Weimar II

Weimar 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 32. It covers most of the city of Weimar.[1]

Weimar II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named just Weimar, it was renamed before the 2014 election after a small part of the city of Weimar was transferred to Weimar I – Weimarer Land II. Since 2019, it has been represented by Steffen Dittes of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Weimar II covers most of the city of Weimar, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Ettersberg-Siedlung, Gaberndorf, Gelmeroda, Innenstadt, Legefeld/Holzdorf, Niedergrunstedt, Nördliche Innenstadt, Nordstadt, Oberweimar/Ehringsdorf, Possendorf, Südstadt, Südweststadt, Taubach, Tröbsdorf, Weimar-Nord, and Weimar-West.[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Frank-Michael Pietzsch (1994–2004) and Peter D. Krause (2004–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Thomas Hartung, who defected to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2010 and served the remainder of his term as a member of that party. The CDU's candidate Jörg Geibert regained the constituency in 2014. It was again won by The Left in 2019, and is represented by Steffen Dittes.

Election Member Party  %
1994 Frank-Michael Pietzsch CDU 38.5
1999 47.5
2004 Peter D. Krause CDU 37.9
2009 Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 1] LINKE 28.4
SPD
2014 Jörg Geibert CDU 31.1
2019 Steffen Dittes LINKE 28.6

Election results

2019 election
State election (2019): Weimar 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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Steffen Dittes 8,396 28.6 Increase 0.3 10,838 35.4 Increase 7.5
CDU Red XN Jörg Geibert 7,314 24.9 Decrease 6.2 5,254 17.2 Decrease 11.8
AfD   4,355 14.2 Increase 6.8
Greens Ann-Sophie Bohm-Eisenbrandt 5,811 19.8 Increase 7.7 4,004 13.1 Decrease 1.3
SPD Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 2] 4,890 16.6 Decrease 2.5 2,849 9.3 Decrease 2.6
FDP Hagen Hultzsch 2,684 9.1 Increase 5.9 1,662 5.4 Increase 2.2
MLPD Cornelia Jungk 297 1.0 71 0.2
List-only parties 1,562 5.1
Informal votes 1,530 327
Total Valid votes 29,392 30,595
Turnout 30,922 68.7 Increase 13.3
Left gain from CDU Majority 1,082 3.7

2014 election
State election (2014): Weimar 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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Jörg Geibert 7,806 31.1 Increase 2.7 7,320 29.0 Increase 3.2
Left Dirk Möller 7,104 28.3 Decrease 0.1 7,036 27.9 Increase 2.8
SPD Red XN Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 3] 4,795 19.1 Increase 2.7[lower-alpha 4] 3,010 11.9 Decrease 7.0
Greens Manfredo Koessl 3,037 12.1 Decrease 5.1 3,629 14.4 Decrease 0.4
AfD   1,863 7.4
FDP Christian Lachnitt 803 3.2 Decrease 5.2 812 3.2 Decrease 4.7
NPD Jan Morgenroth 770 3.1 Decrease 0.4 503 2.0 Decrease 1.0
Pirates Michael Kurt Bahr 748 3.0 451 1.8
List-only parties 585 2.3
Informal votes 400 254
Total Valid votes 25,063 25,209
Turnout 25,463 55.4 Decrease 4.8
CDU gain from SPD Majority 702 2.8

2009 election
State election (2009): Weimar[4]
Notes:

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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 % ±%
Left Thomas Hartung 8,466 28.4 Increase 1.7 7,520 25.1 Increase 1.6
CDU Red XN Peter D. Krause 7,717 25.9 Decrease 12.0 7,726 25.8 Decrease 11.9
Greens Carsten Meyer 5,112 17.2 Increase 4.5 4,433 14.8 Increase 2.3
SPD Thomas Notzke 4,896 16.4 Decrease 1.7 5,663 18.9 Increase 3.3
FDP Matthias Purdel 2,491 8.4 Increase 3.8 2,367 7.9 Increase 4.2
NPD Ralf Markert 1,094 3.7 965 3.2 Increase 2.3
List-only parties 1,236 4.1
Informal votes 574 440
Total Valid votes 29,776 29,910
Turnout 30,350 58.9 Increase 3.8
Left gain from CDU Majority 749 2.5

2004 election
State election (2004): Weimar[5]
Notes:

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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 Peter D. Krause 10,195 37.9 Decrease 9.6 10,305 37.7 Decrease 11.2
PDS Dirk Möller 7,164 26.7 Increase 5.2 6,424 23.5 Increase 2.8
SPD Matthias Bettenhäuser 4,867 18.1 Decrease 3.7 4,257 15.6 Decrease 3.7
Greens Petra Streit 3,412 12.7 Increase 7.2 3,415 12.5 Increase 7.7
FDP Christoph Burmeister 1,240 4.6 Increase 3.0 1,020 3.7 Increase 2.7
List-only parties 1,907 7.0
Informal votes 1,415 965
Total Valid votes 26,878 27,328
Turnout 28,293 55.1 Decrease 5.2
CDU hold Majority 3,031 11.2 Decrease 14.5

1999 election
State election (1999): Weimar[6]
Notes:

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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 Frank-Michael Pietzsch 13,810 47.5 Increase 9.0 14,263 48.9 Increase 11.2
SPD Irene Ellenberger 6,333 21.8 Decrease 8.5 5,635 19.3 Decrease 9.8
PDS Dirk Möller 6,240 21.5 Increase 5.3 6,035 20.7 Increase 4.1
Greens Ulrike-Lilly Koßmann 1,605 5.5 Decrease 3.9 1,388 4.8 Decrease 2.6
REP Frank Welsch 625 2.1 186 0.6 Decrease 0.6
FDP Maria-Elisabeth Grosse 471 1.6 Decrease 4.0 296 1.0 Decrease 3.3
List-only parties 1,361 4.7
Informal votes 426 346
Total Valid votes 29,084 29,164
Turnout 29,510 60.3 Decrease 13.8
CDU hold Majority 7,477 25.7 Increase 17.5

1994 election
State election (1994): Weimar[7]
Notes:

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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 Frank-Michael Pietzsch 13,395 38.5 13,143 37.7
SPD 10,531 30.3 10,138 29.1
PDS 5,617 16.2 5,799 16.6
Greens 3,277 9.4 2,594 7.4
FDP 1,931 5.6 1,514 4.3
List-only parties 1,683 4.8
Informal votes 904 784
Total Valid votes 34,751 34,871
Turnout 35,655 74.1
CDU win new seat Majority 2,864 8.2

Notes
  1. Hartung was elected in 2009 for The Left, but defected to the SPD parliamentary group in August 2010.
  2. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Wolfgang Tiefensee in December 2019.
  3. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Uwe Höhn in September 2017.
  4. Hartung was elected in 2009 as a candidate for The Left, but contested the constituency in 2014 as candidate for the SPD. The swing given is compared to the SPD's performance in 2009.

References
  1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
  3. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
  4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  6. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
  7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
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