Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II
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Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 9. It covers the central, southern, and eastern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.[1]
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Stefan Möller of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
As of the 2019 state election, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II covers the central, southern, and eastern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Langensalza, Bad Tennstedt, Ballhausen, Blankenburg, Bothenheilingen, Bruchstedt, Großvargula, Haussömmern, Herbsleben, Hornsömmern, Issersheilingen, Kammerforst, Kirchheilingen, Kleinwelsbach, Körner, Kutzleben, Marolterode, Mittelsömmern, Mühlhausen/Thüringen (without Bollstedt, Grabe, Höngeda and Seebach), Neunheilingen, Obermehler, Oppershausen, Schlotheim, Schönstedt, Sundhausen, Tottleben, Unstrut-Hainich, Urleben, and Vogtei.[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 Peter Bonitz (1994–2004) and Annette Lehmann (2004–2019). It has been held by the Alternative for Germany since 2019, represented by Lars Schütze, and then by Stefan Möller following the 2024 election.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Peter Bonitz | CDU | 42.1 | |
| 1999 | 49.6 | |||
| 2004 | Annette Lehmann | 41.5 | ||
| 2009 | 30.0 | |||
| 2014 | 40.2 | |||
| 2019 | Lars Schütze | AfD | 27.3 | |
| 2024 | Stefan Möller | 39.6 | ||
Election results
2024 election
| State election (2024): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[2] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| AfD | Stefan Möller | 10,567 | 39.6 |  12.3 |
9,392 | 34.6 | 8.5 | ||
| CDU | Jane Croll | 9,482 | 35.6 | 9.7 |
6,404 | 23.7 | 1.8 | ||
| BSW | 4,485 | 16.6 | |||||||
| Left | Cordula Eger | 4,785 | 18.0 |  7.8 |
3,389 | 12.6 | 17.2 | ||
| SPD | Markus Reinders | 1,820 | 6.8 | 3.3 |
1,321 | 4.9 | 3.7 | ||
| Greens | 454 | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||||||
| FW | 373 | 1.4 | |||||||
| FDP | 332 | 1.2 | 3.8 | ||||||
| APT | 284 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Familie | 189 | 0.7 | |||||||
| BD | 113 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Values | 106 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Pirates | 68 | 0.3 |  | ||||||
| ÖDP | 47 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| MLPD | 24 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 565 | 238 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 26,654 | 26,981 | |||||||
| Turnout | 27,219 | 72.5 | 9.7 |
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| AfD hold | Majority | 1,085 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
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2019 election
| State election (2019): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[3] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| AfD | Lars Schütze | 6,964 | 27.3 | 6,663 | 26.1 | 15.5 | |||
| CDU | Jane Croll | 6,592 | 25.9 | 14.3 |
5,594 | 21.9 | 10.4 | ||
| Left | Cordula Eger | 6,570 | 25.8 | 6.2 |
7,611 | 29.8 | 2.0 | ||
| SPD | Jörg Klupak | 2,566 | 10.1 | 6.4 |
2,192 | 8.6 | 5.6 | ||
| FDP | Alexander Kappe | 1,412 | 5.5 | 1,288 | 5.0 | 2.1 | |||
| Greens | Judith Keidel | 1,289 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
913 | 3.6 | 0.7 | ||
| MLPD | Edeltraud König | 71 | 0.3 | 73 | 0.3 | ||||
| List-only parties | 1,187 | 4.7 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 446 | 389 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 25,464 | 25,521 | |||||||
| Turnout | 25,910 | 62.8 | 12.0 |
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| AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 372 | 1.4 | ||||||
2014 election
| State election (2014): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU |  Y Annette Lehmann |
8,588 | 40.2 | 10.2 |
6,987 | 32.3 | 1.0 | ||
| Left | Cordula Eger | 6,846 | 32.0 | 6.6 |
6,003 | 27.8 | 1.6 | ||
| SPD | Sandy Kirchner | 3,533 | 16.5 | 3.7 |
3,063 | 14.2 | 5.1 | ||
| AfD | 2,285 | 10.6 | |||||||
| NPD | Monique Möller | 1,290 | 6.0 | 1.8 |
918 | 4.3 | 0.1 | ||
| Greens | Carsten Meyer | 1,117 | 5.2 | 919 | 4.3 | 0.2 | |||
| List-only parties | 1,425 | 6.6 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 579 | 353 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 21,374 | 21,600 | |||||||
| Turnout | 21,953 | 50.8 | 4.5 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 1,742 | 8.2 | 3.6 |
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2009 election
| State election (2009): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Annette Lehmann |
7,396 | 30.0 | 11.5 |
7,762 | 31.3 | 12.9 | ||
| Left | Benno Lemke | 6,277 | 25.4 | 2.3 |
6,498 | 26.2 | 0.5 | ||
| SPD | Walter Pilger | 4,984 | 20.2 | 4.9 |
4,788 | 19.3 | 4.3 | ||
| FDP | Christina Lange | 3,053 | 12.4 | 6.7 |
2,387 | 9.6 | 5.6 | ||
| Free Voters | Hans-Martin Menge | 1,910 | 7.7 | 1,033 | 4.2 | 2.5 | |||
| NPD | Jonny Albrecht | 1,046 | 4.2 | 1,086 | 4.4 | 2.7 | |||
| Greens | 1,026 | 4.1 | 1.5 | ||||||
| List-only parties | 181 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 683 | 588 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 24,666 | 24,761 | |||||||
| Turnout | 25,349 | 55.3 | 1.7 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 1,119 | 4.6 | 9.2 |
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2004 election
| State election (2004): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Annette Lehmann | 9,792 | 41.5 | 8.2 |
10,559 | 44.2 | 6.8 | ||
| PDS | Benno Lemke | 6,526 | 27.7 | 6.8 |
6,363 | 26.7 | 7.8 | ||
| SPD | Eckhard Ohl | 5,932 | 25.1 | 0.0 |
3,590 | 15.0 | 6.1 | ||
| FDP | Friedrich-Wilhelm Emmerich | 1,338 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
954 | 4.0 | 2.6 | ||
| List-only parties | 2,406 | 10.1 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 1,659 | 1,375 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 23,588 | 23,872 | |||||||
| Turnout | 25,247 | 53.6 | 6.5 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 3,266 | 13.8 | 10.7 |
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1999 election
| State election (1999): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[7] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Y Peter Bonitz |
13,470 | 49.6 | 7.5 |
13,982 | 50.9 | 7.0 | ||
| SPD | Klaus Borck | 6,823 | 25.1 | 10.9 |
5,783 | 21.1 | 12.0 | ||
| PDS | Rainer Preuß | 5,702 | 21.0 | 8.8 |
5,205 | 19.0 | 5.8 | ||
| FDP | Eberhard Schmidt | 684 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
387 | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| Greens | Michael Hüge | 471 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
336 | 1.2 | 2.3 | ||
| List-only parties | 1,768 | 6.4 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 763 | 452 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 27,150 | 27,461 | |||||||
| Turnout | 27,913 | 60.1 | 15.0 |
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| CDU hold | Majority | 6,647 | 24.5 | 18.4 |
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1994 election
| State election (1994): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II[8] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Peter Bonitz | 13,844 | 42.1 | 14,506 | 43.9 | ||||
| SPD | 11,856 | 36.0 | 10,950 | 33.1 | |||||
| PDS | 4,023 | 12.2 | 4,344 | 13.2 | |||||
| FDP | 1,742 | 5.3 | 1,271 | 3.8 | |||||
| Greens | 1,248 | 3.8 | 1,142 | 3.5 | |||||
| DSU | 197 | 0.6 | 182 | 0.6 | |||||
| List-only parties | 639 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 1,148 | 1,024 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 32,910 | 33,034 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,058 | 75.1 | |||||||
| CDU win new seat | Majority | 1,988 | 6.1 | ||||||
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