Erfurt I 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 24. It contains northern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.^[1]

Erfurt I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Karola Stange of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Erfurt I is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the northern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Alach, Azmannsdorf, Gispersleben, Hochstedt, Hohenwinden, Kerspleben, Kühnhausen, Linderbach, Mittelhausen, Moskauer Platz, Rieth, Roter Berg, Schaderode, Schwerborn, Stotternheim, Sulzer Siedlung, Tiefthal, Töttelstädt, Töttleben, Vieselbach, and Wallichen.^[1]

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 Johanna Arenhövel. It was won by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2004, and represented by then-state leader Bodo Ramelow. In 2009, Ramelow instead ran in Erfurt III, and Erfurt I was won by Karola Stange of The Left, successor party of the PDS. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

	Member	Party	%
1990	Johanna Arenhövel	CDU	37.2
1994			38.2
1999			46.8
2004	Bodo Ramelow	PDS	38.6
2009	Karola Stange	LINKE	30.2
2014			36.8
2019			28.9

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Erfurt I^[2]
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	%	±%
	Left	Y Karola Stange		5,871	28.9	7.9	6,950	34.1	0.1
	AfD	Herold Corinna		4,974	24.4		4,914	24.1	13.4
	CDU	Michael Hose		4,909	24.1	5.1	3,877	19.0	7.6
	SPD	Haß Torsten		2,460	12.1	9.6	1,658	8.1	6.1
	FDP	Christian Poloczek-Becher		868	4.3	1.5	991	4.9	2.6
	Greens	Michael Host		838	4.1	0.6	858	4.2	0.6
	Free Voters	Oliver Jahn		357	1.8
	MLPD	Ibrahim Kücük		68	0.3		57	0.3
	List-only parties						1,105	5.4
Informal votes				315			250
Total valid votes				20,345			20,410
Turnout				20,660	63.7	12.8
	Left hold		Majority	897	4.5	3.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Erfurt I^[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Karola Stange		5,909	36.8	6.6	5,556	34.2	3.1
	CDU	Johanna Arenhövel		4,691	29.2	0.1	4,328	26.6	0.0
	SPD	Haß Torsten		3,483	21.7	2.1	2,351	14.5	5.3
	AfD						1,732	10.7
	NPD	Patrick Borkowski		784	4.9	0.4	568	3.5	1.1
	Greens	Robert Bednarsky		753	4.7	0.7	781	4.8	1.0
	FDP	Christian Poloczek-Becher		445	2.8	2.9	373	2.3	4.3
	List-only parties						560	3.4
Informal votes				432			248
Total valid votes				16,065			16,249
Turnout				16,497	50.9	4.6
	Left hold		Majority	1,218	7.6	6.5

2009 election

State election (2009): Erfurt I^[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	%	±%
	Left	Karola Stange		5,519	30.2	8.4	5,701	31.1	1.7
	CDU	Tabia Gies		5,324	29.1	7.7	4,872	26.6	10.9
	SPD	Birgit Pelke		3,594	19.6	3.7	3,637	19.8	5.3
	FDP	Jürgen Listemann		1,050	5.7	1.2	1,213	6.6	3.0
	FW	Helmut Besser		1,001	5.5		858	4.7	4.0
	Greens	Kathrin Hoyer		982	5.4	1.2	1,064	5.8	1.4
	NPD	Andreas Udhardt		830	4.5		839	4.6	3.6
	List-only parties						162	0.9
Informal votes				469			423
Total valid votes				18,300			18,346
Turnout				18,769	55.5	6.3
	Left hold		Majority	195	1.1	0.7

2004 election

State election (2004): Erfurt I^[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	%	±%
	PDS	Bodo Ramelow		6,398	38.6	11.8	5,519	32.8	7.1
	CDU	N Johanna Arenhövel		6,108	36.8	10.0	6,318	37.5	11.6
	SPD	Birgit Pelke		2,629	15.9	4.8	2,440	14.5	3.3
	FDP	Sven Meth		754	4.5	3.2	610	3.6	2.9
	Greens	Dirk Adams		690	4.2	1.8	732	4.4	2.7
	List-only parties						1,208	7.2
Informal votes				1,017			769
Total valid votes				16,579			16,827
Turnout				17,596	49.2	9.6
	PDS gain from CDU		Majority	290	1.8

1999 election

State election (1999): Erfurt I^[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	Y Johanna Arenhövel		10,442	46.8	8.6	11,025	49.1	12.2
	PDS			5,988	26.8	3.6	5,789	25.7	3.2
	SPD			4,610	20.7	10.2	4,001	17.8	12.0
	Greens			537	2.4	5.3	378	1.7	2.8
	REP			434	1.9		132	0.6	0.3
	FDP			300	1.3		166	0.7	1.5
	List-only parties						994	4.4
Informal votes				449			275
Total valid votes				22,311			22,485
Turnout				22,760	58.7	14.6
	CDU hold		Majority	4,454	20.0	12.7

1994 election

State election (1994): Erfurt I^[7]
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 Johanna Arenhövel		11,306	38.2	1.0	11,016	36.9	0.9
	SPD			9,132	30.9	9.1	8,890	29.8	5.7
	PDS			6,854	23.2	6.5	6,725	22.5	6.1
	Greens			2,288	7.7	1.5	1,349	4.5	4.3
	List-only parties						1,880	6.3
Informal votes				977			697
Total valid votes				29,580			29,860
Turnout				30,557	73.3	5.1
	CDU hold		Majority	2,174	7.3	8.1

1990 election

State election (1990): Erfurt I^[8]
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	Johanna Arenhövel		9,714	37.2		9,978	37.8
	SPD			5,692	21.8		6,346	24.1
	PDS			4,355	16.7		4,318	16.4
	Greens			2,404	9.2		2,312	8.8
	FDP			2,084	8.0		2,221	8.4
	DSU			1,421	5.4		596	2.3
	UFV			409	1.6		182	0.7
	List-only parties						412	1.6
Informal votes				894			608
Total valid votes				26,079			26,365
Turnout				26,973	68.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	4,022	15.4

References

Electoral districts of the Landtag of Thuringia