# Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II

Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 20. It covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district.
Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Melanie Berger of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II covers the eastern part of Hildburghausen district and the northern part of Sonneberg district, specifically the municipalities of Auengrund, Brünn/Thür., Eisfeld, Masserberg, Schleusegrund, and Schleusingen (from Hildburghausen), and Goldisthal, Lauscha, Neuhaus am Rennweg (excluding Lichte und Piesau), and Steinach (from Sonneberg).

## Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2024. Its first representative was Bernd Wolf, who served from 1994 to 2004, followed by Henry Worm from 2004 until 2024. At the 2024 election, the constituency was gained by Melanie Berger of Alternative for Germany.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1994 | Bernd Wolf | CDU | 39.7 |
| 1999 | Bernd Wolf | CDU | 48.6 |
| 2004 | Henry Worm | CDU | 43.4 |
| 2009 | Henry Worm | CDU | 35.8 |
| 2014 | Henry Worm | CDU | 44.0 |
| 2019 | Henry Worm | CDU | 34.1 |
| 2024 | Melanie Berger | AfD | 41.6 |

## Election results
### 2024 election

State election (2024): Hildburghausen II/Sonneberg 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 | Melanie Berger | Melanie Berger | 10,257 | 41.6 | 17.9 | 9,516 | 38.2 | 15.4 |
| | CDU | N Henry Worm | N Henry Worm | 8,402 | 34.1 | | 5,709 | 22.9 | 3.2 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 4,288 | 17.2 | |
| | Left | Linda Strong | Linda Strong | 2,724 | 11.1 | 17.1 | 2,611 | 10.5 | 22.4 |
| | FW | Robin Lützelberger | Robin Lützelberger | 2,031 | 8.2 | | 901 | 3.6 | |
| | SPD | Anja Beauty | Anja Beauty | 1,228 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 851 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| | Greens | | | | | | 221 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| | APT | | | | | | 196 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | FDP | | | | | | 188 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| | Values | | | | | | 118 | 0.5 | |
| | Familie | | | | | | 100 | 0.5 | |
| | BD | | | | | | 94 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 66 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 50 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 493 | | | 203 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,642 | | | 24,932 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,135 | 74.2 | 11.2 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,855 | 7.5 | | | | |

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Henry Worm | Y Henry Worm | 7,323 | 34.1 | 9.9 | 5,630 | 26.1 | 11.5 |
| | Left | Tilo Kummer | Tilo Kummer | 6,069 | 28.2 | 3.1 | 7,089 | 32.9 | 3.0 |
| | AfD | Holger Winterstein | Holger Winterstein | 5,089 | 23.7 | | 4,908 | 22.8 | 14.0 |
| | SPD | Claudia Scheerschmidt | Claudia Scheerschmidt | 1,367 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 1,485 | 6.9 | 5.6 |
| | Greens | Antje Duckwitz | Antje Duckwitz | 888 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 649 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Robert-Martin Montag | Robert-Martin Montag | 706 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 764 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| | MLPD | Klaus Dimler | Klaus Dimler | 52 | 0.2 | | 42 | 0.2 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 969 | 4.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 286 | | | 244 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,494 | | | 21,536 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,780 | 63.0 | 12.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,254 | 5.9 | 6.8 | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Henry Worm | Y Henry Worm | 7,437 | 44.0 | 8.2 | 6,398 | 37.6 | 4.6 |
| | Left | Stefan Harzer | Stefan Harzer | 5,288 | 31.3 | 3.6 | 5,096 | 29.9 | 2.4 |
| | SPD | Alexander Humann | Alexander Humann | 2,384 | 14.1 | 1.6 | 2,128 | 12.5 | 4.6 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 1,494 | 8.8 | |
| | Greens | Karen Thimel | Karen Thimel | 673 | 4.0 | | 565 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | 595 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 484 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| | FDP | Thomas Vollmar | Thomas Vollmar | 518 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 323 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 542 | 3.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 298 | | | 163 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,895 | | | 17,030 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,193 | 50.4 | 3.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,149 | 12.7 | 11.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Henry Worm | Y Henry Worm | 6,928 | 35.8 | 7.6 | 6,436 | 33.0 | 12.6 |
| | Left | Wolfgang May | Wolfgang May | 6,756 | 34.9 | 2.7 | 6,300 | 32.3 | 5.7 |
| | SPD | David Fritsch | David Fritsch | 3,034 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 3,342 | 17.1 | 1.2 |
| | FDP | Felix Rösel | Felix Rösel | 1,656 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1,343 | 6.9 | 3.9 |
| | NPD | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | Uwe Bäz-Dölle | 998 | 5.2 | | 809 | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,293 | 6.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 517 | | | 366 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,372 | | | 19,523 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,889 | 53.9 | 2.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 172 | 0.9 | 10.3 | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 | Henry Worm | Henry Worm | 8,107 | 43.4 | 5.2 | 8,669 | 45.6 | 5.2 |
| | PDS | Wolfgang May | Wolfgang May | 6,011 | 32.2 | 8.9 | 5,063 | 26.6 | 3.4 |
| | SPD | Bernd Lauche | Bernd Lauche | 3,426 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 3,033 | 15.9 | 2.6 |
| | FDP | Thomas Vollmar | Thomas Vollmar | 1,121 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 577 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,677 | 8.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,235 | | | 881 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,665 | | | 19,019 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,900 | 51.4 | 10.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,096 | 11.2 | 14.1 | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 Bernd Wolf | Y Bernd Wolf | 11,541 | 48.6 | 8.9 | 12,130 | 50.8 | 8.1 |
| | PDS | Stefan Hiederich | Stefan Hiederich | 5,538 | 23.3 | 8.1 | 5,531 | 23.2 | 7.2 |
| | SPD | Uwe Höhn | Uwe Höhn | 5,375 | 22.6 | 9.1 | 4,409 | 18.5 | 12.0 |
| | REP | Manfred Schlichting | Manfred Schlichting | 547 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 141 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| | FDP | Thomas Vollmar | Thomas Vollmar | 449 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 272 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| | Greens | Richard Schmid | Richard Schmid | 307 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 228 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,149 | 4.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 462 | | | 359 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,757 | | | 23,860 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,219 | 61.5 | 15.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 6,003 | 25.3 | 17.3 | | | |

### 1994 election

State election (1994): Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg 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 | Bernd Wolf | Bernd Wolf | 11,567 | 39.7 | | 12,458 | 42.7 | |
| | SPD | | | 9,236 | 31.7 | | 8,896 | 30.5 | |
| | PDS | | | 4,436 | 15.2 | | 4,679 | 16.0 | |
| | FDP | | | 2,153 | 7.4 | | 1,088 | 3.7 | |
| | Greens | | | 1,180 | 4.1 | | 897 | 3.1 | |
| | REP | | | 562 | 1.9 | | 541 | 1.9 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 643 | 2.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,067 | | | 999 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,134 | | | 29,202 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,201 | 77.0 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 2,331 | 8.0 | | | | |