Gera II

Gera 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 42. It covers the southern part of Gera.[1]

Gera II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Süd, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2019, it has been represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Gera II covers the southern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Alt-Taubenpreskeln, Dürrenebersdorf, Falka, Gera, Kaimberg, Langengrobsdorf, Lietzsch, Naulitz, Poris-Lengefeld, Thränitz, Weißig, Zeulsdorf, and Zschippern.[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Matthias Ritter (1990–1994) and Birgit Diezel (1994–2004). In 2004, it was won by Dieter Hausold of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). He was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014. The constituency was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Wolfgang Lauerwald.

Election Member Party %
1990 Matthias Ritter CDU 36.4
1994 Birgit Diezel CDU 35.2
1999 Birgit Diezel CDU 39.7
2004 Dieter Hausold PDS 41.0
2009 Dieter Hausold The Left 39.6
2014 Dieter Hausold The Left 41.2
2019 Wolfgang Lauerwald AfD 32.9

Election results

2019 election
State election (2019): Gera II[2]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
AfD Wolfgang Lauerwald 7,170 32.9 6,524 29.9 16.3
Left Andreas Schubert 6,314 29.0 12.2 7,504 34.4 2.5
SPD Wolfgang Tiefensee 3,329 15.3 4.2 1,724 7.9 2.2
CDU Christian Klein 3,239 14.9 17.3 3,212 14.7 13.3
FDP Rüdiger Hannig 854 3.9 924 4.2 2.4
Green Laura Wahl[lower-alpha 1] 754 3.5 1.3 719 3.3 0.7
MLPD Dagmar Kolkmann-Lutz 110 0.5 64 0.3
List-only parties 1,164 5.3
Informal votes 308 243
Total Valid votes 21,770 21,835
Turnout 22,078 60.8 14.5
AfD gain from Left Majority 856 3.9

2014 election
State election (2014): Gera II[3]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Y Dieter Hausold 7,106 41.2 1.6 6,450 36.9 0.3
CDU Christian Klein 5,564 32.2 6.6 4,890 28.0 1.1
AfD   2,373 13.6
SPD Claudia Scheerschmidt[lower-alpha 2] 1,908 11.1 3.4 1,766 10.1 6.2
Free Voters Günter Brinkmann 1,025 5.9 266 1.5 0.3
NPD Peter Pichl 829 4.8 0.0 455 2.6 1.7
Green Regina Pfeiler 822 4.8 1.6 692 4.0 1.0
List-only parties 603 3.4
Informal votes 499 258
Total Valid votes 17,254 17,495
Turnout 17,753 46.3 5.9
Left hold Majority 1,542 9.0 5.0

2009 election
State election (2009): Gera II[4]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Y Dieter Hausold 8,118 39.6 1.4 7,661 37.2 1.2
CDU Ralf Bornkessel 5,245 25.6 10.2 5,524 26.9 7.7
SPD Wolfgang Lemb 2,968 14.5 1.0 3,356 16.3 2.6
FDP Dieter Falk 1,866 9.1 4.1 1,607 7.8 4.4
Green Ingo Menke 1,312 6.4 1.7 1,034 5.0 1.2
NPD André Berghold 985 4.8 887 4.3 2.7
List-only parties 498 2.4
Informal votes 448 375
Total Valid votes 20,494 20,567
Turnout 20,942 52.2 4.9
Left hold Majority 2,873 14.0 8.8

2004 election
State election (2004): Gera II[5]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
PDS Dieter Hausold 7,757 41.0 7.1 6,896 36.0 3.3
CDU N Birgit Diezel 6,767 35.8 3.9 6,628 34.6 6.6
SPD René Jung 2,558 13.5 8.5 2,630 13.7 4.3
FDP Cornelia Schmidt 950 5.0 3.4 651 3.4 2.6
Green Christel Wagner-Schurwanz 883 4.7 729 3.8 2.3
List-only parties 1,605 8.4
Informal votes 951 727
Total Valid votes 18,915 19,139
Turnout 19,866 47.3 7.6
PDS gain from CDU Majority 990 5.2

1999 election
State election (1999): Gera II[6]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Birgit Diezel 9,863 39.7 4.5 10,264 41.2 6.0
PDS 8,436 33.9 6.0 8,154 32.7 5.7
SPD 5,479 22.0 6.0 4,474 17.9 8.6
REP 679 2.7 1.2 173 0.7 0.5
FDP 404 1.6 202 0.8 1.8
List-only parties 1,658 6.7
Informal votes 350 286
Total Valid votes 24,861 24,925
Turnout 25,211 54.9 16.7
CDU hold Majority 1,427 5.8 1.4

1994 election
State election (1994): Gera II[7]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Birgit Diezel 11,999 35.2 1.2 12,078 35.2 0.5
SPD 9,542 28.0 4.6 9,084 26.5 2.0
PDS 9,502 27.9 11.6 9,259 27.0 9.8
Green 2,239 6.6 1.3 1,584 4.6 2.8
REP 521 1.5 428 1.2
DSU 314 0.9 3.8 145 0.4 3.7
List-only parties 1,724 5.0
Informal votes 792 607
Total Valid votes 34,117 34,302
Turnout 34,909 71.6 5.5
CDU hold Majority 2,457 7.2 5.8

1990 election
State election (1990): Gera II[8]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Matthias Ritter 11,547 36.4 11,053 34.7
SPD 7,430 23.4 7,785 24.5
PDS 5,167 16.3 5,463 17.2
FDP 2,770 8.7 2,882 9.1
Green 2,495 7.9 2,343 7.4
DSU 1,492 4.7 1,298 4.1
DFD 383 1.2 262 0.8
UFV 300 0.9 225 0.7
DBU 136 0.4 99 0.3
List-only parties 400 1.3
Informal votes 899 809
Total Valid votes 31,720 31,810
Turnout 32,619 66.1
CDU win new seat Majority 4,117 13.0

Notes
  1. Wahl entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Anja Siegesmund in March 2020.
  2. Scheerschmidt entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Christoph Matschie in October 2017.

References
  1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
  3. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
  4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  6. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
  7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
  8. Wahlen in Thüringen 1990
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