Jena II

Jena 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 38. It covers the eastern part of Jena.^[1]

Jena I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Lena Saniye Güngör of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Jena II covers the eastern part of Jena, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Drackendorf, Ilmnitz, Jenaprießnitz/Wogau, Kernberge, Kunitz/Laasan, Lobeda-Altstadt, Löbstedt, Neulobeda, Wenigenjena, Wöllnitz, Ziegenhain, and Zwätzen.^[1]

Members

The constituency was first won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1994, and represented by Gerd Schuchardt. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and in 1999 and represented by Andreas Trautvetter, who was re-elected in 2004. In 2009, the constituency was won by Gudrun Lukin of The Left. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2019. In 2024, Lena Saniye Güngör held the seat for The Left.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Gerd Schuchardt	SPD	40.1
1999	Andreas Trautvetter	CDU	36.2
2004	Andreas Trautvetter	CDU	32.8
2009	Gudrun Lukin	LINKE	28.9
2014			34.3
2019			32.3
2024	Lena Saniye Güngör		25.1

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Jena 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Lena Saniye Güngör		6,585	25.1	7.2	5,191	19.7	17.9
	CDU	Konstantin Freuer		5,979	22.8	4.9	5,659	21.4	7.2
	AfD	Tim Egon Beutler		5,071	19.3	4.4	4,945	18.7	4.1
	BSW	Patrizia Hertlein		3,360	12.8		4,052	15.4
	SPD	Lutz Liebscher		2,957	11.3	2.3	2,712	10.3	1.3
	Greens	Wolfgang Volkmer		1,569	6.0	7.8	2,487	9.4	2.3
	FDP	Stefan Beyer		748	2.8	11.0	417	1.6	10.1
	FW						235	0.9
	APT						211	0.8	0.1
	Pirates						119	0.5	0.1
	BD						108	0.4
	Values						108	0.4
	Familie						81	0.3
	ÖDP						45	0.2	0.2
	MLPD						23	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				260			136
Total valid votes				26,269			26,393
Turnout				26,529	76.6	7.6
	Left hold		Majority	606	2.3	12.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Jena 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Gudrun Lukin		7,885	32.3	2.0	9,215	37.6	6.0
	CDU	Rosa Maria Haschke		4,376	17.9	15.1	3,488	14.2	13.3
	AfD	Tosca Kniese		3,642	14.9		3,587	14.6	5.4
	Greens	Kathleen Lützkendorf		3,382	13.8	4.2	2,859	11.7	0.3
	FDP	Ute Bergner		2,537	10.4	6.2	1,490	7.9	4.3
	SPD	Lutz Liebscher		2,203	9.0	7.3	2,193	9.0	2.9
	Free Voters	Günter Brinkmann		213	0.9
	Independent	Michael Bruner		131	0.5
	MLPD	Anatole Braungart		56	0.2		49	0.2
	List-only parties						1,613	6.6
Informal votes				263			194
Total valid votes				24,425			24,494
Turnout				24,688	69.0	12.9
	Left hold		Majority	3,509	14.4	13.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Jena II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Y Gudrun Lukin		6,464	34.3	5.4	6,007	31.6	4.0
	CDU	Dietmar Schuchardt		6,210	33.0	11.5	5,141	27.1	4.2
	SPD	Jörg Vogel		3,073	16.3	8.4	2,269	11.9	11.0
	Greens	Olaf Müller		1,814	9.6	0.2	2,164	11.4	0.0
	AfD						1,741	9.2
	FDP	Thomas Nitzsche		785	4.2	4.2	686	3.6	4.9
	NPD	Dietmar Hafenrichter		476	2.5	0.2	241	1.3	1.1
	List-only parties						753	4.0
Informal votes				336			156
Total valid votes				18,822			19,002
Turnout				19,158	56.1	1.9
	Left hold		Majority	254	1.3	2.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Jena II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Gudrun Lukin		5,740	28.9	0.3	5,497	27.6	0.0
	SPD	Jörg Vogel		4,909	24.7	1.8	4,564	22.9	4.0
	CDU	Bernward Müller		4,271	21.5	11.3	4,575	22.9	8.8
	Greens	Pierre Georg		1,861	9.4	2.8	2,270	11.4	1.4
	FDP	Andreas Wiese		1,664	8.4	3.6	1,700	8.5	4.3
	Free Voters	Norbert Plandor		901	4.5		660	3.3	1.7
	NPD	Hans-Jürgen Buhler		533	2.7		487	2.4	1.0
	List-only parties						194	1.0
Informal votes				340			272
Total valid votes				19,879			19,947
Turnout				20,219	58.0	1.1
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	831	4.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Jena II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Andreas Trautvetter		6,229	32.8	3.4	6,083	31.7	8.5
	PDS	Gudrun Lukin		5,540	29.2	5.0	5,297	27.6	1.9
	SPD	Christoph Matschie		5,031	26.5	4.5	3,619	18.9	3.9
	Greens	Olaf Möller		1,257	6.6	3.1	1,913	10.0	5.6
	FDP	Gernot Poßögel		919	4.8	2.8	800	4.2	2.4
	List-only parties						1,454	7.6
Informal votes				992			802
Total valid votes				18,976			19,166
Turnout				19,968	56.9	2.3
	CDU hold		Majority	689	3.6	1.6

1999 election

State election (1999): Jena II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Andreas Trautvetter		7,294	36.2	7.6	8,109	40.2	11.2
	SPD	N Gerd Schuchardt		6,243	31.0	9.1	4,605	22.8	11.0
	PDS	Sabine Hoffmann		4,877	24.2	6.0	5,187	25.7	4.2
	Greens	Olaf Möller		696	3.5	2.6	889	4.4	3.2
	REP	Heinz-Joachim Herbert Schneider		481	2.4	0.8	203	1.0	0.5
	FDP	Holger Glaeske		400	2.0	1.4	362	1.8	2.2
	Independent	Irene Jüngling-Melnikow		176	0.9
	List-only parties						821	4.1
Informal votes				201			192
Total valid votes				20,167			20,176
Turnout				20,368	59.2	17.2
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	1,051	5.2

1994 election

State election (1994): Jena II^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Gerd Schuchardt		11,032	40.1		9,279	33.8
	CDU			7,861	28.6		7,952	29.0
	PDS			5,008	18.2		5,915	21.5
	Greens			1,677	6.1		2,081	7.6
	FDP			934	3.4		1,108	4.0
	Independent			535	1.9
	REP			433	1.6		411	1.5
	List-only parties						713	2.6
Informal votes				679			700
Total valid votes				27,480			27,459
Turnout				28,159	76.4
	SPD win new seat		Majority	3,171	11.5

References

[Area-1] "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".

[2] ttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=038&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=

[3] Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[8] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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