| 192 Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for theBundestag | |
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II in 2025 | |
| State | Thuringia |
| Population | 285,700 (2019) |
| Electorate | 217,944 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Erfurt Weimar |
| Area | 442.7 km2 |
| Current electoral district | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Party | The Left |
| Member | Bodo Ramelow |
| Elected | 2025 |
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is an electoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 192. It is located in centralThuringia, comprising the cities ofErfurt andWeimar as well as the municipality ofGrammetal from theWeimarer Land district.[1]
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II was created for the2005 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented byCarsten Schneider of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).[2] Since 2025 it is been represented byBodo Ramelow ofThe Left.
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is located in centralThuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Erfurt and Weimar as well as the municipality of Grammetal from the Weimarer Land district.[1]
Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II was created in 2005 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies ofErfurt andJena – Weimar – Weimarer Land. In the 2005 election, it was constituency 194 in the numbering system. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 193. From the 2025 election, it has been number 192. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
The constituency was first represented by Carsten Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2005 to 2009.Antje Tillmann of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Schneider regained it for the SPD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Carsten Schneider | SPD | 31.5 | |
| 2009 | Antje Tillmann | CDU | 30.8 | |
| 2013 | 37.1 | |||
| 2017 | 27.3 | |||
| 2021 | Carsten Schneider | SPD | 24.4 | |
| 2025 | Bodo Ramelow | LINKE | 36.8 | |
| Federal election (2025): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[3] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Left | Bodo Ramelow | 64,389 | 36.8 | 38,667 | 22.1 | ||||
| AfD | Alexander Claus | 46,611 | 26.7 | 46,998 | 26.9 | ||||
| CDU | Michael Hose | 28,587 | 16.3 | 30,713 | 17.6 | ||||
| SPD | 13,900 | 7.9 | 18,408 | 10.5 | |||||
| BSW | Sebastian Süßmuth | 10,296 | 5.9 | New | 15,685 | 9.0 | New | ||
| Greens | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 5,458 | 3.1 | 15,312 | 8.8 | ||||
| FDP | Thomas Kemmerich | 3,350 | 1.9 | 5,034 | 2.9 | ||||
| FW | Frank Ruthmann | 1,918 | 1.1 | New | 1,760 | 1.0 | |||
| Volt | 1,594 | 0.9 | |||||||
| BD | 395 | 0.2 | New | ||||||
| MLPD | Tassilo Timm | 353 | 0.2 | 276 | 0.2 | ||||
| Informal votes | 1,169 | 1,189 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 174,862 | 174,842 | |||||||
| Turnout | 176,031 | 82.1 | |||||||
| Leftgain fromSPD | Majority | 17,778 | 10.1 | N/A | |||||
| Federal election (2021): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| SPD | Carsten Schneider | 40,185 | 24.4 | 39,378 | 23.9 | ||||
| CDU | 28,639 | 17.4 | 23,580 | 14.3 | |||||
| AfD | Sascha Schlösser | 27,235 | 16.5 | 26,803 | 16.2 | ||||
| Left | Susanne Hennig-Wellsow | 26,972 | 16.4 | 23,055 | 14.0 | ||||
| Greens | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 19,483 | 11.8 | 21,831 | 13.2 | ||||
| FDP | Christian Poloczek-Becher | 12,309 | 7.5 | 15,504 | 9.4 | ||||
| PARTEI | Sindy Malsch | 4,932 | 3.0 | 2,650 | 1.6 | ||||
| dieBasis | Ulrich Masuth | 4,258 | 2.6 | 3,048 | 1.8 | ||||
| Tierschutzpartei | 2,777 | 1.7 | |||||||
| FW | 2,162 | 1.3 | |||||||
| Pirates | 1,203 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Volt | 737 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Team Todenhöfer | 465 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Menschliche Welt | 438 | 0.3 | |||||||
| MLPD | Tassilo Timm | 649 | 0.4 | 345 | 0.2 | ||||
| ÖDP | 298 | 0.2 | |||||||
| NPD | 292 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Humanists | 236 | 0.1 | |||||||
| V-Partei3 | 196 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 1,942 | 1,606 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 164,652 | 164,998 | |||||||
| Turnout | 166,604 | 76.4 | |||||||
| SPDgain fromCDU | Majority | 11,546 | 7.0 | ||||||
| Federal election (2017): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | 45,305 | 27.3 | 42,168 | 25.4 | |||||
| Left | Martina Renner | 30,948 | 18.7 | 32,239 | 19.4 | ||||
| SPD | Carsten Schneider | 30,257 | 18.2 | 23,535 | 14.2 | ||||
| AfD | Stephan Brandner | 28,960 | 17.5 | 30,166 | 18.2 | ||||
| Greens | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 11,722 | 7.1 | 12,666 | 7.6 | ||||
| FDP | Thomas Kemmerich | 9,975 | 6.0 | 14,260 | 8.6 | ||||
| PARTEI | Dirk Waldhauer | 3,691 | 2.2 | 3,715 | 2.2 | ||||
| FW | Detlef-Michael Frahm | 1,858 | 1.1 | 1,598 | 1.0 | ||||
| Pirates | Peter Städter | 1,668 | 1.0 | 1,143 | 0.7 | ||||
| NPD | 1,129 | 0.7 | |||||||
| ÖDP | Thomas Hanf | 1,541 | 0.9 | 1,084 | 0.7 | ||||
| BGE | 951 | 0.6 | |||||||
| DM | 663 | 0.4 | |||||||
| V-Partei³ | 601 | 0.4 | |||||||
| MLPD | 240 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 2,310 | 2,077 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 165,925 | 166,158 | |||||||
| Turnout | 168,235 | 75.8 | |||||||
| CDUhold | Majority | 14,357 | 8.6 | ||||||
| Federal election (2013): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | 56,992 | 37.1 | 53,123 | 34.5 | |||||
| SPD | Carsten Schneider | 36,694 | 23.9 | 27,159 | 17.6 | ||||
| Left | Karola Stange | 35,917 | 23.4 | 35,421 | 23.0 | ||||
| Greens | Dieter Lauinger | 9,151 | 6.0 | 13,125 | 8.5 | ||||
| AfD | 9,328 | 6.1 | |||||||
| Pirates | Manfred Schubert | 5,670 | 3.7 | 4,849 | 3.1 | ||||
| NPD | Jan Morgenroth | 4,774 | 3.1 | 3,554 | 2.3 | ||||
| FW | Helmut Besser | 2,699 | 1.8 | 2,012 | 1.3 | ||||
| FDP | Florian Andreas Hartjen | 1,781 | 1.2 | 4,015 | 2.6 | ||||
| ÖDP | 1,005 | 0.7 | |||||||
| REP | 267 | 0.2 | |||||||
| MLPD | 248 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 2,689 | 2,261 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 153,678 | 154,106 | |||||||
| Turnout | 156,367 | 69.8 | |||||||
| CDUhold | Majority | 20,298 | 13.2 | ||||||
| Federal election (2009): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[7] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Antje Tillmann | 45,931 | 30.8 | 41,777 | 27.9 | ||||
| Left | Frank Spieth | 43,050 | 28.8 | 41,801 | 27.9 | ||||
| SPD | 33,488 | 22.4 | 26,897 | 18.0 | |||||
| Greens | Dieter Lauinger | 12,137 | 8.1 | 15,630 | 10.4 | ||||
| FDP | Stefan Feuerstein | 8,897 | 6.0 | 13,429 | 9.0 | ||||
| Pirates | 4,958 | 3.3 | |||||||
| NPD | Frank Schwerdt | 4,151 | 2.8 | 3,762 | 2.5 | ||||
| Independent | Matthias Fimmel | 947 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Independent | Dieter Schumann | 673 | 0.5 | ||||||
| ÖDP | 600 | 0.4 | |||||||
| REP | 451 | 0.3 | |||||||
| MLPD | 293 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 1,962 | 1,638 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 149,274 | 149,598 | |||||||
| Turnout | 151,236 | 67.0 | |||||||
| CDUgain fromSPD | Majority | 2,881 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Federal election (2005):Erfurt - Weimar - Weimarer Land II[8] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| SPD | Carsten Schneider | 52,304 | 31.5 | 51,375 | 30.8 | ||||
| CDU | Antje Tillmann | 45,728 | 27.5 | 37,749 | 22.7 | ||||
| Left | Frank Spieth | 43,520 | 26.2 | 43,048 | 25.8 | ||||
| Greens | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 12,553 | 7.6 | 13,638 | 8.2 | ||||
| FDP | Patrick Kurth | 6,801 | 4.1 | 12,638 | 7.6 | ||||
| NPD | Walter Beck | 5,145 | 3.1 | 4,235 | 2.5 | ||||
| GRAUEN | 2,080 | 1.2 | |||||||
| REP | 1,241 | 0.7 | |||||||
| MLPD | 536 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 3,221 | 2,732 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 166,051 | 166,540 | |||||||
| Turnout | 169,272 | 75.8 | |||||||
| SPDhold | Majority | 6,576 | 4 | ||||||