Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II
Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 20. It covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district.[1]
Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2004, it has been represented by Henry Worm of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Auengrund, Brünn/Thür., Eisfeld, Masserberg, Schleusegrund, and Schleusingen (from Hildburghausen), and Goldisthal, Lauscha, Neuhaus am Rennweg (excluding Lichte und Piesau), and Steinach (from Sonneberg).[1]
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Bernd Wolf, who served from 1994 to 2004. Since 2004, it has been represented by Henry Worm.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Bernd Wolf | CDU | 39.7 | |
1999 | 48.6 | |||
2004 | Henry Worm | CDU | 43.4 | |
2009 | 35.8 | |||
2014 | 44.0 | |||
2019 | 34.1 |
Election results
2019 election
State election (2019): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Henry Worm | 7,323 | 34.1 | 9.9 | 5,630 | 26.1 | 11.5 | ||
Left | Tilo Kummer | 6,069 | 28.2 | 3.1 | 7,089 | 32.9 | 3.0 | ||
AfD | Holger Winterstein | 5,089 | 23.7 | 4,908 | 22.8 | 14.0 | |||
SPD | Claudia Scheerschmidt | 1,367 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 1,485 | 6.9 | 5.6 | ||
Greens | Antje Duckwitz | 888 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 649 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ||
FDP | Robert-Martin Montag | 706 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 764 | 3.5 | 1.6 | ||
MLPD | Klaus Dimler | 52 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.2 | ||||
List-only parties | 969 | 4.5 | |||||||
Informal votes | 286 | 244 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,494 | 21,536 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,780 | 63.0 | 12.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 1,254 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
2014 election
State election (2014): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Henry Worm | 7,437 | 44.0 | 8.2 | 6,398 | 37.6 | 4.6 | ||
Left | Stefan Harzer | 5,288 | 31.3 | 3.6 | 5,096 | 29.9 | 2.4 | ||
SPD | Alexander Humann | 2,384 | 14.1 | 1.6 | 2,128 | 12.5 | 4.6 | ||
AfD | 1,494 | 8.8 | |||||||
Greens | Karen Thimel | 673 | 4.0 | 565 | 3.3 | 0.1 | |||
NPD | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | 595 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 484 | 2.8 | 1.3 | ||
FDP | Thomas Vollmar | 518 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 323 | 1.9 | 5.0 | ||
List-only parties | 542 | 3.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 298 | 163 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 16,895 | 17,030 | |||||||
Turnout | 17,193 | 50.4 | 3.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,149 | 12.7 | 11.8 |
2009 election
State election (2009): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Henry Worm | 6,928 | 35.8 | 7.6 | 6,436 | 33.0 | 12.6 | ||
Left | Wolfgang May | 6,756 | 34.9 | 2.7 | 6,300 | 32.3 | 5.7 | ||
SPD | David Fritsch | 3,034 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 3,342 | 17.1 | 1.2 | ||
FDP | Felix Rösel | 1,656 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1,343 | 6.9 | 3.9 | ||
NPD | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | 998 | 5.2 | 809 | 4.1 | 2.5 | |||
List-only parties | 1,293 | 6.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 517 | 366 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 19,372 | 19,523 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,889 | 53.9 | 2.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 172 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
2004 election
State election (2004): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Henry Worm | 8,107 | 43.4 | 5.2 | 8,669 | 45.6 | 5.2 | ||
PDS | Wolfgang May | 6,011 | 32.2 | 8.9 | 5,063 | 26.6 | 3.4 | ||
SPD | Bernd Lauche | 3,426 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 3,033 | 15.9 | 2.6 | ||
FDP | Thomas Vollmar | 1,121 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 577 | 3.0 | 1.9 | ||
List-only parties | 1,677 | 8.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,235 | 881 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,665 | 19,019 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,900 | 51.4 | 10.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,096 | 11.2 | 14.1 |
1999 election
State election (1999): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bernd Wolf | 11,541 | 48.6 | 8.9 | 12,130 | 50.8 | 8.1 | ||
PDS | Stefan Hiederich | 5,538 | 23.3 | 8.1 | 5,531 | 23.2 | 7.2 | ||
SPD | Uwe Höhn | 5,375 | 22.6 | 9.1 | 4,409 | 18.5 | 12.0 | ||
REP | Manfred Schlichting | 547 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 141 | 0.6 | 1.3 | ||
FDP | Thomas Vollmar | 449 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 272 | 1.1 | 2.6 | ||
Greens | Richard Schmid | 307 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 228 | 1.0 | 2.1 | ||
List-only parties | 1,149 | 4.8 | |||||||
Informal votes | 462 | 359 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,757 | 23,860 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,219 | 61.5 | 15.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 6,003 | 25.3 | 17.3 |
1994 election
State election (1994): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Bernd Wolf | 11,567 | 39.7 | 12,458 | 42.7 | ||||
SPD | 9,236 | 31.7 | 8,896 | 30.5 | |||||
PDS | 4,436 | 15.2 | 4,679 | 16.0 | |||||
FDP | 2,153 | 7.4 | 1,088 | 3.7 | |||||
Greens | 1,180 | 4.1 | 897 | 3.1 | |||||
REP | 562 | 1.9 | 541 | 1.9 | |||||
List-only parties | 643 | 2.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,067 | 999 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,134 | 29,202 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,201 | 77.0 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,331 | 8.0 |