Gera I

Gera 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 41. It covers the northern part of Gera.^[1]

Gera I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Originally named Gera-Nord, it was renamed in 1994. Since 2024, it has been represented by Dieter Michael Laudenbach of Alternative for Germany.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Gera I covers the northern part of Gera, specifically the city districts (Ortsteile) of Aga, Cretzschwitz, Ernsee, Frankenthal, Hain, Hermsdorf, Milbitz, Roben, Röpsen, Rubitz, Scheubengrobsdorf, Söllmnitz, Thieschitz, Trebnitz, and Windischenbernsdorf.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Eckehard Kölbel. In 2004 it was won by Margit Jung of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). She was re-elected as candidate for The Left in 2009 and 2014, followed byDaniel Reinhardt of The Left from 2019-2024. In 2024, the seat was won by Dieter Michael Laudenbach of the AfD.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Eckehard Kölbel	CDU	36.8
	1994			37.9
	1999			40.9
	2004	Margit Jung	PDS	38.5
	2009		LINKE	36.2
	2014			34.5
	2019	Daniel Reinhardt	LINKE	32.5
	2024	Dieter Michael Laudenbach	AfD	36.9

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Gera I[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	Dieter Michael Laudenbach		9,516	36.9	6.2	9,022	34.6	6.8
	CDU	Jochen Trautmann		6,918	26.8	9.2	5,575	21.4	5.4
	BSW						4,306	16.5
	Left	N Daniel Karl Reinhardt		5,106	19.8	12.7	3,510	13.5	19.9
	SPD	Janine Puschendorf		1,615	6.3	1.7	1,354	5.2	3.1
	Values	Peter Schmidt		1,206	4.6		315	1.2
	FW	Maik Stephan Witzel		909	3.5	0.1	215	0.8
	Greens	Luise Schäfer		513	2.0	2.5	758	2.9	1.3
	APT						325	1.2	0.1
	FDP						251	1.0	3.7
	BD						146	0.6
	Familie						106	0.4
	Pirates						79	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP						52	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						31	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				471			209
Total valid votes				25,783			26,045
Turnout				26,254	69.8	6.4
	AfD gain from Left		Majority	2,598	10.1

2019 election

State election (2019): Gera I[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	%	±%
	Left	Daniel Reinhardt		7,639	32.5	2.0	8,359	33.4	1.0
	AfD	Dieter Laudenbach		7,639	30.7	16.3	6,945	27.8	13.9
	CDU	Jochen Trautmann		4,398	17.6	15.9	3,991	16.0	13.5
	SPD	Hannelore Hauschild		1,983	8.0	0.4	2,078	8.3	1.0
	Greens	Thomas Michael Wieden		1,120	4.5	0.8	1,047	4.2	1.1
	Free Voters	Norbert Hein		885	3.6	2.0
	FDP	Patrice Philip Klohn		683	2.7		1,167	4.7	2.4
	MLPD	Gudrun Kimmerle		120	0.5		80	0.3
	List-only parties						1,339	5.4
Informal votes				319			232
Total valid votes				24,919			25,006
Turnout				25,238	63.4	14.9
	Left hold		Majority	451	1.8	0.8

2014 election

State election (2014): Gera I[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Margit Jung		7,048	34.5	1.7	7,052	34.4	0.9
	CDU	Birgit Diezel[a]		6,853	33.5	2.0	6,050	29.5	1.6
	AfD	Stephan Brandner		2,949	14.4		2,847	13.9
	SPD	Kirsten Breuer		1,719	8.4	5.5	1,909	9.3	5.9
	Greens	Ulrich Kiethe		1,078	5.3	0.5	1,082	5.3	0.8
	NPD	Gordon Richter		462	2.3	2.1	538	2.6	1.6
	Free Voters	Jörg Schmidt		333	1.6		242	1.2	0.6
	List-only parties						798	3.9
Informal votes				374			298
Total valid votes				20,442			20,518
Turnout				20,816	48.5	5.2
	Left hold		Majority	195	1.0	3.7

2009 election

State election (2009): Gera I[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Margit Jung		8,648	36.2	2.3	8,435	35.3	1.4
	CDU	Birgit Diezel		7,524	31.5	5.1	6,673	27.9	8.9
	SPD	Sigrid Müller		3,329	13.9	1.3	3,646	15.2	1.8
	FDP	Dieter Bernd Baumberger		1,923	8.1	2.4	2,120	8.9	5.4
	Greens	Christel Wagner-Schurwanz		1,394	5.8	0.7	1,452	6.1	1.3
	NPD	Gordon Richter		1,053	4.4		1,000	4.2	2.5
	List-only parties						595	2.5
Informal votes				487			437
Total valid votes				23,871			23,921
Turnout				24,358	53.7	4.5
	Left hold		Majority	1,124	4.7	2.8

2004 election

State election (2004): Gera I[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	%	±%
	PDS	Margit Jung		8,398	38.5	3.7	7,471	33.9	1.4
	CDU	Bernd Koob		7,974	36.6	4.3	8,117	36.8	5.3
	SPD	René Gäbler		2,755	12.6	5.1	2,954	13.4	3.7
	Greens	Eugen Weber		1,414	6.5	4.5	1,047	4.8	3.1
	FDP	Percy Wesselly		1,248	5.7	4.6	772	3.5	2.7
	List-only parties						1,676	7.6
Informal votes				1,057			809
Total valid votes				21,789			22,037
Turnout				22,846	49.2	7.8
	PDS gain from CDU		Majority	424	1.9

1999 election

State election (1999): Gera I[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	Y Eckehard Kölbel		10,887	40.9	3.0	11,238	42.1	5.4
	PDS			9,279	34.8	5.5	8,658	32.5	5.5
	SPD			4,714	17.7	7.4	4,561	17.1	8.1
	REP			616	2.3	1.0	170	0.6	0.5
	Greens			522	2.0	4.4	450	1.7	3.0
	New Forum			326	1.2		143	0.5	0.3
	FDP			290	1.1		211	0.8	1.9
	List-only parties						1,245	4.7
Informal votes				314			272
Total valid votes				26,634			26,676
Turnout				26,948	57.0	15.0
	CDU hold		Majority	1,608	6.1	2.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Gera I[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	Y Eckehard Kölbel		13,042	37.9	1.1	12,704	36.7	2.0
	PDS			10,062	29.3	11.2	9,326	27.0	9.0
	SPD			8,630	25.1	4.3	8,713	25.2	1.9
	Greens			2,213	6.4	1.3	1,625	4.7	2.6
	REP			430	1.3		374	1.1
	List-only parties						1,858	5.4
Informal votes				931			708
Total valid votes				34,377			34,600
Turnout				35,308	72.0	5.1
	CDU hold		Majority	2,980	8.6	7.4

1990 election

State election (1990): Gera-Nord[9]
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	Eckehard Kölbel		11,996	36.8		11,335	34.7
	SPD			6,765	20.8		7,609	23.3
	PDS			5,883	18.1		5,897	18.0
	Greens			2,522	7.7		2,398	7.3
	FDP			2,404	7.4		2,858	8.7
	DSU			1,858	5.7		1,550	4.7
	Independent			493	1.5
	DFD			357	1.1		261	0.8
	UFV			306	0.9		220	0.7
	List-only parties						579	1.8
Informal votes				783			660
Total valid votes				32,584			32,707
Turnout				33,367	66.9
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,231	16.0

Notes

1. Diezel entered the Landtag on the CDU list after the resignation of Marion Walsmann in December 2018.