Gera 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 41. It covers the northern part of Gera.
Gera I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Nord, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2024, it has been represented by Dieter Michael Laudenbach of Alternative for Germany.
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Gera I covers the northern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Aga, Cretzschwitz, Ernsee, Frankenthal, Hain, Hermsdorf, Milbitz, Roben, Röpsen, Rubitz, Scheubengrobsdorf, Söllmnitz, Thieschitz, Trebnitz, and Windischenbernsdorf.
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 Eckehard Kölbel. In 2004 it was won by Margit Jung of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). She was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014, followed byDaniel Reinhardt of The Left from 2019-2024. In 2024, the seat was won by Dieter Michael Laudenbach of the AfD.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Eckehard Kölbel | CDU | 36.8 | |
1994 | 37.9 | |||
1999 | 40.9 | |||
2004 | Margit Jung | PDS | 38.5 | |
2009 | LINKE | 36.2 | ||
2014 | 34.5 | |||
2019 | Daniel Reinhardt | LINKE | 32.5 | |
2024 | Dieter Michael Laudenbach | AfD | 36.9 |
Election results
2024 election
State election (2024): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Dieter Michael Laudenbach | 9,516 | 36.9 | 6.2 | 9,022 | 34.6 | 6.8 | ||
CDU | Jochen Trautmann | 6,918 | 26.8 | 9.2 | 5,575 | 21.4 | 5.4 | ||
BSW | 4,306 | 16.5 | |||||||
Left | N Daniel Karl Reinhardt | 5,106 | 19.8 | 12.7 | 3,510 | 13.5 | 19.9 | ||
SPD | Janine Puschendorf | 1,615 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1,354 | 5.2 | 3.1 | ||
Values | Peter Schmidt | 1,206 | 4.6 | 315 | 1.2 | ||||
FW | Maik Stephan Witzel | 909 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 215 | 0.8 | |||
Greens | Luise Schäfer | 513 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 758 | 2.9 | 1.3 | ||
APT | 325 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
FDP | 251 | 1.0 | 3.7 | ||||||
BD | 146 | 0.6 | |||||||
Familie | 106 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 79 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 52 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 31 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 471 | 209 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 25,783 | 26,045 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,254 | 69.8 | 6.4 | ||||||
AfD gain from Left | Majority | 2,598 | 10.1 |
2019 election
State election (2019): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Daniel Reinhardt | 7,639 | 32.5 | 2.0 | 8,359 | 33.4 | 1.0 | ||
AfD | Dieter Laudenbach | 7,639 | 30.7 | 16.3 | 6,945 | 27.8 | 13.9 | ||
CDU | Jochen Trautmann | 4,398 | 17.6 | 15.9 | 3,991 | 16.0 | 13.5 | ||
SPD | Hannelore Hauschild | 1,983 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 2,078 | 8.3 | 1.0 | ||
Greens | Thomas Michael Wieden | 1,120 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1,047 | 4.2 | 1.1 | ||
Free Voters | Norbert Hein | 885 | 3.6 | 2.0 | |||||
FDP | Patrice Philip Klohn | 683 | 2.7 | 1,167 | 4.7 | 2.4 | |||
MLPD | Gudrun Kimmerle | 120 | 0.5 | 80 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,339 | 5.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 319 | 232 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 24,919 | 25,006 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,238 | 63.4 | 14.9 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 451 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Y Margit Jung | 7,048 | 34.5 | 1.7 | 7,052 | 34.4 | 0.9 | ||
CDU | Birgit Diezel | 6,853 | 33.5 | 2.0 | 6,050 | 29.5 | 1.6 | ||
AfD | Stephan Brandner | 2,949 | 14.4 | 2,847 | 13.9 | ||||
SPD | Kirsten Breuer | 1,719 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 1,909 | 9.3 | 5.9 | ||
Greens | Ulrich Kiethe | 1,078 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 1,082 | 5.3 | 0.8 | ||
NPD | Gordon Richter | 462 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 538 | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
Free Voters | Jörg Schmidt | 333 | 1.6 | 242 | 1.2 | 0.6 | |||
List-only parties | 798 | 3.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 374 | 298 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,442 | 20,518 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,816 | 48.5 | 5.2 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 195 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Y Margit Jung | 8,648 | 36.2 | 2.3 | 8,435 | 35.3 | 1.4 | ||
CDU | Birgit Diezel | 7,524 | 31.5 | 5.1 | 6,673 | 27.9 | 8.9 | ||
SPD | Sigrid Müller | 3,329 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 3,646 | 15.2 | 1.8 | ||
FDP | Dieter Bernd Baumberger | 1,923 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 2,120 | 8.9 | 5.4 | ||
Greens | Christel Wagner-Schurwanz | 1,394 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1,452 | 6.1 | 1.3 | ||
NPD | Gordon Richter | 1,053 | 4.4 | 1,000 | 4.2 | 2.5 | |||
List-only parties | 595 | 2.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 487 | 437 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 23,871 | 23,921 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,358 | 53.7 | 4.5 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 1,124 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
PDS | Margit Jung | 8,398 | 38.5 | 3.7 | 7,471 | 33.9 | 1.4 | ||
CDU | Bernd Koob | 7,974 | 36.6 | 4.3 | 8,117 | 36.8 | 5.3 | ||
SPD | René Gäbler | 2,755 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 2,954 | 13.4 | 3.7 | ||
Greens | Eugen Weber | 1,414 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1,047 | 4.8 | 3.1 | ||
FDP | Percy Wesselly | 1,248 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 772 | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
List-only parties | 1,676 | 7.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,057 | 809 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 21,789 | 22,037 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,846 | 49.2 | 7.8 | ||||||
PDS gain from CDU | Majority | 424 | 1.9 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Y Eckehard Kölbel | 10,887 | 40.9 | 3.0 | 11,238 | 42.1 | 5.4 | ||
PDS | 9,279 | 34.8 | 5.5 | 8,658 | 32.5 | 5.5 | |||
SPD | 4,714 | 17.7 | 7.4 | 4,561 | 17.1 | 8.1 | |||
REP | 616 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 170 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||
Greens | 522 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 450 | 1.7 | 3.0 | |||
New Forum | 326 | 1.2 | 143 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||||
FDP | 290 | 1.1 | 211 | 0.8 | 1.9 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,245 | 4.7 | |||||||
Informal votes | 314 | 272 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,634 | 26,676 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,948 | 57.0 | 15.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,608 | 6.1 | 2.5 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Gera I | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Y Eckehard Kölbel | 13,042 | 37.9 | 1.1 | 12,704 | 36.7 | 2.0 | ||
PDS | 10,062 | 29.3 | 11.2 | 9,326 | 27.0 | 9.0 | |||
SPD | 8,630 | 25.1 | 4.3 | 8,713 | 25.2 | 1.9 | |||
Greens | 2,213 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 1,625 | 4.7 | 2.6 | |||
REP | 430 | 1.3 | 374 | 1.1 | |||||
List-only parties | 1,858 | 5.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 931 | 708 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,377 | 34,600 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,308 | 72.0 | 5.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,980 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
1990 election
State election (1990): Gera-Nord | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Eckehard Kölbel | 11,996 | 36.8 | 11,335 | 34.7 | ||||
SPD | 6,765 | 20.8 | 7,609 | 23.3 | |||||
PDS | 5,883 | 18.1 | 5,897 | 18.0 | |||||
Greens | 2,522 | 7.7 | 2,398 | 7.3 | |||||
FDP | 2,404 | 7.4 | 2,858 | 8.7 | |||||
DSU | 1,858 | 5.7 | 1,550 | 4.7 | |||||
Independent | 493 | 1.5 | |||||||
DFD | 357 | 1.1 | 261 | 0.8 | |||||
UFV | 306 | 0.9 | 220 | 0.7 | |||||
List-only parties | 579 | 1.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 783 | 660 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 32,584 | 32,707 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,367 | 66.9 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 5,231 | 16.0 |
Notes
- Diezel entered the Landtag on the CDU list after the resignation of Marion Walsmann in December 2018.
References
- ^ "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
- https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=041&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
- 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
- Wahlen in Thüringen 1990