Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach
Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach 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 6. It covers the city of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis.[1]
Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Raymond Walk of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach contains the urban district of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Salzungen (excluding Ettenhausen an der Suhl), Gerstungen, and Werra-Suhl-Tal.[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 Christian Köckert. It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Katja Wolf. The seat was regained by the CDU in 2014, and represented by Raymond Walk. He was re-elected in 2019.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Christian Köckert | CDU | 40.5 | |
1999 | 49.3 | |||
2004 | 40.1 | |||
2009 | Katja Wolf | LINKE | 28.4 | |
2014 | Raymond Walk | CDU | 37.4 | |
2019 | 26.9 |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
7,625 | 26.9 | ![]() |
5,849 | 20.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Kati Engel | 7,450 | 26.3 | ![]() |
8,946 | 31.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Susi Schreiber | 6,943 | 24.5 | 6,371 | 22.4 | ![]() | |||
SPD | Babette Winter | 2,683 | 9.5 | ![]() |
2,373 | 8.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Robert Kirchner | 1,732 | 6.1 | ![]() |
1,424 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Kord-Henning Uber | 1,219 | 4.3 | ![]() |
1,386 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Maik Helbig | 527 | 1.9 | ||||||
MLPD | Friedrich Hofmann | 175 | 0.6 | 105 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,975 | 6.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 423 | 348 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,354 | 28,429 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,777 | 62.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 175 | 0.6 | ![]() |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Raymond Walk | 9,234 | 37.4 | ![]() |
7,764 | 31.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Christiane Leischner | 8,284 | 33.6 | ![]() |
7,414 | 27.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heidrun Sachse | 3,110 | 12.6 | ![]() |
3,123 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 1,983 | 8.0 | |||||||
Greens | Rüdiger Bender | 1,739 | 7.1 | ![]() |
1,592 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Patrick Wieschke | 1,697 | 6.9 | ![]() |
1,484 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Sebastian Bethge | 597 | 2.4 | ![]() |
530 | 2.1 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 960 | 3.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 545 | 356 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 24,661 | 24,850 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,206 | 52.5 | ![]() |
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CDU gain from Left | Majority | 950 | 3.8 |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Katja Wolf | 7,762 | 28.4 | ![]() |
7,564 | 27.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Regina Müller | 7,342 | 26.9 | ![]() |
7,725 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 4,832 | 17.7 | ![]() |
5,301 | 19.3 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Thomas Herrmann | 2,138 | 7.8 | 1,285 | 4.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Heidemarie Bischoff | 1,917 | 7.0 | ![]() |
1,901 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Stefan Schweßinger | 1,905 | 7.0 | ![]() |
2,085 | 7.6 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Patrick Wieschke | 1,428 | 5.2 | 1,368 | 5.0 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 241 | 0.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 640 | 494 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,324 | 27,470 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,964 | 55.6 | ![]() |
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Left gain from CDU | Majority | 420 | 1.5 |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
10,278 | 40.1 | ![]() |
10,287 | 39.8 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Katja Wolf | 7,677 | 29.9 | ![]() |
7,135 | 27.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 4,418 | 17.2 | ![]() |
4,201 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Gisela Rexrodt | 2,248 | 8.8 | ![]() |
1,615 | 6.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Heike Bahn-Schultz | 1,040 | 4.1 | ![]() |
847 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 1,732 | 6.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,124 | 968 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 25,661 | 25,817 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,785 | 52.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,601 | 10.2 | ![]() |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
14,661 | 49.3 | ![]() |
14,987 | 50.2 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Karin May | 6,343 | 21.3 | ![]() |
6,205 | 20.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 6,184 | 20.8 | ![]() |
6,179 | 20.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Gisela Rexroth | 1,372 | 4.6 | ![]() |
731 | 2.5 | ![]() | ||
REP | Jenny Stüwe | 590 | 2.0 | ![]() |
198 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Heidemarie Bischoff | 565 | 1.9 | ![]() |
350 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 1,179 | 4.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 528 | 414 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,715 | 29,829 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,243 | 59.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 8,318 | 28.0 | ![]() |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Wartburgkreis II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Köckert | 15,106 | 40.5 | 14,909 | 39.7 | ||||
SPD | Heiko Gentzel | 11,941 | 32.0 | 12,135 | 32.3 | ||||
PDS | Roland Wanitschka | 6,022 | 16.1 | 6,222 | 16.6 | ||||
Greens | Christine Grabe | 2,630 | 7.0 | 2,066 | 5.5 | ||||
FDP | Gerhard Lorenz | 1,069 | 2.9 | 913 | 2.4 | ||||
REP | Lutz Diener | 554 | 1.5 | 509 | 1.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 798 | 2.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,121 | 891 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,322 | 37,552 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,443 | 74.2 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,165 | 8.5 |