Saale-Orla-Kreis II

Saale-Orla-Kreis 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 34. It covers the northern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis.^[1]

Saale-Orla-Kreis II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Christian Herrgott of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Saale-Orla-Kreis II covers the northern part of Saale-Orla-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Bodelwitz, Döbritz, Dreitzsch, Eßbach, Geroda, Gertewitz, Gössitz, Grobengereuth, Keila, Kospoda, Krölpa, Langenorla, Lausnitz b. Neustadt an der Orla, Lemnitz, Linda b. Neustadt an der Orla, Miesitz, Mittelpöllnitz, Moxa, Neustadt an der Orla, Nimritz, Oberoppurg, Oppurg, Paska, Peuschen, Pößneck, Quaschwitz, Ranis, Rosendorf, Schleiz (only Crispendorf), Schmieritz, Schmorda, Schöndorf, Seisla, Solkwitz, Tömmelsdorf, Triptis, Weira, Wernburg, Wilhelmsdorf, and Ziegenrück.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Gottfried Schugens. It was won by The Left in 2009, and was represented by Heidrun Sedlacik. The CDU's candidate Christian Herrgott regained the constituency in 2014, and was re-elected in 2019.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Gottfried Schugens	CDU	42.7
1999			46.9
2004			41.5
2009	Heidrun Sedlacik	LINKE	30.1
2014	Christian Herrgott	CDU	39.8
2019	Christian Herrgott	CDU	32.5

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christian Herrgott		6,945	32.5	7.3	4,539	21.1	13.6
	AfD	Heiko Bergner		6,207	29.0		6,092	28.4	16.2
	Left	Philipp Gliesing		5,084	23.8	8.1	6,730	31.3	1.9
	SPD	Oskar Helmerich		1,278	6.0	10.7	1,291	6.0	5.0
	FDP	Petra Philipp-Dietrich		964	4.5		1,062	4.9	2.9
	Greens	Anne Rech		901	4.2	1.3	633	2.9	1.2
	List-only parties						1,135	5.3
Informal votes				363			260
Total Valid votes				21,379			21,482
Turnout				21,742	66.7	13.4
	CDU hold		Majority	738	3.5	4.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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	Christian Herrgott		7,144	39.8	11.4	6,323	34.7	4.2
	Left	Philipp Gliesing		5,740	31.9	1.8	5,356	29.4	0.2
	AfD						2,219	12.2
	SPD	Frank Roßner		3,007	16.7	5.6	1,998	11.0	7.1
	NPD	Kay Haller		1,079	6.0	0.7	691	3.8	1.0
	Greens	Johannes Brink		996	5.5		746	4.1	0.1
	List-only parties						890	4.9
Informal votes				517			260
Total Valid votes				17,966			18,223
Turnout				18,483	53.3	3.3
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	1,404	7.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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	%	±%
	Left	Heidrun Sedlacik		6,123	30.1	0.7	6,087	29.6	1.5
	CDU	N Gottfried Schugens		5,785	28.4	13.1	6,269	30.5	12.2
	SPD	Dagmar Künast		4,529	22.3	0.2	3,734	18.1	3.0
	FDP	Alf-Heinz Borchardt		2,841	14.0	9.7	1,788	8.7	5.5
	NPD	Peter Nürnberger		1,077	5.3		984	4.8	2.7
	Greens						861	4.2	1.2
	List-only parties						853	4.1
Informal votes				644			423
Total Valid votes				20,355			20,576
Turnout				20,999	56.6	2.5
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	338	1.7

2004 election

State election (2004): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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	Y Gottfried Schugens		8,168	41.5	5.4	8,530	42.7	7.8
	PDS	Thomas Hofmann		5,783	29.4	10.7	5,603	28.1	9.2
	SPD	Dagmar Künast		4,418	22.5	3.8	3,005	15.1	4.7
	FDP	Monika Haseküster		842	4.3		634	3.2	2.2
	Independent	Constanze Truschzinski		467	2.4
	List-only parties						2,187	11.0
Informal votes				1,229			948
Total Valid votes				19,678			19,959
Turnout				20,907	54.1	5.4
	CDU hold		Majority	2,385	12.1	8.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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 Gottfried Schugens		10,759	46.9	4.3	11,647	50.5	5.9
	SPD	Dagmar Künast		6,025	26.3	2.6	4,562	19.8	8.7
	PDS	Thomas Hofmann		4,279	18.7	5.9	4,354	18.9	4.8
	VIBT	Wolfgang Kleindienst		1,317	5.7		746	3.2
	REP	Bernd Pomper		559	2.4	0.5	269	1.2	1.5
	List-only parties						1,470	6.4
Informal votes				372			263
Total Valid votes				22,939			23,048
Turnout				23,311	59.5	13.9
	CDU hold		Majority	4,734	20.6	6.9

1994 election

State election (1994): Saale-Orla-Kreis 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	Gottfried Schugens		11,664	42.7		12,363	44.8
	SPD			7,929	29.0		7,862	28.5
	PDS			3,487	12.8		3,877	14.1
	FDP			2,131	7.8		1,115	4.0
	Greens			1,347	4.9		1,051	3.8
	REP			781	2.9		740	2.7
	List-only parties						572	2.1
Informal votes				833			592
Total Valid votes				27,339			27,580
Turnout				28,172	73.3
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,735	13.7

References

Electoral districts of the Landtag of Thuringia

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