Kyffhäuserkreis II

Kyffhäuserkreis 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 11. It covers the eastern part of Kyffhäuserkreis.^[1]

Kyffhäuserkreis II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Jens Cotta of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Kyffhäuserkreis II covers the eastern part of Kyffhäuserkreis, specifically the municipalities of An der Schmücke, Artern, Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser, Borxleben, Etzleben, Gehofen, Kalbsrieth, Kyffhäuserland, Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth, Oberheldrungen, Reinsdorf, and Roßleben-Wiehe.^[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 Detlev Braasch (1994–2004) and Gudrun Holbe (2004–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Jens Cotta.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Detlev Braasch	CDU	43.2
	1999			47.8
	2004	Gudrun Holbe		46.9
	2009			36.9
	2014			36.1
	2019	Jens Cotta	AfD	29.2
	2024			46.5

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Kyffhäuserkreis 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 Jens Cotta		9,650	46.5	17.3	8,329	39.7	12.0
	CDU	Johannes Selle		5,383	26.0	3.4	4,156	19.8	0.9
	BSW						3,522	16.8
	Left	Christoph Hall		3,450	16.6	10.7	2,809	13.4	19.4
	SPD	Sascha Schwerdt		1,628	7.9	4.0	1,020	4.9	4.4
	APT						243	1.2	0.1
	FDP	Fred Degenhardt		374	1.8	1.9	193	0.9	3.0
	Greens	Janine Ritschel		248	1.2	2.0	256	1.2	1.2
	Familie						121	0.6
	FW						110	0.5
	BD						55	0.3
	Values						50	0.2
	Pirates						46	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						23	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						23	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				434			211
Total valid votes				20,733			20,956
Turnout				21,167	69.9	9.1
	AfD hold		Majority	4,267	20.5	18.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Kyffhäuserkreis 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	Jens Cotta		5,562	29.2		5,287	27.7	18.7
	Left	Dietmar Strickrodt		5,192	27.3	3.6	6,269	32.8	1.7
	CDU	Silvana Schäffer		4,309	22.6	13.5	3,615	18.9	11.6
	SPD	Stephan Rückebeil		2,272	11.9	8.8	1,772	9.3	6.9
	FDP	Maik Wehner		705	3.7		743	3.9	1.9
	Greens	Paul Maaß		606	3.2		460	2.4	0.7
	Free Voters	Mario Merten		390	2.0	4.4
	List-only parties						938	4.9
Informal votes				335			287
Total valid votes				19,036			19,084
Turnout				19,371	60.8	12.0
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	370	1.9

2014 election

State election (2014): Kyffhäuserkreis 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 Gudrun Holbe		5,824	36.1	0.8	4,958	30.5	0.5
	Left	Dietmar Strickrodt		4,985	30.9	3.7	5,068	31.1	0.6
	SPD	Uwe Ludwig		3,352	20.7	3.0	2,635	16.2	3.7
	AfD						1,466	9.0
	Free Voters	Mario Merten		1,031	6.4		296	1.8	0.4
	NPD	Steffen Herzog		963	6.0	1.2	784	4.8	0.4
	Greens						498	3.1	1.0
	List-only parties						576	3.5
Informal votes				426			300
Total valid votes				16,155			16,281
Turnout				16,581	48.8	3.1
	CDU hold		Majority	839	5.2	2.9

2009 election

State election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis 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 Gudrun Holbe		6,821	36.9	10.0	5,790	31.0	14.7
	Left	Torsten Blümel		6,397	34.6	2.9	5,928	31.7	4.8
	SPD	Andreas Räuber		4,380	23.7	6.6	3,714	19.9	5.9
	FDP						1,128	6.0	2.8
	NPD	Steffen Herzog		890	4.8		819	4.4	2.4
	Greens						766	4.1	1.3
	List-only parties						542	2.9
Informal votes				592			393
Total valid votes				18,488			18,687
Turnout				19,080	51.9	4.0
	CDU hold		Majority	424	2.3	12.9

2004 election

State election (2004): Kyffhäuserkreis 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	Gudrun Holbe		8,243	46.9	0.9	8,041	45.7	3.8
	PDS	Kersten Naumann		5,567	31.7	9.0	4,741	26.9	5.5
	SPD	Andreas Räuber		3,000	17.1	7.0	2,467	14.0	5.8
	FDP	Horst Grunert		764	4.3	2.1	558	3.2	1.9
	List-only parties						1,791	10.1
Informal votes				965			941
Total valid votes				17,574			17,598
Turnout				18,539	47.9	7.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,676	15.2	8.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Kyffhäuserkreis 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	Y Detlev Braasch		10,347	47.8	4.5	10,791	49.5	5.0
	SPD			5,226	24.1	8.0	4,317	19.8	10.9
	PDS			4,921	22.7	8.3	4,675	21.4	5.7
	REP			677	3.1		205	0.9	0.4
	FDP			474	2.2	3.7	284	1.3	2.2
	List-only parties						1,524	7.0
Informal votes				501			350
Total valid votes				21,645			21,796
Turnout				22,146	55.7	15.8
	CDU hold		Majority	5,121	23.7	12.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Kyffhäuserkreis 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	Detlev Braasch		11,705	43.2		12,108	44.5
	SPD			8,715	32.2		8,354	30.7
	PDS			3,895	14.4		4,285	15.7
	FDP			1,585	5.8		940	3.5
	Greens			1,199	4.4		848	3.1
	List-only parties						699	2.6
Informal votes				1,083			948
Total valid votes				27,099			27,234
Turnout				28,182	71.5
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,990	11.0