Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
# Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I

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 191. It is located in north-central Thuringia, comprising the city of Jena, the Sömmerda district, and most of the Weimarer Land district.

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).

## Geography

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.

## History

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. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 191.

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 | 298 | Sömmerda – Artern – Sondershausen – Langensalza | Sömmerda district Artern district Sondershausen district Langensalza district |
| 1998 | 298 | Sömmerda – Artern – Sondershausen – Langensalza | Sömmerda district Artern district Sondershausen district Langensalza district |
| 2002 | 192 | Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II | Sömmerda district Kyffhäuserkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Mühlhausen, Anrode, Dünwald, Herbsleben, Menteroda, Weinbergen, and Unstruttal municipalities and Bad Tennstedt, Hildebrandshausen/Lengenfeld unterm Stein, and Schlotheim Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2005 | 192 | Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I | Sömmerda district Kyffhäuserkreis district Weimarer Land (excludin Grammetal municipality) |
| 2009 | 191 | Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I | Sömmerda district Kyffhäuserkreis district Weimarer Land (excludin Grammetal municipality) |
| 2013 | 191 | Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I | Sömmerda district Kyffhäuserkreis district Weimarer Land (excludin Grammetal municipality) |
| 2017 | 191 | Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I | Jena city Sömmerda district Weimarer Land (excludin Grammetal municipality) |
| 2021 | 191 | Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I | Jena city Sömmerda district Weimarer Land (excludin Grammetal municipality) |

## Members

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 | Gisela Hilbrecht | SPD | 43.0 |
| 2005 | Peter Albach | CDU | 30.9 |
| 2009 | Johannes Selle | CDU | 33.9 |
| 2013 | Johannes Selle | CDU | 43.3 |
| 2017 | Johannes Selle | CDU | 29.2 |
| 2021 | Holger Becker | SPD | 20.1 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I :

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

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I :

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

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I :

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

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Kyffhäuserkreis – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I :

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