Erfurt IV
# Erfurt IV

Erfurt IV 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 27. It contains southeastern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.

Erfurt IV was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by André Blechschmidt of The Left.

## Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt IV is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the central and southwestern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Büßleben, Daberstedt, Dittelstedt, Egstedt, Herrenberg, Melchendorf, Niedernissa, Rohda (Haarberg), Urbich, Waltersleben, Wiesenhügel, and Windischholzhausen.

## Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Jörg Schwäblein. It was won by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2004, and represented by Tamara Thierbach. She was succeeded in 2009 by André Blechschmidt of The Left, successor party of the PDS. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
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| 1990 | Jörg Schwäblein | CDU | 35.0 |
| 1994 | Jörg Schwäblein | CDU | 34.3 |
| 1999 | Jörg Schwäblein | CDU | 42.5 |
| 2004 | Tamara Thierbach | PDS | 37.6 |
| 2009 | André Blechschmidt | LINKE | 32.9 |
| 2014 | André Blechschmidt | LINKE | 37.1 |
| 2019 | André Blechschmidt | LINKE | 32.2 |

## Election results

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y André Blechschmidt | Y André Blechschmidt | 7,548 | 32.2 | 4.9 | 8,718 | 37.1 | 1.4 |
| | AfD | Stefan Möller | Stefan Möller | 4,913 | 21.0 | | 4,569 | 19.4 | 10.0 |
| | CDU | Regina Polster | Regina Polster | 4,038 | 17.2 | 10.4 | 3,769 | 16.0 | 8.8 |
| | SPD | Cornelia Klisch | Cornelia Klisch | 3,638 | 15.5 | 4.3 | 2,215 | 9.4 | 4.5 |
| | Greens | Fabian Gabriel | Fabian Gabriel | 1,567 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 1,522 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| | FDP | Franziska Baum | Franziska Baum | 1,159 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1,295 | 5.5 | 2.9 |
| | Free Voters | Harald Neubacher | Harald Neubacher | 449 | 1.9 | | | | |
| | MLPD | Sabine Dimler | Sabine Dimler | 98 | 0.4 | | 72 | 0.3 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,349 | 5.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 377 | | | 277 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 23,409 | | | 23,509 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,786 | 66.0 | 11.4 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 2,635 | 11.2 | 1.7 | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y André Blechschmidt | Y André Blechschmidt | 7,214 | 37.1 | 4.2 | 7,003 | 35.7 | 3.5 |
| | CDU | Andreas Horn | Andreas Horn | 5,378 | 27.6 | 3.6 | 4,883 | 24.9 | 1.0 |
| | SPD | Cornelia Klisch | Cornelia Klisch | 3,849 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 2,730 | 12.9 | 5.5 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 1,854 | 9.4 | |
| | Greens | Dieter Lauinger | Dieter Lauinger | 1,332 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 1,425 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| | NPD | Enrico Biczysko | Enrico Biczysko | 758 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 520 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| | Pirates | Manfred Schubert | Manfred Schubert | 481 | 2.5 | | 266 | 1.4 | |
| | FDP | Jutta Czifrik | Jutta Czifrik | 458 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 510 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 441 | 2.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 393 | | | 231 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 19,470 | | | 19,632 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,863 | 54.6 | 4.6 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 1,836 | 9.5 | 0.6 | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | André Blechschmidt | André Blechschmidt | 7,146 | 32.9 | 4.7 | 7,022 | 32.2 | 2.8 |
| | CDU | Manfred Scherer | Manfred Scherer | 5,203 | 24.0 | 8.4 | 5,197 | 23.9 | 10.3 |
| | SPD | Frank Schalles | Frank Schalles | 4,177 | 19.2 | 2.5 | 4,216 | 19.4 | 5.0 |
| | Greens | Rüdiger Bender | Rüdiger Bender | 1,590 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1,820 | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| | Free Voters | Heidrun Marie-Anna Höpfner | Heidrun Marie-Anna Höpfner | 1,468 | 6.8 | | 1,090 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| | FDP | Birgit Schuster | Birgit Schuster | 1,298 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1,491 | 6.8 | 3.4 |
| | NPD | Gabriele Bölke | Gabriele Bölke | 831 | 3.8 | | 812 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 138 | 0.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 475 | | | 402 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 21,713 | | | 21,786 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,188 | 59.2 | 6.4 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 1,943 | 8.9 | 3.7 | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | PDS | Tamara Thierbach | Tamara Thierbach | 7,179 | 37.6 | 7.4 | 6,755 | 35.0 | 6.2 |
| | CDU | N Jörg Schwäblein | N Jörg Schwäblein | 6,183 | 32.4 | 10.1 | 6,598 | 34.2 | 12.4 |
| | SPD | Karin Dietrich | Karin Dietrich | 3,196 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 2,772 | 14.4 | 2.6 |
| | Greens | Matthias Zeng | Matthias Zeng | 1,227 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1,297 | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| | FDP | Annett Pröhl | Annett Pröhl | 781 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 664 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| | Independent | Jürgen Zerull | Jürgen Zerull | 546 | 2.9 | | | | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,229 | 6.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 942 | | | 739 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 19,112 | | | 19,315 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,054 | 52.8 | 10.1 | | | |
| | PDS gain from CDU | PDS gain from CDU | Majority | 996 | 5.2 | | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Jörg Schwäblein | Y Jörg Schwäblein | 10,457 | 42.5 | 8.2 | 11,527 | 46.6 | 13.3 |
| | PDS | Tamara Thierbach | Tamara Thierbach | 7,431 | 30.2 | 2.8 | 7,123 | 28.8 | 2.5 |
| | SPD | Otto Kretschmer | Otto Kretschmer | 5,143 | 20.9 | 8.7 | 4,202 | 17.0 | 11.0 |
| | Greens | Jochen Kwast | Jochen Kwast | 714 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 643 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| | REP | Günther Steinert | Günther Steinert | 395 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 120 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Herbert Rudovsky | Herbert Rudovsky | 293 | 1.2 | | 168 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| | DSU | Wolfgang Mayer | Wolfgang Mayer | 152 | 0.6 | | 81 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 880 | 3.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 367 | | | 208 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 24,585 | | | 24,744 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,952 | 62.9 | 12.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 3,026 | 12.3 | 7.6 | | | |

### 1994 election

State election (1994): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Jörg Schwäblein | Y Jörg Schwäblein | 10,425 | 34.3 | 0.7 | 10,199 | 33.3 | 1.0 |
| | SPD | Werner Griese | Werner Griese | 9,006 | 29.6 | 8.6 | 8,572 | 28.0 | 5.7 |
| | PDS | Tamara Thierbach | Tamara Thierbach | 8,340 | 27.4 | 9.2 | 8,049 | 26.3 | 6.8 |
| | Greens | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 2,352 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 1,657 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| | REP | F.-R. Kästner | F.-R. Kästner | 290 | 1.0 | | 244 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,904 | 6.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 861 | | | 649 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 30,413 | | | 30,625 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,274 | 75.3 | 8.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,419 | 4.7 | 9.3 | | | |

### 1990 election

State election (1990): Erfurt IV :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Jörg Schwäblein | Jörg Schwäblein | 9,226 | 35.0 | | 9,103 | 34.3 | |
| | SPD | | | 5,541 | 21.0 | | 5,918 | 22.3 | |
| | PDS | | | 4,793 | 18.2 | | 5,182 | 19.5 | |
| | Greens | | | 2,785 | 10.6 | | 2,941 | 11.1 | |
| | FDP | | | 2,175 | 8.2 | | 2,226 | 8.4 | |
| | UFV | | | 1,005 | 3.8 | | 284 | 1.1 | |
| | DSU | | | 843 | 3.2 | | 504 | 1.9 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 386 | 1.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 628 | | | 452 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 26,368 | | | 26,544 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,996 | 66.9 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,685 | 14.0 | | | | |
