Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land 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 194. It is located in eastern

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, comprising the city of

Gera Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...

and the districts of

Altenburger Land Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a mem ...

and

Greiz Greiz () is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of state capital Jena, on the river ''White Elster''. Greiz has a large park in its center (Fürstl ...

. Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after

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. Since 2021, it has been represented by

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of the

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(AfD).

Geography

Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land is located in eastern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Gera and the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz.

History

Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as ''Altenburg – Schmölln – Greiz – Gera-Land II''. From 2002 through 2013, it was named ''Greiz – Altenburger Land''. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 304 in the numbering system. In the 2002 election, it was number 197. In the 2005 election, it was number 196. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 195. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 194. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Greiz, Altenburg, Schmölln, and Landkreis Gera. In the 2002 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Greiz and Altenburger Land. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Members

The constituency was first represented by

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998.

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of the

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(SPD) was elected in 1998 and served a single term, followed by fellow SPD member Klaus-Werner Jonas until 2005.

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was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Stephan Brandner of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was elected in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

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