# Sömmerda II

Sömmerda II 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 17. It covers most of the Sömmerda district, including the city of Sömmerda.
Sömmerda II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Torsten Czuppon of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Sömmerda II covers most of the Sömmerda district, specifically the municipalities of Alperstedt, Büchel, Buttstädt, Eckstedt, Griefstedt, Großmölsen, Großneuhausen, Großrudestedt, Günstedt, Kindelbrück, Kleinmölsen, Kleinneuhausen, Kölleda, Markvippach, Nöda, Ollendorf, Ostramondra, Rastenberg, Riethgen, Schloßvippach, Sömmerda, Sprötau, Udestedt, Vogelsberg, and Weißensee.

## Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Dietmar Werner (1994–1999) and Christian Carius (1999–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019, and is represented by Torsten Czuppon.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1994 | Dietmar Werner | CDU | 44.9 |
| 1999 | Christian Carius | CDU | 47.7 |
| 2004 | Christian Carius | CDU | 43.7 |
| 2009 | Christian Carius | CDU | 31.2 |
| 2014 | Christian Carius | CDU | 38.3 |
| 2019 | Torsten Czuppon | AfD | 29.6 |
| 2024 | Torsten Czuppon | AfD | 42.8 |

## Election results
### 2024 election

State election (2024): Sömmerda II :
| 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 | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Y Torsten Czuppon | Y Torsten Czuppon | 13,084 | 42.8 | 13.2 | 11,768 | 38.1 | 10.9 |
| | CDU | Klaus Wagner | Klaus Wagner | 9,389 | 30.7 | 6.3 | 6,629 | 21.5 | 0.1 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 5,222 | 16.9 | |
| | Left | Annabell Zoegger | Annabell Zoegger | 4,798 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 3,883 | 12.6 | 17.9 |
| | SPD | Stefan Carow | Stefan Carow | 1,561 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 1,309 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| | Greens | | | | | | 470 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| | FW | Michael Schneider | Michael Schneider | 1,212 | 4.0 | | 313 | 1.0 | |
| | FDP | Uwe Schaefer | Uwe Schaefer | 529 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 408 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| | APT | | | | | | 318 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| | Familie | | | | | | 165 | 0.5 | |
| | BD | | | | | | 153 | 0.5 | |
| | Values | | | | | | 78 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 71 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 51 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 37 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 602 | | | 300 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,573 | | | 30,875 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,175 | 72.5 | 9.6 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 3,695 | 12.1 | 9.6 | | | |

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Sömmerda II :
| 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 | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Torsten Czuppon | Torsten Czuppon | 8,175 | 29.6 | 19.6 | 7,532 | 27.2 | 17.2 |
| | Left | Heike Werner | Heike Werner | 7,472 | 27.1 | 1.5 | 8,450 | 30.5 | 2.7 |
| | CDU | Rita Schmidtke | Rita Schmidtke | 6,740 | 24.4 | 13.9 | 5,920 | 21.4 | 12.7 |
| | SPD | Christopher Harsch | Christopher Harsch | 2,325 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 1,844 | 6.7 | 3.8 |
| | FDP | Uwe Schäfer | Uwe Schäfer | 1,298 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1,407 | 5.1 | 1.8 |
| | Greens | Roberto Kobelt | Roberto Kobelt | 1,064 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 911 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| | Independent | Horst Pickrodt | Horst Pickrodt | 397 | 1.4 | | | | |
| | MLPD | Joachim Bauerle | Joachim Bauerle | 135 | 0.5 | | 100 | 0.4 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,532 | 5.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 480 | | | 390 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,606 | | | 27,696 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,086 | 62.9 | 11.7 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 703 | 2.5 | | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Sömmerda II :
| 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 Christian Carius | Y Christian Carius | 9,041 | 38.3 | 7.1 | 8,057 | 34.1 | 2.3 |
| | Left | Tobias Steinkopf | Tobias Steinkopf | 6,044 | 25.6 | 2.8 | 6,560 | 27.8 | 0.2 |
| | SPD | Frank Weber | Frank Weber | 2,374 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 2,485 | 10.5 | 6.1 |
| | AfD | Heike Rothe | Heike Rothe | 2,359 | 10.0 | | 2,358 | 10.0 | |
| | NPD | Franz Kotzott | Franz Kotzott | 1,066 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 1,359 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| | Greens | Matthias Finger | Matthias Finger | 962 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 973 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| | Free Voters | Sandra Bielesch | Sandra Bielesch | 874 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 612 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| | FDP | Heinz Untermann | Heinz Untermann | 868 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 787 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 410 | 1.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 346 | | | 333 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,588 | | | 23,601 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,934 | 51.2 | 4.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,997 | 12.7 | 9.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Sömmerda II :
| 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 Christian Carius | Y Christian Carius | 8,379 | 31.2 | 13.9 | 8,557 | 31.8 | 13.9 |
| | Left | Ralf Hauboldt | Ralf Hauboldt | 7,634 | 28.4 | 1.9 | 7,428 | 27.6 | 0.9 |
| | SPD | Frank Weber | Frank Weber | 3,768 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 4,460 | 16.6 | 4.0 |
| | Free Voters | Udo Hoffmann | Udo Hoffmann | 2,397 | 8.9 | | 1,519 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| | FDP | Heinz Untermann | Heinz Untermann | 1,981 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 1,973 | 7.3 | 3.5 |
| | NPD | Dominik Weinlich | Dominik Weinlich | 1,383 | 5.1 | | 1,455 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| | Greens | Kerstin Schnelle | Kerstin Schnelle | 1,314 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 1,306 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 233 | 0.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 645 | | | 570 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,856 | | | 26,931 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,501 | 55.5 | 2.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 745 | 2.8 | 12.0 | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Sömmerda II :
| 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 Christian Carius | Y Christian Carius | 9,225 | 43.7 | 4.0 | 9,663 | 45.3 | 6.3 |
| | PDS | Ralf Hauboldt | Ralf Hauboldt | 6,617 | 31.4 | 8.8 | 5,820 | 27.3 | 6.3 |
| | SPD | Keven Forbrig | Keven Forbrig | 2,989 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 2,717 | 12.7 | 4.5 |
| | FDP | Heinz Untermann | Heinz Untermann | 1,316 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 786 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| | Greens | Karin Kuhl | Karin Kuhl | 959 | 4.5 | | 742 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,624 | 7.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,222 | | | 976 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,106 | | | 21,352 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,328 | 52.0 | 6.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,608 | 12.3 | 12.8 | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Sömmerda II :
| 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 | Christian Carius | Christian Carius | 11,986 | 47.7 | 2.8 | 13,017 | 51.6 | 6.6 |
| | PDS | Ralf Hauboldt | Ralf Hauboldt | 5,675 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 5,288 | 21.0 | 6.0 |
| | SPD | Dieter Mäde | Dieter Mäde | 5,312 | 21.1 | 10.9 | 4,330 | 17.2 | 12.0 |
| | VIBT | Elisabeth Mäschker | Elisabeth Mäschker | 695 | 2.8 | | 386 | 1.5 | |
| | REP | Udo Hoffmann | Udo Hoffmann | 662 | 2.6 | | 191 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | FDP | Horst Grunert | Horst Grunert | 548 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 324 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| | DSU | Herbert Alexander | Herbert Alexander | 240 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 131 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,557 | 6.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 502 | | | 396 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,118 | | | 25,224 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,620 | 58.0 | 14.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 6,311 | 25.1 | 12.1 | | | |

### 1994 election

State election (1994): Sömmerda II :
| 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 | Dietmar Werner | Dietmar Werner | 14,482 | 44.9 | | 14,523 | 45.0 | |
| | SPD | | | 10,292 | 31.9 | | 9,410 | 29.1 | |
| | PDS | | | 4,440 | 13.8 | | 4,870 | 15.1 | |
| | Greens | | | 1,549 | 4.8 | | 1,411 | 4.4 | |
| | FDP | | | 1,084 | 3.4 | | 1,032 | 3.2 | |
| | DSU | | | 382 | 1.2 | | 212 | 0.7 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 831 | 2.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,084 | | | 1,024 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,229 | | | 32,289 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,313 | 72.7 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 4,190 | 13.0 | | | | |