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 195. It is located in eastern Thuringia, comprising the districts of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, and Saale-Orla-Kreis.[1]

195 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis in 2017
StateThuringia
Population266,500 (2019)
Electorate219,437 (2021)
Major settlementsSaalfeld
Rudolstadt
Pößneck
Area2,975.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyAfD
MemberMichael Kaufmann
Elected2021

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

Saalfeld-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

Saalfeld-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. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 195.

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
2002 198 Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis
2005 197
2009 196
2013
2017 195 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
2021

Members

The 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  %
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

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
AfD Michael Kaufmann 48,177 29.3 Increase 2.8 46,381 28.2 Increase 2.4
CDU Red XN Albert Weiler 34,489 21.0 Decrease 10.0 27,008 16.4 Decrease 11.8
SPD Cornelius Ilgmann 30,791 18.7 Increase 7.1 35,019 21.3 Increase 9.2
Left Frank Tempel 19,968 12.1 Decrease 5.0 18,489 11.2 Decrease 5.3
FDP Reginald Hanke 12,343 7.5 Increase 1.4 15,428 9.4 Increase 1.6
Greens Susanne Martin 6,292 3.8 Increase 0.4 7,383 4.5 Increase 1.5
FW Torsten Heilmann 5,143 3.1 Decrease 0.3 4,079 2.5 Increase 0.5
PARTEI Gerry Fiedler 3,526 2.1 2,283 1.4 Decrease 0.1
dieBasis Saskia Graupe 2,852 1.7 2,668 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,510 1.5
Pirates   645 0.4 Steady 0.0
NPD   547 0.3 Decrease 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 Increase 0.1
ÖDP Michael Gehrmann-Gacasa 451 0.3 293 0.2 Decrease 0.3
Humanists   152 0.1
V-Partei3   145 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 2,037 1,908
Total Valid votes 164,494 164,623
Turnout 166,531 75.9 Increase 0.8
AfD gain from CDU Majority 13,688 8.3

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Albert Weiler 52,311 30.9 Decrease 10.3 47,769 28.1 Decrease 10.1
AfD Michael Kaufmann 44,894 26.5 Increase 24.7 43,740 25.8 Increase 18.6
Left Ralf Kalich 28,926 17.1 Decrease 8.4 28,088 16.5 Decrease 7.8
SPD Alexander Meinhardt-Heib 19,753 11.7 Decrease 7.1 20,427 12.0 Decrease 3.2
FDP Reginald Hanke[lower-alpha 1] 10,323 6.1 Increase 3.9 13,209 7.8 Increase 5.2
Greens Stephanie Erben 5,726 3.4 Decrease 0.5 5,124 3.0 Decrease 1.0
FW Jens Streubel 5,717 3.4 Increase 3.0 3,300 1.9 Increase 0.5
PARTEI   2,494 1.5
NPD   2,083 1.2 Decrease 2.4
Independent Wilfried Meißner 923 0.5
Independent Günter Metzler 779 0.5
Pirates   736 0.4 Decrease 1.9
ÖDP   733 0.4 Decrease 0.2
DM 729 0.4
BGE   654 0.4
V-Partei³ 425 0.3
MLPD   240 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,527 2,128
Total Valid votes 169,352 169,751
Turnout 171,879 75.0 Increase 5.9
CDU hold Majority 7,417 4.4 Decrease 10.3

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Carola Stauche 59,153 41.1 Increase 9.3 54,859 37.9 Increase 7.5
Left Knut Korschewsky 37,908 26.4 Decrease 4.9 35,819 24.8 Decrease 6.1
SPD Christoph Majewski 28,521 19.8 Increase 0.9 23,002 15.9 Decrease 1.1
AfD   9,807 6.8
NPD Uwe Bäz-Dölle 7,440 5.2 Increase 0.7 5,292 3.7 Decrease 0.4
Greens Stephanie Erben 5,674 3.9 Increase 0.1 5,442 3.8 Decrease 0.8
FDP Alf-Heinz Borchardt 3,279 2.3 Decrease 6.3 3,552 2.5 Decrease 7.3
Pirates   3,231 2.2 Steady 0.0
FW   2,065 1.4
Independent Meißner 1,053 0.7
ÖDP   895 0.6 Increase 0.2
MLPD 835 0.6 Increase 0.2 349 0.2 Steady 0.0
REP   343 0.2 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 3,177 2,384
Total Valid votes 143,863 144,656
Turnout 147,040 67.3 Increase 2.9
CDU hold Majority 21,245 14.7 Increase 14.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Carola Stauche 46,726 31.9 Increase 5.5 44,770 30.4 Increase 5.5
Left Norbert Schneider 45,820 31.2 Increase 5.3 45,439 30.9 Increase 3.1
SPD Anette Feike 27,824 19.0 Decrease 11.2 25,004 17.0 Decrease 12.4
FDP Volker Weber 12,534 8.5 Increase 3.6 14,342 9.8 Increase 2.3
NPD Patrick Trautsch 6,574 4.5 Decrease 0.3 5,978 4.1 Decrease 0.5
Greens Filip Heinlein 5,684 3.9 Increase 1.2 6,654 4.5 Increase 0.9
Pirates   3,340 2.3
Independent Arthur Wolfram Krauß 934 0.6
REP   615 0.4 Decrease 0.3
ÖDP   557 0.4
MLPD Andreas Eifler 582 0.4 Decrease 0.1 395 0.3 Decrease 0.3
Informal votes 2,261 1,845
Total Valid votes 146,678 147,094
Turnout 148,939 64.4 Decrease 11.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority 906 0.7

Notes
  1. Hanke entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Thomas Kemmerich in November 2019.

References
  1. "Constituency Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
  4. Results for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
  5. Results for Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis
  6. Results for Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis
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