align="right" colspan=2| Valid votes ! align="right" | 1,108,388 ! align="right" | 98.8 ! align="right" | 0.2 ! align="right" | ! align="right" | ! align="right" | |- ! align="right" colspan=2| Blank and invalid votes ! align="right" | 13,426 ! align="right" | 1.2 ! align="right" | 0.2 ! align="right" | ! align="right" | ! align="right" | |- ! align="right" colspan=2| Total ! align="right" | 1,121,814 ! align="right" | 100.0 ! align="right" | ! align="right" | 90 ! align="right" | 1 ! align="right" | |- ! colspan="2" | Electorate / voter turnout !1,729,242 !64.9 !12.2 ! ! ! |- | colspan=9 align=left | Source: Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik |} Local government Thuringia is divided into 17 districts (Landkreise): Altenburger Land Eichsfeld Gotha Greiz Hildburghausen Ilm-Kreis Kyffhäuserkreis Nordhausen Saale-Holzland-Kreis Saale-Orla-Kreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Schmalkalden-Meiningen Sömmerda Sonneberg Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Wartburgkreis Weimarer Land Furthermore, there are five urban districts: Erfurt (EF) Gera (G) Jena (J) Suhl (SHL) Weimar (WE) Economy Thuringia's economy is marked by the economic transition that happened after the German reunification and led to the closure of most of the factories within the Land. The unemployment rate reached a peak in 2005. Since that year, the economy has seen an upturn and the general economic situation has improved. Agriculture and forestry Agriculture and forestry have declined in importance over the decades. Nevertheless, they are more important than in most other areas of Germany, especially within rural regions. 54% of Thuringia's territory is in agricultural use. The fertile basins such as the large Thuringian Basin or the smaller Goldene Aue, Orlasenke and Osterland are in intensive use for growing cereals, vegetables, fruits and energy crops. Important products are apples, strawberries, cherries and plums in the fruit sector, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes (grown in greenhouses), onions, cucumbers and asparagus in the vegetable sector, as well as maize, rapeseed, wheat, barley and sugar beets in the crop sector. Meat production and processing is also an important activity, with swine, cattle, chickens and turkeys in focus. Furthermore, there are many milk and cheese producers, as well as laying hens. Trout and carp are traditionally bred in aquaculture in many villages. Most agricultural enterprises are large cooperatives, founded as Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft during the GDR period, and meat producers are part of multinational companies. Traditional private peasant agriculture is an exception, as is organic farming. Thuringia's only wine-growing district is around Bad Sulza north of Weimar and Jena along the Ilm and