Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III

Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting, but other candidates might become member of parliament via their party list.

Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Weimar-Land I – Schwarzakreis III, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 30. It covers the western and southern of Weimarer Land and the northern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III covers the western and southern of Weimarer Land and the northern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, specifically the municipalities of Am Ettersberg, Bad Berka, Ballstedt, Bechstedtstraß, Blankenhain, Buchfart, Daasdorf a. Berge, Döbritschen, Ettersburg, Frankendorf, Großschwabhausen, Hammerstedt, Hetschburg, Hohenfelden, Hopfgarten, Ilmtal-Weinstraße (only Leutenthal and Rohrbach), Isseroda, Kapellendorf, Kiliansroda, Kleinschwabhausen, Klettbach, Kranichfeld, Lehnstedt, Magdala, Mechelroda, Mellingen, Mönchenholzhausen, Nauendorf, Neumark, Niederzimmern, Nohra, Oettern, Ottstedt a. Berge, Rittersdorf, Tonndorf, Troistedt, Umpferstedt, Vollersroda, and Wiegendorf (from Weimarer Land), and Rudolstadt (only Ammelstädt, Breitenherda, Eschdorf, Geitersdorf, Haufeld, Heilsberg, Milbitz, Remda, Sundremda, Teichel, Teichröda and Treppendorf), and Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel (from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt).^[1]

Members

The constituency had been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Bärbel Vopel, who served two terms from 1994 to 2004. From 2004 to 2024, it was represented by Mike Mohring in four terms. Since 2024, it is represented by Brunhilde Nauer from the Alternative for Germany.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Bärbel Vopel	CDU	47.6
1999	Bärbel Vopel	CDU	51.5
2004	Mike Mohring	CDU	45.9
2009			34.9
2014			44.7
2019			31.2
2024	Brunhilde Nauer	AfD	38.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Weimarer Land I/Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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	Brunhilde Ursula Margit Nauer		11,629	38.2	12.8	10,312	33.4	8.3
	CDU	N Mike Mohring		9,461	31.1	0.1	6,837	22.1	2.1
	BSW						5,463	17.7
	Left	Benjamin Immanuel Hope		4,835	15.9	8.5	3,807	12.3	15.7
	SPD	Dirk Slawinsky		2,406	7.9	0.5	1,620	5.2	1.5
	Greens						853	2.8	1.8
	FW	Gerd Gunstheimer		2,092	6.9		503	1.6
	FDP						453	1.5	3.8
	APT						357	1.2	0.2
	Values						205	0.7
	Familie						178	0.6
	BD						161	0.5
	Pirates						78	0.3
	ÖDP						44	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						27	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				769			294
Total valid votes				20,423			30,898
Turnout				31,192	79.2	8.2
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	2,168	7.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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 Mike Mohring		9,335	31.2	13.5	7,257	24.2	11.7
	AfD	Torben Braga		7,594	25.4		7,534	25.1	13.6
	Left	Robin Schünemann		7,295	24.4	4.2	8,403	28.0	2.4
	SPD	Jens Hoffmann		2,156	7.2	5.0	2,000	6.7	3.8
	FDP	Patrick Martin		1,845	6.2		1,886	6.3	3.6
	Greens	Carl Eisenbrandt		1,567	5.2	2.6	1,374	4.6	1.1
	MLPD	Michael Wist		91	0.3		57	0.2
	List-only parties						1,569	5.2
Informal votes				522			382
Total valid votes				29,883			30,023
Turnout				30,405	71.0	11.2
	CDU hold		Majority	1,741	5.8	10.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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 Mike Mohring		10,449	44.7	9.8	8,518	35.9	3.3
	Left	Steffen Dittes		6,683	28.6	3.6	6,073	25.6	1.0
	AfD						2,738	11.5
	SPD	Wilfried Regenhardt		2,851	12.2	3.1	2,497	10.5	6.6
	Greens	Stephanie Erben		1,823	7.8	1.3	1,347	5.7	0.9
	NPD	Sören Schmidt		1,564	6.7	0.4	1,041	4.4	1.2
	List-only parties						1,522	6.4
Informal votes				731			365
Total valid votes				23,370			23,736
Turnout				24,101	59.8	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	3,766	16.1	6.2

2009 election

State election (2009): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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 Mike Mohring		8,765	34.9	11.0	8,237	32.6	13.1
	Left	Andreas Schuster		6,297	25.0	2.6	6,207	24.6	1.4
	SPD	Wilfried Regenhardt		3,841	15.3	0.4	4,322	17.1	3.9
	FDP	Sandra Scherf-Michel		2,356	9.4	3.2	2,253	8.9	4.9
	NPD	Jan Morgenroth		1,595	6.3		1,417	5.6	3.2
	List-only parties						2,842	11.2
Informal votes				588			448
Total valid votes				25,138			25,278
Turnout				25,726	61.0	0.5
	CDU hold		Majority	2,468	9.9	8.4

2004 election

State election (2004): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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	Mike Mohring		11,159	45.9	5.8	11,352	45.7	8.5
	PDS	Andreas Schuster		6,722	27.6	9.6	5,750	23.2	6.1
	SPD	Nico Janicke		3,621	14.9	4.0	3,275	13.2	4.1
	FDP	Andreas Johne		1,511	6.2	4.0	991	4.0	2.9
	Greens	Mario Wildner		1,302	5.4	3.2	1,112	4.5	2.7
	List-only parties						2,352	9.5
Informal votes				1,503			986
Total valid votes				24,315			24,832
Turnout				25,818	60.5	5.3
	CDU hold		Majority	4,437	18.3	14.3

1999 election

State election (1999): Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III^[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 Bärbel Vopel		13,366	51.5	4.0	14,110	54.1	6.7
	SPD	Eberhard Lüdde		4,897	18.9	9.1	4,504	17.3	10.9
	PDS	Klaus Dinor		4,664	18.0	6.2	4,474	17.2	5.1
	VIBT	Gerhard Pletat		1,017	3.9		476	1.8
	REP	Michael Wahle		841	3.2		244	0.9	0.4
	Greens	Christine Meinecke		588	2.3	6.2	481	1.8	3.1
	FDP	Volker Jungklaus		571	2.2	2.0	293	1.1	2.7
	List-only parties						1,498	5.7
Informal votes				551			415
Total valid votes				25,944			26,080
Turnout				26,495	66.2	10.8
	CDU hold		Majority	8,469	32.6	13.0

1994 election

State election (1994): Weimar-Land I – Schwarzakreis III^[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	Bärbel Vopel		12,527	47.6		12,509	47.4
	SPD			7,372	28.0		7,435	28.2
	PDS			3,111	11.8		3,213	12.2
	Greens			2,235	8.5		1,299	4.9
	FDP			1,093	4.1		993	3.8
	List-only parties						953	3.6
Informal votes				806			742
Total valid votes				26,338			26,402
Turnout				27,144	77.0
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,155	19.6

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=030&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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