Saale-Holzland-Kreis II

Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 36. It covers the northern part of Saale-Holzland-Kreis.^[1]

Saale-Holzland-Kreis II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Wiebke Muhsal of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saale-Holzland-Kreis II covers the northern part of Saale-Holzland-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Albersdorf, Bad Klosterlausnitz, Bobeck, Bürgel, Crossen an der Elster, Dornburg-Camburg, Eisenberg, Frauenprießnitz, Golmsdorf, Gösen, Graitschen b. Bürgel, Großlöbichau, Hainichen, Hainspitz, Hartmannsdorf, Heideland, Jenalöbnitz, Lehesten, Löberschütz, Mertendorf, Nausnitz, Neuengönna, Petersberg, Poxdorf, Rauda, Rauschwitz, Scheiditz, Schkölen, Schlöben, Schöngleina, Serba, Silbitz, Tautenburg, Tautenhain, Thierschneck, Waldeck, Walpernhain, Weißenborn, Wichmar, and Zimmern.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Konrad Illing, who served from 1994 to 2004, followed by Wieland Rose (2004–2009) and Mario Voigt (2009–present). In 2024, Wiebke Muhsal of the AfD won the seat.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Konrad Illing	CDU	44.2
1999	Konrad Illing	CDU	52.1
2004	Wieland Rose	CDU	43.5
2009	Mario Voigt	CDU	36.9
2014			41.2
2019			34.1
2024	Wiebke Muhsal	AfD	38.9

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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	Wiebke Muhsal		9,976	38.9	15.6	8,880	34.4	10.9
	CDU	N Mario Voigt		9,560	37.3	3.2	6,905	26.7	2.6
	BSW						4,005	15.5
	Left	Steffen Much		3,424	13.4	11.8	3,008	11.6	18.7
	SPD	Peter Zenner		1,054	4.1	2.5	1,086	4.2	2.3
	FW	Franz Gobel		902	3.5		251	1.0
	Greens	Olaf Reiner Möller		413	1.6	3.7	580	2.2	1.7
	APT						312	1.2
	FDP	William Schlosser		317	1.2	4.4	263	1.0	5.1
	Values						195	0.8
	Familie						125	0.5
	BD						119	0.5
	Pirates						62	0.2	0.2
	ÖDP						36	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						21	0.1
Informal votes				398			196
Total valid votes				25,646			25,848
Turnout				26,044	77.4	9.1
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	416	1.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Mario Voigt		7,974	34.1	7.1	5,654	24.1	10.8
	Left	Steffen Much		5,898	25.2	2.2	7,113	30.3	2.8
	AfD	Jörg Henke		5,449	23.3	9.3	5,514	23.5	9.3
	SPD	Moritz Kalthoff		1,533	6.6	3.0	1,523	6.5	3.1
	FDP	Hardy Scheidig		1,314	5.6		1,436	6.1	3.7
	Greens	Astrid Matthey		1,230	5.3	0.6	914	3.9	1.1
	List-only parties						1,308	5.6
Informal votes				346			282
Total valid votes				23,398			23,462
Turnout				23,744	68.3	12.6
	CDU hold		Majority	2,076	8.9	4.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Mario Voigt		8,128	41.2	4.3	6,924	34.9	1.4
	Left	Mike Huster		5,401	27.4	1.1	5,458	27.5	1.1
	AfD	Jörg Henke		2,760	14.0		2,811	14.2
	SPD	Regine Kanis		1,886	9.6	7.6	1,909	9.6	7.5
	Greens	Roberto Kobelt		935	4.7	0.8	988	5.0	0.1
	NPD	Sebastian Sillge		629	3.2	0.7	770	3.9	0.3
	List-only parties						960	4.8
Informal votes				350			269
Total valid votes				19,739			19,820
Turnout				20,089	55.7	1.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,727	13.8	5.4

2009 election

State election (2009): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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	Mario Voigt		7,900	36.9	6.6	7,204	33.5	10.4
	Left	Manuela Seydewitz		6,107	28.5	2.4	6,165	28.6	2.7
	SPD	Hans-Peter Perschke		3,681	17.2	1.6	3,688	17.1	2.0
	FDP	Holger Joseph		1,726	8.1	2.4	1,791	8.3	4.5
	Greens	Roberto Kobelt		1,169	5.5	1.2	1,045	4.9	1.4
	NPD	Frank Jahn		834	3.9		770	3.6	2.0
	List-only parties						861	4.0
Informal votes				460			353
Total valid votes				21,417			21,524
Turnout				21,877	57.5	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	1,793	8.4	4.2

2004 election

State election (2004): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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	Wieland Rose		9,067	43.5	8.6	9,235	43.9	6.4
	PDS	Ruth Fuchs		6,442	30.9	11.1	5,454	25.9	4.9
	SPD	Andreas Hipp		3,259	15.6	2.3	3,180	15.1	2.2
	FDP	Holger Joseph		1,192	5.7	3.9	807	3.8	2.3
	Greens	Matthias Mann		888	4.3	1.9	741	3.5	1.7
	List-only parties						1,627	7.7
Informal votes				1,110			914
Total valid votes				20,848			21,044
Turnout				21,958	56.1	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	2,625	12.6	19.7

1999 election

State election (1999): Saale-Holzland-Kreis 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 Konrad Illing		11,819	52.1	7.8	11,422	50.3	7.8
	PDS	Sigrun Lingel		4,480	19.8	4.2	4,783	21.0	5.4
	SPD	Hans-Peter Perschke		4,065	17.9	10.8	3,939	17.3	11.7
	VIBT	Thomas Körner		691	3.0		442	1.9
	REP	Harry Drechsler		669	2.9		227	1.0	0.4
	Greens	Martin Berger		540	2.4	5.0	418	1.8	3.7
	FDP	Frank Rohleder		419	1.8	2.1	338	1.5	2.3
	List-only parties						1,156	5.1
Informal votes				338			296
Total valid votes				22,683			22,725
Turnout				23,021	59.2	14.5
	CDU hold		Majority	7,339	32.3	16.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Holzlandkreis 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	Konrad Illing		11,335	44.2		10,913	42.4
	SPD			7,397	28.9		7,479	29.1
	PDS			4,022	15.7		4,035	15.7
	Greens			1,885	7.4		1,041	5.4
	FDP			994	3.9		985	3.8
	List-only parties						1,278	5.0
Informal votes				832			734
Total valid votes				25,633			25,731
Turnout				26,465	73.7
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,938	15.3

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=036&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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