Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 194. It is located in eastern Thuringia, comprising the city of Gera and the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz.[1]
Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land is located in eastern Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Gera and the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz.[1]
Historyedit
Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Altenburg – Schmölln – Greiz – Gera-Land II. From 2002 through 2013, it was named Greiz – Altenburger Land. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 304 in the numbering system. In the 2002 election, it was number 197. In the 2005 election, it was number 196. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 195. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 194.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Greiz, Altenburg, Schmölln, and Landkreis Gera. In the 2002 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Greiz and Altenburger Land. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.
The constituency was first represented by Harald Kahl of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Peter Friedrich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served a single term, followed by fellow SPD member Klaus-Werner Jonas until 2005. Volkmar Vogel was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Stephan Brandner of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was elected in 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Gera Greiz Altenburger Land is an electoral constituency German Wahlkreis represented in the Bundestag It elects one member via first past the post voting Under the current constituency numbering system it is designated as constituency 194 It is located in eastern Thuringia comprising the city of Gera and the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz 1 194 Gera Greiz Altenburger LandElectoral districtfor the BundestagGera Greiz Altenburger Land in 2017StateThuringiaPopulation279 900 2019 Electorate229 588 2021 Major settlementsGeraAltenburgGreizArea1 567 5 km2Current electoral districtCreated1990PartyAfDMemberStephan BrandnerElected2021Gera Greiz Altenburger Land was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification Since 2021 it has been represented by Stephan Brandner of the Alternative for Germany AfD 2 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 4 1 2021 election 4 2 2017 election 4 3 2013 election 4 4 2009 election 5 ReferencesGeography editGera Greiz Altenburger Land is located in eastern Thuringia As of the 2021 federal election it comprises the independent city of Gera and the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz 1 History editGera Greiz Altenburger Land was created after German reunification in 1990 then known as Altenburg Schmolln Greiz Gera Land II From 2002 through 2013 it was named Greiz Altenburger Land It acquired its current name in the 2017 election In the 1990 through 1998 elections it was constituency 304 in the numbering system In the 2002 election it was number 197 In the 2005 election it was number 196 In the 2009 and 2013 elections it was number 195 Since the 2017 election it has been number 194 Originally the constituency comprised the districts of Greiz Altenburg Schmolln and Landkreis Gera In the 2002 through 2013 elections it comprised the districts of Greiz and Altenburger Land It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election Election No Name Borders1990 304 Altenburg Schmolln Greiz Gera Land II Greiz district Altenburg district Schmolln district Landkreis Gera district199419982002 197 Greiz Altenburger Land Greiz district Altenburger Land district2005 1962009 19520132017 194 Gera Greiz Altenburger Land Gera city Greiz district Altenburger Land district2021Members editThe constituency was first represented by Harald Kahl of the Christian Democratic Union CDU from 1990 to 1998 Peter Friedrich of the Social Democratic Party SPD was elected in 1998 and served a single term followed by fellow SPD member Klaus Werner Jonas until 2005 Volkmar Vogel was elected in 2005 and re elected in 2009 2013 and 2017 Stephan Brandner of the Alternative for Germany AfD was elected in 2021 Election Member Party 1990 Harald Kahl CDU 47 71994 45 41998 Peter Friedrich SPD 39 32002 Klaus Werner Jonas SPD 39 02005 Volkmar Vogel CDU 31 72009 37 42013 44 92017 30 42021 Stephan Brandner AfD 29 0Election results edit2021 election edit Federal election 2021 Gera Greiz Altenburger Land 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes AfD Stephan Brandner 48 034 29 0 nbsp 1 7 46 659 28 1 nbsp 1 0SPD Elisabeth Kaiser 36 760 22 2 nbsp 10 3 36 326 21 9 nbsp 10 5CDU nbsp N Volkmar Vogel 33 067 20 0 nbsp 10 5 27 303 16 4 nbsp 10 9Left Bjorn Harras 19 421 11 7 nbsp 7 0 18 666 11 2 nbsp 6 2FDP Marco Thiele 14 273 8 6 nbsp 3 0 16 212 9 8 nbsp 1 6Greens Doreen Rath 6 293 3 8 nbsp 1 7 7 331 4 4 nbsp 1 7Independent Gebhard Berger 3 649 2 2Tierschutzpartei 2 903 1 7dieBasis Gunther Langer 2 887 1 7 2 727 1 6FW 2 433 1 5 nbsp 0 0PARTEI 1 970 1 2 nbsp 0 0Pirates 706 0 4 nbsp 0 0Menschliche Welt 594 0 4NPD 537 0 3 nbsp 0 9MLPD Klaus Dieter Ilius 772 0 5 475 0 3 nbsp 0 2Independent Bernd Nebeler 474 0 3Volt 369 0 2Team Todenhofer 355 0 2Humanists 176 0 1ODP 154 0 1 nbsp 0 3V Partei3 147 0 1 nbsp 0 3Informal votes 2 517 2 104Total valid votes 165 630 166 043Turnout 168 147 73 2 nbsp 0 3AfD gain from CDU Majority 11 274 6 82017 election edit Federal election 2017 Gera Greiz Altenburger Land 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Volkmar Vogel 52 980 30 4 nbsp 12 3 47 690 27 3 nbsp 12 5AfD Robby Schlund 47 558 27 3 nbsp 21 1 47 275 27 1 nbsp 19 5Left Frank Tempel 32 573 18 7 nbsp 7 5 30 402 17 4 nbsp 7 6SPD Elisabeth Kaiser 20 627 11 8 nbsp 2 3 19 845 11 4 nbsp 2 9FDP Katja Grosch 9 712 5 6 nbsp 4 2 14 315 8 2 nbsp 5 6Greens Andreas Leps 3 652 2 1 nbsp 0 7 4 709 2 7 nbsp 0 8FW Gunter Brinkmann 3 620 2 1 nbsp 1 8 2 508 1 4 nbsp 0 5NPD 2 060 1 2 nbsp 2 1PARTEI 2 056 1 2Pirates 733 0 4 nbsp 1 6DM 728 0 4V Partei Lisa Walther 1 201 0 7 725 0 4Independent Jens Geidel 1 190 0 7Independent Matthias Hufken 1 000 0 6ODP 629 0 4 nbsp 0 1BGE 523 0 3MLPD 194 0 1 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 820 2 541Total valid votes 174 113 174 392Turnout 176 933 73 5 nbsp 5 9CDU hold Majority 5 422 3 1 nbsp 17 52013 election edit Federal election 2013 Greiz Altenburger Land 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Volkmar Vogel 51 013 44 9 nbsp 7 5 47 580 41 8 nbsp 8 9Left Frank Tempel 27 627 24 3 nbsp 5 0 26 173 23 0 nbsp 5 7SPD Nikolaus Dorsch 15 873 14 0 nbsp 3 6 16 213 14 2 nbsp 2 3AfD Sieghardt Rydzewski 6 792 6 0 8 523 7 5NPD Kevin Schulhauser 4 187 3 7 nbsp 0 4 3 876 3 4 nbsp 0 2Greens Jens Kampfer 3 211 2 8 nbsp 0 8 3 842 3 4 nbsp 0 9Pirates Holger Peckmann 3 207 2 8 2 462 2 2 nbsp 0 2FDP Daniel Scheidel 1 791 1 6 nbsp 6 5 3 032 2 7 nbsp 8 2FW 1 177 1 0ODP 591 0 5 nbsp 0 1REP 282 0 2 nbsp 0 1MLPD 122 0 1 nbsp 0 0Informal votes 2 289 2 117Total valid votes 113 701 113 873Turnout 115 990 67 9 nbsp 3 8CDU hold Majority 23 386 20 6 nbsp 12 52009 election edit Federal election 2009 Greiz Altenburger Land 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 nbsp Y or nbsp N denotes status of any incumbent win or lose respectively Party Candidate Votes Party votes CDU nbsp Y Volkmar Vogel 42 988 37 4 nbsp 5 7 37 841 32 8 nbsp 6 1Left Frank Tempel 33 672 29 3 nbsp 3 4 33 017 28 6 nbsp 2 1SPD Wilfried Prager 20 224 17 6 nbsp 12 6 19 006 16 5 nbsp 11 1FDP Johannes Frackowiak 9 237 8 0 nbsp 2 9 12 557 10 9 nbsp 2 0NPD Steffen Schneider 4 720 4 1 nbsp 0 4 4 168 3 6 nbsp 0 7Greens Vincent Muller 4 196 3 6 nbsp 1 1 4 919 4 3 nbsp 0 4Pirates 2 707 2 3ODP 478 0 4REP 397 0 3 nbsp 0 3MLPD 156 0 1 nbsp 0 2Informal votes 1 952 1 743Total valid votes 115 037 115 246Turnout 116 989 64 2 nbsp 11 5CDU hold Majority 9 316 8 1 nbsp 6 6References edit a b Constituency Gera Greiz Altenburger Land Federal Returning Officer Results for Gera Greiz Altenburger Land Federal Returning Officer Results for Gera Greiz Altenburger Land Results for Gera Greiz Altenburger Land Results for Greiz Altenburger Land Results for Greiz Altenburger Land Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gera Greiz Altenburger Land amp oldid 1174887775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
