# Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 8. It covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Jonas Urbach of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I covers the northwestern part of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Anrode, Dünwald, Menteroda, Mühlhausen/Thüringen (excluding Bollstedt, Grabe, Höngeda und Seebach), Rodeberg, Südeichsfeld, and Unstruttal.

## Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union since its creation in 1994. Its first representative was Thomas Kretschmer, who served from 1994 to 2009, followed by Elke Holzapfel (2009–2019) and Jonas Urbach (2019–present).
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1994 | Thomas Kretschmer | CDU | 44.3 |
| 1999 | Thomas Kretschmer | CDU | 53.1 |
| 2004 | Thomas Kretschmer | CDU | 49.7 |
| 2009 | Elke Holzapfel | CDU | 31.3 |
| 2014 | Elke Holzapfel | CDU | 36.2 |
| 2019 | Jonas Urbach | CDU | 31.1 |
| 2024 | Jonas Urbach | CDU | 37.1 |

## Election results
### 2024 election

State election (2024): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Jonas Urbach | Y Jonas Urbach | 10,120 | 37.1 | 6.0 | 7,037 | 25.5 | 0.1 |
| | AfD | Thomas Groeger | Thomas Groeger | 9,627 | 35.3 | 11.8 | 8,584 | 31.2 | 8.2 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 4,300 | 15.6 | |
| | Left | Steffen Thormann | Steffen Thormann | 4,043 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 3,593 | 13.0 | 14.4 |
| | SPD | Kay-Uwe Jagemann | Kay-Uwe Jagemann | 3,460 | 12.7 | 0.4 | 1,811 | 6.6 | 3.0 |
| | Greens | | | | | | 585 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| | FW | | | | | | 509 | 1.8 | |
| | FDP | | | | | | 296 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| | APT | | | | | | 293 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| | Familie | | | | | | 165 | 0.6 | |
| | BD | | | | | | 120 | 0.4 | |
| | Values | | | | | | 92 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 73 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 66 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 552 | | | 246 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,250 | | | 27,556 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,802 | 68.6 | 8.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 493 | 1.8 | 5.8 | | | |

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Jonas Urbach | Jonas Urbach | 7,878 | 31.1 | 5.1 | 6,500 | 25.6 | 9.1 |
| | AfD | Thomas Gröger | Thomas Gröger | 5,958 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 5,823 | 23.0 | 11.4 |
| | Left | Steffen Thormann | Steffen Thormann | 5,625 | 22.2 | 1.2 | 6,941 | 27.4 | 3.0 |
| | SPD | Oleg Shevchenko | Oleg Shevchenko | 3,124 | 12.3 | 5.1 | 2,441 | 9.6 | 5.5 |
| | Greens | Tino Gaßmann | Tino Gaßmann | 1,497 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 1,143 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| | FDP | Gerald Werner Schmidt | Gerald Werner Schmidt | 1,238 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1,306 | 5.1 | 2.6 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,209 | 4.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 416 | | | 373 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,320 | | | 25,363 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,736 | 60.2 | 11.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,920 | 7.6 | 5.2 | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Elke Holzapfel | Y Elke Holzapfel | 7,837 | 36.2 | 4.9 | 7,509 | 34.7 | 0.9 |
| | Left | Jörg Kubitzki | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,057 | 23.4 | 0.1 | 5,286 | 24.4 | 0.2 |
| | SPD | Holger Poppenhäger | Holger Poppenhäger | 3,764 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 3,272 | 15.1 | 5.0 |
| | AfD | Detlef Schiller | Detlef Schiller | 2,715 | 12.6 | | 2,520 | 11.6 | |
| | Greens | Tino Gaßmann | Tino Gaßmann | 1,246 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1,079 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| | FDP | Steffen Dreiling | Steffen Dreiling | 581 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 542 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
| | NPD | Marvin Schiel | Marvin Schiel | 425 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 580 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 875 | 4.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 335 | | | 297 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,625 | | | 21,663 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,960 | 49.1 | 6.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,780 | 12.8 | 5.0 | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Elke Holzapfel | Elke Holzapfel | 7,957 | 31.3 | 18.4 | 8,623 | 33.8 | 16.0 |
| | Left | Jörg Kubitzki | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,973 | 23.5 | 1.6 | 6,265 | 24.6 | 2.4 |
| | SPD | Bernd Münzberg | Bernd Münzberg | 5,123 | 20.1 | 3.4 | 5,124 | 20.1 | 5.5 |
| | Free Voters | Karl-Josef Montag | Karl-Josef Montag | 2,200 | 8.7 | | 1,267 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| | FDP | Steffen Dreiling | Steffen Dreiling | 2,064 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 2,023 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| | Greens | Knut Ewers | Knut Ewers | 1,276 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 1,233 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| | NPD | Sebastian Böde | Sebastian Böde | 839 | 3.3 | | 810 | 3.2 | 1.7 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 170 | 0.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 516 | | | 433 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,432 | | | 25,515 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,948 | 55.7 | 4.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,984 | 7.8 | 16.8 | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Thomas Kretschmer | Y Thomas Kretschmer | 11,498 | 49.7 | 3.3 | 11,702 | 49.8 | 4.2 |
| | PDS | Jörg Kubitzki | Jörg Kubitzki | 5,804 | 25.1 | 6.0 | 5,215 | 22.2 | 4.1 |
| | SPD | Walter Pilger | Walter Pilger | 3,873 | 16.7 | 6.0 | 3,436 | 14.6 | 6.3 |
| | Greens | Bernward Seipel | Bernward Seipel | 1,021 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 713 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| | FDP | Wolfgang Schwarzmann | Wolfgang Schwarzmann | 930 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 708 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,738 | 7.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,406 | | | 1,020 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,126 | | | 23,512 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,532 | 51.6 | 9.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 5,694 | 24.6 | 5.7 | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Thomas Kretschmer | Y Thomas Kretschmer | 15,431 | 53.1 | 8.8 | 15,813 | 54.0 | 8.7 |
| | SPD | Christine Eisenhut | Christine Eisenhut | 6,622 | 22.8 | 10.6 | 6,135 | 21.0 | 11.6 |
| | PDS | Benno Lemke | Benno Lemke | 5,521 | 19.0 | 6.2 | 5,290 | 18.1 | 4.7 |
| | Greens | Bernward Seipel | Bernward Seipel | 542 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 440 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| | REP | Andreas Bohne | Andreas Bohne | 513 | 1.8 | | 150 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Dietrich Hose | Dietrich Hose | 450 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 247 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,197 | 4.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 554 | | | 361 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,079 | | | 29,272 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,633 | 60.5 | 16.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,809 | 30.3 | 19.4 | | | |

### 1994 election

State election (1994): Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Thomas Kretschmer | Thomas Kretschmer | 16,091 | 44.3 | | 16,510 | 45.3 | |
| | SPD | | | 12,144 | 33.4 | | 11,891 | 32.6 | |
| | PDS | | | 4,654 | 12.8 | | 4,880 | 13.4 | |
| | FDP | | | 1,651 | 4.5 | | 1,015 | 2.8 | |
| | Greens | | | 1,492 | 4.1 | | 1,245 | 3.4 | |
| | DSU | | | 307 | 0.8 | | 118 | 0.3 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 810 | 2.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,117 | | | 987 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,339 | | | 36,469 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,456 | 76.6 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,947 | 10.9 | | | | |