Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 8. It covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.[1]
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Jonas Urbach of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Anrode, Dünwald, Menteroda, Mühlhausen/Thüringen (excluding Bollstedt, Grabe, Höngeda und Seebach), Rodeberg, Südeichsfeld, and Unstruttal.[1]
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Thomas Kretschmer, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Elke Holzapfel (2009–2019) and Jonas Urbach (2019–present).
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Thomas Kretschmer | CDU | 44.3 | |
1999 | 53.1 | |||
2004 | 49.7 | |||
2009 | Elke Holzapfel | CDU | 31.3 | |
2014 | 36.2 | |||
2019 | Jonas Urbach | CDU | 31.1 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Jonas Urbach | 7,878 | 31.1 | 5.1 | 6,500 | 25.6 | 9.1 | ||
AfD | Thomas Gröger | 5,958 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 5,823 | 23.0 | 11.4 | ||
Left | Steffen Thormann | 5,625 | 22.2 | 1.2 | 6,941 | 27.4 | 3.0 | ||
SPD | Oleg Shevchenko | 3,124 | 12.3 | 5.1 | 2,441 | 9.6 | 5.5 | ||
Greens | Tino Gaßmann | 1,497 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 1,143 | 4.5 | 0.5 | ||
FDP | Gerald Werner Schmidt | 1,238 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1,306 | 5.1 | 2.6 | ||
List-only parties | 1,209 | 4.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 416 | 373 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,320 | 25,363 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,736 | 60.2 | 11.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,920 | 7.6 | 5.2 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Elke Holzapfel | 7,837 | 36.2 | 4.9 | 7,509 | 34.7 | 0.9 | ||
Left | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,057 | 23.4 | 0.1 | 5,286 | 24.4 | 0.2 | ||
SPD | Holger Poppenhäger | 3,764 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 3,272 | 15.1 | 5.0 | ||
AfD | Detlef Schiller | 2,715 | 12.6 | 2,520 | 11.6 | ||||
Greens | Tino Gaßmann | 1,246 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1,079 | 5.0 | 0.2 | ||
FDP | Steffen Dreiling | 581 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 542 | 2.5 | 5.4 | ||
NPD | Marvin Schiel | 425 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 580 | 2.7 | 0.5 | ||
List-only parties | 875 | 4.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 335 | 297 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,625 | 21,663 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,960 | 49.1 | 6.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,780 | 12.8 | 5.0 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Elke Holzapfel | 7,957 | 31.3 | 18.4 | 8,623 | 33.8 | 16.0 | ||
Left | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,973 | 23.5 | 1.6 | 6,265 | 24.6 | 2.4 | ||
SPD | Bernd Münzberg | 5,123 | 20.1 | 3.4 | 5,124 | 20.1 | 5.5 | ||
Free Voters | Karl-Josef Montag | 2,200 | 8.7 | 1,267 | 5.0 | 2.4 | |||
FDP | Steffen Dreiling | 2,064 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 2,023 | 7.9 | 4.9 | ||
Greens | Knut Ewers | 1,276 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 1,233 | 4.8 | 1.8 | ||
NPD | Sebastian Böde | 839 | 3.3 | 810 | 3.2 | 1.7 | |||
List-only parties | 170 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 516 | 433 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,432 | 25,515 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,948 | 55.7 | 4.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,984 | 7.8 | 16.8 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Kretschmer | 11,498 | 49.7 | 3.3 | 11,702 | 49.8 | 4.2 | ||
PDS | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,804 | 25.1 | 6.0 | 5,215 | 22.2 | 4.1 | ||
SPD | Walter Pilger | 3,873 | 16.7 | 6.0 | 3,436 | 14.6 | 6.3 | ||
Greens | Bernward Seipel | 1,021 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 713 | 3.0 | 1.5 | ||
FDP | Wolfgang Schwarzmann | 930 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 708 | 3.0 | 2.2 | ||
List-only parties | 1,738 | 7.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,406 | 1,020 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,126 | 23,512 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,532 | 51.6 | 9.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 5,694 | 24.6 | 5.7 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Kretschmer | 15,431 | 53.1 | 8.8 | 15,813 | 54.0 | 8.7 | ||
SPD | Christine Eisenhut | 6,622 | 22.8 | 10.6 | 6,135 | 21.0 | 11.6 | ||
PDS | Benno Lemke | 5,521 | 19.0 | 6.2 | 5,290 | 18.1 | 4.7 | ||
Greens | Bernward Seipel | 542 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 440 | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
REP | Andreas Bohne | 513 | 1.8 | 150 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
FDP | Dietrich Hose | 450 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 247 | 0.8 | 2.0 | ||
List-only parties | 1,197 | 4.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 554 | 361 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,079 | 29,272 | |||||||
Turnout | 29,633 | 60.5 | 16.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 8,809 | 30.3 | 19.4 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Kretschmer | 16,091 | 44.3 | 16,510 | 45.3 | ||||
SPD | 12,144 | 33.4 | 11,891 | 32.6 | |||||
PDS | 4,654 | 12.8 | 4,880 | 13.4 | |||||
FDP | 1,651 | 4.5 | 1,015 | 2.8 | |||||
Greens | 1,492 | 4.1 | 1,245 | 3.4 | |||||
DSU | 307 | 0.8 | 118 | 0.3 | |||||
List-only parties | 810 | 2.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,117 | 987 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,339 | 36,469 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,456 | 76.6 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,947 | 10.9 |