Weimar II

Weimar 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 32. It covers most of the city of Weimar.[1]

Weimar II was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named just Weimar, it was renamed before the 2014 election after a small part of the city of Weimar was transferred to Weimar I – Weimarer Land II. Since 2019, it has been represented by Steffen Dittes of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Weimar II covers most of the city of Weimar, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Ettersberg-Siedlung, Gaberndorf, Gelmeroda, Innenstadt, Legefeld/Holzdorf, Niedergrunstedt, Nördliche Innenstadt, Nordstadt, Oberweimar/Ehringsdorf, Possendorf, Südstadt, Südweststadt, Taubach, Tröbsdorf, Weimar-Nord, and Weimar-West.[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Frank-Michael Pietzsch (1994–2004) and Peter D. Krause (2004–2009). It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Thomas Hartung, who defected to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2010 and served the remainder of his term as a member of that party. The CDU's candidate Jörg Geibert regained the constituency in 2014. It was again won by The Left in 2019, and is represented by Steffen Dittes.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Frank-Michael Pietzsch	CDU	38.5
	1999	Frank-Michael Pietzsch	CDU	47.5
	2004	Peter D. Krause	CDU	37.9
	2009	Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 1]	The Left	28.4
			SPD	–
	2014	Jörg Geibert	CDU	31.1
	2019	Steffen Dittes	The Left	28.6

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Weimar 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	%	±%
	Left	Steffen Dittes		8,396	28.6	0.3	10,838	35.4	7.5
	CDU	N Jörg Geibert		7,314	24.9	6.2	5,254	17.2	11.8
	AfD						4,355	14.2	6.8
	Green	Ann-Sophie Bohm-Eisenbrandt		5,811	19.8	7.7	4,004	13.1	1.3
	SPD	Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 2]		4,890	16.6	2.5	2,849	9.3	2.6
	FDP	Hagen Hultzsch		2,684	9.1	5.9	1,662	5.4	2.2
	MLPD	Cornelia Jungk		297	1.0		71	0.2
	List-only parties						1,562	5.1
Informal votes				1,530			327
Total Valid votes				29,392			30,595
Turnout				30,922	68.7	13.3
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	1,082	3.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Weimar 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	%	±%
	CDU	Jörg Geibert		7,806	31.1	2.7	7,320	29.0	3.2
	Left	Dirk Möller		7,104	28.3	0.1	7,036	27.9	2.8
	SPD	N Thomas Hartung[lower-alpha 3]		4,795	19.1	2.7[lower-alpha 4]	3,010	11.9	7.0
	Green	Manfredo Koessl		3,037	12.1	5.1	3,629	14.4	0.4
	AfD						1,863	7.4
	FDP	Christian Lachnitt		803	3.2	5.2	812	3.2	4.7
	NPD	Jan Morgenroth		770	3.1	0.4	503	2.0	1.0
	Pirates	Michael Kurt Bahr		748	3.0		451	1.8
	List-only parties						585	2.3
Informal votes				400			254
Total Valid votes				25,063			25,209
Turnout				25,463	55.4	4.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	702	2.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Weimar[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	Thomas Hartung		8,466	28.4	1.7	7,520	25.1	1.6
	CDU	N Peter D. Krause		7,717	25.9	12.0	7,726	25.8	11.9
	Green	Carsten Meyer		5,112	17.2	4.5	4,433	14.8	2.3
	SPD	Thomas Notzke		4,896	16.4	1.7	5,663	18.9	3.3
	FDP	Matthias Purdel		2,491	8.4	3.8	2,367	7.9	4.2
	NPD	Ralf Markert		1,094	3.7		965	3.2	2.3
	List-only parties						1,236	4.1
Informal votes				574			440
Total Valid votes				29,776			29,910
Turnout				30,350	58.9	3.8
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	749	2.5

2004 election

State election (2004): Weimar[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	Peter D. Krause		10,195	37.9	9.6	10,305	37.7	11.2
	PDS	Dirk Möller		7,164	26.7	5.2	6,424	23.5	2.8
	SPD	Matthias Bettenhäuser		4,867	18.1	3.7	4,257	15.6	3.7
	Green	Petra Streit		3,412	12.7	7.2	3,415	12.5	7.7
	FDP	Christoph Burmeister		1,240	4.6	3.0	1,020	3.7	2.7
	List-only parties						1,907	7.0
Informal votes				1,415			965
Total Valid votes				26,878			27,328
Turnout				28,293	55.1	5.2
	CDU hold		Majority	3,031	11.2	14.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Weimar[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 Frank-Michael Pietzsch		13,810	47.5	9.0	14,263	48.9	11.2
	SPD	Irene Ellenberger		6,333	21.8	8.5	5,635	19.3	9.8
	PDS	Dirk Möller		6,240	21.5	5.3	6,035	20.7	4.1
	Green	Ulrike-Lilly Koßmann		1,605	5.5	3.9	1,388	4.8	2.6
	REP	Frank Welsch		625	2.1		186	0.6	0.6
	FDP	Maria-Elisabeth Grosse		471	1.6	4.0	296	1.0	3.3
	List-only parties						1,361	4.7
Informal votes				426			346
Total Valid votes				29,084			29,164
Turnout				29,510	60.3	13.8
	CDU hold		Majority	7,477	25.7	17.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Weimar[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	Frank-Michael Pietzsch		13,395	38.5		13,143	37.7
	SPD			10,531	30.3		10,138	29.1
	PDS			5,617	16.2		5,799	16.6
	Green			3,277	9.4		2,594	7.4
	FDP			1,931	5.6		1,514	4.3
	List-only parties						1,683	4.8
Informal votes				904			784
Total Valid votes				34,751			34,871
Turnout				35,655	74.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,864	8.2

Notes

1. Hartung was elected in 2009 for The Left, but defected to the SPD parliamentary group in August 2010.
2. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Wolfgang Tiefensee in December 2019.
3. Hartung entered the Landtag on the SPD list after the resignation of Uwe Höhn in September 2017.
4. Hartung was elected in 2009 as a candidate for The Left, but contested the constituency in 2014 as candidate for the SPD. The swing given is compared to the SPD's performance in 2009.

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