Geibert CDU 31.1
2019 Steffen Dittes LINKE 28.6

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Weimar II [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%±%
Left Steffen Dittes8,39628.6Increase2.svg 0.310,83835.4Increase2.svg 7.5
CDU Red x.svgN Jörg Geibert7,31424.9Decrease2.svg 6.25,25417.2Decrease2.svg 11.8
AfD  4,35514.2Increase2.svg 6.8
Green Ann-Sophie Bohm-Eisenbrandt 5,81119.8Increase2.svg 7.74,00413.1Decrease2.svg 1.3
SPD Thomas Hartung [lower-alpha 2] 4,89016.6Decrease2.svg 2.52,8499.3Decrease2.svg 2.6
FDP Hagen Hultzsch2,6849.1Increase2.svg 5.91,6625.4Increase2.svg 2.2
MLPD Cornelia Jungk2971.0710.2
List-only parties1,5625.1
Informal votes1,530327
Total Valid votes29,39230,595
Turnout 30,92268.7Increase2.svg 13.3
Left gain from CDU Majority1,0823.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Weimar II [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 Jörg Geibert7,80631.1Increase2.svg 2.77,32029.0Increase2.svg 3.2
Left Dirk Möller7,10428.3Decrease2.svg 0.17,03627.9Increase2.svg 2.8
SPD Red x.svgN Thomas Hartung [lower-alpha 3] 4,79519.1Increase2.svg 2.7 [lower-alpha 4] 3,01011.9Decrease2.svg 7.0
Green Manfredo Koessl3,03712.1Decrease2.svg 5.13,62914.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
AfD  1,8637.4
FDP Christian Lachnitt8033.2Decrease2.svg 5.28123.2Decrease2.svg 4.7
NPD Jan Morgenroth7703.1Decrease2.svg 0.45032.0Decrease2.svg 1.0
Pirates Michael Kurt Bahr7483.04511.8
List-only parties5852.3
Informal votes400254
Total Valid votes25,06325,209
Turnout 25,46355.4Decrease2.svg 4.8
CDU gain from SPD Majority7022.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Weimar [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%±%
Left Thomas Hartung8,46628.4Increase2.svg 1.77,52025.1Increase2.svg 1.6
CDU Red x.svgN Peter D. Krause7,71725.9Decrease2.svg 12.07,72625.8Decrease2.svg 11.9
Green Carsten Meyer5,11217.2Increase2.svg 4.54,43314.8Increase2.svg 2.3
SPD Thomas Notzke4,89616.4Decrease2.svg 1.75,66318.9Increase2.svg 3.3
FDP Matthias Purdel2,4918.4Increase2.svg 3.82,3677.9Increase2.svg 4.2
NPD Ralf Markert1,0943.79653.2Increase2.svg 2.3
List-only parties1,2364.1
Informal votes574440
Total Valid votes29,77629,910
Turnout 30,35058.9Increase2.svg 3.8
Left gain from CDU Majority7492.5

2004 election

State election (2004): Weimar [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 Peter D. Krause10,19537.9Decrease2.svg 9.610,30537.7Decrease2.svg 11.2
PDS Dirk Möller7,16426.7Increase2.svg 5.26,42423.5Increase2.svg 2.8
SPD Matthias Bettenhäuser4,86718.1Decrease2.svg 3.74,25715.6Decrease2.svg 3.7
Green Petra Streit3,41212.7Increase2.svg 7.23,41512.5Increase2.svg 7.7
FDP Christoph Burmeister1,2404.6Increase2.svg 3.01,0203.7Increase2.svg 2.7
List-only parties1,9077.0
Informal votes1,415965
Total Valid votes26,87827,328
Turnout 28,29355.1Decrease2.svg 5.2
CDU holdMajority3,03111.2Decrease2.svg 14.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Weimar [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 Frank-Michael Pietzsch13,81047.5Increase2.svg 9.014,26348.9Increase2.svg 11.2
SPD Irene Ellenberger6,33321.8Decrease2.svg 8.55,63519.3Decrease2.svg 9.8
PDS Dirk Möller6,24021.5Increase2.svg 5.36,03520.7Increase2.svg 4.1
Green Ulrike-Lilly Koßmann1,6055.5Decrease2.svg 3.91,3884.8Decrease2.svg 2.6
REP Frank Welsch6252.11860.6Decrease2.svg 0.6
FDP Maria-Elisabeth Grosse4711.6Decrease2.svg 4.02961.0Decrease2.svg 3.3
List-only parties1,3614.7
Informal votes426346
Total Valid votes29,08429,164
Turnout 29,51060.3Decrease2.svg 13.8
CDU holdMajority7,47725.7Increase2.svg 17.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Weimar [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 Frank-Michael Pietzsch13,39538.513,14337.7
SPD 10,53130.310,13829.1
PDS 5,61716.25,79916.6
Green 3,2779.42,5947.4
FDP 1,9315.61,5144.3
List-only parties1,6834.8
Informal votes904784
Total Valid votes34,75134,871
Turnout 35,65574.1
CDU win new seatMajority2,8648.2

Notes

  1. Hartung was elected in 2009 for The Left, but defected to the SPD parliamentary group in August 2010.
  2. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Wolfgang Tiefensee in December 2019.
  3. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Uwe Höhn in September 2017.
  4. Hartung was elected in 2009 as a candidate for The Left, but contested the constituency in 2014 as candidate for the SPD. The swing given is compared to the SPD's performance in 2009.

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