Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 192 Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 192-2025.svg
|caption = Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = Thuringia
|population = 285,700 (2019)
|electorate = 217,944 (2021)
|area = 442.7 km2
|year = 2005
|party = The Left
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Bodo Ramelow
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2025
}}
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 192. It is located in central Thuringia, comprising the cities of Erfurt and Weimar as well as the municipality of Grammetal from the Weimarer Land district.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-192.html|title=Constituency Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II was created for the 2005 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Carsten Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-193.html|title=Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}} Since 2025 it is been represented by Bodo Ramelow of The Left.
Geography
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is located in central Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Erfurt and Weimar as well as the municipality of Grammetal from the Weimarer Land district.
History
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II was created in 2005 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Erfurt and Jena – Weimar – Weimarer Land. In the 2005 election, it was constituency 194 in the numbering system. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 193. From the 2025 election, it has been number 192. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
The constituency was first represented by Carsten Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2005 to 2009. Antje Tillmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Schneider regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2005 | SPD | align=right| 31.5 |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2009 | rowspan=3| Antje Tillmann | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 30.8 |
| 2013
| align=right| 37.1 |
| 2017
| align=right| 27.3 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| 2021 | SPD | align=right| 24.4 |
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|
| 2025 | LINKE | align=right| 36.8 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-192.html. Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Bodo Ramelow
|votes = 64,389
|percentage = 36.8
|change = {{increase}} 20.4
|party votes = 38,667
|party percent = 22.1
|party change = {{increase}} 8.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Alexander Claus
|votes = 46,611
|percentage = 26.7
|change = {{increase}} 10.1
|party votes = 46,998
|party percent = 26.9
|party change = {{increase}} 10.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Hose
|votes = 28,587
|percentage = 16.3
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
|party votes = 30,713
|party percent = 17.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.3
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Carsten Schneider
|votes = 13,900
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{decrease}} 16.5
|party votes = 18,408
|party percent = 10.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|candidate = Sebastian Süßmuth
|votes = 10,296
|percentage = 5.9
|change = New
|party votes = 15,685
|party percent = 9.0
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katrin Göring-Eckardt
|votes = 5,458
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{decrease}} 8.7
|party votes = 15,312
|party percent = 8.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Thomas Kemmerich
|votes = 3,350
|percentage = 1.9
|change = {{decrease}} 5.6
|party votes = 5,034
|party percent = 2.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Frank Ruthmann
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
|party votes = 1,760
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 1,594
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 395
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = New
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Tassilo Timm
|votes = 353
|percentage = 0.2
|change = {{decrease}} 0.2
|party votes = 276
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,169
|party votes = 1,189
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 174,862
|party votes = 174,842
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 176,031
|percentage = 82.1
|change = {{increase}} 5.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = The Left (Germany)
|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 17,778
|percent = 10.1
|change = N/A
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-193.html Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Carsten Schneider
|votes = 40,185
|percentage = 24.4
|change = {{increase}} 6.2
|party votes = 39,378
|party percent = 23.9
|party change = {{increase}} 9.7
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Antje Tillmann
|votes = 28,639
|percentage = 17.4
|change = {{decrease}} 9.9
|party votes = 23,580
|party percent = 14.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 11.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Sascha Schlösser
|votes = 27,235
|percentage = 16.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.9
|party votes = 26,803
|party percent = 16.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Susanne Hennig-Wellsow
|votes = 26,972
|percentage = 16.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
|party votes = 23,055
|party percent = 14.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katrin Göring-Eckardt
|votes = 19,483
|percentage = 11.8
|change = {{increase}} 4.8
|party votes = 21,831
|party percent = 13.2
|party change = {{increase}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christian Poloczek-Becher
|votes = 12,309
|percentage = 7.5
|change = {{increase}} 1.5
|party votes = 15,504
|party percent = 9.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Sindy Malsch
|votes = 4,932
|percentage = 3.0
|change = {{increase}} 0.8
|party votes = 2,650
|party percent = 1.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Ulrich Masuth
|votes = 4,258
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
|party votes = 3,048
|party percent = 1.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,777
|party percent = 1.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 2,162
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 1,203
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 737
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 465
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Menschliche Welt
|color = #EE6600
|party votes = 438
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Tassilo Timm
|votes = 649
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
|party votes = 345
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 298
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 292
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 236
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 196
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,942
|party votes = 1,606
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 164,652
|party votes = 164,998
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 166,604
|percentage = 76.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 11,546
|percent = 7.0
|change =
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-193.html Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Antje Tillmann
|votes = 45,305
|percentage = 27.3
|change = {{decrease}} 9.8
|party votes = 42,168
|party percent = 25.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Martina Renner
|votes = 30,948
|percentage = 18.7
|change = {{decrease}} 4.7
|party votes = 32,239
|party percent = 19.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Carsten Schneider
|votes = 30,257
|percentage = 18.2
|change = {{decrease}} 5.6
|party votes = 23,535
|party percent = 14.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Stephan Brandner
|votes = 28,960
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
|party votes = 30,166
|party percent = 18.2
|party change = {{increase}} 12.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Katrin Göring-Eckardt
|votes = 11,722
|percentage = 7.1
|change = {{increase}} 1.1
|party votes = 12,666
|party percent = 7.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Thomas Kemmerich
|votes = 9,975
|percentage = 6.0
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
|party votes = 14,260
|party percent = 8.6
|party change = {{increase}} 6.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Die PARTEI
|candidate = Dirk Waldhauer
|votes = 3,691
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
|party votes = 3,715
|party percent = 2.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Detlef-Michael Frahm
|votes = 1,858
|percentage = 1.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.6
|party votes = 1,598
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Peter Städter
|votes = 1,668
|percentage = 1.0
|change = {{decrease}} 2.7
|party votes = 1,143
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 1,129
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Thomas Hanf
|votes = 1,541
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
|party votes = 1,084
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 951
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 663
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 601
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 240
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,310
|party votes = 2,077
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 165,925
|party votes = 166,158
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 168,235
|percentage = 75.8
|change = {{increase}} 6.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 14,357
|percent = 8.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.6
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-193.html Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Antje Tillmann
|votes = 56,992
|percentage = 37.1
|change = {{increase}} 6.3
|party votes = 53,123
|party percent = 34.5
|party change = {{increase}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Carsten Schneider
|votes = 36,694
|percentage = 23.9
|change = {{increase}} 1.4
|party votes = 27,159
|party percent = 17.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Karola Stange
|votes = 35,917
|percentage = 23.4
|change = {{decrease}} 5.5
|party votes = 35,421
|party percent = 23.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Dieter Lauinger
|votes = 9,151
|percentage = 6.0
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
|party votes = 13,125
|party percent = 8.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 9,328
|party percent = 6.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Manfred Schubert
|votes = 5,670
|percentage = 3.7
|change =
|party votes = 4,849
|party percent = 3.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Jan Morgenroth
|votes = 4,774
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.3
|party votes = 3,554
|party percent = 2.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Helmut Besser
|votes = 2,699
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 2,012
|party percent = 1.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Florian Andreas Hartjen
|votes = 1,781
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{decrease}} 4.8
|party votes = 4,015
|party percent = 2.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 1,005
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 267
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 248
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,689
|party votes = 2,261
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 153,678
|party votes = 154,106
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 156,367
|percentage = 69.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 20,298
|percent = 13.2
|change = {{increase}} 11.3
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728183815/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l16/wk193/ Results for Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Antje Tillmann
|votes = 45,931
|percentage = 30.8
|change = {{increase}} 3.2
|party votes = 41,777
|party percent = 27.9
|party change = {{increase}} 5.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Frank Spieth
|votes = 43,050
|percentage = 28.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.6
|party votes = 41,801
|party percent = 27.9
|party change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Carsten Schneider
|votes = 33,488
|percentage = 22.4
|change = {{decrease}} 9.1
|party votes = 26,897
|party percent = 18.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Dieter Lauinger
|votes = 12,137
|percentage = 8.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
|party votes = 15,630
|party percent = 10.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Stefan Feuerstein
|votes = 8,897
|percentage = 6.0
|change = {{increase}} 1.9
|party votes = 13,429
|party percent = 9.0
|party change = {{increase}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 4,958
|party percent = 3.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Frank Schwerdt
|votes = 4,151
|percentage = 2.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
|party votes = 3,762
|party percent = 2.5
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Matthias Fimmel
|votes = 947
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Dieter Schumann
|votes = 673
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 600
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 451
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 293
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,962
|party votes = 1,638
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 149,274
|party votes = 149,598
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 151,236
|percentage = 67.0
|change = {{decrease}} 8.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|votes = 2,881
|percent = 2.0
|change =
}}
References
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