Hildburghausen I – Schmalkalden-Meiningen III

Hildburghausen I – Schmalkalden-Meiningen 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 18. It covers the western part of Hildburghausen district and part of southern Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]

Hildburghausen I – Schmalkalden-Meiningen III was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Hildburghausen I, it was given its current name in 2014 after part of Schmalkalden-Meiningen was transferred to the constituency. Since 2019, it has been represented by Nadine Hoffmann of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Hildburghausen I – Schmalkalden-Meiningen III covers the western part of Hildburghausen district and part of southern Schmalkalden-Meiningen, specifically the municipalities of Ahlstädt, Beinerstadt, Bischofrod, Dingsleben, Ehrenberg, Eichenberg, Grimmelshausen, Grub, Heldburg, Henfstädt, Hildburghausen, Kloster Veßra, Lengfeld, Marisfeld, Oberstadt, Reurieth, Römhild, Schlechtsart, Schmeheim, Schweickershausen, St.Bernhard, Straufhain, Themar, Ummerstadt, Veilsdorf, and Westhausen (from Hildburghausen), and Grabfeld (without Wölfershausen) from Schmalkalden-Meiningen.[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Hans-Henning Axthelm (1990–1994), Heinrich Dietz (1994–2004), and Michael Krapp (2004–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and was represented by Tilo Kummer. The CDU's candidate Kristin Floßmann regained the constituency in 2014. It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Nadine Hoffmann.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Hans-Henning Axthelm	CDU	43.9
1994	Heinrich Dietz	CDU	37.7
1999	Heinrich Dietz	CDU	46.7
2004	Michael Krapp	CDU	43.5
2009	Tilo Kummer	The Left	35.1
2014	Kristin Floßmann	CDU	36.6
2019	Nadine Hoffmann	AfD	29.0

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Hildburghausen I – Schmalkalden-Meiningen III[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	Nadine Hoffmann		6,301	29.0	19.2	6,037	27.7	16.8
	CDU	N Kristin Floßmann		5,519	25.4	11.2	5,094	23.3	14.1
	Left	Steffen Martin Harzer		5,279	24.3	6.0	6,034	27.6	0.2
	SPD	Thomas Jakob		2,206	10.2	3.9	1,681	7.7	3.8
	Green	Katharina Schmidt		1,336	6.2	2.7	816	3.7	0.2
	FDP	Christopher Hubrich		978	4.5	3.3	890	4.1	2.7
	MLPD	Janine Walter		86	0.4		93	0.4
	List-only parties						1,180	5.4
Informal votes				388			268
Total Valid votes				21,705			21,825
Turnout				22,093	64.8	14.3
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	782	3.6

2014 election

State election (2014): Hildburghausen I[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	%	±%
	CDU	Kristin Floßmann		7,408	36.6	4.8	7,536	37.2	6.8
	Left	N Tilo Kummer		6,123	30.3	4.8	5,599	27.7	4.7
	SPD	Uwe Höhn		2,849	14.1	2.7	2,351	11.6	5.4
	AfD	Heiko Bernardy		1,985	9.8		2,206	10.9
	Green	Astrid Rühle		716	3.5	1.1	785	3.9	0.8
	NPD	Tommy Frenck		608	3.0	1.7	739	3.7	0.8
	Pirates	Bernd Schreiner		290	1.4		282	1.4
	FDP	Heinz-Jörg Winkler		247	1.2	5.9	281	1.4	5.6
	List-only parties						464	2.3
Informal votes				289			272
Total Valid votes				20,226			20,243
Turnout				20,515	50.5	1.9
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	1,285	6.3

2009 election

State election (2009): Hildburghausen I[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	Tilo Kummer		6,899	35.1	3.4	6,393	32.4	5.2
	CDU	N Michael Krapp		6,251	31.8	11.7	5,992	30.4	13.1
	SPD	Uwe Höhn		3,299	16.8	1.4	3,345	17.0	1.4
	FDP	Thomas Vollmar		1,403	7.1	3.3	1,377	7.0	3.9
	NPD	Danny Schuck		928	4.7		883	4.5	2.9
	Green	Karen Thimel		899	4.6	1.7	919	4.7	1.9
	List-only parties						802	4.1
Informal votes				368			336
Total Valid votes				19,679			19,711
Turnout				20,047	52.4	2.4
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	648	3.3

2004 election

State election (2004): Hildburghausen I[5]
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	%	±%
	CDU	Michael Krapp		8,126	43.5	3.2	8,141	43.5	5.0
	PDS	Tilo Kummer		5,930	31.7	7.9	5,082	27.2	3.8
	SPD	Uwe Höhn		3,395	18.2	4.8	2,924	15.6	3.8
	FDP	Jost Hofmann		708	3.8	1.8	581	3.1	1.7
	Green	Peter Werner Otto		535	2.9	1.2	527	2.8	1.5
	List-only parties						1,447	7.7
Informal votes				708			700
Total Valid votes				18,694			18,702
Turnout				19,402	50.0	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	2,196	11.8	11.1

1999 election

State election (1999): Hildburghausen I[6]
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Heinrich Dietz		10,086	46.7	9.0	10,523	48.5	7.1
	PDS	Tilo Kummer		5,147	23.8	7.2	5,068	23.4	6.1
	SPD	Burkhard Stenzel		4,973	23.0	6.9	4,208	19.4	9.9
	REP	Torsten Wirsching		609	2.8	1.6	178	0.8	0.6
	FDP	Lulita Schwenk		429	2.0	8.6	308	1.4	3.9
	Green	Astrid Rühle von Lilienstern		368	1.7	2.4	277	1.3	2.5
	List-only parties						1,130	5.2
Informal votes				355			275
Total Valid votes				21,612			21,692
Turnout				21,967	57.3	15.9
	CDU hold		Majority	4,939	22.9	15.1

1994 election

State election (1994): Hildburghausen I[7]
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	%	±%
	CDU	Heinrich Dietz		9,983	37.7	6.2	11,029	41.4	2.4
	SPD			7,910	29.9	8.5	7,791	29.3	7.0
	PDS			4,397	16.6	7.0	4,597	17.3	7.5
	FDP			2,796	10.6	1.2	1,424	5.3	4.3
	Green			1,077	4.1	0.1	1,018	3.8	0.5
	REP			327	1.2		367	1.4
	List-only parties						397	1.5
Informal votes				1,027			894
Total Valid votes				26,490			26,623
Turnout				27,517	73.2	0.0
	CDU hold		Majority	2,074	7.8	14.7

1990 election

State election (1990): Hildburghausen[8]
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	%	±%
	CDU	Hans-Henning Axthelm		13,593	43.9		13,598	43.8
	SPD			6,636	21.4		6,934	22.3
	PDS			2,963	9.6		3,034	9.8
	FDP			2,905	9.4		2,978	9.6
	DSU			2,232	7.2		1,547	5.0
	Green			1,243	4.0		1,349	4.3
	DFD			959	3.1		714	2.3
	UFV			224	0.7		224	0.7
	DBU			202	0.7		156	0.5
	List-only parties						524	1.7
Informal votes				1,066			965
Total Valid votes				30,957			31,058
Turnout				32,023	73.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	6,957	22.5

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References

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[Area-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