Sonneberg 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 19. It covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, including the city of Sonneberg.[1]
Sonneberg I was created for the 1994 Thuringian state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Geography
editAs of the 2019 state election, Sonneberg I covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Bachfeld, Föritztal, Frankenblick, Schalkau, and Sonneberg.[1]
Members
editThe constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Christine Zitzmann, who served from 1994 to 2009, and then Beate Meißner until 2024. Jürgen Treutler of the Alternative for Germany gained the seat in 2024.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Christine Zitzmann | CDU | 37.0 | |
1999 | 50.3 | |||
2004 | 45.1 | |||
2009 | Beate Meißner | CDU | 43.2 | |
2014 | 48.1 | |||
2019 | 41.5 | |||
2024 | Jürgen Treutler | AfD | 40.2 |
Election results
edit2024 election
editState election (2024): Sonneberg I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Jürgen Treutler | 9,680 | 42.6 | 15.2 | 9,201 | 40.2 | 12.9 | ||
CDU | Beate Meißner | 8,914 | 39.3 | 2.2 | 5,708 | 24.9 | 2.2 | ||
BSW | 3,470 | 15.2 | |||||||
Left | Susanna Karawanskij | 2,209 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 2,385 | 10.4 | 18.0 | ||
SPD | Thomas Hofmann | 834 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 793 | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
Greens | 267 | 1.2 | 2.1 | ||||||
FW | Robert Bauer | 636 | 2.8 | 245 | 1.1 | ||||
ÖDP | Martin Truckenbrodt | 307 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 83 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
APT | 200 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||
FDP | 158 | 0.7 | 2.0 | ||||||
BD | 103 | 0.5 | |||||||
Values | 99 | 0.4 | |||||||
Familie | 67 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 56 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | Andreas Eifler | 122 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 375 | 195 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 22,702 | 22,882 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,077 | 72.0 | 10.6 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 766 | 3.3 |
2019 election
editState election (2019): Sonneberg I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Beate Meißner | 8,584 | 41.5 | 6.6 | 5,611 | 27.1 | 10.5 | ||
AfD | Robert Sesselmann | 5,670 | 27.4 | 5,651 | 27.3 | 16.0 | |||
Left | Knut Korschewsky | 4,243 | 20.5 | 10.2 | 5,880 | 28.4 | 1.5 | ||
SPD | Petra Lenk | 1,011 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 1,258 | 6.1 | 4.7 | ||
Greens | Beate Kittel | 551 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 680 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
FDP | Christian Wollny | 376 | 1.8 | 552 | 2.7 | 1.1 | |||
ÖDP | Martin Truckenbrodt | 195 | 0.9 | 169 | 0.8 | ||||
MLPD | Andreas Eifler | 54 | 0.3 | 65 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 845 | 4.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 256 | 229 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,684 | 20,711 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,940 | 61.4 | 14.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,914 | 14.1 | 3.3 |
2014 election
editState election (2014): Sonneberg I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Beate Meißner | 7,505 | 48.1 | 4.9 | 5,923 | 37.6 | 3.0 | ||
Left | Knut Korschewsky | 4,787 | 30.7 | 3.5 | 4,714 | 29.9 | 3.4 | ||
AfD | 1,786 | 11.3 | |||||||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 2,049 | 13.1 | 5.0 | 1,706 | 10.8 | 4.6 | ||
Greens | Filip Heinlein | 638 | 4.1 | 562 | 3.6 | 0.2 | |||
NPD | Frank Neubert | 630 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 425 | 2.7 | 1.7 | ||
List-only parties | 651 | 4.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 374 | 216 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 15,609 | 15,767 | |||||||
Turnout | 15,983 | 46.6 | 5.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,718 | 17.4 | 8.4 |
2009 election
editState election (2009): Sonneberg I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Beate Meißner | 8,075 | 43.2 | 1.9 | 6,525 | 34.6 | 8.8 | ||
Left | Michael Gerstenberger | 6,378 | 34.2 | 7.0 | 6,278 | 33.3 | 5.3 | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 3,380 | 18.1 | 2.2 | 2,907 | 15.4 | 0.3 | ||
NPD | Mike Steiner | 840 | 4.5 | 831 | 4.4 | 3.8 | |||
FDP | 1,119 | 5.9 | 2.7 | ||||||
Greens | 642 | 3.4 | 0.6 | ||||||
List-only parties | 543 | 2.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 466 | 294 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 18,673 | 18,845 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,139 | 52.4 | 2.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,697 | 9.0 | 8.9 |
2004 election
editState election (2004): Sonneberg I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christine Zitzmann | 8,099 | 45.1 | 5.2 | 7,840 | 43.4 | 3.5 | ||
PDS | Christoph Schwarze | 4,883 | 27.2 | 4.8 | 5,070 | 28.0 | 4.0 | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 2,852 | 15.9 | 7.7 | 2,725 | 15.1 | 4.4 | ||
FDP | Frank Laaser | 1,078 | 6.0 | 585 | 3.2 | 1.8 | |||
Independent | Ringo Muggenthaler | 1,059 | 5.9 | ||||||
List-only parties | 1,857 | 10.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 945 | 839 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 17,971 | 18,077 | |||||||
Turnout | 18,916 | 49.7 | 7.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,216 | 17.9 | 8.8 |
1999 election
editState election (1999): Sonneberg I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christine Zitzmann | 10,745 | 50.3 | 13.3 | 10,108 | 46.9 | 7.8 | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 5,051 | 23.6 | 11.0 | 4,198 | 19.5 | 13.1 | ||
PDS | Almuth Beck | 4,777 | 22.4 | 3.7 | 5,178 | 24.0 | 6.4 | ||
REP | Ulf Schmidt | 799 | 3.7 | 278 | 1.3 | 0.5 | |||
List-only parties | 1,779 | 8.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 475 | 306 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 21,372 | 21,541 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,847 | 57.0 | 19.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 5,694 | 26.7 | 24.3 |
1994 election
editState election (1994): Sonneberg I[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christine Zitzmann | 10,373 | 37.0 | 11,017 | 39.1 | ||||
SPD | 9,708 | 34.6 | 9,198 | 32.6 | |||||
PDS | 5,256 | 18.7 | 4,973 | 17.6 | |||||
FDP | 1,495 | 5.3 | 1,151 | 4.1 | |||||
Greens | 1,237 | 4.4 | 985 | 3.5 | |||||
List-only parties | 854 | 3.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 915 | 806 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,069 | 28,178 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,984 | 76.2 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 665 | 2.4 |
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=019&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