Gotha II (constituency)

Gotha 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 15. It covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha.^[1]

Gotha II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stephan Steinbrück of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Gotha II covers the central part of the district of Gotha, around the city of Gotha. It comprises just two municipalities: Gotha and Hörsel.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Josef Duchac (1990–1994), Johanna Köhler (1994–1999), and Evelin Groß (1999–2009). It was won by the Social Democratic Party in 2009, and was represented by Matthias Hey - he was re-elected in 2014 and 2019. In 2024, Stephan Steinbrück of the AfD won the seat.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Josef Duchac	CDU	48.8
1994	Johanna Köhler		36.2
1999	Evelin Groß		45.6
2004	Evelin Groß		40.7
2009	Matthias Hey	SPD	40.6
2014			38.9
2019			38.2
2024	Stephan Steinbrück	AfD	34.7

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Gotha 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	Stephan Steinbrück		8,320	34.7	12.0	7,808	32.3	9.8
	SPD	N Matthias Hey		8,289	34.6	3.6	3,031	12.6	3.8
	BSW						3,572	14.8
	CDU	Marion Rosin		4,557	19.0	4.4	4,833	20.0	3.9
	Left	Sebastian Vogt		2,178	9.1	8.3	3,116	12.9	18.2
	Greens						573	2.4	2.2
	Independent	Birger Gröning		310	1.3
	FDP	Torsten Klöppel		305	1.3	1.9	281	0.9	2.8
	APT						275	1.1	0.1
	FW						246	1.0
	Values						118	0.5
	Familie						113	0.5
	BD						95	0.4
	Pirates						82	0.3	0.4
	ÖDP						34	0.1	0.2
	MLPD						28	0.1	0.3
Informal votes				398			215
Total valid votes				23,959			24,142
Turnout				24,357	66.6	8.0
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	31	0.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Gotha 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Matthias Hey		8,433	38.2	0.7	3,636	16.4	2.4
	AfD	Stephan Steinbrück		5,016	22.7		4,976	22.5	12.1
	Left	Bernd Fundheller		3,843	17.4	6.3	6,875	31.1	3.0
	CDU	Marion Rosin		3,212	14.6	10.3	3,557	16.1	11.5
	Greens	Felix Kalbe		847	3.8	0.4	1,014	4.6	0.1
	FDP	Martin Steinbrück		714	3.2	0.4	823	3.7	1.7
	List-only parties						1,232	5.6
Informal votes				322			274
Total valid votes				22,065			22,113
Turnout				22,387	58.6	10.0
	SPD hold		Majority	3,417	15.5	1.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Gotha 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	%	±%
	SPD	Y Matthias Hey		7,474	38.9	1.7	3,650	18.8	7.1
	CDU	Evelin Groß		4,781	24.9	0.1	5,347	27.6	0.6
	Left	Bernd Fundheller		4,557	23.7	1.0	5,451	28.1	1.9
	AfD						2,010	10.4
	NPD	Angela Winderstein		1,053	5.5	0.0	771	4.0	1.1
	Greens	Tyra Falta		816	4.2		916	4.7	1.0
	FDP	Martin Steinbrück		543	2.8	3.4	390	2.0	4.3
	List-only parties						838	4.3
Informal votes				400			251
Total valid votes				19,224			19,373
Turnout				19,624	48.6	5.1
	SPD hold		Majority	2,693	14.0	1.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Gotha 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	%	±%
	SPD	Matthias Hey		8,998	40.6	24.2	5,750	25.9	11.4
	CDU	N Evelin Groß		5,548	25.0	15.7	6,005	27.0	12.6
	Left	Bernd Fundheller		5,024	22.7	9.8	5,810	26.2	2.8
	FDP	Torsten Köhler-Hohlfeld		1,371	6.2	1.0	1,393	6.3	2.7
	Greens						1,269	5.7	1.0
	NPD	Klaus Städler		1,218	5.5		1,143	5.1	4.0
	List-only parties						836	3.8
Informal votes				405			358
Total valid votes				22,159			22,206
Turnout				22,564	53.7	1.9
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	3,450	15.6

2004 election

State election (2004): Gotha 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 Evelin Groß		8,608	40.7	4.9	8,472	39.6	7.2
	PDS	Vera Fitzke		6,870	32.5	6.7	6,208	29.0	6.0
	SPD	Helmut Rieth		3,474	16.4	8.3	3,109	14.5	5.4
	Greens	Tobias Franke-Polz		1,102	5.2		994	4.7	2.7
	FDP	Mike Wündsch		1,094	5.2	3.6	762	3.6	2.8
	List-only parties						1,830	8.6
Informal votes				1,054			827
Total valid votes				21,148			21,375
Turnout				22,202	51.8	4.6
	CDU hold		Majority	1,738	8.2	11.6

1999 election

State election (1999): Gotha 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	Evelin Groß		11,101	45.6	9.4	11,469	46.8	10.0
	PDS	Heide Wildauer		6,265	25.8	8.1	5,639	23.0	6.4
	SPD	Helmut Rieth		6,004	24.7	11.4	4,877	19.9	15.4
	REP	Hartwig Bastian		547	2.2		153	0.6	0.3
	FDP	Mike Wündsch		401	1.6	1.2	206	0.8	1.7
	List-only parties						2,137	8.7
Informal votes				428			265
Total valid votes				24,318			24,481
Turnout				24,746	56.4	15.1
	CDU hold		Majority	4,836	19.8	19.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Gotha 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	Johanna Köhler		11,354	36.2	12.6	11,570	36.8	10.6
	SPD			11,333	36.1	11.7	11,110	35.3	9.5
	PDS			5,549	17.7	12.8	5,213	16.6	11.7
	Greens			2,248	7.2	2.9	1,796	5.7	1.3
	FDP			872	2.8	7.2	798	2.5	8.3
	List-only parties						955	3.0
Informal votes				809			723
Total valid votes				31,356			31,442
Turnout				32,165	71.5	5.6
	CDU hold		Majority	21	0.1	22.3

1990 election

State election (1990): Gotha II^[9]
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	Josef Duchac		18,950	48.8		18,404	47.4
	SPD			9,467	24.4		10,017	25.8
	FDP			3,890	10.0		4,187	10.8
	DSU			1,998	5.1		1,435	3.7
	PDS			1,900	4.9		1,921	4.9
	Greens			1,654	4.3		1,710	4.4
	REP			541	1.4		371	1.0
	UFV			406	1.0		285	0.7
	List-only parties						488	1.3
Informal votes				1,355			1,343
Total valid votes				38,806			38,818
Turnout				40,161	77.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	9,483	24.4

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=015&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

[9] Wahlen in Thüringen 1990

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