Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II

Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 20. It covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district.^[1]

Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Melanie Berger of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Auengrund, Brünn/Thür., Eisfeld, Masserberg, Schleusegrund, and Schleusingen (from Hildburghausen), and Goldisthal, Lauscha, Neuhaus am Rennweg (excluding Lichte und Piesau), and Steinach (from Sonneberg).^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Bernd Wolf, who served from 1994 to 2004, followed by Henry Worm from 2004 until 2024. At the 2024 election, the constituency was gained by Melanie Berger of Alternative for Germany.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Bernd Wolf	CDU	39.7
1999	Bernd Wolf	CDU	48.6
2004	Henry Worm	CDU	43.4
2009			35.8
2014			44.0
2019			34.1
2024	Melanie Berger	AfD	41.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Hildburghausen II/Sonneberg 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	Melanie Berger		10,257	41.6	17.9	9,516	38.2	15.4
	CDU	N Henry Worm		8,402	34.1		5,709	22.9	3.2
	BSW						4,288	17.2
	Left	Linda Strong		2,724	11.1	17.1	2,611	10.5	22.4
	FW	Robin Lützelberger		2,031	8.2		901	3.6
	SPD	Anja Beauty		1,228	5.0	1.4	851	3.4	3.5
	Greens						221	0.9	2.1
	APT						196	0.8	0.4
	FDP						188	0.8	2.7
	Values						118	0.5
	Familie						100	0.5
	BD						94	0.4
	Pirates						66	0.3
	ÖDP						50	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						23	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				493			203
Total valid votes				24,642			24,932
Turnout				25,135	74.2	11.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	1,855	7.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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	Y Henry Worm		7,323	34.1	9.9	5,630	26.1	11.5
	Left	Tilo Kummer		6,069	28.2	3.1	7,089	32.9	3.0
	AfD	Holger Winterstein		5,089	23.7		4,908	22.8	14.0
	SPD	Claudia Scheerschmidt		1,367	6.4	7.7	1,485	6.9	5.6
	Greens	Antje Duckwitz		888	4.1	0.1	649	3.0	0.3
	FDP	Robert-Martin Montag		706	3.3	0.2	764	3.5	1.6
	MLPD	Klaus Dimler		52	0.2		42	0.2
	List-only parties						969	4.5
Informal votes				286			244
Total valid votes				21,494			21,536
Turnout				21,780	63.0	12.6
	CDU hold		Majority	1,254	5.9	6.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Henry Worm		7,437	44.0	8.2	6,398	37.6	4.6
	Left	Stefan Harzer		5,288	31.3	3.6	5,096	29.9	2.4
	SPD	Alexander Humann		2,384	14.1	1.6	2,128	12.5	4.6
	AfD						1,494	8.8
	Greens	Karen Thimel		673	4.0		565	3.3	0.1
	NPD	Uwe Bäz-Dölle		595	3.5	1.7	484	2.8	1.3
	FDP	Thomas Vollmar		518	3.1	5.4	323	1.9	5.0
	List-only parties						542	3.2
Informal votes				298			163
Total valid votes				16,895			17,030
Turnout				17,193	50.4	3.5
	CDU hold		Majority	2,149	12.7	11.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Henry Worm		6,928	35.8	7.6	6,436	33.0	12.6
	Left	Wolfgang May		6,756	34.9	2.7	6,300	32.3	5.7
	SPD	David Fritsch		3,034	15.7	2.7	3,342	17.1	1.2
	FDP	Felix Rösel		1,656	8.5	2.5	1,343	6.9	3.9
	NPD	Uwe Bäz-Dölle		998	5.2		809	4.1	2.5
	List-only parties						1,293	6.6
Informal votes				517			366
Total valid votes				19,372			19,523
Turnout				19,889	53.9	2.5
	CDU hold		Majority	172	0.9	10.3

2004 election

State election (2004): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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	Henry Worm		8,107	43.4	5.2	8,669	45.6	5.2
	PDS	Wolfgang May		6,011	32.2	8.9	5,063	26.6	3.4
	SPD	Bernd Lauche		3,426	18.4	4.2	3,033	15.9	2.6
	FDP	Thomas Vollmar		1,121	6.0	4.1	577	3.0	1.9
	List-only parties						1,677	8.8
Informal votes				1,235			881
Total valid votes				18,665			19,019
Turnout				19,900	51.4	10.1
	CDU hold		Majority	2,096	11.2	14.1

1999 election

State election (1999): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Bernd Wolf		11,541	48.6	8.9	12,130	50.8	8.1
	PDS	Stefan Hiederich		5,538	23.3	8.1	5,531	23.2	7.2
	SPD	Uwe Höhn		5,375	22.6	9.1	4,409	18.5	12.0
	REP	Manfred Schlichting		547	2.3	0.4	141	0.6	1.3
	FDP	Thomas Vollmar		449	1.9	5.5	272	1.1	2.6
	Greens	Richard Schmid		307	1.3	2.8	228	1.0	2.1
	List-only parties						1,149	4.8
Informal votes				462			359
Total valid votes				23,757			23,860
Turnout				24,219	61.5	15.5
	CDU hold		Majority	6,003	25.3	17.3

1994 election

State election (1994): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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	Bernd Wolf		11,567	39.7		12,458	42.7
	SPD			9,236	31.7		8,896	30.5
	PDS			4,436	15.2		4,679	16.0
	FDP			2,153	7.4		1,088	3.7
	Greens			1,180	4.1		897	3.1
	REP			562	1.9		541	1.9
	List-only parties						643	2.2
Informal votes				1,067			999
Total valid votes				29,134			29,202
Turnout				30,201	77.0
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,331	8.0

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=020&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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