Gotha I
{{Short description|Electoral constituency for the regional parliament of Thuringia, Germany}}
Gotha 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 14. It covers the southern part of the district of Gotha.{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/landtagswahlen/informationen/lw_wkein.asp|title=Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden}}
Gotha I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Marcel Kramer of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Gotha I covers the southern part of the district of Gotha, specifically the municipalities of Bad Tabarz/Thür. Wald, Emleben, Friedrichroda, Georgenthal/Thür. Wald, Herrenhof, Hohenkirchen, Leinatal, Luisenthal, Ohrdruf, Petriroda, Tambach-Dietharz/Thür. Wald, and Waltershausen.
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1990 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Johanna Köhler (1990–1994), Franz Schuster (1994–2004), and Jürgen Reinholz (2004–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Birger Gröning.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1990 | rowspan=6| CDU | align=right| 41.4 |
| 1994
| rowspan=2| Franz Schuster | align=right| 47.1 |
| 1999
| align=right| 48.4 |
| 2004
| rowspan=3| Jürgen Reinholz | align=right| 49.8 |
| 2009
| align=right| 34.5 |
| 2014
| align=right| 38.0 |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|
| 2019 | rowspan=2| AfD | align=right| 24.5 |
| 2024
| align=right| 37.3 |
Election results
=2024 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2024): Eichsfeld Ihttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Marcel Kramer
|votes = 9,876
|percentage = 37.3
|change = {{increase}} 12.8
|party votes = 9,529
|party percent = 35.7
|party change = {{increase}} 11.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Michael Brychcy
|votes = 9,774
|percentage = 36.9
|change = {{increase}} 12.8
|party votes = 6,059
|party percent = 22.7
|party change = {{increase}} 2.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
|party votes = 4,190
|party percent = 15.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = George Maier
|votes = 3,222
|percentage = 12.2
|change = {{decrease}} 9.0
|party votes = 2,084
|party percent = 7.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Sascha Bilay
|votes = 2,365
|percentage = 8.9
|change = {{decrease}} 11.8
|party votes = 3,131
|party percent = 11.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 19.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Maik Deckert
|votes = 779
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
|party votes = 280
|party percent = 1.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 365
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare
|party votes = 301
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christian Doebel
|votes = 477
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{decrease}} 2.5
|party votes = 257
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Family Party of Germany
|party votes = 133
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 118
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 116
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 29
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 21
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 452
|party votes = 279
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 26,493
|party votes = 26,666
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 26,945
|percentage = 73.0
|change = {{increase}} 9.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Alternative for Germany
|votes = 102
|percent = 0.4
|change = {{steady}}
}}
=2019 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2019): Gotha I[https://statistik.thueringen.de/webshop/pdf/2019/29414_2019_00.pdf Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Birger Gröning
|votes = 5,973
|percentage = 24.5
|change =
|party votes = 5,906
|party percent = 24.2
|party change = {{increase}} 12.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Hans-Georg Creutzburg
|votes = 5,863
|percentage = 24.1
|change = {{decrease}} 13.9
|party votes = 5,012
|party percent = 20.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Georg Maier
|votes = 5,165
|percentage = 21.2
|change = {{decrease}} 4.4
|party votes = 2,727
|party percent = 11.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Kristin Linde
|votes = 5,044
|percentage = 20.7
|change = {{decrease}} 5.6
|party votes = 7,583
|party percent = 31.1
|party change = {{increase}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Steffen Fuchs
|votes = 1,167
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
|party votes = 873
|party percent = 3.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christian Döbel
|votes = 1,046
|percentage = 4.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.4
|party votes = 1,049
|party percent = 4.3
|party change = {{increase}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = René Hessenmüler
|votes = 101
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
|party votes = 65
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,196
|party percent = 4.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 395
|party votes = 343
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 24,359
|party votes = 24,411
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 24,754
|percentage = 63.5
|change = {{increase}} 10.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Alternative for Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 110
|percent = 0.4
|change =
}}
=2014 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2014): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2014&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen 2014]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Jürgen Reinholz
|votes = 8,004
|percentage = 38.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.5
|party votes = 7,169
|party percent = 33.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Monika Döllstedt
|votes = 5,561
|percentage = 26.4
|change = {{increase}} 5.0
|party votes = 5,432
|party percent = 25.5
|party change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Werner Pidde
|votes = 5,396
|percentage = 25.6
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 2,988
|party percent = 14.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 2,589
|party percent = 12.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 964
|party percent = 4.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karsten Höhn
|votes = 1,289
|percentage = 6.1
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 928
|party percent = 4.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christian Döbel
|votes = 821
|percentage = 3.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 526
|party percent = 2.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 706
|party percent = 3.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 564
|party votes = 333
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 21,071
|party votes = 21,302
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 21,635
|percentage = 52.8
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,443
|percent = 11.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2009): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2009&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen 2009]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Jürgen Reinholz
|votes = 8,331
|percentage = 34.5
|change = {{decrease}} 15.3
|party votes = 8,091
|party percent = 33.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Werner Pidde
|votes = 6,664
|percentage = 27.6
|change = {{increase}} 4.5
|party votes = 5,317
|party percent = 21.9
|party change = {{increase}} 7.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Monika Döllstedt
|votes = 5,181
|percentage = 21.4
|change = {{decrease}} 5.7
|party votes = 5,721
|party percent = 23.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Jens Panse
|votes = 1,520
|percentage = 6.3
|change =
|party votes = 1,741
|party percent = 7.2
|party change = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Mario Lehner
|votes = 1,350
|percentage = 5.6
|change =
|party votes = 1,214
|party percent = 5.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Albrecht Loth
|votes = 1,125
|percentage = 4.7
|change =
|party votes = 1,214
|party percent = 5.0
|party change = {{increase}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 933
|party percent = 3.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 580
|party votes = 520
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 24,171
|party votes = 24,231
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 24,751
|percentage = 57.0
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,667
|percent = 6.9
|change = {{decrease}} 15.8
}}
=2004 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2004): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2004&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen 2004]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Jürgen Reinholz
|votes = 11,645
|percentage = 49.8
|change = {{increase}} 1.4
|party votes = 11,152
|party percent = 47.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Monika Döllstedt
|votes = 6,347
|percentage = 27.1
|change = {{increase}} 12.6
|party votes = 5,674
|party percent = 23.9
|party change = {{increase}} 8.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Werner Pidde
|votes = 5,410
|percentage = 23.1
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
|party votes = 3,395
|party percent = 14.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 3,513
|party percent = 14.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,542
|party votes = 1,210
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 23,402
|party votes = 23,734
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 24,944
|percentage = 56.0
|change = {{decrease}} 6.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 5,298
|percent = 22.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
=1999 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1999): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1999&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen 1999]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Franz Schuster
|votes = 13,279
|percentage = 48.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.3
|party votes = 14,859
|party percent = 54.0
|party change = {{increase}} 7.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Werner Pidde
|votes = 6,963
|percentage = 25.4
|change = {{decrease}} 12.7
|party votes = 5,077
|party percent = 18.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Herbert Seifarth
|votes = 3,970
|percentage = 14.5
|change = {{increase}} 3.7
|party votes = 4,299
|party percent = 15.6
|party change = {{increase}} 4.9
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|color =
|party = VIBT
|candidate =
|votes = 2,152
|percentage = 7.8
|change =
|party votes = 1,244
|party percent = 4.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|candidate = Detlef Suhr
|votes = 662
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
|party votes = 250
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christina Jähnen
|votes = 425
|percentage = 1.5
|change = {{decrease}} 2.6
|party votes = 318
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,479
|party percent = 5.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 554
|party votes = 479
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 27,451
|party votes = 27,526
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 28,005
|percentage = 62.8
|change = {{decrease}} 13.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 6,316
|percent = 23.0
|change = {{increase}} 14.0
}}
=1994 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1994): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1994&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=014&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen 1994]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Franz Schuster
|votes = 15,044
|percentage = 47.1
|change = {{increase}} 5.7
|party votes = 14,957
|party percent = 46.6
|party change = {{increase}} 6.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 12,176
|percentage = 38.1
|change = {{increase}} 11.7
|party votes = 10,184
|party percent = 31.7
|party change = {{increase}} 3.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 3,454
|percentage = 10.8
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
|party votes = 3,426
|party percent = 10.7
|party change = {{increase}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,297
|percentage = 4.1
|change = {{decrease}} 4.6
|party votes = 1,152
|party percent = 3.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 2,364
|party percent = 7.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,197
|party votes = 1,085
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 31,971
|party votes = 32,083
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 33,168
|percentage = 76.7
|change = {{increase}} 6.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,868
|percent = 9.0
|change = {{decrease}} 6.0
}}
=1990 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1990): Gotha I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/landtagswahlen/Daten1990/L90_Ergebnisse_Wahlkreise.xlsx Wahlen in Thüringen 1990]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Johanna Köhler
|votes = 15,244
|percentage = 41.4
|change =
|party votes = 14,930
|party percent = 40.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 9,741
|percentage = 26.4
|change =
|party votes = 10,573
|party percent = 28.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 3,759
|percentage = 10.2
|change =
|party votes = 3,458
|party percent = 9.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 3,190
|percentage = 8.7
|change =
|party votes = 3,394
|party percent = 9.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate =
|votes = 2,520
|percentage = 6.8
|change =
|party votes = 2,333
|party percent = 6.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = German Social Union (East Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 4.3
|change =
|party votes = 1,109
|party percent = 3.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|color = pink
|party = UFV
|candidate =
|votes = 497
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
|party votes = 273
|party percent = 0.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 334
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
|party votes = 295
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 631
|party percent = 1.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,142
|party votes = 1,005
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 36,859
|party votes = 36,996
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 38,001
|percentage = 70.4
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box majority win|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 5,503
|percent = 15.0
}}
References
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{{Landtag of Thuringia Districts}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotha I}}
Category:Electoral districts in Thuringia