Erfurt III
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Erfurt 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 26. It contains central and southwestern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.[1]
Erfurt III was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Bodo Ramelow of The Left.
As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt III is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the central and southwestern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Altstadt, Bischleben-Stedten, Frienstedt, Hochheim, Johannesvorstadt, Krämpfervorstadt, Löbervorstadt, Möbisburg-Rhoda, Molsdorf, and Schmira.[1]
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Jörg Kallenbach (1990–2004) and Marion Walsmann (2004–2009). Bodo Ramelow of The Left narrowly defeated incumbent Walsmann in 2009; he was in turn defeated by Walsmann in 2014. Walsmann retired from state politics before the 2019 election, and Ramelow won the seat for a second time.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
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| 1990 | Jörg Kallenbach | CDU | 39.1 | |
| 1994 | 38.4 | |||
| 1999 | 48.8 | |||
| 2004 | Marion Walsmann | CDU | 36.0 | |
| 2009 | Bodo Ramelow | LINKE | 26.8 | |
| 2014 | Marion Walsmann | CDU | 33.8 | |
| 2019 | Bodo Ramelow | LINKE | 42.1 | |
| 2024 | 42.4 | |||
Election results
2024 election
| State election (2024): Erfurt III[2] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Left |  Y Bodo Ramelow |
15,111 | 42.4 |  0.3 |
5,891 | 16.4 |  13.8 | ||
| CDU | Wolfgang Weißkopf | 8,507 | 23.9 | 7.6 |
8,080 | 22.5 | 5.5 | ||
| AfD | Alexander Claus | 7,142 | 20.0 | 6.0 |
6,440 | 17.9 | 3.6 | ||
| BSW | 4,909 | 13.7 | |||||||
| SPD | Denny Möller | 2,633 | 7.4 |  |
4,280 | 11.9 | 1.3 | ||
| Greens | Laura Wahl | 1,384 | 3.9 | 7.6 |
4,164 | 11.6 | 2.9 | ||
| FDP | Martin-Lukas Maciejewski | 880 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
623 | 1.7 | 5.0 | ||
| APT | 422 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| FW | 237 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Pirates | 233 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Familie | 177 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Values | 170 | 0.5 | |||||||
| BD | 158 | 0.4 | |||||||
| ÖDP | 104 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
| MLPD | 51 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 470 | 188 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 35,657 | 35,939 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,127 | 77.8 | 6.3 |
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| Left hold | Majority | 6,604 | 18.5 | 7.3 |
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2019 election
| State election (2019): Erfurt III[3] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Left | Bodo Ramelow | 14,451 | 42.1 | 10.6 |
10,388 | 30.2 | 4.4 | ||
| CDU | Dominik Kordon | 5,596 | 16.3 | 17.5 |
5,863 | 17.0 | 11.0 | ||
| AfD | Marek Erfurth | 4,816 | 14.0 | 4,913 | 14.3 | 5.1 | |||
| Greens | Dirk Adams | 3,935 | 11.5 | 0.4 |
4,983 | 14.5 | 1.2 | ||
| SPD | Denny Möller | 2,541 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
3,648 | 10.6 | 2.8 | ||
| FDP | Thomas Kemmerich | 2,399 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
2,304 | 6.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Free Voters | Detlef-Michael Frahm | 438 | 1.3 | ||||||
| MLPD | Lea Weinmann | 138 | 0.4 | 97 | 0.3 | ||||
| List-only parties | 2,207 | 6.4 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 337 | 247 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 34,313 | 34,403 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,650 | 71.5 | 14.1 |
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| Left gain from CDU | Majority | 8,855 | 25.8 | ||||||
2014 election
| State election (2014): Erfurt III[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Marion Walsmann | 9,239 | 33.8 | 7.2 |
7,731 | 28.0 | 1.8 | ||
| Left |  N Bodo Ramelow |
8,616 | 31.5 | 4.7 |
7,126 | 25.8 | 1.9 | ||
| SPD | Wolfgang Beese | 4,063 | 14.9 | 3.1 |
3,687 | 13.4 | 6.3 | ||
| Greens | Dirk Adams | 3,044 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
3,658 | 13.3 | 1.0 | ||
| AfD | 2,538 | 9.2 | |||||||
| FDP | Thomas Kemmerich | 944 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
908 | 3.3 | 5.2 | ||
| NPD | Dirk Bachmann | 761 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
500 | 1.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Pirates | Klaus Sommerfeld | 668 | 2.4 | 519 | 1.9 | ||||
| List-only parties | 939 | 3.4 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 558 | 287 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 27,335 | 27,606 | |||||||
| Turnout | 27,893 | 57.4 | 1.9 |
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| CDU gain from Left | Majority | 623 | 2.3 | ||||||
2009 election
| State election (2009): Erfurt III[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Left | Bodo Ramelow | 7,395 | 26.8 | 1.6 |
6,631 | 23.9 | 3.2 | ||
| CDU | N Marion Walsmann |
7,361 | 26.6 | 9.4 |
7,271 | 26.2 | 10.8 | ||
| SPD | Peter Metz | 4,983 | 18.0 | 0.9 |
5,460 | 19.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Greens | Dirk Adams | 3,364 | 12.2 | 1.0 |
3,978 | 14.3 | 2.1 | ||
| FDP | Thomas Kemmerich | 2,189 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
2,347 | 8.5 | 4.8 | ||
| Free Voters | Birgit Adamek | 1,596 | 5.8 | 1,119 | 4.0 | 3.1 | |||
| NPD | Frank Schwerdt | 751 | 2.7 | 721 | 2.6 | 1.8 | |||
| List-only parties | 196 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 537 | 453 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 27,639 | 27,723 | |||||||
| Turnout | 28,176 | 59.3 | 6.1 |
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| Left gain from CDU | Majority | 34 | 0.2 | ||||||
2004 election
| State election (2004): Erfurt III[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Marion Walsmann | 8,218 | 36.0 | 12.8 |
8,499 | 37.0 | 14.1 | ||
| PDS | Karola Stange | 6,487 | 28.4 | 4.8 |
6,225 | 21.8 | 5.3 | ||
| SPD | Alfred Müller | 3,895 | 17.1 | 1.7 |
3,322 | 14.5 | 2.6 | ||
| Greens | Kathrin Hoyer | 2,552 | 11.2 | 5.6 |
2,797 | 12.2 | 7.5 | ||
| FDP | Egidius Arens | 920 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
848 | 3.7 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Jürgen Seybold | 751 | 3.3 | ||||||
| List-only parties | 1,283 | 5.6 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 839 | 688 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 22,823 | 22,974 | |||||||
| Turnout | 23,662 | 53.2 | 9.0 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 1,731 | 7.6 | 17.6 |
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1999 election
| State election (1999): Erfurt III[7] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Jörg Kallenbach |
11,866 | 48.8 | 10.4 |
12,484 | 51.1 | 13.9 | ||
| PDS | Bodo Ramelow | 5,750 | 23.6 | 3.0 |
5,331 | 21.8 | 1.2 | ||
| SPD | Alfred Müller | 4,581 | 18.8 | 12.1 |
4,185 | 17.1 | 11.0 | ||
| Greens | Astrid Rothe | 1,368 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
1,155 | 4.7 | 2.2 | ||
| REP | Kerstin Brehme | 403 | 1.7 | 129 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
| FDP | Heinrich Arens | 347 | 1.4 | 220 | 0.9 | 1.5 | |||
| List-only parties | 948 | 3.9 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 410 | 273 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 24,315 | 24,452 | |||||||
| Turnout | 24,725 | 62.2 | 8.4 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 6,116 | 25.2 | 17.7 |
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1994 election
| State election (1994): Erfurt III[8] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Jörg Kallenbach |
10,486 | 38.4 | 0.7 |
10,240 | 37.1 | 1.6 | ||
| SPD | Alfred Müller | 8,448 | 30.9 | 9.9 |
7,733 | 28.1 | 5.8 | ||
| PDS | Benno Lemke | 5,619 | 20.6 | 7.7 |
5,665 | 20.6 | 7.4 | ||
| Greens | 2,788 | 10.2 | 4.0 |
1,895 | 6.9 | 5.1 | |||
| FDP | 659 | 2.4 | 6.7 | ||||||
| List-only parties | 1,372 | 5.0 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 796 | 573 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 27,341 | 27,564 | |||||||
| Turnout | 28,137 | 70.6 | 6.1 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 2,038 | 7.5 | 10.6 |
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1990 election
| State election (1990): Erfurt III[9] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Jörg Kallenbach | 9,905 | 39.1 | 9,898 | 38.7 | ||||
| SPD | 5,327 | 21.0 | 5,688 | 22.3 | |||||
| Greens | 3,594 | 14.2 | 3,098 | 12.1 | |||||
| PDS | 3,274 | 12.9 | 3,371 | 13.2 | |||||
| FDP | 1,848 | 7.3 | 2,319 | 9.1 | |||||
| DSU | 1,017 | 4.0 | 523 | 2.0 | |||||
| UFV | 353 | 1.4 | 208 | 0.8 | |||||
| List-only parties | 455 | 1.8 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 812 | 570 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 25,318 | 25,560 | |||||||
| Turnout | 26,130 | 64.5 | |||||||
| CDU win new seat | Majority | 4,578 | 18.1 | ||||||