Gera II
Gera 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 42. It covers the southern part of Gera.[1]
Gera II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Süd, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2019, it has been represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald of Alternative for Germany (AfD).[citation needed]
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Gera II covers the southern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Alt-Taubenpreskeln, Dürrenebersdorf, Falka, Gera, Kaimberg, Langengrobsdorf, Lietzsch, Naulitz, Poris-Lengefeld, Thränitz, Weißig, Zeulsdorf, and Zschippern.[1]
Members
[edit]The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Matthias Ritter (1990–1994) and Birgit Diezel (1994–2004). In 2004, it was won by Dieter Hausold of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). He was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014. The constituency was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Matthias Ritter | CDU | 36.4 | |
1994 | Birgit Diezel | CDU | 35.2 | |
1999 | 39.7 | |||
2004 | Dieter Hausold | PDS | 41.0 | |
2009 | LINKE | 39.6 | ||
2014 | 41.2 | |||
2019 | Wolfgang Lauerwald | AfD | 32.9 |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Gera II[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Wolfgang Lauerwald | 7,170 | 32.9 | 6,524 | 29.9 | ![]() | |||
Left | Andreas Schubert | 6,314 | 29.0 | ![]() |
7,504 | 34.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Tiefensee | 3,329 | 15.3 | ![]() |
1,724 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Christian Klein | 3,239 | 14.9 | ![]() |
3,212 | 14.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Rüdiger Hannig | 854 | 3.9 | 924 | 4.2 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Laura Wahl[a] | 754 | 3.5 | ![]() |
719 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
MLPD | Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz | 110 | 0.5 | 64 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,164 | 5.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 308 | 243 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 21,770 | 21,835 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,078 | 60.8 | ![]() |
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AfD gain from Left | Majority | 856 | 3.9 |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Gera II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
7,106 | 41.2 | ![]() |
6,450 | 36.9 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Christian Klein | 5,564 | 32.2 | ![]() |
4,890 | 28.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 2,373 | 13.6 | |||||||
SPD | Claudia Scheerschmidt[b] | 1,908 | 11.1 | ![]() |
1,766 | 10.1 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Günter Brinkmann | 1,025 | 5.9 | 266 | 1.5 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Peter Pichl | 829 | 4.8 | ![]() |
455 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Regina Pfeiler | 822 | 4.8 | ![]() |
692 | 4.0 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 603 | 3.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 499 | 258 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 17,254 | 17,495 | |||||||
Turnout | 17,753 | 46.3 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 1,542 | 9.0 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Gera II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
8,118 | 39.6 | ![]() |
7,661 | 37.2 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Ralf Bornkessel | 5,245 | 25.6 | ![]() |
5,524 | 26.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Wolfgang Lemb | 2,968 | 14.5 | ![]() |
3,356 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Dieter Falk | 1,866 | 9.1 | ![]() |
1,607 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ingo Menke | 1,312 | 6.4 | ![]() |
1,034 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
NPD | André Berghold | 985 | 4.8 | 887 | 4.3 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 498 | 2.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 448 | 375 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,494 | 20,567 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,942 | 52.2 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 2,873 | 14.0 | ![]() |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Gera II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
PDS | Dieter Hausold | 7,757 | 41.0 | ![]() |
6,896 | 36.0 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() |
6,767 | 35.8 | ![]() |
6,628 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | René Jung | 2,558 | 13.5 | ![]() |
2,630 | 13.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Cornelia Schmidt | 950 | 5.0 | ![]() |
651 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Christel Wagner-Schurwanz | 883 | 4.7 | 729 | 3.8 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 1,605 | 8.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 951 | 727 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 18,915 | 19,139 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,866 | 47.3 | ![]() |
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PDS gain from CDU | Majority | 990 | 5.2 |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Gera II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
9,863 | 39.7 | ![]() |
10,264 | 41.2 | ![]() | ||
PDS | 8,436 | 33.9 | ![]() |
8,154 | 32.7 | ![]() | |||
SPD | 5,479 | 22.0 | ![]() |
4,474 | 17.9 | ![]() | |||
REP | 679 | 2.7 | ![]() |
173 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | 404 | 1.6 | 202 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||
List-only parties | 1,658 | 6.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 350 | 286 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 24,861 | 24,925 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,211 | 54.9 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 1,427 | 5.8 | ![]() |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Gera II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Birgit Diezel | 11,999 | 35.2 | ![]() |
12,078 | 35.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | 9,542 | 28.0 | ![]() |
9,084 | 26.5 | ![]() | |||
PDS | 9,502 | 27.9 | ![]() |
9,259 | 27.0 | ![]() | |||
Greens | 2,239 | 6.6 | ![]() |
1,584 | 4.6 | ![]() | |||
REP | 521 | 1.5 | 428 | 1.2 | |||||
DSU | 314 | 0.9 | ![]() |
145 | 0.4 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 1,724 | 5.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 792 | 607 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,117 | 34,302 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,909 | 71.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,457 | 7.2 | ![]() |
1990 election
[edit]State election (1990): Gera II[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Matthias Ritter | 11,547 | 36.4 | 11,053 | 34.7 | ||||
SPD | 7,430 | 23.4 | 7,785 | 24.5 | |||||
PDS | 5,167 | 16.3 | 5,463 | 17.2 | |||||
FDP | 2,770 | 8.7 | 2,882 | 9.1 | |||||
Greens | 2,495 | 7.9 | 2,343 | 7.4 | |||||
DSU | 1,492 | 4.7 | 1,298 | 4.1 | |||||
DFD | 383 | 1.2 | 262 | 0.8 | |||||
UFV | 300 | 0.9 | 225 | 0.7 | |||||
DBU | 136 | 0.4 | 99 | 0.3 | |||||
List-only parties | 400 | 1.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 899 | 809 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,720 | 31,810 | |||||||
Turnout | 32,619 | 66.1 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 4,117 | 13.0 |