Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III
Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III 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 10. It covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district.[1]
Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Stefan Schard of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district, specifically the municipalities of Abtsbessingen, Bellstedt, Clingen, Ebeleben, Freienbessingen, Greußen, Großenehrich, Helbedündorf, Holzsußra, Niederbösa, Oberbösa, Rockstedt, Sondershausen, Thüringenhausen, Topfstedt, Trebra, Wasserthaleben, Westgreußen, and Wolferschwenda (from Kyffhäuserkreis), and Niederorschel (only Deuna, Gerterode und Vollenborn) from Eichsfeld.[1]
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Günter Grüner, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Gerold Wucherpfennig (2009–2014), Manfred Scherer (2014–2019), and Stefan Schard (2019–present).
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Günter Grüner | CDU | 41.1 | |
1999 | Günter Grüner | CDU | 45.4 | |
2004 | Günter Grüner | CDU | 39.4 | |
2009 | Gerold Wucherpfennig | CDU | 35.8 | |
2014 | Manfred Scherer | CDU | 35.1 | |
2019 | Stefan Schard | CDU | 34.4 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Stefan Schard | 6,505 | 34.4 | 0.7 | 4,281 | 22.6 | 6.3 | ||
AfD | Ralf Köhler | 4,369 | 23.1 | 4,346 | 22.9 | 13.1 | |||
Left | Iris Martin-Gehl | 4,324 | 22.9 | 9.0 | 6,124 | 32.3 | 2.0 | ||
SPD | Dorothea Marx | 2,049 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 1,671 | 8.8 | 7.7 | ||
FDP | Fred Degenhardt | 716 | 3.8 | 789 | 4.2 | 1.9 | |||
Green | Babett Pfefferlein[lower-alpha 1] | 547 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 535 | 2.8 | 0.9 | ||
Free Voters | Daniel Müler | 407 | 2.2 | ||||||
List-only parties | 1,194 | 6.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 345 | 322 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,917 | 18,940 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,262 | 60.1 | 8.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,136 | 11.3 | 8.1 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Manfred Scherer | 5,746 | 35.1 | 0.7 | 4,766 | 28.9 | 1.0 | ||
Left | Beatrice Ritzke | 5,212 | 31.9 | 0.3 | 5,000 | 30.3 | 0.0 | ||
SPD | Dorothea Marx | 3,404 | 20.8 | 0.2 | 2,722 | 16.5 | 4.1 | ||
AfD | 1,611 | 9.8 | |||||||
NPD | Patrick Weber | 1,184 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 896 | 5.4 | 1.0 | ||
Green | Babett Pfefferlein[lower-alpha 2] | 804 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 617 | 3.7 | 1.0 | ||
List-only parties | 888 | 5.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 425 | 275 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 16,350 | 16,500 | |||||||
Turnout | 16,775 | 51.8 | 2.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 534 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Gerold Wucherpfennig | 6,642 | 35.8 | 3.6 | 5,595 | 29.9 | 12.6 | ||
Left | Beatrice Ritzker | 5,871 | 31.6 | 2.6 | 5,667 | 30.3 | 2.9 | ||
SPD | Dorothea Marx | 3,826 | 20.6 | 2.3 | 3,860 | 20.6 | 5.4 | ||
FDP | 1,302 | 7.0 | 3.7 | ||||||
Green | Babett Pfefferlein | 1,300 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 878 | 4.7 | 2.1 | ||
NPD | Patrick Weber | 924 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 833 | 4.4 | 0.4 | ||
List-only parties | 590 | 3.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 512 | 350 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,563 | 18,725 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,075 | 54.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 771 | 4.2 | 6.2 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Günter Grüner | 7,447 | 39.4 | 6.0 | 8,056 | 42.5 | 5.4 | ||
PDS | Ralf Petersen | 5,472 | 29.0 | 4.5 | 5,198 | 27.4 | 3.8 | ||
SPD | Cornelia Kraffzick | 3,451 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 2,876 | 15.2 | 6.0 | ||
NPD | Patrick Weber | 943 | 5.0 | 761 | 4.0 | 3.9 | |||
FDP | Patrick Kurth | 877 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 634 | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
Green | Jürgen Rauschenbach | 690 | 3.7 | 497 | 2.6 | 1.7 | |||
List-only parties | 925 | 4.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 960 | 893 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,880 | 18,947 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,840 | 54.0 | 4.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,975 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Günter Grüner | 9,781 | 45.4 | 4.3 | 10,369 | 47.9 | 5.0 | ||
PDS | 5,292 | 24.5 | 6.8 | 5,100 | 23.6 | 6.8 | |||
SPD | 5,193 | 24.1 | 8.6 | 4,586 | 21.2 | 10.6 | |||
VIBT | 581 | 2.7 | 293 | 1.4 | |||||
REP | 419 | 1.9 | 145 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||
FDP | 291 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 178 | 0.8 | 1.7 | |||
List-only parties | 973 | 4.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 396 | 309 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,557 | 21,644 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,953 | 58.7 | 15.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,489 | 20.9 | 12.5 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Günter Grüner | 11,195 | 41.1 | 11,749 | 42.9 | ||||
SPD | 8,892 | 32.7 | 8,687 | 31.7 | |||||
PDS | 4,815 | 17.7 | 4,586 | 16.8 | |||||
Green | 1,564 | 5.7 | 981 | 3.6 | |||||
FDP | 750 | 2.8 | 687 | 2.5 | |||||
List-only parties | 688 | 2.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 932 | 770 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,216 | 27,378 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,148 | 74.6 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,303 | 8.4 |
Notes
- Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Dirk Adams in March 2020.
- Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Olaf Möller in January 2015.