Sonneberg I

Sonneberg 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 19. It covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, including the city of Sonneberg.

Sonneberg I was created for the 1994 Thuringian state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Sonneberg I covers the southern part of the Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Bachfeld, Föritztal, Frankenblick, Schalkau, and Sonneberg.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Christine Zitzmann, who served from 1994 to 2009. Since 2009, it has been represented by Beate Meißner.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Christine Zitzmann	CDU	37.0
	1999			50.3
	2004			45.1
	2009	Beate Meißner	CDU	43.2
	2014			48.1
	2019			41.5

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Sonneberg I
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 Beate Meißner		8,584	41.5	6.6	5,611	27.1	10.5
	AfD	Robert Sesselmann		5,670	27.4		5,651	27.3	16.0
	Left	Knut Korschewsky		4,243	20.5	10.2	5,880	28.4	1.5
	SPD	Petra Lenk		1,011	4.9	8.2	1,258	6.1	4.7
	Greens	Beate Kittel		551	2.7	1.4	680	3.3	0.3
	FDP	Christian Wollny		376	1.8		552	2.7	1.1
	ÖDP	Martin Truckenbrodt		195	0.9		169	0.8
	MLPD	Andreas Eifler		54	0.3		65	0.3
	List-only parties						845	4.1
Informal votes				256			229
Total valid votes				20,684			20,711
Turnout				20,940	61.4	14.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,914	14.1	3.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Sonneberg I
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 Beate Meißner		7,505	48.1	4.9	5,923	37.6	3.0
	Left	Knut Korschewsky		4,787	30.7	3.5	4,714	29.9	3.4
	AfD						1,786	11.3
	SPD	David-Christian Eckardt		2,049	13.1	5.0	1,706	10.8	4.6
	Greens	Filip Heinlein		638	4.1		562	3.6	0.2
	NPD	Frank Neubert		630	4.0	0.5	425	2.7	1.7
	List-only parties						651	4.1
Informal votes				374			216
Total valid votes				15,609			15,767
Turnout				15,983	46.6	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	2,718	17.4	8.4

2009 election

State election (2009): Sonneberg I
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	Beate Meißner		8,075	43.2	1.9	6,525	34.6	8.8
	Left	Michael Gerstenberger		6,378	34.2	7.0	6,278	33.3	5.3
	SPD	David-Christian Eckardt		3,380	18.1	2.2	2,907	15.4	0.3
	NPD	Mike Steiner		840	4.5		831	4.4	3.8
	FDP						1,119	5.9	2.7
	Greens						642	3.4	0.6
	List-only parties						543	2.9
Informal votes				466			294
Total valid votes				18,673			18,845
Turnout				19,139	52.4	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	1,697	9.0	8.9

2004 election

State election (2004): Sonneberg I
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 Christine Zitzmann		8,099	45.1	5.2	7,840	43.4	3.5
	PDS	Christoph Schwarze		4,883	27.2	4.8	5,070	28.0	4.0
	SPD	David-Christian Eckardt		2,852	15.9	7.7	2,725	15.1	4.4
	FDP	Frank Laaser		1,078	6.0		585	3.2	1.8
	Independent	Ringo Muggenthaler		1,059	5.9
	List-only parties						1,857	10.3
Informal votes				945			839
Total valid votes				17,971			18,077
Turnout				18,916	49.7	7.3
	CDU hold		Majority	3,216	17.9	8.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Sonneberg I
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 Christine Zitzmann		10,745	50.3	13.3	10,108	46.9	7.8
	SPD	David-Christian Eckardt		5,051	23.6	11.0	4,198	19.5	13.1
	PDS	Almuth Beck		4,777	22.4	3.7	5,178	24.0	6.4
	REP	Ulf Schmidt		799	3.7		278	1.3	0.5
	List-only parties						1,779	8.3
Informal votes				475			306
Total valid votes				21,372			21,541
Turnout				21,847	57.0	19.3
	CDU hold		Majority	5,694	26.7	24.3

1994 election

State election (1994): Sonneberg I
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	Christine Zitzmann		10,373	37.0		11,017	39.1
	SPD			9,708	34.6		9,198	32.6
	PDS			5,256	18.7		4,973	17.6
	FDP			1,495	5.3		1,151	4.1
	Greens			1,237	4.4		985	3.5
	List-only parties						854	3.0
Informal votes				915			806
Total valid votes				28,069			28,178
Turnout				28,984	76.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	665	2.4