Wartburgkreis 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 5. It covers the southern part of Wartburgkreis and a small area of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Wartburgkreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Martin Henkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis I covers the southern part of Wartburgkreis and a small area of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Bad Salzungen (excluding Ettenhausen an der Suhl), Buttlar, Dermbach, Empfertshausen, Geisa, Gerstengrund, Krayenberggemeinde, Leimbach, Oechsen, Schleid, Unterbreizbach, Vacha, Weilar, and Wiesenthal (from Wartburgkreis), and Kaltennordheim (excluding Aschenhausen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Melpers, Mittelsdorf, Oberkatz und Unterweid) from Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Hans-Peter Häfner, who served from 1994 to 1999, followed by Manfred Grob (1999–2019) and Martin Henkel (2019–present).
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Hans-Peter Häfner | CDU | 42.9 | |
1999 | Manfred Grob | CDU | 49.7 | |
2004 | 39.9 | |||
2009 | 35.2 | |||
2014 | 42.3 | |||
2019 | Martin Henkel | CDU | 34.4 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Wartburgkreis I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Martin Henkel | 9,714 | 34.4 | 7.9 | 8,047 | 28.4 | 13.8 | ||
AfD | Stefan Mäurer | 6,719 | 23.8 | 6,842 | 24.2 | 16.3 | |||
Left | Anja Müller | 6,585 | 23.3 | 3.0 | 7,810 | 27.6 | 3.0 | ||
SPD | Martin Geißler | 1,945 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 2,086 | 7.4 | 4.9 | ||
Greens | Andreas Hundertmark | 1,275 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 965 | 3.4 | 0.3 | ||
FDP | Matthias Fallenstein | 1,176 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1,121 | 4.0 | 2.3 | ||
Free Voters | Ines Senf | 708 | 2.5 | ||||||
MLPD | Stefan Engel | 115 | 0.4 | 104 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,328 | 4.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 404 | 338 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 28,237 | 28,303 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,641 | 63.1 | 13.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,995 | 10.6 | 5.4 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Wartburgkreis I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Grob | 9,890 | 42.3 | 7.1 | 9,929 | 42.2 | 4.8 | ||
Left | Anja Müller | 6,141 | 26.3 | 2.4 | 5,798 | 24.6 | 0.9 | ||
SPD | Jürgen Holland-Nell | 3,979 | 17.0 | 2.5 | 2,901 | 12.3 | 2.6 | ||
AfD | 1,860 | 7.9 | |||||||
NPD | Tobias Kammler | 1,355 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1,104 | 4.7 | 1.3 | ||
Greens | Andreas Hundertmark | 1,290 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 873 | 3.7 | 0.0 | ||
FDP | Helmut Hempel | 717 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 390 | 1.7 | 3.9 | ||
List-only parties | 674 | 2.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 410 | 253 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,372 | 23,529 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,782 | 49.4 | 4.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,749 | 16.0 | 4.7 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Wartburgkreis I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Grob | 9,535 | 35.2 | 4.7 | 10,144 | 37.4 | 0.4 | ||
Left | Frank Kuschel | 6,458 | 23.9 | 5.8 | 6,915 | 25.5 | 3.6 | ||
SPD | Thomas Fischer | 3,935 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 4,053 | 14.9 | 2.8 | ||
Free Voters | Werner Hellmann | 2,424 | 9.0 | 1,708 | 6.3 | 11.7 | |||
FDP | Jürgen Bohn | 1,887 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 1,508 | 5.6 | 2.9 | ||
NPD | Tobias Kammler | 1,759 | 6.5 | 1,636 | 6.0 | 4.7 | |||
Greens | Mario Amling | 1,074 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1,000 | 3.7 | 0.7 | ||
List-only parties | 168 | 0.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 524 | 464 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,072 | 27,132 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,596 | 54.1 | 4.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,077 | 11.3 | 1.1 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Wartburgkreis I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Grob | 11,398 | 39.9 | 9.8 | 10,874 | 37.0 | 16.3 | ||
PDS | Christina Michael | 8,478 | 29.7 | 9.9 | 6,435 | 21.9 | 2.7 | ||
Free Voters | 5,274 | 18.0 | |||||||
SPD | Frank Pach | 4,920 | 17.2 | 6.9 | 3,549 | 12.1 | 6.4 | ||
FDP | Jürgen Bohn | 2,088 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 807 | 2.7 | 1.5 | ||
Greens | Helge Fibich | 1,682 | 5.9 | 888 | 3.0 | 1.6 | |||
List-only parties | 1,538 | 5.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,080 | 1,281 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 28,566 | 29,365 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,646 | 58.9 | 0.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,920 | 10.2 | 15.4 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Wartburgkreis I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Grob | 14,760 | 49.7 | 6.8 | 15,937 | 53.3 | 8.2 | ||
SPD | Günter Pohl | 7,153 | 24.1 | 11.1 | 5,525 | 18.5 | 11.9 | ||
PDS | Christina Michael | 5,881 | 19.8 | 6.5 | 5,746 | 19.2 | 5.0 | ||
REP | Silvio Dettmar | 777 | 2.6 | 260 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |||
FDP | Gerhard Petter | 685 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 345 | 1.2 | 2.2 | ||
Independent | Gustav Josef Eib | 442 | 1.5 | ||||||
List-only parties | 2,072 | 6.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 643 | 456 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,698 | 29,885 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,341 | 58.2 | 17.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 7,607 | 25.6 | 17.9 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Wartburgkreis I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Peter Häfner | 16,330 | 42.9 | 17,272 | 45.1 | ||||
SPD | Günter Pohl | 13,411 | 35.2 | 11,627 | 30.4 | ||||
PDS | Eva-Maria Förtsch | 5,054 | 13.3 | 5,427 | 14.2 | ||||
Greens | Gerhard Wien | 2,045 | 5.4 | 1,675 | 4.4 | ||||
FDP | Gerhard Petter | 1,251 | 3.3 | 1,292 | 3.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 994 | 2.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,474 | 1,278 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 38,091 | 38,287 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,565 | 75.7 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,919 | 7.7 |