Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 193. It is located in central

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, comprising the cities of

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

and

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

as well as the municipality of

Grammetal Grammetal is a municipality in the Weimarer Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It was created with effect from 31 December 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of Bechstedtstraß, Daasdorf am Berge, Hopfgarten, Isseroda, Mönchen ...

from the

Weimarer Land Weimarer Land is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Saale-Holzland and the district-free city Jena, the ...

district. Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II was created for the 2005 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by

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of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II is located in central

. 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.

History

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. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 193. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

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.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erfurt - Weimar - Weimarer Land II Federal electoral districts in Thuringia 2005 establishments in Germany Constituencies established in 2005 Erfurt Weimar Weimarer Land