Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III 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 30. It covers the western and southern of Weimarer Land and the northern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.[1]
Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Weimar-Land I – Schwarzakreis III, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2004, it has been represented by Mike Mohring of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III covers the western and southern of Weimarer Land and the northern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, specifically the municipalities of Am Ettersberg, Bad Berka, Ballstedt, Bechstedtstraß, Blankenhain, Buchfart, Daasdorf a. Berge, Döbritschen, Ettersburg, Frankendorf, Großschwabhausen, Hammerstedt, Hetschburg, Hohenfelden, Hopfgarten, Ilmtal-Weinstraße (only Leutenthal and Rohrbach), Isseroda, Kapellendorf, Kiliansroda, Kleinschwabhausen, Klettbach, Kranichfeld, Lehnstedt, Magdala, Mechelroda, Mellingen, Mönchenholzhausen, Nauendorf, Neumark, Niederzimmern, Nohra, Oettern, Ottstedt a. Berge, Rittersdorf, Tonndorf, Troistedt, Umpferstedt, Vollersroda, and Wiegendorf (from Weimarer Land), and Rudolstadt (only Ammelstädt, Breitenherda, Eschdorf, Geitersdorf, Haufeld, Heilsberg, Milbitz, Remda, Sundremda, Teichel, Teichröda and Treppendorf), and Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel (from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt).[1]
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Bärbel Vopel, who served from 1994 to 2004. Since 2004, it has been represented by Mike Mohring.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Bärbel Vopel | CDU | 47.6 | |
1999 | 51.5 | |||
2004 | Mike Mohring | CDU | 45.9 | |
2009 | 34.9 | |||
2014 | 44.7 | |||
2019 | 31.2 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Mike Mohring | 9,335 | 31.2 | 13.5 | 7,257 | 24.2 | 11.7 | ||
AfD | Torben Braga | 7,594 | 25.4 | 7,534 | 25.1 | 13.6 | |||
Left | Robin Schünemann | 7,295 | 24.4 | 4.2 | 8,403 | 28.0 | 2.4 | ||
SPD | Jens Hoffmann | 2,156 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 2,000 | 6.7 | 3.8 | ||
FDP | Patrick Martin | 1,845 | 6.2 | 1,886 | 6.3 | 3.6 | |||
Greens | Carl Eisenbrandt | 1,567 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1,374 | 4.6 | 1.1 | ||
MLPD | Michael Wist | 91 | 0.3 | 57 | 0.2 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,569 | 5.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 522 | 382 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,883 | 30,023 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,405 | 71.0 | 11.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,741 | 5.8 | 10.3 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Mike Mohring | 10,449 | 44.7 | 9.8 | 8,518 | 35.9 | 3.3 | ||
Left | Steffen Dittes | 6,683 | 28.6 | 3.6 | 6,073 | 25.6 | 1.0 | ||
AfD | 2,738 | 11.5 | |||||||
SPD | Wilfried Regenhardt | 2,851 | 12.2 | 3.1 | 2,497 | 10.5 | 6.6 | ||
Greens | Stephanie Erben | 1,823 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 1,347 | 5.7 | 0.9 | ||
NPD | Sören Schmidt | 1,564 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 1,041 | 4.4 | 1.2 | ||
List-only parties | 1,522 | 6.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 731 | 365 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,370 | 23,736 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,101 | 59.8 | 1.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 3,766 | 16.1 | 6.2 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Mike Mohring | 8,765 | 34.9 | 11.0 | 8,237 | 32.6 | 13.1 | ||
Left | Andreas Schuster | 6,297 | 25.0 | 2.6 | 6,207 | 24.6 | 1.4 | ||
SPD | Wilfried Regenhardt | 3,841 | 15.3 | 0.4 | 4,322 | 17.1 | 3.9 | ||
FDP | Sandra Scherf-Michel | 2,356 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 2,253 | 8.9 | 4.9 | ||
NPD | Jan Morgenroth | 1,595 | 6.3 | 1,417 | 5.6 | 3.2 | |||
List-only parties | 2,842 | 11.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 588 | 448 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,138 | 25,278 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,726 | 61.0 | 0.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,468 | 9.9 | 8.4 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Mike Mohring | 11,159 | 45.9 | 5.8 | 11,352 | 45.7 | 8.5 | ||
PDS | Andreas Schuster | 6,722 | 27.6 | 9.6 | 5,750 | 23.2 | 6.1 | ||
SPD | Nico Janicke | 3,621 | 14.9 | 4.0 | 3,275 | 13.2 | 4.1 | ||
FDP | Andreas Johne | 1,511 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 991 | 4.0 | 2.9 | ||
Greens | Mario Wildner | 1,302 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1,112 | 4.5 | 2.7 | ||
List-only parties | 2,352 | 9.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,503 | 986 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 24,315 | 24,832 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,818 | 60.5 | 5.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,437 | 18.3 | 14.3 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bärbel Vopel | 13,366 | 51.5 | 4.0 | 14,110 | 54.1 | 6.7 | ||
SPD | Eberhard Lüdde | 4,897 | 18.9 | 9.1 | 4,504 | 17.3 | 10.9 | ||
PDS | Klaus Dinor | 4,664 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 4,474 | 17.2 | 5.1 | ||
VIBT | Gerhard Pletat | 1,017 | 3.9 | 476 | 1.8 | ||||
REP | Michael Wahle | 841 | 3.2 | 244 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |||
Greens | Christine Meinecke | 588 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 481 | 1.8 | 3.1 | ||
FDP | Volker Jungklaus | 571 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 293 | 1.1 | 2.7 | ||
List-only parties | 1,498 | 5.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 551 | 415 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,944 | 26,080 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,495 | 66.2 | 10.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 8,469 | 32.6 | 13.0 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Weimar-Land I – Schwarzakreis III[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bärbel Vopel | 12,527 | 47.6 | 12,509 | 47.4 | ||||
SPD | 7,372 | 28.0 | 7,435 | 28.2 | |||||
PDS | 3,111 | 11.8 | 3,213 | 12.2 | |||||
Greens | 2,235 | 8.5 | 1,299 | 4.9 | |||||
FDP | 1,093 | 4.1 | 993 | 3.8 | |||||
List-only parties | 953 | 3.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 806 | 742 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 26,338 | 26,402 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,144 | 77.0 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 5,155 | 19.6 |