Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II

192 Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
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	SPD
Member	Carsten Schneider
Elected	2021

Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II 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 192. It is located in central Thuringia, comprising the 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 for the 2005 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Carsten Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is located in central Thuringia. 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 of Erfurt and Jena – 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 the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Schneider regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Carsten Schneider		40,185	24.4	6.2	39,378	23.9	9.7
	CDU	N Antje Tillmann		28,639	17.4	9.9	23,580	14.3	11.1
	AfD	Sascha Schlösser		27,235	16.5	0.9	26,803	16.2	1.9
	Left	Susanne Hennig-Wellsow		26,972	16.4	2.3	23,055	14.0	5.4
	Greens	Katrin Göring-Eckardt		19,483	11.8	4.8	21,831	13.2	5.6
	FDP	Christian Poloczek-Becher		12,309	7.5	1.5	15,504	9.4	0.8
	PARTEI	Sindy Malsch		4,932	3.0	0.8	2,650	1.6	0.6
	dieBasis	Ulrich Masuth		4,258	2.6		3,048	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,777	1.7
	FW						2,162	1.3	0.3
	Pirates						1,203	0.7	0.0
	Volt						737	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						465	0.3
	Menschliche Welt						438	0.3
	MLPD	Tassilo Timm		649	0.4		345	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						298	0.2	0.5
	The Homeland						292	0.2	0.5
	Humanists						236	0.1
	V-Partei3						196	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				1,942			1,606
Total valid votes				164,652			164,998
Turnout				166,604	76.4	0.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	11,546	7.0

Federal election (2017): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Antje Tillmann		45,305	27.3	9.8	42,168	25.4	9.1
	Left	Martina Renner		30,948	18.7	4.7	32,239	19.4	3.6
	SPD	Carsten Schneider		30,257	18.2	5.6	23,535	14.2	3.5
	AfD	Stephan Brandner		28,960	17.5		30,166	18.2	12.1
	Greens	Katrin Göring-Eckardt		11,722	7.1	1.1	12,666	7.6	0.9
	FDP	Thomas Kemmerich		9,975	6.0	4.9	14,260	8.6	6.0
	PARTEI	Dirk Waldhauer		3,691	2.2		3,715	2.2
	FW	Detlef-Michael Frahm		1,858	1.1	0.6	1,598	1.0	0.3
	Pirates	Peter Städter		1,668	1.0	2.7	1,143	0.7	2.5
	The Homeland						1,129	0.7	1.6
	ÖDP	Thomas Hanf		1,541	0.9		1,084	0.7	0.0
	BGE						951	0.6
	DM						663	0.4
	V-Partei³						601	0.4
	MLPD						240	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,310			2,077
Total valid votes				165,925			166,158
Turnout				168,235	75.8	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	14,357	8.6	4.6

Federal election (2013): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Antje Tillmann		56,992	37.1	6.3	53,123	34.5	6.5
	SPD	Carsten Schneider		36,694	23.9	1.4	27,159	17.6	0.4
	Left	Karola Stange		35,917	23.4	5.5	35,421	23.0	5.0
	Greens	Dieter Lauinger		9,151	6.0	2.2	13,125	8.5	1.9
	AfD						9,328	6.1
	Pirates	Manfred Schubert		5,670	3.7		4,849	3.1	0.2
	The Homeland	Jan Morgenroth		4,774	3.1	0.3	3,554	2.3	0.2
	FW	Helmut Besser		2,699	1.8		2,012	1.3
	FDP	Florian Andreas Hartjen		1,781	1.2	4.8	4,015	2.6	6.4
	ÖDP						1,005	0.7	0.3
	REP						267	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						248	0.2	0.0
Informal votes				2,689			2,261
Total valid votes				153,678			154,106
Turnout				156,367	69.8	2.8
	CDU hold		Majority	20,298	13.2	11.3

Federal election (2009): Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Antje Tillmann		45,931	30.8	3.2	41,777	27.9	5.3
	Left	Frank Spieth		43,050	28.8	2.6	41,801	27.9	2.1
	SPD	N Carsten Schneider		33,488	22.4	9.1	26,897	18.0	12.9
	Greens	Dieter Lauinger		12,137	8.1	0.6	15,630	10.4	2.3
	FDP	Stefan Feuerstein		8,897	6.0	1.9	13,429	9.0	1.4
	Pirates						4,958	3.3
	The Homeland	Frank Schwerdt		4,151	2.8	0.3	3,762	2.5	0.0
	Independent	Matthias Fimmel		947	0.6
	Independent	Dieter Schumann		673	0.5
	ÖDP						600	0.4
	REP						451	0.3	0.4
	MLPD						293	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				1,962			1,638
Total valid votes				149,274			149,598
Turnout				151,236	67.0	8.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	2,881	2.0