Erfurt IV

Erfurt IV 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 27. It contains southeastern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.^[1]

Erfurt IV was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by André Blechschmidt of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt IV is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the central and southwestern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Büßleben, Daberstedt, Dittelstedt, Egstedt, Herrenberg, Melchendorf, Niedernissa, Rohda (Haarberg), Urbich, Waltersleben, Wiesenhügel, and Windischholzhausen.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Jörg Schwäblein. It was won by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2004, and represented by Tamara Thierbach. She was succeeded in 2009 by André Blechschmidt of The Left, successor party of the PDS. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Jörg Schwäblein	CDU	35.0
1994			34.3
1999			42.5
2004	Tamara Thierbach	PDS	37.6
2009	André Blechschmidt	LINKE	32.9
2014			37.1
2019			32.2

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Erfurt IV^[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	Y André Blechschmidt		7,548	32.2	4.9	8,718	37.1	1.4
	AfD	Stefan Möller		4,913	21.0		4,569	19.4	10.0
	CDU	Regina Polster		4,038	17.2	10.4	3,769	16.0	8.8
	SPD	Cornelia Klisch		3,638	15.5	4.3	2,215	9.4	4.5
	Greens	Fabian Gabriel		1,567	6.7	0.1	1,522	6.5	0.8
	FDP	Franziska Baum		1,159	5.0	2.6	1,295	5.5	2.9
	Free Voters	Harald Neubacher		449	1.9
	MLPD	Sabine Dimler		98	0.4		72	0.3
	List-only parties						1,349	5.7
Informal votes				377			277
Total valid votes				23,409			23,509
Turnout				23,786	66.0	11.4
	Left hold		Majority	2,635	11.2	1.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Erfurt IV^[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 André Blechschmidt		7,214	37.1	4.2	7,003	35.7	3.5
	CDU	Andreas Horn		5,378	27.6	3.6	4,883	24.9	1.0
	SPD	Cornelia Klisch		3,849	19.8	0.6	2,730	12.9	5.5
	AfD						1,854	9.4
	Greens	Dieter Lauinger		1,332	6.8	0.5	1,425	7.3	1.1
	NPD	Enrico Biczysko		758	3.9	0.1	520	2.6	1.1
	Pirates	Manfred Schubert		481	2.5		266	1.4
	FDP	Jutta Czifrik		458	2.4	3.6	510	2.6	4.2
	List-only parties						441	2.2
Informal votes				393			231
Total valid votes				19,470			19,632
Turnout				19,863	54.6	4.6
	Left hold		Majority	1,836	9.5	0.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Erfurt IV^[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	André Blechschmidt		7,146	32.9	4.7	7,022	32.2	2.8
	CDU	Manfred Scherer		5,203	24.0	8.4	5,197	23.9	10.3
	SPD	Frank Schalles		4,177	19.2	2.5	4,216	19.4	5.0
	Greens	Rüdiger Bender		1,590	6.3	0.9	1,820	6.7	1.7
	Free Voters	Heidrun Marie-Anna Höpfner		1,468	6.8		1,090	5.0	4.2
	FDP	Birgit Schuster		1,298	6.0	1.9	1,491	6.8	3.4
	NPD	Gabriele Bölke		831	3.8		812	3.7	2.7
	List-only parties						138	0.6
Informal votes				475			402
Total valid votes				21,713			21,786
Turnout				22,188	59.2	6.4
	Left hold		Majority	1,943	8.9	3.7

2004 election

State election (2004): Erfurt IV^[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	%	±%
	PDS	Tamara Thierbach		7,179	37.6	7.4	6,755	35.0	6.2
	CDU	N Jörg Schwäblein		6,183	32.4	10.1	6,598	34.2	12.4
	SPD	Karin Dietrich		3,196	16.7	4.2	2,772	14.4	2.6
	Greens	Matthias Zeng		1,227	6.4	3.5	1,297	6.7	4.1
	FDP	Annett Pröhl		781	4.1	2.9	664	3.4	2.7
	Independent	Jürgen Zerull		546	2.9
	List-only parties						1,229	6.4
Informal votes				942			739
Total valid votes				19,112			19,315
Turnout				20,054	52.8	10.1
	PDS gain from CDU		Majority	996	5.2

1999 election

State election (1999): Erfurt IV^[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 Jörg Schwäblein		10,457	42.5	8.2	11,527	46.6	13.3
	PDS	Tamara Thierbach		7,431	30.2	2.8	7,123	28.8	2.5
	SPD	Otto Kretschmer		5,143	20.9	8.7	4,202	17.0	11.0
	Greens	Jochen Kwast		714	2.9	4.8	643	2.6	2.8
	REP	Günther Steinert		395	1.6	0.6	120	0.5	0.3
	FDP	Herbert Rudovsky		293	1.2		168	0.7	1.8
	DSU	Wolfgang Mayer		152	0.6		81	0.3	0.2
	List-only parties						880	3.6
Informal votes				367			208
Total valid votes				24,585			24,744
Turnout				24,952	62.9	12.4
	CDU hold		Majority	3,026	12.3	7.6

1994 election

State election (1994): Erfurt IV^[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	Y Jörg Schwäblein		10,425	34.3	0.7	10,199	33.3	1.0
	SPD	Werner Griese		9,006	29.6	8.6	8,572	28.0	5.7
	PDS	Tamara Thierbach		8,340	27.4	9.2	8,049	26.3	6.8
	Greens	Katrin Göring-Eckardt		2,352	7.7	2.9	1,657	5.4	5.7
	REP	F.-R. Kästner		290	1.0		244	0.8	0.4
	List-only parties						1,904	6.2
Informal votes				861			649
Total valid votes				30,413			30,625
Turnout				31,274	75.3	8.4
	CDU hold		Majority	1,419	4.7	9.3

1990 election

State election (1990): Erfurt IV^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Jörg Schwäblein		9,226	35.0		9,103	34.3
	SPD			5,541	21.0		5,918	22.3
	PDS			4,793	18.2		5,182	19.5
	Greens			2,785	10.6		2,941	11.1
	FDP			2,175	8.2		2,226	8.4
	UFV			1,005	3.8		284	1.1
	DSU			843	3.2		504	1.9
	List-only parties						386	1.5
Informal votes				628			452
Total valid votes				26,368			26,544
Turnout				26,996	66.9
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,685	14.0

References

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

[2] Landtagswahl 2019 – Ergebnisse

[3] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

[8] Wahlen in Thüringen 1990

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