Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 194. It is located in eastern Thuringia, comprising the districts of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, and Saale-Orla-Kreis.[1]
194 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis | |
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![]() Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis in 2025 | |
State | Thuringia |
Population | 266,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 219,437 (2021) |
Major settlements | Saalfeld Rudolstadt Pößneck |
Area | 2,975.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | AfD |
Member | Michael Kaufmann |
Elected | 2021 |
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Michael Kaufmann of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Geography
editSaalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis is located in eastern Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, and Saale-Orla-Kreis.[1]
History
editSaalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis was created in 2002, then known as Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 2002 election, it was constituency 198 in the numbering system. In the 2005 election, it was number 197. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 196. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 195. From the 2025 election, it has been number 194.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sonneberg, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, and Saale-Orla-Kreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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2002 | 198 | Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis |
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2005 | 197 | ||
2009 | 196 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | 195 | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis |
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2021 | |||
2025 | 194 |
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Christine Lehder of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2005, followed by Gerhard Botz of the SPD from 2005 to 2009. Carola Stauche of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was representative from 2009 to 2017. Albert Weiler was elected in the 2017 election. The constituency was won by Michael Kaufmann of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2002 | Christine Lehder | SPD | 41.6 | |
2005 | Gerhard Botz | SPD | 30.2 | |
2009 | Carola Stauche | CDU | 31.9 | |
2013 | 41.1 | |||
2017 | Albert Weiler | CDU | 30.9 | |
2021 | Michael Kaufmann | AfD | 29.3 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Michael Kaufmann | 48,177 | 29.3 | 2.8 | 46,381 | 28.2 | 2.4 | ||
CDU | Albert Weiler | 34,489 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 27,008 | 16.4 | 11.8 | ||
SPD | Cornelius Ilgmann | 30,791 | 18.7 | 7.1 | 35,019 | 21.3 | 9.2 | ||
Left | Frank Tempel | 19,968 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 18,489 | 11.2 | 5.3 | ||
FDP | Reginald Hanke | 12,343 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 15,428 | 9.4 | 1.6 | ||
Greens | Susanne Martin | 6,292 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 7,383 | 4.5 | 1.5 | ||
FW | Torsten Heilmann | 5,143 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 4,079 | 2.5 | 0.5 | ||
PARTEI | Gerry Fiedler | 3,526 | 2.1 | 2,283 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |||
dieBasis | Saskia Graupe | 2,852 | 1.7 | 2,668 | 1.6 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,510 | 1.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 645 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 547 | 0.3 | 0.9 | ||||||
Menschliche Welt | 493 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 388 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 374 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Janine Walter-Rupprecht | 462 | 0.3 | 338 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
ÖDP | Michael Gehrmann-Gacasa | 451 | 0.3 | 293 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||
Humanists | 152 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 145 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,037 | 1,908 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 164,494 | 164,623 | |||||||
Turnout | 166,531 | 75.9 | 0.8 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 13,688 | 8.3 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Albert Weiler | 52,311 | 30.9 | 10.3 | 47,769 | 28.1 | 10.1 | ||
AfD | Michael Kaufmann | 44,894 | 26.5 | 24.7 | 43,740 | 25.8 | 18.6 | ||
Left | Ralf Kalich | 28,926 | 17.1 | 8.4 | 28,088 | 16.5 | 7.8 | ||
SPD | Alexander Meinhardt-Heib | 19,753 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 20,427 | 12.0 | 3.2 | ||
FDP | Reginald Hanke[a] | 10,323 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 13,209 | 7.8 | 5.2 | ||
Greens | Stephanie Erben | 5,726 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 5,124 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
FW | Jens Streubel | 5,717 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3,300 | 1.9 | 0.5 | ||
PARTEI | 2,494 | 1.5 | |||||||
NPD | 2,083 | 1.2 | 2.4 | ||||||
Independent | Wilfried Meißner | 923 | 0.5 | ||||||
Independent | Günter Metzler | 779 | 0.5 | ||||||
Pirates | 736 | 0.4 | 1.9 | ||||||
ÖDP | 733 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
DM | 729 | 0.4 | |||||||
BGE | 654 | 0.4 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 425 | 0.3 | |||||||
MLPD | 240 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,527 | 2,128 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 169,352 | 169,751 | |||||||
Turnout | 171,879 | 75.0 | 5.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 7,417 | 4.4 | 10.3 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Carola Stauche | 59,153 | 41.1 | 9.3 | 54,859 | 37.9 | 7.5 | ||
Left | Knut Korschewsky | 37,908 | 26.4 | 4.9 | 35,819 | 24.8 | 6.1 | ||
SPD | Christoph Majewski | 28,521 | 19.8 | 0.9 | 23,002 | 15.9 | 1.1 | ||
AfD | 9,807 | 6.8 | |||||||
NPD | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | 7,440 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 5,292 | 3.7 | 0.4 | ||
Greens | Stephanie Erben | 5,674 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 5,442 | 3.8 | 0.8 | ||
FDP | Alf-Heinz Borchardt | 3,279 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 3,552 | 2.5 | 7.3 | ||
Pirates | 3,231 | 2.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
FW | 2,065 | 1.4 | |||||||
Independent | Meißner | 1,053 | 0.7 | ||||||
ÖDP | 895 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | 835 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 349 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
REP | 343 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,177 | 2,384 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 143,863 | 144,656 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,040 | 67.3 | 2.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 21,245 | 14.7 | 14.0 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Carola Stauche | 46,726 | 31.9 | 5.5 | 44,770 | 30.4 | 5.5 | ||
Left | Norbert Schneider | 45,820 | 31.2 | 5.3 | 45,439 | 30.9 | 3.1 | ||
SPD | Anette Feike | 27,824 | 19.0 | 11.2 | 25,004 | 17.0 | 12.4 | ||
FDP | Volker Weber | 12,534 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 14,342 | 9.8 | 2.3 | ||
NPD | Patrick Trautsch | 6,574 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 5,978 | 4.1 | 0.5 | ||
Greens | Filip Heinlein | 5,684 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 6,654 | 4.5 | 0.9 | ||
Pirates | 3,340 | 2.3 | |||||||
Independent | Arthur Wolfram Krauß | 934 | 0.6 | ||||||
REP | 615 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
ÖDP | 557 | 0.4 | |||||||
MLPD | Andreas Eifler | 582 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 395 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,261 | 1,845 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,678 | 147,094 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,939 | 64.4 | 11.1 | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 906 | 0.7 |
Notes
edit- ^ Hanke entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Thomas Kemmerich in November 2019.
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
- ^ Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
- ^ Results for Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis
- ^ Results for Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis