Schmalkalden-Meiningen I
Schmalkalden-Meiningen I 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 12. It covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]
Schmalkalden-Meiningen I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 1999, it has been represented by Michael Heym of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Schmalkalden-Meiningen I covers the southern part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Belrieth, Birx, Christes, Dillstädt, Einhausen, Ellingshausen, Erbenhausen, Frankenheim/Rhön, Friedelshausen, Grabfeld (only Wölfershausen), Kaltennordheim (only Aschenhausen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Melpers, Mittelsdorf, Oberkatz und Unterweid), Kühndorf, Leutersdorf, Mehmels, Meiningen, Neubrunn, Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Oberweid, Rhönblick, Rippershausen, Ritschenhausen, Rohr, Schwallungen, Schwarza, Stepfershausen, Sülzfeld, Untermaßfeld, Utendorf, Vachdorf, Wasungen, and Zella-Mehlis (only Benshausen).[1]
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Adalbert Bauch, who served from 1994 to 1999. Since 1999, it has been represented by Michael Heym.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Adalbert Bauch | CDU | 43.8 | |
1999 | Michael Heym | CDU | 50.7 | |
2004 | 44.3 | |||
2009 | 34.2 | |||
2014 | 39.4 | |||
2019 | 26.3 |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
7,480 | 26.3 | ![]() |
6,600 | 23.2 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Klaus Tumma | 6,539 | 23.0 | 6,474 | 22.7 | ![]() | |||
Left | Patrick Beier | 5,758 | 20.2 | ![]() |
8,501 | 29.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Janine Merz[a] | 5,195 | 18.3 | ![]() |
3,022 | 10.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,084 | 7.3 | ![]() |
1,349 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Stefanie Gorzize | 889 | 3.1 | ![]() |
1,068 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Christian Horn | 436 | 1.5 | 170 | 0.6 | ![]() | |||
MLPD | Georg Thümmler | 67 | 0.2 | 93 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,208 | 4.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 372 | 335 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,448 | 28,485 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,820 | 63.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 941 | 3.3 | ![]() |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
10,420 | 39.4 | ![]() |
9,360 | 35.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Maik Nothnagel | 6,523 | 24.6 | ![]() |
6,879 | 25.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 5,002 | 18.9 | ![]() |
4,020 | 15.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 2,560 | 9.6 | |||||||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,373 | 9.0 | ![]() |
1,347 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Sven Dietsch | 1,353 | 5.1 | ![]() |
1,161 | 4.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jens Graf | 800 | 3.0 | ![]() |
503 | 1.9 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 822 | 3.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 695 | 514 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,471 | 26,652 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,166 | 56.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 3,897 | 14.8 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
9,552 | 34.2 | ![]() |
9,076 | 32.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Maik Nothnagel | 7,243 | 25.9 | ![]() |
7,991 | 28.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 4,577 | 16.4 | ![]() |
5,202 | 18.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 2,447 | 8.7 | ![]() |
1,654 | 5.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Peter Casper | 1,742 | 6.2 | ![]() |
1,835 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
Free Voters | Jörg Fürst | 1,400 | 5.0 | 988 | 3.5 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Michael Ranft | 1,009 | 3.6 | 1,063 | 3.8 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 202 | 0.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 486 | 445 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,970 | 28,011 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,456 | 53.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,309 | 8.3 | ![]() |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
11,909 | 44.3 | ![]() |
11,434 | 42.2 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Maik Nothnagel | 7,714 | 28.7 | ![]() |
7,361 | 27.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 4,147 | 15.4 | ![]() |
4,159 | 15.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 1,747 | 6.5 | ![]() |
1,109 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Peter Casper | 1,388 | 5.2 | ![]() |
1,002 | 3.7 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 2,010 | 7.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,232 | 1,062 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,905 | 27,075 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,137 | 51.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 4,195 | 15.6 | ![]() |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Michael Heym | 15,964 | 50.7 | ![]() |
16,126 | 51.1 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Fritz Wilhelm Jackstädt | 6,872 | 21.8 | ![]() |
7,130 | 22.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Rolf Baumann | 6,194 | 19.7 | ![]() |
5,706 | 18.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrich Töpfer | 1,433 | 4.6 | ![]() |
636 | 2.0 | ![]() | ||
REP | Herbert Schüller | 623 | 2.0 | 227 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Bernhard Hille | 379 | 1.2 | ![]() |
255 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 1,464 | 4.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 516 | 437 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,465 | 31,544 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,981 | 58.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 9,092 | 28.9 | ![]() |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Schmalkalden-Meiningen I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Adalbert Bauch | 16,545 | 43.8 | 16,859 | 44.1 | ||||
SPD | 10,230 | 27.1 | 10,654 | 27.8 | |||||
PDS | 6,548 | 17.3 | 6,499 | 17.0 | |||||
Greens | 2,685 | 7.1 | 1,926 | 5.0 | |||||
FDP | 1,774 | 4.7 | 1,116 | 2.9 | |||||
List-only parties | 1,201 | 3.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,558 | 1,085 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,782 | 38,255 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,340 | 76.4 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 6,315 | 16.7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Merz entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Heike Taubert in June 2020.