Weimar I – Weimarer Land II

Weimar I – Weimarer Land 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 31. It covers the eastern part of Weimarer Land and small parts of the city of Weimar.^[1]

Weimar I – Weimarer Land II was created for the 1994 state election. It was originally named Weimar-Land II, but was renamed to Weimarer Land II after the 1994 election. It took its current name before the 2014 election after obtaining a small part of the city of Weimar. Since 2024, it has been represented by Peter Gerhardt of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Weimar I – Weimarer Land II covers the eastern part of Weimarer Land and small parts of the city of Weimar, specifically the municipalities of Apolda, Bad Sulza, Eberstedt, Großheringen, Ilmtal-Weinstraße (excluding Leutenthal und Rohrbach), Niedertrebra, Obertrebra, Rannstedt, Saaleplatte, and Schmiedehausen (from Weimarer Land), and the city districts (Ortsteile) of Schöndorf, Süßenborn, and Tiefurt/Dürrenbacher Hütte (from Weimar).^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Christine Lieberknecht, who served from 1994 to 2019, followed by Thomas Gottweis until 2024. Peter Gerhardt of Alternative for Germany won the seat in 2024.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Christine Lieberknecht	CDU	46.8
1999			55.2
2004			53.3
2009			37.2
2014			45.0
2019	Thomas Gottweis	CDU	29.4
2024	Peter Gerhardt	AfD	38.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Weimar I/Weimarer Land II^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Peter Gerhardt		9,437	38.3	17.5	8,785	35.4	11.6
	CDU	N Thomas Gottweiss		9,184	37.3	7.9	5,924	23.9	6.5
	BSW						3,971	16.0
	Left	Michael Eberhardt		2,536	10.3	5.8	2,966	12.0	13.3
	SPD	Steven Büchner		1,123	4.6	0.8	1,192	4.8	1.7
	FW	Ute Sauer		1,066	4.3	2.5	388	1.6
	Greens	Max Reschke		895	3.6	4.3	533	2.1	1.9
	FDP	Patrick Martin		390	1.6	1.9	332	1.3	3.7
	APT						269	1.1	0.1
	Familie						131	0.5
	BD						116	0.5
	Values						94	0.4
	Pirates						51	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						29	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						19	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				359			190
Total valid votes				24,631			24,800
Turnout				24,990	73.5	8.5
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	253	1.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Weimar I – Weimarer Land II^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas Gottweis		6,578	29.4	15.6	6,812	30.4	9.9
	AfD	Ulrich Kühn		4,648	20.8		5,330	23.8	13.8
	Left	Sabine Berninger		3,600	16.1	3.7	5,682	25.3	1.8
	Independent	Hans-Helmut Münchberg		2,901	13.0
	Greens	Max Reschke		1,764	7.9	3.8	898	4.0	0.8
	SPD	Jörg Rietschel		1,654	7.4	10.1	1,449	6.5	4.8
	FDP	Lukas Rost		787	3.5	0.7	1,129	5.0	2.5
	Free Voters	Andreas Weise		399	1.8	4.6
	MLPD	Wolfgang Serway		20	0.1		38	0.2
	List-only parties						1,092	4.9
Informal votes				429			350
Total valid votes				22,351			22,430
Turnout				22,780	65.0	10.3
	CDU hold		Majority	1,930	8.6	16.6

2014 election

State election (2014): Weimar I – Weimarer Land II^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christine Lieberknecht		9,661	45.0	8.8	8,684	40.3	7.7
	Left	Ercan Ayboga		4,250	19.8	1.7	5,056	23.5	0.0
	SPD	Dirk Schütze		3,747	17.5	5.9	2,435	11.3	8.2
	AfD						2,159	10.0
	Free Voters	Andreas Weise		1,365	6.4		581	2.7	2.5
	NPD	Reinhold Leidenfrost		961	4.5	0.2	720	3.3	1.1
	Greens	Christian Ranft		874	4.1	2.0	1,028	4.8	0.9
	FDP	Guido von Pölnitz		604	2.8	5.4	538	2.5	5.6
	List-only parties						358	1.7
Informal votes				440			343
Total valid votes				21,462			21,559
Turnout				21,902	54.7	0.1
	CDU hold		Majority	5,411	25.2	11.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Weimarer Land II^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christine Lieberknecht		7,638	37.2	16.1	6,832	33.3	13.8
	SPD	Dirk Schütze		4,897	23.9	8.5	4,011	19.5	5.7
	Left	Sandro Witt		4,191	20.4	3.6	4,711	22.9	0.5
	FDP	Gunnar Wagenknecht		1,673	8.2		1,678	8.2	4.0
	Greens	Jens Hackbarth		1,188	5.8	1.4	1,143	5.6	2.0
	NPD	Martin Rühlemann		929	4.5		886	4.3	2.9
	List-only parties						1,275	6.2
Informal votes				413			393
Total valid votes				20,516			20,536
Turnout				20,929	55.6	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	2,741	13.3	16.0

2004 election

State election (2004): Weimarer Land II^[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 Christine Lieberknecht		10,561	53.3	1.9	9,456	47.1	9.8
	PDS	Jan Tampe		4,756	24.0	6.3	4,494	22.4	5.9
	SPD	Frank Weber		3,059	15.4	5.1	2,778	13.8	3.9
	Greens	Diana Langbein		878	4.4	2.6	716	3.6	2.2
	Independent	Constanze Kubitz		557	2.8
	List-only parties						2,647	13.2
Informal votes				1,158			878
Total valid votes				19,811			20,091
Turnout				20,969	54.0	7.1
	CDU hold		Majority	5,805	29.3	5.4

1999 election

State election (1999): Weimarer Land II^[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 Christine Lieberknecht		12,921	55.2	8.4	13,368	56.9	10.1
	SPD	Kurt Weyh		4,796	20.5	10.4	4,171	17.7	10.3
	PDS	Sigrun Heimbürge		4,152	17.7	5.3	3,890	16.5	3.3
	FDP	Andreas Kniepurt		588	2.5	2.0	376	1.6	3.0
	REP	Hans Siegert		532	2.3		147	0.6	0.7
	Greens	Carsten Meyer		414	1.8	3.6	323	1.4	2.5
	List-only parties						1,236	5.3
Informal votes				390			282
Total valid votes				23,403			23,511
Turnout				23,793	61.1	13.3
	CDU hold		Majority	8,125	34.7	18.8

1994 election

State election (1994): Weimar-Land II^[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	Christine Lieberknecht		12,958	46.8		12,969	46.8
	SPD			8,570	30.9		7,767	28.0
	PDS			3,438	12.4		3,659	13.2
	Greens			1,494	5.4		1,069	3.9
	FDP			1,243	4.5		1,263	4.6
	List-only parties						996	3.6
Informal votes				650			630
Total valid votes				27,703			27,723
Turnout				28,353	74.3
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,388	15.9

References

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

[2] ttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=031&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=

[3] Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[8] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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