# Altenburger Land I

Altenburger Land 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 43. It covers the western part of Altenburger Land.
Altenburger Land I was created for the 1994 state election. Originally named Altenburg I, it was renamed after the 1994 election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Thomas Hoffmann of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Altenburger Land I covers the western part of Altenburger Land, specifically the municipalities of Dobitschen, Göhren, Göllnitz, Gößnitz, Heukewalde, Heyersdorf, Jonaswalde, Kriebitzsch, Löbichau, Lödla, Lucka, Mehna, Meuselwitz, Monstab, Ponitz, Posterstein, Rositz, Schmölln, Starkenberg, Thonhausen, and Vollmershain.

## Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1994 until 2019, and was represented by Fritz Schröter (1994–2014) and Simone Schulze (2014–2019). It was won by Alternative for Germany in 2019 and represented by Thomas-Otto Rudy. In 2024, Thomas Hoffmann held the seat for the AfD.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1994 | Fritz Schröter | CDU | 46.9 |
| 1999 | Fritz Schröter | CDU | 48.4 |
| 2004 | Fritz Schröter | CDU | 40.1 |
| 2009 | Fritz Schröter | CDU | 34.0 |
| 2014 | Simone Schulze | CDU | 34.5 |
| 2019 | Thomas-Otto Rudy | AfD | 29.5 |
| 2024 | Thomas Hoffmann | AfD | 42.4 |

## Election results
### 1994 election

State election (1994): Altenburg 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 | Fritz Schröter | Fritz Schröter | 15,950 | 46.9 | | 15,664 | 46.0 | |
| | SPD | | | 11,468 | 33.7 | | 10,535 | 30.9 | |
| | PDS | | | 4,955 | 14.6 | | 4,693 | 13.8 | |
| | FDP | | | 1,638 | 4.8 | | 946 | 2.8 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 2,233 | 6.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,526 | | | 1,466 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,011 | | | 34,071 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,537 | 73.1 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 3,482 | 13.2 | | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Altenburger Land 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 Fritz Schröter | Y Fritz Schröter | 12,667 | 48.4 | 1.5 | 13,289 | 50.2 | 4.2 |
| | PDS | Michaele Sojka | Michaele Sojka | 6,667 | 25.5 | 11.0 | 6,009 | 22.7 | 8.9 |
| | SPD | Sieghardt Rydzewski | Sieghardt Rydzewski | 5,046 | 19.3 | 14.4 | 4,646 | 17.6 | 13.3 |
| | FDP | Rolf Hermann | Rolf Hermann | 1,780 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 403 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 2,101 | 7.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 775 | | | 487 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,160 | | | 26,448 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,935 | 55.2 | 18.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 6,000 | 22.9 | 9.7 | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Altenburger Land 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 Fritz Schröter | Y Fritz Schröter | 9,096 | 40.1 | 8.3 | 10,125 | 44.6 | 5.6 |
| | PDS | Michaele Sojka | Michaele Sojka | 6,731 | 29.7 | 4.2 | 5,848 | 25.8 | 3.1 |
| | SPD | Hartmut Schubert | Hartmut Schubert | 5,156 | 22.7 | 3.4 | 3,450 | 15.2 | 2.4 |
| | FDP | Karsten Schalla | Karsten Schalla | 1,718 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 964 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 2,320 | 10.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,255 | | | 1,249 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,701 | | | 22,707 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,956 | 50.6 | 4.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,365 | 10.4 | 12.5 | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Altenburger Land 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 Fritz Schröter | Y Fritz Schröter | 7,942 | 34.0 | 6.1 | 8,214 | 34.9 | 9.7 |
| | Left | Michaele Sojka | Michaele Sojka | 7,394 | 31.7 | 2.0 | 6,460 | 27.4 | 1.6 |
| | SPD | Brita Große | Brita Große | 4,299 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 4,225 | 18.0 | 2.8 |
| | FDP | Steffen Plaul | Steffen Plaul | 2,340 | 10.0 | 2.4 | 1,834 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
| | NPD | Jenny Claas | Jenny Claas | 1,373 | 5.9 | | 1,259 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| | Greens | | | | | | 786 | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 759 | 3.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 781 | | | 592 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,348 | | | 23,537 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,129 | 53.3 | 2.7 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 548 | 2.3 | 8.1 | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Altenburger Land 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 | Simone Schulze | Simone Schulze | 6,823 | 34.5 | 0.5 | 6,913 | 34.7 | 0.2 |
| | Left | Ute Lukasch | Ute Lukasch | 5,519 | 27.9 | 3.8 | 5,533 | 27.8 | 0.4 |
| | SPD | Hartmut Schubert | Hartmut Schubert | 4,076 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 2,486 | 12.5 | 5.5 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 2,395 | 12.0 | |
| | Free Voters | Steffen Kühn | Steffen Kühn | 1,397 | 7.1 | | 453 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | Anja Neubauer | Anja Neubauer | 1,247 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 829 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
| | Greens | Paula Piechotta | Paula Piechotta | 706 | 3.6 | | 640 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 662 | 3.3 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 477 | | | 334 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,768 | | | 19,911 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,245 | 49.1 | 4.2 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,304 | 6.6 | 4.3 | | | |

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Altenburger Land 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 | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Thomas-Otto Rudy | Thomas-Otto Rudy | 6,547 | 29.5 | | 6,601 | 29.6 | 17.6 |
| | Left | Ute Lukasch | Ute Lukasch | 5,380 | 24.3 | 3.6 | 6,381 | 28.6 | 0.8 |
| | CDU | N Simone Schulze | N Simone Schulze | 5,251 | 23.7 | 10.8 | 4,715 | 21.2 | 13.5 |
| | SPD | Hartmut Schubert | Hartmut Schubert | 2,505 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 1,662 | 7.5 | 5.0 |
| | FDP | Udo Pick | Udo Pick | 1,551 | 7.0 | | 1,085 | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| | Greens | Nick Purand | Nick Purand | 779 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 652 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| | MLPD | Steffen Heinke | Steffen Heinke | 149 | 0.7 | | 53 | 0.2 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,128 | 5.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 436 | | | 321 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,162 | | | 22,277 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,598 | 61.4 | 12.3 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,167 | 5.2 | | | | |

### 2024 election

State election (2024): Altenburger Land 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 | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Thomas Hoffmann | Thomas Hoffmann | 10,519 | 42.4 | 12.9 | 10,293 | 41.3 | 11.7 |
| | CDU | Julian Degner | Julian Degner | 6,340 | 25.5 | 1.8 | 5,465 | 21.9 | 0.7 |
| | BSW | Tine Rolle | Tine Rolle | 3,871 | 15.6 | | 4,098 | 16.5 | |
| | Left | Mandy Eißing | Mandy Eißing | 1,978 | 8.0 | 16.3 | 2,294 | 9.2 | 19.4 |
| | SPD | Frank Rauschenbach | Frank Rauschenbach | 1,256 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 1,128 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| | FW | Frank Hauffe | Frank Hauffe | 562 | 2.3 | | 251 | 1.0 | |
| | Greens | | | | | | 318 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| | FDP | Jörg Wachter | Jörg Wachter | 295 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 237 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| | APT | | | | | | 258 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| | BD | | | | | | 230 | 0.9 | |
| | Familie | | | | | | 137 | 0.6 | |
| | Values | | | | | | 83 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 58 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 31 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 22 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 299 | | | 217 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,821 | | | 24,903 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,120 | 71.8 | 10.4 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 4,179 | 16.9 | 11.7 | | | |