Sonneberg I
Sonneberg 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 19. It covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, including the city of Sonneberg.{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.thueringen.de/landtagswahlen/informationen/lw_wkein.asp|title=Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden}}
Sonneberg I was created for the 1994 Thuringian state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Jürgen Treutler of Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Geography
Members
The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Christine Zitzmann, who served from 1994 to 2009, and then Beate Meißner until 2024. Jürgen Treutler of the Alternative for Germany gained the seat in 2024.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1994 | rowspan=3| Christine Zitzmann | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 37.0 |
| 1999
| align=right| 50.3 |
| 2004
| align=right| 45.1 |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2009 | rowspan=3| Beate Meißner | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 43.2 |
| 2014
| align=right| 48.1 |
| 2019
| align=right| 41.5 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|
| 2024 | AfD | align=right| 40.2 |
Election results
=2024 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2024): Sonneberg Ihttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Jürgen Treutler
|votes = 9,680
|percentage = 42.6
|change = {{increase}} 15.2
|party votes = 9,201
|party percent = 40.2
|party change = {{increase}} 12.9
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Beate Meißner
|votes = 8,914
|percentage = 39.3
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
|party votes = 5,708
|party percent = 24.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
|party votes = 3,470
|party percent = 15.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Susanna Karawanskij
|votes = 2,209
|percentage = 9.7
|change = {{decrease}} 10.8
|party votes = 2,385
|party percent = 10.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 18.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Thomas Hofmann
|votes = 834
|percentage = 3.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.2
|party votes = 793
|party percent = 3.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 267
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Robert Bauer
|votes = 636
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
|party votes = 245
|party percent = 1.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Martin Truckenbrodt
|votes = 307
|percentage = 1.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.5
|party votes = 83
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare
|party votes = 200
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|party votes = 158
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 103
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Values Union
|party votes = 99
|party percent = 0.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Family Party of Germany
|party votes = 67
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 56
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Andreas Eifler
|votes = 122
|percentage = 0.5
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 47
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 375
|party votes = 195
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 22,702
|party votes = 22,882
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 23,077
|percentage = 72.0
|change = {{increase}} 10.6
}}
{{MMP election box majority gain|
|winner = Alternative for Germany
|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 766
|percent = 3.3
|change =
}}
=2019 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2019): Sonneberg I[https://statistik.thueringen.de/webshop/pdf/2019/29414_2019_00.pdf Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Beate Meißner
|votes = 8,584
|percentage = 41.5
|change = {{decrease}} 6.6
|party votes = 5,611
|party percent = 27.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Robert Sesselmann
|votes = 5,670
|percentage = 27.4
|change =
|party votes = 5,651
|party percent = 27.3
|party change = {{increase}} 16.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Knut Korschewsky
|votes = 4,243
|percentage = 20.5
|change = {{decrease}} 10.2
|party votes = 5,880
|party percent = 28.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Petra Lenk
|votes = 1,011
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 8.2
|party votes = 1,258
|party percent = 6.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Beate Kittel
|votes = 551
|percentage = 2.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
|party votes = 680
|party percent = 3.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Christian Wollny
|votes = 376
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 552
|party percent = 2.7
|party change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Martin Truckenbrodt
|votes = 195
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
|party votes = 169
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Andreas Eifler
|votes = 54
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
|party votes = 65
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 845
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 256
|party votes = 229
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 20,684
|party votes = 20,711
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 20,940
|percentage = 61.4
|change = {{increase}} 14.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,914
|percent = 14.1
|change = {{decrease}} 3.3
}}
=2014 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2014): Sonneberg I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2014&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Beate Meißner
|votes = 7,505
|percentage = 48.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
|party votes = 5,923
|party percent = 37.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Knut Korschewsky
|votes = 4,787
|percentage = 30.7
|change = {{decrease}} 3.5
|party votes = 4,714
|party percent = 29.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 1,786
|party percent = 11.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = David-Christian Eckardt
|votes = 2,049
|percentage = 13.1
|change = {{decrease}} 5.0
|party votes = 1,706
|party percent = 10.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Filip Heinlein
|votes = 638
|percentage = 4.1
|change =
|party votes = 562
|party percent = 3.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Frank Neubert
|votes = 630
|percentage = 4.0
|change = {{decrease}} 0.5
|party votes = 425
|party percent = 2.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 651
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 374
|party votes = 216
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 15,609
|party votes = 15,767
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 15,983
|percentage = 46.6
|change = {{decrease}} 5.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 2,718
|percent = 17.4
|change = {{increase}} 8.4
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2009): Sonneberg I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2009&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Beate Meißner
|votes = 8,075
|percentage = 43.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.9
|party votes = 6,525
|party percent = 34.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Michael Gerstenberger
|votes = 6,378
|percentage = 34.2
|change = {{increase}} 7.0
|party votes = 6,278
|party percent = 33.3
|party change = {{increase}} 5.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = David-Christian Eckardt
|votes = 3,380
|percentage = 18.1
|change = {{increase}} 2.2
|party votes = 2,907
|party percent = 15.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Mike Steiner
|votes = 840
|percentage = 4.5
|change =
|party votes = 831
|party percent = 4.4
|party change = {{increase}} 3.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|party votes = 1,119
|party percent = 5.9
|party change = {{increase}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|party votes = 642
|party percent = 3.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 543
|party percent = 2.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 466
|party votes = 294
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 18,673
|party votes = 18,845
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 19,139
|percentage = 52.4
|change = {{increase}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 1,697
|percent = 9.0
|change = {{decrease}} 8.9
}}
=2004 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (2004): Sonneberg I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2004&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Christine Zitzmann
|votes = 8,099
|percentage = 45.1
|change = {{decrease}} 5.2
|party votes = 7,840
|party percent = 43.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Christoph Schwarze
|votes = 4,883
|percentage = 27.2
|change = {{increase}} 4.8
|party votes = 5,070
|party percent = 28.0
|party change = {{increase}} 4.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = David-Christian Eckardt
|votes = 2,852
|percentage = 15.9
|change = {{decrease}} 7.7
|party votes = 2,725
|party percent = 15.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Frank Laaser
|votes = 1,078
|percentage = 6.0
|change =
|party votes = 585
|party percent = 3.2
|party change = {{increase}} 1.8
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Ringo Muggenthaler
|votes = 1,059
|percentage = 5.9
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,857
|party percent = 10.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 945
|party votes = 839
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 17,971
|party votes = 18,077
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 18,916
|percentage = 49.7
|change = {{decrease}} 7.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 3,216
|percent = 17.9
|change = {{decrease}} 8.8
}}
=1999 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1999): Sonneberg I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1999&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Christine Zitzmann
|votes = 10,745
|percentage = 50.3
|change = {{increase}} 13.3
|party votes = 10,108
|party percent = 46.9
|party change = {{increase}} 7.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = David-Christian Eckardt
|votes = 5,051
|percentage = 23.6
|change = {{decrease}} 11.0
|party votes = 4,198
|party percent = 19.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 13.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate = Almuth Beck
|votes = 4,777
|percentage = 22.4
|change = {{increase}} 3.7
|party votes = 5,178
|party percent = 24.0
|party change = {{increase}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|candidate = Ulf Schmidt
|votes = 799
|percentage = 3.7
|change =
|party votes = 278
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 1,779
|party percent = 8.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 475
|party votes = 306
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 21,372
|party votes = 21,541
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 21,847
|percentage = 57.0
|change = {{decrease}} 19.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 5,694
|percent = 26.7
|change = {{increase}} 24.3
}}
=1994 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=State election (1994): Sonneberg I[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=1994&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=019&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 = Christine Zitzmann
|votes = 10,373
|percentage = 37.0
|change =
|party votes = 11,017
|party percent = 39.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate =
|votes = 9,708
|percentage = 34.6
|change =
|party votes = 9,198
|party percent = 32.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 5,256
|percentage = 18.7
|change =
|party votes = 4,973
|party percent = 17.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,495
|percentage = 5.3
|change =
|party votes = 1,151
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate =
|votes = 1,237
|percentage = 4.4
|change =
|party votes = 985
|party percent = 3.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = List-only parties
|color =
|party votes = 854
|party percent = 3.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 915
|party votes = 806
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 28,069
|party votes = 28,178
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 28,984
|percentage = 76.2
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box majority win|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 665
|percent = 2.4
}}
References
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{{Landtag of Thuringia Districts}}
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