Altenburger Land I
Altenburger Land 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 43. It covers the western part of Altenburger Land.{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/landtagswahlen/informationen/lw_wkein.asp|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
Altenburger Land I was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Altenburg I, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Thomas Hoffmann of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Altenburger Land I covers the western part of Altenburger Land, specifically the municipalities of Dobitschen, Göhren, Göllnitz, Gößnitz, Heukewalde, Heyersdorf, Jonaswalde, Kriebitzsch, Löbichau, Lödla, Lucka, Mehna, Meuselwitz, Monstab, Ponitz, Posterstein, Rositz, Schmölln, Starkenberg, Thonhausen, and Vollmershain.
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, and was represented by Fritz Schröter (1994–2014) and Simone Schulze (2014–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019 and represented by Thomas-Otto Rudy. In 2024, Thomas Hoffmann held the seat for the AfD.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1994 | rowspan=4| Fritz Schröter | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 46.9 |
| 1999
| align=right| 48.4 |
| 2004
| align=right| 40.1 |
| 2009
| align=right| 34.0 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2014 | CDU | align=right| 34.5 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|
| 2019 | rowspan=2|AfD | align=right| 29.5 |
| 2024
| align=right| 42.4 |
Election results
=1994 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1994): Altenburg I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1994&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Fritz Schröter
|votes = 15,950
|percentage = 46.9
|change =
|party votes = 15,664
|party percent = 46.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 11,468
|percentage = 33.7
|change =
|party votes = 10,535
|party percent = 30.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 4,955
|percentage = 14.6
|change =
|party votes = 4,693
|party percent = 13.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,638
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
|party votes = 946
|party percent = 2.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 2,233
|party percent = 6.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,526
|party votes = 1,466
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 34,011
|party votes = 34,071
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 35,537
|percentage = 73.1
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box majority win|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 3,482
|percent = 13.2
}}
=1999 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1999): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1999&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Fritz Schröter
|votes = 12,667
|percentage = 48.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.5
|party votes = 13,289
|party percent = 50.2
|party change = {{increase}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Michaele Sojka
|votes = 6,667
|percentage = 25.5
|change = {{increase}} 11.0
|party votes = 6,009
|party percent = 22.7
|party change = {{increase}} 8.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Sieghardt Rydzewski
|votes = 5,046
|percentage = 19.3
|change = {{decrease}} 14.4
|party votes = 4,646
|party percent = 17.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Rolf Hermann
|votes = 1,780
|percentage = 6.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 403
|party percent = 1.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 2,101
|party percent = 7.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 775
|party votes = 487
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 26,160
|party votes = 26,448
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 26,935
|percentage = 55.2
|change = {{decrease}} 18.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 6,000
|percent = 22.9
|change = {{increase}} 9.7
}}
=2004 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2004): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2004&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Fritz Schröter
|votes = 9,096
|percentage = 40.1
|change = {{decrease}} 8.3
|party votes = 10,125
|party percent = 44.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Michaele Sojka
|votes = 6,731
|percentage = 29.7
|change = {{increase}} 4.2
|party votes = 5,848
|party percent = 25.8
|party change = {{increase}} 3.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Hartmut Schubert
|votes = 5,156
|percentage = 22.7
|change = {{increase}} 3.4
|party votes = 3,450
|party percent = 15.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Karsten Schalla
|votes = 1,718
|percentage = 7.6
|change = {{increase}} 0.8
|party votes = 964
|party percent = 4.2
|party change = {{increase}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 2,320
|party percent = 10.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,255
|party votes = 1,249
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 22,701
|party votes = 22,707
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 23,956
|percentage = 50.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.6
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,365
|percent = 10.4
|change = {{decrease}} 12.5
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2009): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2009&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Fritz Schröter
|votes = 7,942
|percentage = 34.0
|change = {{decrease}} 6.1
|party votes = 8,214
|party percent = 34.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michaele Sojka
|votes = 7,394
|percentage = 31.7
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 6,460
|party percent = 27.4
|party change = {{increase}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Brita Große
|votes = 4,299
|percentage = 18.4
|change = {{decrease}} 4.3
|party votes = 4,225
|party percent = 18.0
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Steffen Plaul
|votes = 2,340
|percentage = 10.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.4
|party votes = 1,834
|party percent = 7.8
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Jenny Claas
|votes = 1,373
|percentage = 5.9
|change =
|party votes = 1,259
|party percent = 5.3
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 786
|party percent = 3.3
|party change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 759
|party percent = 3.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 781
|party votes = 592
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 23,348
|party votes = 23,537
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 24,129
|percentage = 53.3
|change = {{increase}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 548
|percent = 2.3
|change = {{decrease}} 8.1
}}
=2014 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2014): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2014&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Simone Schulze
|votes = 6,823
|percentage = 34.5
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 6,913
|party percent = 34.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Ute Lukasch
|votes = 5,519
|percentage = 27.9
|change = {{decrease}} 3.8
|party votes = 5,533
|party percent = 27.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Hartmut Schubert
|votes = 4,076
|percentage = 20.6
|change = {{increase}} 2.2
|party votes = 2,486
|party percent = 12.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 2,395
|party percent = 12.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|color =
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Steffen Kühn
|votes = 1,397
|percentage = 7.1
|change =
|party votes = 453
|party percent = 2.3
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Anja Neubauer
|votes = 1,247
|percentage = 6.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.4
|party votes = 829
|party percent = 4.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Paula Piechotta
|votes = 706
|percentage = 3.6
|change =
|party votes = 640
|party percent = 3.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 662
|party percent = 3.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 477
|party votes = 334
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 19,768
|party votes = 19,911
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 20,245
|percentage = 49.1
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,304
|percent = 6.6
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
}}
=2019 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2019): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://statistik.thueringen.de/webshop/pdf/2019/29414_2019_00.pdf|title=Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019}}
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Thomas-Otto Rudy
|votes = 6,547
|percentage = 29.5
|change =
|party votes = 6,601
|party percent = 29.6
|party change = {{increase}} 17.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Ute Lukasch
|votes = 5,380
|percentage = 24.3
|change = {{decrease}} 3.6
|party votes = 6,381
|party percent = 28.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Simone Schulze
|votes = 5,251
|percentage = 23.7
|change = {{decrease}} 10.8
|party votes = 4,715
|party percent = 21.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Hartmut Schubert
|votes = 2,505
|percentage = 11.3
|change = {{decrease}} 9.3
|party votes = 1,662
|party percent = 7.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Udo Pick
|votes = 1,551
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
|party votes = 1,085
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Nick Purand
|votes = 779
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
|party votes = 652
|party percent = 2.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Steffen Heinke
|votes = 149
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,128
|party percent = 5.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 436
|party votes = 321
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 22,162
|party votes = 22,277
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 22,598
|percentage = 61.4
|change = {{increase}} 12.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Alternative for Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,167
|percent = 5.2
|change =
}}
=2024 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2024): Altenburger Land I{{Cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=043&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=|title=Wahlen in Thüringen|website=wahlen.thueringen.de}}
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Thomas Hoffmann
|votes = 10,519
|percentage = 42.4
|change = {{increase}} 12.9
|party votes = 10,293
|party percent = 41.3
|party change = {{increase}} 11.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Julian Degner
|votes = 6,340
|percentage = 25.5
|change = {{increase}} 1.8
|party votes = 5,465
|party percent = 21.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
|candidate = Tine Rolle
|votes = 3,871
|percentage = 15.6
|change =
|party votes = 4,098
|party percent = 16.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Mandy Eißing
|votes = 1,978
|percentage = 8.0
|change = {{decrease}} 16.3
|party votes = 2,294
|party percent = 9.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 19.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Frank Rauschenbach
|votes = 1,256
|percentage = 5.1
|change = {{decrease}} 6.2
|party votes = 1,128
|party percent = 4.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Frank Hauffe
|votes = 562
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
|party votes = 251
|party percent = 1.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 318
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Jörg Wachter
|votes = 295
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{decrease}} 5.8
|party votes = 237
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare
|party votes = 258
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 230
|party percent = 0.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Family Party of Germany
|party votes = 137
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 83
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 58
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 22
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 299
|party votes = 217
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 24,821
|party votes = 24,903
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 25,120
|percentage = 71.8
|change = {{increase}} 10.4
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Alternative for Germany
|votes = 4,179
|percent = 16.9
|change = {{increase}} 11.7
}}
References
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{{Landtag of Thuringia Districts}}
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Category:Electoral districts in Thuringia