Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III
{{Short description|German electoral district}}
Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III 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 10. It covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district.{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/landtagswahlen/informationen/lw_wkein.asp|title=Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden}}
Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Stefan Schard of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
As of the 2019 state election, Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III covers the western part of Kyffhäuserkreis and a small part of Eichsfeld district, specifically the municipalities of Abtsbessingen, Bellstedt, Clingen, Ebeleben, Freienbessingen, Greußen, Großenehrich, Helbedündorf, Holzsußra, Niederbösa, Oberbösa, Rockstedt, Sondershausen, Thüringenhausen, Topfstedt, Trebra, Wasserthaleben, Westgreußen, and Wolferschwenda (from Kyffhäuserkreis), and Niederorschel (only Deuna, Gerterode und Vollenborn) from Eichsfeld.
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Günter Grüner, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Gerold Wucherpfennig (2009–2014), Manfred Scherer (2014–2019), and Stefan Schard (2019–present).
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=7 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1994 | rowspan=3| Günter Grüner | rowspan=7| CDU | align=right| 41.1 |
| 1999
| align=right| 45.4 |
| 2004
| align=right| 39.4 |
| 2009
| align=right| 35.8 |
| 2014
| align=right| 35.1 |
| 2019
| rowspan=2|Stefan Schard | align=right| 34.4 |
| 2024
| align=right| 42.0 |
Election results
=2024 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2024): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld IIIhttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Stefan Schard
|votes = 8,453
|percentage = 42.0
|change = {{increase}} 7.6
|party votes = 4,803
|party percent = 23.7
|party change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Robert Teske
|votes = 7,364
|percentage = 36.6
|change = {{increase}} 13.5
|party votes = 7,248
|party percent = 35.7
|party change = {{increase}} 12.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
|party votes = 3,511
|party percent = 17.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Donata Vogtschmidt
|votes = 2,279
|percentage = 11.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.6
|party votes = 2,449
|party percent = 12.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 20.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Alexandra Wallrodt
|votes = 1,328
|percentage = 6.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.2
|party votes = 1,175
|party percent = 5.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Ralf Köhler
|votes = 272
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Leon-Rob Diekneite
|votes = 233
|percentage = 1.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.6
|party votes = 170
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Jürgen Rauschenbach
|votes = 198
|percentage = 1.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.9
|party votes = 216
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare
|party votes = 188
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 180
|party percent = 0.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Family Party of Germany
|party votes = 113
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 69
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 56
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{steady}}
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 16
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 343
|party votes = 192
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 20,127
|party votes = 20,278
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 20,470
|percentage = 70.3
|change = {{increase}} 10.2
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,089
|percent = 5.4
|change = {{decrease}} 5.9
}}
=2019 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2019): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://statistik.thueringen.de/webshop/pdf/2019/29414_2019_00.pdf Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Stefan Schard
|votes = 6,505
|percentage = 34.4
|change = {{decrease}} 0.7
|party votes = 4,281
|party percent = 22.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Ralf Köhler
|votes = 4,369
|percentage = 23.1
|change =
|party votes = 4,346
|party percent = 22.9
|party change = {{increase}} 13.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Iris Martin-Gehl
|votes = 4,324
|percentage = 22.9
|change = {{decrease}} 9.0
|party votes = 6,124
|party percent = 32.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothea Marx
|votes = 2,049
|percentage = 10.8
|change = {{decrease}} 10.0
|party votes = 1,671
|party percent = 8.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Fred Degenhardt
|votes = 716
|percentage = 3.8
|change =
|party votes = 789
|party percent = 4.2
|party change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Babett Pfefferlein{{efn|Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Dirk Adams in March 2020.}}
|votes = 547
|percentage = 2.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 535
|party percent = 2.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box local party candidate|
|color =
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Daniel Müler
|votes = 407
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,194
|party percent = 6.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 345
|party votes = 322
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 18,917
|party votes = 18,940
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 19,262
|percentage = 60.1
|change = {{increase}} 8.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,136
|percent = 11.3
|change = {{increase}} 8.1
}}
=2014 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2014): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2014&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&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 candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Manfred Scherer
|votes = 5,746
|percentage = 35.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.7
|party votes = 4,766
|party percent = 28.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Beatrice Ritzke
|votes = 5,212
|percentage = 31.9
|change = {{increase}} 0.3
|party votes = 5,000
|party percent = 30.3
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothea Marx
|votes = 3,404
|percentage = 20.8
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 2,722
|party percent = 16.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 1,611
|party percent = 9.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Patrick Weber
|votes = 1,184
|percentage = 7.2
|change = {{increase}} 2.2
|party votes = 896
|party percent = 5.4
|party change = {{increase}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Babett Pfefferlein{{efn|Pfefferlein entered the Landtag on the Greens list after the resignation of Olaf Möller in January 2015.}}
|votes = 804
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 2.1
|party votes = 617
|party percent = 3.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 888
|party percent = 5.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 425
|party votes = 275
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 16,350
|party votes = 16,500
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 16,775
|percentage = 51.8
|change = {{decrease}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 534
|percent = 3.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2009&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&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 candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Gerold Wucherpfennig
|votes = 6,642
|percentage = 35.8
|change = {{decrease}} 3.6
|party votes = 5,595
|party percent = 29.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Beatrice Ritzker
|votes = 5,871
|percentage = 31.6
|change = {{increase}} 2.6
|party votes = 5,667
|party percent = 30.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Dorothea Marx
|votes = 3,826
|percentage = 20.6
|change = {{increase}} 2.3
|party votes = 3,860
|party percent = 20.6
|party change = {{increase}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|party votes = 1,302
|party percent = 7.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Babett Pfefferlein
|votes = 1,300
|percentage = 7.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.3
|party votes = 878
|party percent = 4.7
|party change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Patrick Weber
|votes = 924
|percentage = 5.0
|change = {{steady}} 0.0
|party votes = 833
|party percent = 4.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 590
|party percent = 3.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 512
|party votes = 350
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 18,563
|party votes = 18,725
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 19,075
|percentage = 54.5
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 771
|percent = 4.2
|change = {{decrease}} 6.2
}}
=2004 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2004): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2004&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&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 incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Günter Grüner
|votes = 7,447
|percentage = 39.4
|change = {{decrease}} 6.0
|party votes = 8,056
|party percent = 42.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Ralf Petersen
|votes = 5,472
|percentage = 29.0
|change = {{increase}} 4.5
|party votes = 5,198
|party percent = 27.4
|party change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Cornelia Kraffzick
|votes = 3,451
|percentage = 18.3
|change = {{decrease}} 5.8
|party votes = 2,876
|party percent = 15.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 6.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Patrick Weber
|votes = 943
|percentage = 5.0
|change =
|party votes = 761
|party percent = 4.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Patrick Kurth
|votes = 877
|percentage = 4.6
|change = {{increase}} 3.2
|party votes = 634
|party percent = 3.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Jürgen Rauschenbach
|votes = 690
|percentage = 3.7
|change =
|party votes = 497
|party percent = 2.6
|party change = {{increase}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 925
|party percent = 4.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 960
|party votes = 893
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 18,880
|party votes = 18,947
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 19,840
|percentage = 54.0
|change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,975
|percent = 10.4
|change = {{decrease}} 10.5
}}
=1999 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1999): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1999&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&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 = Günter Grüner
|votes = 9,781
|percentage = 45.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
|party votes = 10,369
|party percent = 47.9
|party change = {{increase}} 5.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 5,292
|percentage = 24.5
|change = {{increase}} 6.8
|party votes = 5,100
|party percent = 23.6
|party change = {{increase}} 6.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 5,193
|percentage = 24.1
|change = {{decrease}} 8.6
|party votes = 4,586
|party percent = 21.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|color =
|party = VIBT
|candidate =
|votes = 581
|percentage = 2.7
|change =
|party votes = 293
|party percent = 1.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 419
|percentage = 1.9
|change =
|party votes = 145
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 291
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
|party votes = 178
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 973
|party percent = 4.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 396
|party votes = 309
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 21,557
|party votes = 21,644
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 21,953
|percentage = 58.7
|change = {{decrease}} 15.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 4,489
|percent = 20.9
|change = {{increase}} 12.5
}}
=1994 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1994): Kyffhäuserkreis I – Eichsfeld III[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1994&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=010&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 = Günter Grüner
|votes = 11,195
|percentage = 41.1
|change =
|party votes = 11,749
|party percent = 42.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 8,892
|percentage = 32.7
|change =
|party votes = 8,687
|party percent = 31.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 4,815
|percentage = 17.7
|change =
|party votes = 4,586
|party percent = 16.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate =
|votes = 1,564
|percentage = 5.7
|change =
|party votes = 981
|party percent = 3.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 750
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
|party votes = 687
|party percent = 2.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 688
|party percent = 2.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 932
|party votes = 770
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 27,216
|party votes = 27,378
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 28,148
|percentage = 74.6
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box majority win|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,303
|percent = 8.4
}}
Notes
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References
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{{Landtag of Thuringia Districts}}
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Category:Electoral districts in Thuringia