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190 Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I in 2025
StateThuringia
Population256,400 (2019)
Electorate198,697 (2021)
Major settlementsJena
Apolda
Sömmerda
Area1,637.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberHolger Becker
Elected2021

Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I 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 190. It is located in north-central Thuringia, comprising the city of Jena, the Sömmerda district, and most of the Weimarer Land district.[1]

Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Holger Becker of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I is located in north-central Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Jena, the Sömmerda district, and the entirety of the Weimarer Land excluding the municipality of Grammetal.[1]

History

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Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Sömmerda – Artern – Sondershausen – Langensalza. In the 2002 election, it was named Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it was named Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 298 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 192. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 191. From the 2025 election, it has been number 190.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sömmerda, Artern, Sondershausen, and Langensalza. In the 2002 election, it comprised the districts of Sömmerda and Kyffhäuserkreis as well as the municipalities of Mühlhausen, Anrode, Dünwald, Herbsleben, Menteroda, Weinbergen, and Unstruttal and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Bad Tennstedt, Hildebrandshausen/Lengenfeld unterm Stein, and Schlotheim from the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it comprised districts of Sömmerda, Kyffhäuserkreis, and Weimarer Land excluding the municipality of Grammetal. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 298 Sömmerda – Artern – Sondershausen – Langensalza
  • Sömmerda district
  • Artern district
  • Sondershausen district
  • Langensalza district
1994
1998
2002 192 Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II
2005 Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
2009 191
2013
2017 Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
2021
2025 190

Members

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The constituency was first represented by Martin Göttsching of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by fellow CDU member Johannes Selle from 1994 to 1998. Gisela Hilbrecht won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and served until 2005, when Peter Albach regained it for the CDU. Former member Selle of the CDU was elected again in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Holger Becker of the SPD won the constituency in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1990 Martin Göttsching CDU 47.9
1994 Johannes Selle CDU 43.6
1998 Gisela Hilbrecht SPD 39.5
2002 43.0
2005 Peter Albach CDU 30.9
2009 Johannes Selle CDU 33.9
2013 43.3
2017 29.2
2021 Holger Becker SPD 20.1

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Holger Becker 30,673 20.1 Increase 6.0 34,195 22.4 Increase 9.9
AfD Torben Braga 29,578 19.4 Increase 0.2 30,263 19.8 Steady 0.0
CDU Mike Mohring 28,170 18.5 Decrease 10.7 23,869 15.6 Decrease 11.8
Left Ralph Lenkert 25,741 16.9 Decrease 4.5 19,505 12.8 Decrease 5.7
Greens Heiko Knopf 14,656 9.6 Increase 4.7 16,709 11.0 Increase 4.8
FDP Tim Wagner 10,686 7.0 Increase 1.2 14,070 9.2 Increase 0.5
FW Marion Schneider 6,018 4.0 Increase 0.3 3,712 2.4 Increase 0.6
PARTEI Simon Wagner 3,816 2.5 2,143 1.4 Decrease 0.4
dieBasis Karsten Geschwandtner 2,364 1.6 2,349 1.5
Human Environment Animal Protection   2,108 1.4
Pirates   859 0.6 Steady 0.0
Volt   723 0.5
NPD   544 0.4 Decrease 0.7
Team Todenhöfer   342 0.2
Menschliche Welt 318 0.2
MLPD Anatole Braungart 341 0.2 271 0.2 Increase 0.1
Humanists   238 0.2
ÖDP   217 0.1 Decrease 0.3
LKR Frank Wycislok 208 0.1
V-Partei3   140 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 1,912 1,588
Total valid votes 152,251 152,575
Turnout 154,163 77.6 Increase 1.2
SPD gain from CDU Majority 1,095 0.7

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Johannes Selle 44,684 29.2 Decrease 9.3 42,092 27.4 Decrease 8.5
Left Ralph Lenkert 32,680 21.4 Decrease 3.7 28,312 18.5 Decrease 4.6
AfD Denny Jankowski 29,451 19.3 Increase 17.5 30,426 19.8 Increase 14.1
SPD Christoph Matschie 21,668 14.2 Decrease 5.6 19,150 12.5 Decrease 4.0
FDP Jan Siegemund 8,939 5.8 Increase 3.9 13,310 8.7 Increase 5.5
Greens Olaf Müller 7,544 4.9 Decrease 0.4 9,497 6.2 Decrease 1.1
PARTEI   2,841 1.9
FW Andreas Weise 5,612 3.7 Increase 3.4 2,815 1.8 Increase 0.5
NPD   1,660 1.1 Decrease 1.6
Independent Marion Schneider 1,550 1.0
Pirates   790 0.5 Decrease 2.8
ÖDP   653 0.4 Decrease 0.3
BGE   641 0.4
Independent Michael Gruner 556 0.4
DM 531 0.3
V-Partei³ 474 0.3
Independent Ilka May 211 0.1
MLPD   164 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,315 1,854
Total valid votes 152,895 153,356
Turnout 155,210 76.4 Increase 6.2
CDU hold Majority 12,004 7.8 Decrease 9.0

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Johannes Selle 54,350 43.3 Increase 9.5 49,099 39.1 Increase 7.6
Left Kersten Steinke 33,239 26.5 Decrease 4.9 30,821 24.5 Decrease 5.5
SPD Steffen-Claudio Lemme 21,469 17.1 Decrease 1.0 19,365 15.4 Decrease 1.8
AfD   7,199 5.7
NPD Patrick Weber 5,609 4.5 Increase 0.6 4,645 3.7 Increase 0.2
Pirates Klaus Jürgen Sommerfeld 4,551 3.6 3,071 2.4 Increase 0.4
Greens Nicol Pfefferlein 3,948 3.1 Decrease 1.4 4,734 3.8 Decrease 1.0
FDP Patrick Kurth 2,253 1.8 Decrease 6.0 3,672 2.9 Decrease 7.1
FW   1,914 1.5
ÖDP   655 0.5 Increase 0.2
REP   302 0.2 Decrease 0.1
MLPD   146 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,487 2,283
Total valid votes 125,419 125,623
Turnout 127,906 66.9 Increase 3.2
CDU hold Majority 21,111 16.8 Increase 14.3

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Johannes Selle 42,674 33.9 Increase 3.0 39,696 31.5 Decrease 4.9
Left Kersten Naumann 39,568 31.4 Increase 4.2 37,923 30.1 Increase 3.3
SPD Steffen-Claudio Lemme 22,819 18.1 Decrease 11.4 21,692 17.2 Decrease 11.3
FDP Patrick Kurth 9,800 7.8 Increase 2.8 12,661 10.0 Increase 2.1
Greens Janet Lutz 5,754 4.6 Increase 1.7 6,064 4.8 Increase 0.8
NPD Patrick Weber 4,855 3.9 Decrease 0.7 4,383 3.5 Decrease 0.6
Pirates   2,581 2.0
Independent Bodo Rothe 595 0.5
REP   491 0.4 Decrease 0.4
ÖDP   406 0.3
MLPD   186 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 1,860 1,842
Total valid votes 126,065 126,083
Turnout 127,925 63.7 Decrease 11.1
CDU hold Majority 16,749 2.5 Increase 1.1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
  4. ^ Results for Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
  5. ^ Results for Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
  6. ^ Results for Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I