Sömmerda II
Sömmerda 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 17. It covers most of the Sömmerda district, including the city of Sömmerda.[1]
Sömmerda II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Torsten Czuppon of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Sömmerda II covers most of the Sömmerda district, specifically the municipalities of Alperstedt, Büchel, Buttstädt, Eckstedt, Griefstedt, Großmölsen, Großneuhausen, Großrudestedt, Günstedt, Kindelbrück, Kleinmölsen, Kleinneuhausen, Kölleda, Markvippach, Nöda, Ollendorf, Ostramondra, Rastenberg, Riethgen, Schloßvippach, Sömmerda, Sprötau, Udestedt, Vogelsberg, and Weißensee.[1]
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Dietmar Werner (1994–1999) and Christian Carius (1999–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Torsten Czuppon.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Dietmar Werner | CDU | 44.9 | |
1999 | Christian Carius | CDU | 47.7 | |
2004 | Christian Carius | CDU | 43.7 | |
2009 | Christian Carius | CDU | 31.2 | |
2014 | Christian Carius | CDU | 38.3 | |
2019 | Torsten Czuppon | AfD | 29.6 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Sömmerda II[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Torsten Czuppon | 8,175 | 29.6 | 19.6 | 7,532 | 27.2 | 17.2 | ||
Left | Heike Werner | 7,472 | 27.1 | 1.5 | 8,450 | 30.5 | 2.7 | ||
CDU | Rita Schmidtke | 6,740 | 24.4 | 13.9 | 5,920 | 21.4 | 12.7 | ||
SPD | Christopher Harsch | 2,325 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 1,844 | 6.7 | 3.8 | ||
FDP | Uwe Schäfer | 1,298 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1,407 | 5.1 | 1.8 | ||
Green | Roberto Kobelt | 1,064 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 911 | 3.3 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | Horst Pickrodt | 397 | 1.4 | ||||||
MLPD | Joachim Bauerle | 135 | 0.5 | 100 | 0.4 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,532 | 5.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 480 | 390 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,606 | 27,696 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,086 | 62.9 | 11.7 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 703 | 2.5 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Sömmerda II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Carius | 9,041 | 38.3 | 7.1 | 8,057 | 34.1 | 2.3 | ||
Left | Tobias Steinkopf | 6,044 | 25.6 | 2.8 | 6,560 | 27.8 | 0.2 | ||
SPD | Frank Weber | 2,374 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 2,485 | 10.5 | 6.1 | ||
AfD | Heike Rothe | 2,359 | 10.0 | 2,358 | 10.0 | ||||
NPD | Franz Kotzott | 1,066 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 1,359 | 5.8 | 0.4 | ||
Green | Matthias Finger | 962 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 973 | 4.1 | 0.7 | ||
Free Voters | Sandra Bielesch | 874 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 612 | 2.6 | 3.0 | ||
FDP | Heinz Untermann | 868 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 787 | 3.3 | 4.0 | ||
List-only parties | 410 | 1.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 346 | 333 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,588 | 23,601 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,934 | 51.2 | 4.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,997 | 12.7 | 9.9 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Sömmerda II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Carius | 8,379 | 31.2 | 13.9 | 8,557 | 31.8 | 13.9 | ||
Left | Ralf Hauboldt | 7,634 | 28.4 | 1.9 | 7,428 | 27.6 | 0.9 | ||
SPD | Frank Weber | 3,768 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 4,460 | 16.6 | 4.0 | ||
Free Voters | Udo Hoffmann | 2,397 | 8.9 | 1,519 | 5.6 | 4.2 | |||
FDP | Heinz Untermann | 1,981 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 1,973 | 7.3 | 3.5 | ||
NPD | Dominik Weinlich | 1,383 | 5.1 | 1,455 | 5.4 | 3.5 | |||
Green | Kerstin Schnelle | 1,314 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 1,306 | 4.8 | 1.4 | ||
List-only parties | 233 | 0.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 645 | 570 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 26,856 | 26,931 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,501 | 55.5 | 2.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 745 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Sömmerda II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Carius | 9,225 | 43.7 | 4.0 | 9,663 | 45.3 | 6.3 | ||
PDS | Ralf Hauboldt | 6,617 | 31.4 | 8.8 | 5,820 | 27.3 | 6.3 | ||
SPD | Keven Forbrig | 2,989 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 2,717 | 12.7 | 4.5 | ||
FDP | Heinz Untermann | 1,316 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 786 | 3.7 | 2.4 | ||
Green | Karin Kuhl | 959 | 4.5 | 742 | 3.5 | 2.1 | |||
List-only parties | 1,624 | 7.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,222 | 976 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,106 | 21,352 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,328 | 52.0 | 6.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,608 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Sömmerda II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christian Carius | 11,986 | 47.7 | 2.8 | 13,017 | 51.6 | 6.6 | ||
PDS | Ralf Hauboldt | 5,675 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 5,288 | 21.0 | 6.0 | ||
SPD | Dieter Mäde | 5,312 | 21.1 | 10.9 | 4,330 | 17.2 | 12.0 | ||
VIBT | Elisabeth Mäschker | 695 | 2.8 | 386 | 1.5 | ||||
REP | Udo Hoffmann | 662 | 2.6 | 191 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |||
FDP | Horst Grunert | 548 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 324 | 1.3 | 1.9 | ||
DSU | Herbert Alexander | 240 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 131 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||
List-only parties | 1,557 | 6.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 502 | 396 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 25,118 | 25,224 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,620 | 58.0 | 14.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 6,311 | 25.1 | 12.1 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Sömmerda II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Dietmar Werner | 14,482 | 44.9 | 14,523 | 45.0 | ||||
SPD | 10,292 | 31.9 | 9,410 | 29.1 | |||||
PDS | 4,440 | 13.8 | 4,870 | 15.1 | |||||
Green | 1,549 | 4.8 | 1,411 | 4.4 | |||||
FDP | 1,084 | 3.4 | 1,032 | 3.2 | |||||
DSU | 382 | 1.2 | 212 | 0.7 | |||||
List-only parties | 831 | 2.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,084 | 1,024 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,229 | 32,289 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,313 | 72.7 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 4,190 | 13.0 |