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.[1]
Sonneberg I was created for the 1994 Thuringian state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Geography
[edit]As of the 2019 state election, Sonneberg I covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Bachfeld, Föritztal, Frankenblick, Schalkau, and Sonneberg.[1]
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Christine Zitzmann, who served from 1994 to 2009. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Christine Zitzmann | CDU | 37.0 | |
1999 | 50.3 | |||
2004 | 45.1 | |||
2009 | Beate Meißner | CDU | 43.2 | |
2014 | 48.1 | |||
2019 | 41.5 |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]State election (2019): Sonneberg I[2] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
8,584 | 41.5 | ![]() |
5,611 | 27.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Robert Sesselmann | 5,670 | 27.4 | 5,651 | 27.3 | ![]() | |||
Left | Knut Korschewsky | 4,243 | 20.5 | ![]() |
5,880 | 28.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Petra Lenk | 1,011 | 4.9 | ![]() |
1,258 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Beate Kittel | 551 | 2.7 | ![]() |
680 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Christian Wollny | 376 | 1.8 | 552 | 2.7 | ![]() | |||
ÖDP | Martin Truckenbrodt | 195 | 0.9 | 169 | 0.8 | ||||
MLPD | Andreas Eifler | 54 | 0.3 | 65 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 845 | 4.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 256 | 229 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,684 | 20,711 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,940 | 61.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,914 | 14.1 | ![]() |
2014 election
[edit]State election (2014): Sonneberg I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
7,505 | 48.1 | ![]() |
5,923 | 37.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Knut Korschewsky | 4,787 | 30.7 | ![]() |
4,714 | 29.9 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 1,786 | 11.3 | |||||||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 2,049 | 13.1 | ![]() |
1,706 | 10.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Filip Heinlein | 638 | 4.1 | 562 | 3.6 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Frank Neubert | 630 | 4.0 | ![]() |
425 | 2.7 | ![]() | ||
List-only parties | 651 | 4.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 374 | 216 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 15,609 | 15,767 | |||||||
Turnout | 15,983 | 46.6 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 2,718 | 17.4 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]State election (2009): Sonneberg I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Beate Meißner | 8,075 | 43.2 | ![]() |
6,525 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
Left | Michael Gerstenberger | 6,378 | 34.2 | ![]() |
6,278 | 33.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 3,380 | 18.1 | ![]() |
2,907 | 15.4 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Mike Steiner | 840 | 4.5 | 831 | 4.4 | ![]() | |||
FDP | 1,119 | 5.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Greens | 642 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||||||
List-only parties | 543 | 2.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 466 | 294 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 18,673 | 18,845 | |||||||
Turnout | 19,139 | 52.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 1,697 | 9.0 | ![]() |
2004 election
[edit]State election (2004): Sonneberg I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
8,099 | 45.1 | ![]() |
7,840 | 43.4 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Christoph Schwarze | 4,883 | 27.2 | ![]() |
5,070 | 28.0 | ![]() | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 2,852 | 15.9 | ![]() |
2,725 | 15.1 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Frank Laaser | 1,078 | 6.0 | 585 | 3.2 | ![]() | |||
Independent | Ringo Muggenthaler | 1,059 | 5.9 | ||||||
List-only parties | 1,857 | 10.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 945 | 839 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 17,971 | 18,077 | |||||||
Turnout | 18,916 | 49.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 3,216 | 17.9 | ![]() |
1999 election
[edit]State election (1999): Sonneberg I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
10,745 | 50.3 | ![]() |
10,108 | 46.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | David-Christian Eckardt | 5,051 | 23.6 | ![]() |
4,198 | 19.5 | ![]() | ||
PDS | Almuth Beck | 4,777 | 22.4 | ![]() |
5,178 | 24.0 | ![]() | ||
REP | Ulf Schmidt | 799 | 3.7 | 278 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
List-only parties | 1,779 | 8.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 475 | 306 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 21,372 | 21,541 | |||||||
Turnout | 21,847 | 57.0 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 5,694 | 26.7 | ![]() |
1994 election
[edit]State election (1994): Sonneberg I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Christine Zitzmann | 10,373 | 37.0 | 11,017 | 39.1 | ||||
SPD | 9,708 | 34.6 | 9,198 | 32.6 | |||||
PDS | 5,256 | 18.7 | 4,973 | 17.6 | |||||
FDP | 1,495 | 5.3 | 1,151 | 4.1 | |||||
Greens | 1,237 | 4.4 | 985 | 3.5 | |||||
List-only parties | 854 | 3.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 915 | 806 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,069 | 28,178 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,984 | 76.2 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 665 | 2.4 |