Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 29 and It covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.^[1]

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Schwarzakreis II, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Denis Häußer of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and a small part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Altenbeuthen, Drognitz, Gräfenthal, Hohenwarte, Kaulsdorf, Lehesten, Leutenberg, Probstzella, Saalfeld/Saale (excluding Wittgendorf), and Unterwellenborn (from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt), and Neuhaus am Rennweg (only Lichte and Piesau) from Sonneberg.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Harald Stauch, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Maik Kowalleck until 2024. Denis Häußer won the seat for the AfD in 2024.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Harald Stauch	CDU	39.0
1999			48.8
2004			41.8
2009	Maik Kowalleck	CDU	29.3
2014			41.3
2019			30.6
2024	Denis Häußer	AfD	38.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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	Denis Häußer		11,136	38.6	9.4	10,684	36.6	8.8
	CDU	N Maik Kowalleck		10,398	36.1	5.5	6,246	21.4	0.4
	BSW						5,143	17.6
	Left	Katherina König-Preuss		2,956	10.2	10.7	3,199	11.0	18.2
	SPD	Steffen Lutz		2,007	7.0	2.6	1,447	5.0	2.3
	Values	Steffen Teichmann		1,568	5.4		613	2.1
	FDP	André-René Kube		422	1.5	2.0	345	1.2	4.0
	Greens	Frank Bock		355	1.2	2.5	494	1.7	1.5
	APT						318	1.1	0.1
	FW						219	0.8
	Familie						163	0.6
	BD						117	0.4
	Pirates						95	0.3
	MLPD						40	0.1	0.3
	ÖDP						40	0.1	0.3
Informal votes				586			274
Total valid votes				28,842			29,154
Turnout				29,428	73.7	8.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	738	0.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Maik Kowalleck		8,603	30.6	10.7	6,139	21.8	9.9
	AfD	Michael Kaufmann		8,228	29.2		7,828	27.8	15.2
	Left	Katharina König-Preuss		5,890	20.9	7.8	8,222	29.2	0.8
	SPD	Robert Geheeb		2,697	9.6	4.0	2,052	7.3	5.6
	Greens	Olaf Müller		1,037	3.7	2.9	902	3.2	1.2
	FDP	Alexander Litvinenko		995	3.5	0.2	1,471	5.2	2.7
	Free Voters	Roland Beyer		548	1.9
	MLPD	Gerhard Pfisterer		147	0.5		107	0.4
	List-only parties						1,484	5.3
Informal votes				388			328
Total valid votes				28,145			28,205
Turnout				28,533	64.8	15.4
	CDU hold		Majority	375	1.4	11.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Maik Kowalleck		9,149	41.3	12.0	7,149	31.7	2.6
	Left	Katharina König		6,364	28.7	0.5	6,392	28.4	0.2
	SPD	Julienne Trempert		3,022	13.6	8.1	2,907	12.9	6.8
	AfD						2,829	12.6
	Greens	Sebastian Heuchel		1,464	6.6	1.0	988	4.4	0.4
	NPD	Patrick Trautsch		1,333	6.0	0.6	1,042	4.6	1.6
	FDP	Eckhard Linke		813	3.7	4.9	554	2.5	5.1
	List-only parties						678	3.0
Informal votes				883			489
Total valid votes				22,145			22,539
Turnout				23,028	49.4	4.3
	CDU hold		Majority	2,785	12.6	11.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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	Maik Kowalleck		7,721	29.3	12.5	7,692	29.1	13.6
	Left	Roland Hahnemann		7,410	28.2	1.7	7,561	28.6	2.1
	SPD	Christoph Majewski		5,718	21.7	0.4	5,194	19.7	3.5
	FDP	Eckhard Linke		2,265	8.6	2.4	1,996	7.6	4.1
	NPD	Patrick Trautsch		1,737	6.6		1,633	6.2	3.8
	Greens	Sebastian Teuchel		1,472	5.6		1,275	4.8	1.5
	List-only parties						1,067	4.0
Informal votes				550			455
Total valid votes				26,323			26,418
Turnout				26,873	53.7	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	311	1.1	10.8

2004 election

State election (2004): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Harald Stauch		10,483	41.8	7.0	10,799	42.7	7.8
	PDS	Roland Hahnemann		7,499	29.9	7.7	6,705	26.5	5.1
	SPD	Marko Wolfram		5,545	22.1	0.7	4,105	16.2	2.9
	FDP	Eckhard Linke		1,567	6.2	4.7	889	3.5	2.5
	List-only parties						2,814	11.1
Informal votes				1,289			1,071
Total valid votes				25,094			25,312
Turnout				26,383	51.0	8.3
	CDU hold		Majority	2,984	11.9	14.1

1999 election

State election (1999): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 Harald Stauch		15,005	48.8	9.8	15,607	50.5	9.8
	SPD	Frieder Lippmann		6,999	22.8	10.9	5,914	19.1	12.0
	PDS	Roland Hahnemann		6,823	22.2	6.5	6,601	21.4	4.8
	REP	Roland Büschel		856	2.8	1.0	288	0.9	0.9
	Greens	Jens Billig		621	2.0	3.7	452	1.5	3.1
	FDP	Kay Rösler		448	1.5	2.5	308	1.0	2.4
	List-only parties						1,723	5.6
Informal votes				499			358
Total valid votes				30,752			30,893
Turnout				31,251	59.3	13.8
	CDU hold		Majority	8,006	26.0	20.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Schwarzakreis 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	Harald Stauch		14,832	39.0		15,534	40.7
	SPD			12,800	33.7		11,869	31.1
	PDS			5,979	15.7		6,333	16.6
	Greens			2,164	5.7		1,747	4.6
	FDP			1,528	4.0		1,308	3.4
	REP			695	1.8		688	1.8
	List-only parties						725	1.9
Informal votes				907			701
Total valid votes				37,998			38,204
Turnout				38,905	73.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,032	5.3

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=029&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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