Schmalkalden-Meiningen II
Schmalkalden-Meiningen 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 13. It covers the northern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Schmalkalden-Meiningen II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by René Aust of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Schmalkalden-Meiningen II covers the northern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Breitungen/Werra, Brotterode-Trusetal, Fambach, Floh-Seligenthal, Rosa, Roßdorf, Schmalkalden, and Steinbach-Hallenberg.[1]
Members
[edit]The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Andreas Trautvetter (1994–1999) and Jens Goebel (1999–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and was represented by Manfred Hellmann. The CDU's candidate Christina Liebetrau regained the constituency in 2014. It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by René Aust.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Andreas Trautvetter | CDU | 50.1 | |
1999 | Jens Goebel | CDU | 53.6 | |
2004 | 37.5 | |||
2009 | Manfred Hellmann | The Left | 27.6 | |
2014 | Christina Liebetrau | CDU | 42.0 | |
2019 | René Aust | AfD | 24.2 |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | René Aust | 6,097 | 24.2 | 6,157 | 24.4 | ![]() | |||
SPD | Frank Ullrich | 5,877 | 23.3 | ![]() |
2,546 | 10.1 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
5,736 | 22.8 | ![]() |
5,606 | 22.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ronald Hande | 4,927 | 19.6 | ![]() |
7,667 | 30.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Gerald Ullrich | 1,499 | 6.0 | 1,171 | 4.6 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Mario Urbach | 1,008 | 4.0 | ![]() |
905 | 3.6 | ![]() | ||
MLPD | Christopher Sengfelder | 33 | 0.1 | 66 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,131 | 4.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 346 | 274 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 25,177 | 25,249 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,523 | 62.4 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 220 | 0.9 |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christina Liebetrau | 9,417 | 42.0 | ![]() |
8,208 | 36.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Ronald Hande[a] | 5,947 | 26.5 | ![]() |
5,860 | 26.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Stephan Danz | 3,878 | 17.3 | ![]() |
3,058 | 13.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 2,161 | 9.6 | |||||||
NPD | Andreas Kunze | 1,371 | 6.1 | ![]() |
1,067 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Simon Eckhard | 1,249 | 5.6 | ![]() |
917 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Jan Schrenke | 552 | 2.5 | 248 | 1.1 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,046 | 4.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 570 | 419 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 22,414 | 22,565 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,984 | 52.2 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from Left | Majority | 3,470 | 15.5 |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Manfred Hellmann | 7,238 | 27.6 | ![]() |
7,136 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
6,485 | 24.7 | ![]() |
8,158 | 31.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Claudia Scheerschmidt | 4,711 | 18.0 | ![]() |
4,695 | 17.9 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Ronny Römhild | 3,471 | 13.2 | 1,761 | 6.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Lutz Recknagel | 2,279 | 8.7 | ![]() |
2,037 | 7.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Hendrik Tilmann Heller | 1,171 | 4.5 | 1,262 | 4.8 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Alexander Keiner | 884 | 3.4 | 1,060 | 4.0 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 187 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 605 | 548 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,239 | 26,296 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,844 | 54.8 | ![]() |
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Left gain from CDU | Majority | 753 | 2.9 |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
10,361 | 37.5 | ![]() |
9,642 | 34.0 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Karl Koch | 10,220 | 37.0 | ![]() |
7,049 | 24.8 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | 4,945 | 17.4 | |||||||
SPD | Mario Heyer | 4,552 | 16.5 | ![]() |
3,316 | 11.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Lutz Rüdiger Recknagel | 2,474 | 9.0 | ![]() |
1,201 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 2,246 | 7.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,038 | 1,246 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,607 | 28,399 | |||||||
Turnout | 29,645 | 58.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 141 | 0.5 | ![]() |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Jens Goebel | 16,173 | 53.6 | ![]() |
16,172 | 53.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Peter Hammen | 6,291 | 20.8 | ![]() |
5,249 | 17.3 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Karl Koch | 5,945 | 19.7 | ![]() |
6,123 | 20.2 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Peter Wolf | 678 | 2.2 | ![]() |
430 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Beate Bach | 565 | 1.9 | ![]() |
419 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||
REP | Roswitha Koch | 543 | 1.8 | 166 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 1,736 | 5.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 572 | 472 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 30,195 | 30,295 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,767 | 60.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 9,882 | 32.8 | ![]() |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Andreas Trautvetter | 18,871 | 50.1 | 18,029 | 47.5 | ||||
SPD | 9,724 | 25.8 | 10,554 | 27.8 | |||||
PDS | 5,274 | 14.0 | 5,298 | 14.0 | |||||
Greens | 2,106 | 5.6 | 1,525 | 4.0 | |||||
FDP | 1,676 | 4.5 | 1,520 | 4.0 | |||||
List-only parties | 1,033 | 2.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,647 | 1,339 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,651 | 37,959 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,298 | 75.7 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 9,147 | 24.3 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hande entered the Landtag on the Left list after the resignation of Birgit Klaubert in March 2015.