Sömmerda II

Sömmerda II 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 17. It covers most of the Sömmerda district, including the city of Sömmerda.^[1]

Sömmerda II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Torsten Czuppon of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Sömmerda II covers most of the Sömmerda district, specifically the municipalities of Alperstedt, Büchel, Buttstädt, Eckstedt, Griefstedt, Großmölsen, Großneuhausen, Großrudestedt, Günstedt, Kindelbrück, Kleinmölsen, Kleinneuhausen, Kölleda, Markvippach, Nöda, Ollendorf, Ostramondra, Rastenberg, Riethgen, Schloßvippach, Sömmerda, Sprötau, Udestedt, Vogelsberg, and Weißensee.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Dietmar Werner (1994–1999) and Christian Carius (1999–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Torsten Czuppon.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Dietmar Werner	CDU	44.9
1999	Christian Carius	CDU	47.7
2004			43.7
2009			31.2
2014			38.3
2019	Torsten Czuppon	AfD	29.6
2024	Torsten Czuppon	AfD	42.8

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Sömmerda II^[2]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Y Torsten Czuppon		13,084	42.8	13.2	11,768	38.1	10.9
	CDU	Klaus Wagner		9,389	30.7	6.3	6,629	21.5	0.1
	BSW						5,222	16.9
	Left	Annabell Zoegger		4,798	15.7	11.4	3,883	12.6	17.9
	SPD	Stefan Carow		1,561	5.1	3.3	1,309	4.2	2.5
	Greens						470	1.5	1.8
	FW	Michael Schneider		1,212	4.0		313	1.0
	FDP	Uwe Schaefer		529	1.7	3.0	408	1.3	3.8
	APT						318	1.0	0.4
	Familie						165	0.5
	BD						153	0.5
	Values						78	0.3
	Pirates						71	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						51	0.2	0.2
	ÖDP						37	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				602			300
Total valid votes				30,573			30,875
Turnout				31,175	72.5	9.6
	AfD hold		Majority	3,695	12.1	9.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Sömmerda II^[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Torsten Czuppon		8,175	29.6	19.6	7,532	27.2	17.2
	Left	Heike Werner		7,472	27.1	1.5	8,450	30.5	2.7
	CDU	Rita Schmidtke		6,740	24.4	13.9	5,920	21.4	12.7
	SPD	Christopher Harsch		2,325	8.4	1.6	1,844	6.7	3.8
	FDP	Uwe Schäfer		1,298	4.7	1.0	1,407	5.1	1.8
	Greens	Roberto Kobelt		1,064	3.9	0.2	911	3.3	0.8
	Independent	Horst Pickrodt		397	1.4
	MLPD	Joachim Bauerle		135	0.5		100	0.4
	List-only parties						1,532	5.5
Informal votes				480			390
Total valid votes				27,606			27,696
Turnout				28,086	62.9	11.7
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	703	2.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Sömmerda II^[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christian Carius		9,041	38.3	7.1	8,057	34.1	2.3
	Left	Tobias Steinkopf		6,044	25.6	2.8	6,560	27.8	0.2
	SPD	Frank Weber		2,374	10.1	3.9	2,485	10.5	6.1
	AfD	Heike Rothe		2,359	10.0		2,358	10.0
	NPD	Franz Kotzott		1,066	4.5	0.6	1,359	5.8	0.4
	Greens	Matthias Finger		962	4.1	0.8	973	4.1	0.7
	Free Voters	Sandra Bielesch		874	3.7	5.2	612	2.6	3.0
	FDP	Heinz Untermann		868	3.7	3.7	787	3.3	4.0
	List-only parties						410	1.7
Informal votes				346			333
Total valid votes				23,588			23,601
Turnout				23,934	51.2	4.3
	CDU hold		Majority	2,997	12.7	9.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Sömmerda II^[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christian Carius		8,379	31.2	13.9	8,557	31.8	13.9
	Left	Ralf Hauboldt		7,634	28.4	1.9	7,428	27.6	0.9
	SPD	Frank Weber		3,768	14.0	0.1	4,460	16.6	4.0
	Free Voters	Udo Hoffmann		2,397	8.9		1,519	5.6	4.2
	FDP	Heinz Untermann		1,981	7.4	1.3	1,973	7.3	3.5
	NPD	Dominik Weinlich		1,383	5.1		1,455	5.4	3.5
	Greens	Kerstin Schnelle		1,314	4.9	0.5	1,306	4.8	1.4
	List-only parties						233	0.9
Informal votes				645			570
Total valid votes				26,856			26,931
Turnout				27,501	55.5	2.0
	CDU hold		Majority	745	2.8	12.0

2004 election

State election (2004): Sömmerda II^[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Christian Carius		9,225	43.7	4.0	9,663	45.3	6.3
	PDS	Ralf Hauboldt		6,617	31.4	8.8	5,820	27.3	6.3
	SPD	Keven Forbrig		2,989	14.2	6.9	2,717	12.7	4.5
	FDP	Heinz Untermann		1,316	6.2	4.0	786	3.7	2.4
	Greens	Karin Kuhl		959	4.5		742	3.5	2.1
	List-only parties						1,624	7.6
Informal votes				1,222			976
Total valid votes				21,106			21,352
Turnout				22,328	52.0	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	2,608	12.3	12.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Sömmerda II^[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Christian Carius		11,986	47.7	2.8	13,017	51.6	6.6
	PDS	Ralf Hauboldt		5,675	22.6	8.9	5,288	21.0	6.0
	SPD	Dieter Mäde		5,312	21.1	10.9	4,330	17.2	12.0
	VIBT	Elisabeth Mäschker		695	2.8		386	1.5
	REP	Udo Hoffmann		662	2.6		191	0.8	0.2
	FDP	Horst Grunert		548	2.2	1.2	324	1.3	1.9
	DSU	Herbert Alexander		240	1.0	0.2	131	0.5	0.2
	List-only parties						1,557	6.2
Informal votes				502			396
Total valid votes				25,118			25,224
Turnout				25,620	58.0	14.5
	CDU hold		Majority	6,311	25.1	12.1

1994 election

State election (1994): Sömmerda II^[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Dietmar Werner		14,482	44.9		14,523	45.0
	SPD			10,292	31.9		9,410	29.1
	PDS			4,440	13.8		4,870	15.1
	Greens			1,549	4.8		1,411	4.4
	FDP			1,084	3.4		1,032	3.2
	DSU			382	1.2		212	0.7
	List-only parties						831	2.6
Informal votes				1,084			1,024
Total valid votes				32,229			32,289
Turnout				33,313	72.7
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,190	13.0

References

[Area-1] "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".

[2] ttps://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=017&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart=

[3] Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[8] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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