Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II
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Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 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 29 and It covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.[1]
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Schwarzakreis II, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Denis Häußer of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
As of the 2019 state election, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II covers the eastern part of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and a small part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Altenbeuthen, Drognitz, Gräfenthal, Hohenwarte, Kaulsdorf, Lehesten, Leutenberg, Probstzella, Saalfeld/Saale (excluding Wittgendorf), and Unterwellenborn (from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt), and Neuhaus am Rennweg (only Lichte and Piesau) from Sonneberg.[1]
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Harald Stauch, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Maik Kowalleck until 2024. Denis Häußer won the seat for the AfD in 2024.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Harald Stauch | CDU | 39.0 | |
| 1999 | 48.8 | |||
| 2004 | 41.8 | |||
| 2009 | Maik Kowalleck | CDU | 29.3 | |
| 2014 | 41.3 | |||
| 2019 | 30.6 | |||
| 2024 | Denis Häußer | AfD | 38.6 | |
Election results
2024 election
| State election (2024): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[2] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| AfD | Denis Häußer | 11,136 | 38.6 |  9.4 |
10,684 | 36.6 | 8.8 | ||
| CDU |  N Maik Kowalleck |
10,398 | 36.1 | 5.5 |
6,246 | 21.4 |  0.4 | ||
| BSW | 5,143 | 17.6 | |||||||
| Left | Katharina König-Preuss | 2,956 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
3,199 | 11.0 | 18.2 | ||
| SPD | Steffen Lutz | 2,007 | 7.0 | 2.6 |
1,447 | 5.0 | 2.3 | ||
| Values | Steffen Teichmann | 1,568 | 5.4 | 613 | 2.1 | ||||
| FDP | André-René Kube | 422 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
345 | 1.2 | 4.0 | ||
| Greens | Frank Bock | 355 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
494 | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| APT | 318 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| FW | 219 | 0.8 | |||||||
| Familie | 163 | 0.6 | |||||||
| BD | 117 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Pirates | 95 | 0.3 |  | ||||||
| MLPD | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
| ÖDP | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 586 | 274 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 28,842 | 29,154 | |||||||
| Turnout | 29,428 | 73.7 | 8.9 |
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| AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 738 | 0.5 | ||||||
2019 election
| State election (2019): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[3] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU |  Y Maik Kowalleck |
8,603 | 30.6 | 10.7 |
6,139 | 21.8 | 9.9 | ||
| AfD | Michael Kaufmann | 8,228 | 29.2 | 7,828 | 27.8 | 15.2 | |||
| Left | Katharina König-Preuss | 5,890 | 20.9 | 7.8 |
8,222 | 29.2 | 0.8 | ||
| SPD | Robert Geheeb | 2,697 | 9.6 | 4.0 |
2,052 | 7.3 | 5.6 | ||
| Greens | Olaf Müller | 1,037 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
902 | 3.2 | 1.2 | ||
| FDP | Alexander Litvinenko | 995 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
1,471 | 5.2 | 2.7 | ||
| Free Voters | Roland Beyer | 548 | 1.9 | ||||||
| MLPD | Gerhard Pfisterer | 147 | 0.5 | 107 | 0.4 | ||||
| List-only parties | 1,484 | 5.3 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 388 | 328 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 28,145 | 28,205 | |||||||
| Turnout | 28,533 | 64.8 | 15.4 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 375 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
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2014 election
| State election (2014): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Maik Kowalleck |
9,149 | 41.3 | 12.0 |
7,149 | 31.7 | 2.6 | ||
| Left | Katharina König | 6,364 | 28.7 | 0.5 |
6,392 | 28.4 | 0.2 | ||
| SPD | Julienne Trempert | 3,022 | 13.6 | 8.1 |
2,907 | 12.9 | 6.8 | ||
| AfD | 2,829 | 12.6 | |||||||
| Greens | Sebastian Heuchel | 1,464 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
988 | 4.4 | 0.4 | ||
| NPD | Patrick Trautsch | 1,333 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
1,042 | 4.6 | 1.6 | ||
| FDP | Eckhard Linke | 813 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
554 | 2.5 | 5.1 | ||
| List-only parties | 678 | 3.0 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 883 | 489 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 22,145 | 22,539 | |||||||
| Turnout | 23,028 | 49.4 | 4.3 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 2,785 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
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2009 election
| State election (2009): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Maik Kowalleck | 7,721 | 29.3 | 12.5 |
7,692 | 29.1 | 13.6 | ||
| Left | Roland Hahnemann | 7,410 | 28.2 | 1.7 |
7,561 | 28.6 | 2.1 | ||
| SPD | Christoph Majewski | 5,718 | 21.7 | 0.4 |
5,194 | 19.7 | 3.5 | ||
| FDP | Eckhard Linke | 2,265 | 8.6 | 2.4 |
1,996 | 7.6 | 4.1 | ||
| NPD | Patrick Trautsch | 1,737 | 6.6 | 1,633 | 6.2 | 3.8 | |||
| Greens | Sebastian Teuchel | 1,472 | 5.6 | 1,275 | 4.8 | 1.5 | |||
| List-only parties | 1,067 | 4.0 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 550 | 455 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 26,323 | 26,418 | |||||||
| Turnout | 26,873 | 53.7 | 2.7 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 311 | 1.1 | 10.8 |
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2004 election
| State election (2004): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Harald Stauch |
10,483 | 41.8 | 7.0 |
10,799 | 42.7 | 7.8 | ||
| PDS | Roland Hahnemann | 7,499 | 29.9 | 7.7 |
6,705 | 26.5 | 5.1 | ||
| SPD | Marko Wolfram | 5,545 | 22.1 | 0.7 |
4,105 | 16.2 | 2.9 | ||
| FDP | Eckhard Linke | 1,567 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
889 | 3.5 | 2.5 | ||
| List-only parties | 2,814 | 11.1 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 1,289 | 1,071 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 25,094 | 25,312 | |||||||
| Turnout | 26,383 | 51.0 | 8.3 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 2,984 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
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1999 election
| State election (1999): Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II[7] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Harald Stauch |
15,005 | 48.8 | 9.8 |
15,607 | 50.5 | 9.8 | ||
| SPD | Frieder Lippmann | 6,999 | 22.8 | 10.9 |
5,914 | 19.1 | 12.0 | ||
| PDS | Roland Hahnemann | 6,823 | 22.2 | 6.5 |
6,601 | 21.4 | 4.8 | ||
| REP | Roland Büschel | 856 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
288 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| Greens | Jens Billig | 621 | 2.0 | 3.7 |
452 | 1.5 | 3.1 | ||
| FDP | Kay Rösler | 448 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
308 | 1.0 | 2.4 | ||
| List-only parties | 1,723 | 5.6 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 499 | 358 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 30,752 | 30,893 | |||||||
| Turnout | 31,251 | 59.3 | 13.8 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 8,006 | 26.0 | 20.7 |
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1994 election
| State election (1994): Schwarzakreis II[8] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Harald Stauch | 14,832 | 39.0 | 15,534 | 40.7 | ||||
| SPD | 12,800 | 33.7 | 11,869 | 31.1 | |||||
| PDS | 5,979 | 15.7 | 6,333 | 16.6 | |||||
| Greens | 2,164 | 5.7 | 1,747 | 4.6 | |||||
| FDP | 1,528 | 4.0 | 1,308 | 3.4 | |||||
| REP | 695 | 1.8 | 688 | 1.8 | |||||
| List-only parties | 725 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 907 | 701 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 37,998 | 38,204 | |||||||
| Turnout | 38,905 | 73.1 | |||||||
| CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,032 | 5.3 | ||||||
References
- 1 2 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
- ↑ "Wahlen in Thüringen". wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ↑ Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
- ↑ Wahlen in Thüringen 1994