Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 189. It is located in northern Thuringia, comprising the districts of Nordhausen, Eichsfeld, and Kyffhäuserkreis.[1]

189 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis in 2017
StateThuringia
Population263,800 (2015)
Electorate216,673 (2017)
Major settlementsNordhausen
Sondershausen
Leinefelde-Worbis
Area2,694.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberManfred Grund
Elected1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 1994, it has been represented by Manfred Grund of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis is located in northern Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Eichsfeld, Nordhausen, and Kyffhäuserkreis.[1]

History

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt. In the 2002 election, it was named Eichsfeld – Nordhausen. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it was named Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 296 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 190. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 189.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Nordhausen, Worbis, and Heiligenstadt. In the 2002 election, it comprised the districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld as well as the municipalities of Mühlhausen, Anrode, Dünwald, and Unstruttal and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Hildebrandshausen/Lengenfeld unterm Stein from the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 296 Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt
  • Nordhausen district
  • Worbis district
  • Heiligenstadt district
1994
1998
2002 190 Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt
2005 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I
2009 189
2013
2017 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Gerhard Reddemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994. Manfred Grund of the CDU was elected in 1994, and re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1990 Gerhard Reddemann CDU 56.6
1994 Manfred Grund CDU 51.4
1998 40.1
2002 41.3
2005 37.4
2009 43.0
2013 49.8
2017 38.0

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis[3]
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.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Manfred Grund 59,318 38.0 9.9 52,667 33.8 9.7
AfD Jürgen Pohl 33,402 21.4 32,854 21.1 16.0
Left Kersten Steinke 23,848 15.3 7.0 22,613 14.5 7.2
SPD Steffen-Claudio Lemme 22,320 14.3 2.0 21,652 13.9 1.4
FDP Ronald Krügel 7,633 4.9 3.5 11,974 7.7 5.0
Green Stephanie Kespohl 3,992 2.6 0.5 4,778 3.1 0.7
NPD   2,473 1.6 1.6
FW Uwe Reiche 2,869 1.8 0.4 2,167 1.4 0.2
PARTEI   1,474 0.9
ÖDP Karl-Edmund Vogt 1,929 1.2 0.3 1,166 0.7 0.3
BGE   865 0.6
Pirates   503 0.3 1.6
Independent Severin Rascopp 386 0.2
Independent Eckehart Rieth 378 0.2
DM 349 0.2
V-Partei³ 241 0.2
MLPD   153 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,264 2,410
Total Valid votes 156,075 155,929
Turnout 158,339 73.1 5.5
CDU hold Majority 25,916 16.6 13.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[4]
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.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Manfred Grund 65,784 49.8 6.9 59,234 44.8 6.4
Left Sigrid Hupach 26,091 19.8 4.7 26,322 19.9 4.1
SPD Carmen Listemann 21,826 16.5 0.4 20,182 15.3 1.3
AfD   6,995 5.3
NPD Thorsten Heise 4,371 3.3 0.5 3,767 2.9 0.2
Green Norbert Sondermann 4,129 3.1 1.0 5,293 4.0 0.8
Pirates Heiko Windisch 2,702 2.0 2,366 1.8 0.1
ÖDP Susann Mai 2,671 2.0 1.0 1,646 1.2 0.5
FW Marco Tasch 2,606 2.0 2,387 1.8
FDP Steffen Dreiling 1,825 1.4 6.0 3,661 2.8 7.9
REP   199 0.2 0.1
MLPD   103 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,008 1,858
Total Valid votes 132,005 132,155
Turnout 134,013 68.2 1.5
CDU hold Majority 39,693 30.0 11.5

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[5]
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.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Manfred Grund 57,882 43.0 5.6 51,863 38.5 6.1
Left Alexander Scharff 33,005 24.5 3.8 32,391 24.0 1.7
SPD Joachim Schwiderke 22,854 17.0 12.8 22,341 16.6 11.7
FDP Andreas Klaschka 9,942 7.4 2.6 14,382 10.7 2.3
Green Michael Hoffmeier 5,540 4.1 1.6 6,507 4.8 0.9
NPD Thorsten Heise 3,798 2.8 0.5 3,631 2.7 0.5
Pirates   2,309 1.7
ÖDP Karl-Edmund Vogt 1,416 1.1 1,009 0.7
Independent Bärbel Macamo 309 0.2
REP   299 0.2 0.3
MLPD   127 0.1 0.2
Informal votes 1,658 1,545
Total Valid votes 134,746 134,859
Turnout 136,404 66.6 9.3
CDU hold Majority 24,877 18.5 10.8

References
  1. "Constituency Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
  4. Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I
  5. Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I
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