Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach

Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach 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 6. It covers the city of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis.^[1]

Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Raymond Walk of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach contains the urban district of Eisenach and central-western parts of Wartburgkreis, specifically the municipalities of Bad Salzungen (excluding Ettenhausen an der Suhl), Gerstungen, and Werra-Suhl-Tal.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Christian Köckert. It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Katja Wolf. The seat was regained by the CDU in 2014, and represented by Raymond Walk. He was re-elected in 2019.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Christian Köckert	CDU	40.5
	1999			49.3
	2004			40.1
	2009	Katja Wolf	LINKE	28.4
	2014	Raymond Walk	CDU	37.4
	2019			26.9
	2024	Ulrike Jary		42.4

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Eichsfeld 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						10,131	33.6	11.2
	CDU	Ulrike Jary		10,645	42.4	15.5	7,617	25.3	4.7
	BSW	Katja Wolf		7,072	28.2		4,315	14.3
	Left	Philipp Pommer		3,229	12.9	13.4	3,744	12.4	19.1
	SPD	Christoph Hohmann		2,896	11.5	2.0	2,023	6.7	1.6
	Greens						740	2.5	2.5
	FDP	Robert-Martin Monday		1,262	5.0	0.7	314	1.0	3.9
	APT						314	1.1	0.1
	FW						293	1.0
	Familie						140	0.5
	Values						133	0.4
	BD						101	0.3
	Pirates						99	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP						82	0.3	0.1
	MLPD						63	0.2	0.2
Informal votes				5,354			326
Total valid votes				25,104			30,132
Turnout				30,458	69.9	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	3,573	14.2	13.6

2019 election

State election (2019): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Raymond Walk		7,625	26.9	10.5	5,849	20.6	10.6
	Left	Kati Engel		7,450	26.3	7.3	8,946	31.5	1.7
	AfD	Susi Schreiber		6,943	24.5		6,371	22.4	14.4
	SPD	Babette Winter		2,683	9.5	3.1	2,373	8.3	4.3
	Greens	Robert Kirchner		1,732	6.1	1.0	1,424	5.0	1.4
	FDP	Kord-Henning Uber		1,219	4.3	1.9	1,386	4.9	2.8
	Free Voters	Maik Helbig		527	1.9
	MLPD	Friedrich Hofmann		175	0.6		105	0.4
	List-only parties						1,975	6.9
Informal votes				423			348
Total valid votes				28,354			28,429
Turnout				28,777	62.6	10.1
	CDU hold		Majority	175	0.6	3.2

2014 election

State election (2014): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[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	Raymond Walk		9,234	37.4	10.5	7,764	31.2	3.1
	Left	Christiane Leischner		8,284	33.6	5.2	7,414	27.5	2.3
	SPD	Heidrun Sachse		3,110	12.6	5.1	3,123	12.6	6.7
	AfD						1,983	8.0
	Greens	Rüdiger Bender		1,739	7.1	0.1	1,592	6.4	1.2
	NPD	Patrick Wieschke		1,697	6.9	1.7	1,484	6.0	1.0
	FDP	Sebastian Bethge		597	2.4	4.6	530	2.1	4.8
	List-only parties						960	3.9
Informal votes				545			356
Total valid votes				24,661			24,850
Turnout				25,206	52.5	3.1
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	950	3.8

2009 election

State election (2009): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[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	Katja Wolf		7,762	28.4	1.5	7,564	27.5	0.1
	CDU	Regina Müller		7,342	26.9	13.2	7,725	28.1	11.7
	SPD	Heiko Gentzel		4,832	17.7	0.5	5,301	19.3	3.0
	Free Voters	Thomas Herrmann		2,138	7.8		1,285	4.7	3.0
	FDP	Heidemarie Bischoff		1,917	7.0	2.9	1,901	6.9	3.6
	Greens	Stefan Schweßinger		1,905	7.0	1.8	2,085	7.6	1.3
	NPD	Patrick Wieschke		1,428	5.2		1,368	5.0	4.0
	List-only parties						241	0.9
Informal votes				640			494
Total valid votes				27,324			27,470
Turnout				27,964	55.6	3.6
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	420	1.5

2004 election

State election (2004): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[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 Köckert		10,278	40.1	9.2	10,287	39.8	10.4
	PDS	Katja Wolf		7,677	29.9	8.6	7,135	27.6	6.8
	SPD	Heiko Gentzel		4,418	17.2	3.6	4,201	16.3	4.4
	Greens	Gisela Rexrodt		2,248	8.8	4.2	1,615	6.3	3.8
	FDP	Heike Bahn-Schultz		1,040	4.1	2.2	847	3.3	2.1
	List-only parties						1,732	6.7
Informal votes				1,124			968
Total valid votes				25,661			25,817
Turnout				26,785	52.0	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	2,601	10.2	17.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach[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 Christian Köckert		14,661	49.3	8.9	14,987	50.2	10.6
	PDS	Karin May		6,343	21.3	5.1	6,205	20.8	4.1
	SPD	Heiko Gentzel		6,184	20.8	11.2	6,179	20.7	11.6
	Greens	Gisela Rexroth		1,372	4.6	2.5	731	2.5	3.0
	REP	Jenny Stüwe		590	2.0	0.5	198	0.7	0.6
	FDP	Heidemarie Bischoff		565	1.9	0.9	350	1.2	1.2
	List-only parties						1,179	4.0
Informal votes				528			414
Total valid votes				29,715			29,829
Turnout				30,243	59.3	14.9
	CDU hold		Majority	8,318	28.0	19.6

1994 election

State election (1994): Wartburgkreis 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	Christian Köckert		15,106	40.5		14,909	39.7
	SPD	Heiko Gentzel		11,941	32.0		12,135	32.3
	PDS	Roland Wanitschka		6,022	16.1		6,222	16.6
	Greens	Christine Grabe		2,630	7.0		2,066	5.5
	FDP	Gerhard Lorenz		1,069	2.9		913	2.4
	REP	Lutz Diener		554	1.5		509	1.4
	List-only parties						798	2.2
Informal votes				1,121			891
Total valid votes				37,322			37,552
Turnout				38,443	74.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	3,165	8.5