Saale-Orla-Kreis I

Saale-Orla-Kreis 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 33. It covers the southern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis.^[1]

Saale-Orla-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Uwe Thrum of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saale-Orla-Kreis I covers the southern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Lobenstein, Burgk, Dittersdorf, Dreba, Gefell, Görkwitz, Göschitz, Hirschberg, Kirschkau, Knau, Löhma, Moßbach, Neundorf (at Schleiz), Oettersdorf, Plothen, Pörmitz, Remptendorf, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Schleiz (excluding Crispendorf), Tanna, Tegau, Volkmannsdorf, and Wurzbach.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Siegfried Wetzel (1994–2014) and Stefan Gruhner (2014–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Uwe Thrum.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Siegfried Wetzel	CDU	44.7
1999			48.7
2004			38.0
2009			28.9
2014	Stefan Gruhner	CDU	42.1
2019	Uwe Thrum	AfD	29.0
2024	Uwe Thrum	AfD	40.7

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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	Y Uwe Thrum		11,391	47.4	18.4	9,826	40.7	13.5
	CDU	Katrin Gerdorf		7,953	33.1	4.9	5,562	23.0	0.7
	BSW						3,731	15.4
	Left	Ralf Kalich		3,026	12.6	12.5	2,898	12.0	19.9
	UBV	Lennart Scheffczyk		853	3.6
	SPD	Moritz Kalthoff		793	3.3	3.6	735	3.0	3.4
	Greens						281	1.2	1.2
	FW						255	1.1
	FDP						243	1.0	4.0
	APT						200	0.8	0.1
	Familie						117	0.5
	Values						110	0.5
	BD						92	0.4
	Pirates						57	0.2	0.2
	ÖDP						38	0.2	0.2
	MLPD						26	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				329			174
Total valid votes				24,016			24,171
Turnout				24,345	76.7	8.8
	AfD hold		Majority	3,438	14.3	13.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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	%	±%
	AfD	Uwe Thrum		6,643	29.0		6,235	27.2	15.1
	CDU	N Stefan Gruhner		6,452	28.2	13.9	5,116	22.3	15.3
	Left	Ralf Kalich		5,755	25.1	6.7	7,328	31.9	3.3
	SPD	Werner Christel		1,575	6.9	4.8	1,473	6.4	4.0
	FDP	Felix Schaum		1,035	4.5	0.4	1,158	5.0	2.6
	Free Voters	Christian Meyer		731	3.2
	Greens	Sabine Reichmann		659	2.9	2.1	542	2.4	1.0
	MLPD	Johannes Rupprecht		37	0.2		52	0.2
	List-only parties						1,052	4.6
Informal votes				286			217
Total valid votes				22,887			22,956
Turnout				23,173	67.9	11.5
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	191	0.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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	Stefan Gruhner		8,410	42.1	13.2	7,604	37.6	4.6
	Left	Ralf Kalich		6,345	31.8	5.2	5,778	28.6	0.3
	AfD						2,446	12.1
	SPD	Kai Vöcking		2,338	11.7	10.2	2,110	10.4	8.6
	Greens	Janina Geiler		997	5.0		689	3.4	0.1
	FDP	Sandra Scherf-Michel		981	4.9	1.9	479	2.4	4.8
	NPD	Danny Ptotenhauer		903	4.5	0.6	580	2.9	1.2
	List-only parties						525	2.6
Informal votes				429			192
Total valid votes				19,974			20,211
Turnout				20,403	56.4	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	2,065	10.3	8.0

2009 election

State election (2009): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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 Siegfried Wetzel		6,344	28.9	9.1	7,264	33.0	12.9
	Left	Ralf Kalich		5,843	26.6	1.0	6,238	28.3	2.8
	SPD	Rüdiger Wohl		4,820	21.9	5.5	4,182	19.0	4.8
	Independent	Andreas Scheffczyk		2,599	11.8	3.6
	FDP	Frank Stephan Bergner		1,495	6.8	2.2	1,578	7.2	3.2
	NPD	Udo Illig		865	3.9		902	4.1	2.8
	Greens						776	3.5	0.7
	List-only parties						1,086	4.9
Informal votes				458			398
Total valid votes				21,966			22,026
Turnout				22,424	57.6	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	501	2.3	10.1

2004 election

State election (2004): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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 Siegfried Wetzel		8,084	38.0	10.7	9,781	45.9	4.6
	PDS	Klaus Möller		5,449	25.6	4.3	5,437	25.5	4.9
	SPD	Stefan Fricke		3,497	16.4	3.7	3,027	14.2	3.5
	Independent	Andreas Scheffczyk		3,283	15.4
	FDP	Thomas Witt		971	4.6		842	4.0	2.8
	List-only parties						2,222	10.4
Informal votes				914			889
Total valid votes				21,284			21,309
Turnout				22,198	55.0	5.6
	CDU hold		Majority	2,635	12.4	15.0

1999 election

State election (1999): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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 Siegfried Wetzel		11,867	48.7	4.0	12,384	50.5	5.4
	PDS	Hannelore Fleischmann		5,189	21.3	7.1	5,048	20.6	5.0
	SPD	Wolfgang Linke		4,889	20.1	6.0	4,350	17.7	10.2
	VIBT	Andreas Scheffczyk		1,761	7.2		727	3.0
	REP	Manfred Annemüller		658	2.7	0.9	307	1.3	0.5
	List-only parties						1,720	7.0
Informal votes				404			232
Total valid votes				24,364			24,536
Turnout				24,768	60.6	16.0
	CDU hold		Majority	6,678	27.4	8.8

1994 election

State election (1994): Saale-Orla-Kreis I^[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	Siegfried Wetzel		13,712	44.7		13,928	45.1
	SPD			7,998	26.1		8,614	27.9
	PDS			4,366	14.2		4,819	15.6
	FDP			1,612	5.3		1,079	3.5
	New Forum			1,365	4.5		364	1.2
	Greens			1,076	3.5		1,170	3.8
	REP			539	1.8		547	1.8
	List-only parties						351	1.1
Informal votes				790			586
Total valid votes				30,668			30,872
Turnout				31,458	76.6
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,714	18.6

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=033&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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