Schmalkalden-Meiningen I
Schmalkalden-Meiningen I 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 12. It covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Schmalkalden-Meiningen I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Vivien Rottstedt of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Schmalkalden-Meiningen I covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Belrieth, Birx, Christes, Dillstädt, Einhausen, Ellingshausen, Erbenhausen, Frankenheim/Rhön, Friedelshausen, Grabfeld (only Wölfershausen), Kaltennordheim (only Aschenhausen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Melpers, Mittelsdorf, Oberkatz und Unterweid), Kühndorf, Leutersdorf, Mehmels, Meiningen, Neubrunn, Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Oberweid, Rhönblick, Rippershausen, Ritschenhausen, Rohr, Schwallungen, Schwarza, Stepfershausen, Sülzfeld, Untermaßfeld, Utendorf, Vachdorf, Wasungen, and Zella-Mehlis (only Benshausen).[1]
Members
[edit]The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Adalbert Bauch, who served from 1994 to 1999. From 1999 until 2024, it was represented by Michael Heym. In the 2024 election, Vivien Rottstedt of Alternative for Germany gained the seat.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Adalbert Bauch | CDU | 43.8 | |
1999 | Michael Heym | CDU | 50.7 | |
2004 | 44.3 | |||
2009 | 34.2 | |||
2014 | 39.4 | |||
2019 | 26.3 | |||
2024 | Vivien Rottstedt | AfD | 37.4 |
Election results
[edit]2024 election
[edit]State election (2024): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Vivien Rottstedt | 11,867 | 37.4 | 14.4 | 11,200 | 35.0 | 12.3 | ||
CDU | Erik Thürmer | 9,141 | 28.8 | 2.5 | 6,930 | 21.7 | 1.5 | ||
BSW | 5,286 | 16.5 | |||||||
SPD | Janine Merz | 4,945 | 15.6 | 2.7 | 2,407 | 7.5 | 3.1 | ||
Greens | 594 | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||||||
Left | Patrick Beier | 3,171 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 3,571 | 11.2 | 18.6 | ||
FW | Anne-Kathrin Westhäuser | 1,763 | 5.6 | 733 | 2.3 | ||||
Pirates | Christian Horn | 449 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 137 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
FDP | Alexander Andree | 361 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 309 | 1.0 | 2.7 | ||
APT | 274 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||
Values | 167 | 0.5 | |||||||
Familie | 145 | 0.5 | |||||||
BD | 137 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 64 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
MLPD | 29 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 540 | 254 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,697 | 31,983 | |||||||
Turnout | 32,237 | 73.0 | 9.7 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 2,726 | 8.6 |
2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 7,480 | 26.3 | 13.1 | 6,600 | 23.2 | 11.9 | ||
AfD | Klaus Tumma | 6,539 | 23.0 | 6,474 | 22.7 | 13.1 | |||
Left | Patrick Beier | 5,758 | 20.2 | 4.4 | 8,501 | 29.8 | 4.0 | ||
SPD | Janine Merz[a] | 5,195 | 18.3 | 0.6 | 3,022 | 10.6 | 4.5 | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,084 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 1,349 | 4.7 | 0.4 | ||
FDP | Stefanie Gorzize | 889 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1,068 | 3.7 | 1.8 | ||
Pirates | Christian Horn | 436 | 1.5 | 170 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |||
MLPD | Georg Thümmler | 67 | 0.2 | 93 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,208 | 4.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 372 | 335 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,448 | 28,485 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,820 | 63.3 | 6.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 941 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 10,420 | 39.4 | 6.9 | 9,360 | 35.1 | 3.7 | ||
Left | Maik Nothnagel | 6,523 | 24.6 | 1.9 | 6,879 | 25.8 | 3.4 | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 5,002 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 4,020 | 15.1 | 3.6 | ||
AfD | 2,560 | 9.6 | |||||||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,373 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 1,347 | 5.1 | 0.8 | ||
NPD | Sven Dietsch | 1,353 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 1,161 | 4.4 | 0.4 | ||
FDP | Jens Graf | 800 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 503 | 1.9 | 4.7 | ||
List-only parties | 822 | 3.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 695 | 514 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,471 | 26,652 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,166 | 56.6 | 2.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,897 | 14.8 | 8.8 |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 9,552 | 34.2 | 10.1 | 9,076 | 32.4 | 9.8 | ||
Left | Maik Nothnagel | 7,243 | 25.9 | 2.8 | 7,991 | 28.5 | 1.3 | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 4,577 | 16.4 | 1.0 | 5,202 | 18.6 | 3.2 | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,447 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1,654 | 5.9 | 1.8 | ||
FDP | Peter Casper | 1,742 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 1,835 | 6.6 | 2.9 | ||
Free Voters | Jörg Fürst | 1,400 | 5.0 | 988 | 3.5 | 1.1 | |||
NPD | Michael Ranft | 1,009 | 3.6 | 1,063 | 3.8 | 2.6 | |||
List-only parties | 202 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 486 | 445 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,970 | 28,011 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,456 | 53.3 | 1.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,309 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 11,909 | 44.3 | 6.4 | 11,434 | 42.2 | 8.9 | ||
PDS | Maik Nothnagel | 7,714 | 28.7 | 6.9 | 7,361 | 27.2 | 4.6 | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 4,147 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 4,159 | 15.4 | 2.7 | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 1,747 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1,109 | 4.1 | 2.1 | ||
FDP | Peter Casper | 1,388 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 1,002 | 3.7 | 2.9 | ||
List-only parties | 2,010 | 7.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,232 | 1,062 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,905 | 27,075 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,137 | 51.4 | 7.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,195 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 15,964 | 50.7 | 6.6 | 16,126 | 51.1 | 6.7 | ||
PDS | Fritz Wilhelm Jackstädt | 6,872 | 21.8 | 4.7 | 7,130 | 22.6 | 5.8 | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 6,194 | 19.7 | 7.4 | 5,706 | 18.1 | 9.7 | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 1,433 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 636 | 2.0 | 3.0 | ||
REP | Herbert Schüller | 623 | 2.0 | 227 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||
FDP | Bernhard Hille | 379 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 255 | 0.8 | 2.1 | ||
List-only parties | 1,464 | 4.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 516 | 437 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,465 | 31,544 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,981 | 58.8 | 17.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 9,092 | 28.9 | 11.9 |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Adalbert Bauch | 16,545 | 43.8 | 16,859 | 44.1 | ||||
SPD | 10,230 | 27.1 | 10,654 | 27.8 | |||||
PDS | 6,548 | 17.3 | 6,499 | 17.0 | |||||
Greens | 2,685 | 7.1 | 1,926 | 5.0 | |||||
FDP | 1,774 | 4.7 | 1,116 | 2.9 | |||||
List-only parties | 1,201 | 3.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,558 | 1,085 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,782 | 38,255 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,340 | 76.4 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 6,315 | 16.7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Merz entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Heike Taubert in June 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
- ^ https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=012&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
- ^ Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
- ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
- ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
- ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
- ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
- ^ Wahlen in Thüringen 1994