Nordhausen II

Nordhausen 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 4. It comprises the city of Nordhausen within the Nordhausen district.[1]

Nordhausen II was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Katja Mitteldorf of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Nordhausen II comprises the municipality of Nordhausen, excluding the village of Buchholz, which is part of Nordhausen I.[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2014, during which time it was represented by Egon Primas (1990–1994) and Klaus Zeh (1994–2014). It was won by The Left in 2014, and represented by Katja Mitteldorf. She was re-elected in 2019.

Election Member Party  %
1990 Egon Primas CDU 47.3
1994 Klaus Zeh CDU 38.7
1999 45.7
2004 41.2
2009 32.3
2014 Katja Mitteldorf LINKE 32.9
2019 32.6

Election results

2019 election
State election (2019): Nordhausen II[2]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Katja Mitteldorf 6,216 32.6 Decrease 0.3 6,813 35.6 Increase 0.7
AfD Leupold Andreas 4,650 24.4 Increase 16.3 4,244 22.2 Increase 13.7
CDU Steffen Iffland 4,269 22.4 Decrease 8.9 3,532 18.4 Decrease 8.4
SPD Anika Gruner 1,651 8.7 Decrease 5.1 1,610 8.4 Decrease 6.2
Greens Sylvia Spehr 1,187 6.2 Increase 0.2 1,002 5.2 Decrease 0.9
FDP Carsten Dobras 668 3.5 Increase 1.6 760 4.0 Increase 1.4
Free Voters Helmut Günther 348 1.8 Decrease 1.1
MLPD Kurt Kleffel 94 0.5 69 0.4
List-only parties 1,116 5.8
Informal votes 267 204
Total Valid votes 19,083 19,146
Turnout 19,350 57.8 Increase 12.2
Left hold Majority 1,566 8.2 Increase 6.6

2014 election
State election (2014): Nordhausen II[3]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Katja Mitteldorf 5,192 32.9 Increase 2.8 5,524 34.9 Increase 4.5
CDU Inge Klaan 4,949 31.3 Decrease 0.9 4,239 26.8 Decrease 1.1
SPD Andreas Wieninger 2,185 13.8 Decrease 8.9 2,303 14.6 Decrease 7.9
AfD Alex Haake 1,285 8.1 1,338 8.5
Greens Rüdiger Neitzke 953 6.0 Increase 0.3 964 6.1 Decrease 0.7
NPD Ralf Friedrich 475 3.0 Decrease 1.2 531 3.4 Decrease 0.7
Free Voters Uwe Chour 457 2.9 217 1.4 Increase 0.1
FDP Manuel Thume 296 1.9 Decrease 3.1 407 2.6 Decrease 4.0
List-only parties 292 1.8
Informal votes 194 171
Total Valid votes 15,792 15,815
Turnout 15,986 45.6 Decrease 6.9
Left gain from CDU Majority 243 1.6

2009 election
State election (2009): Nordhausen II[4]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Klaus Zeh 5,955 32.3 Decrease 8.9 5,131 27.8 Decrease 10.8
Left Rainer Bachmann 5,555 30.1 Decrease 1.8 5,616 30.4 Decrease 0.8
SPD Andreas Wieninger 4,196 22.8 Increase 5.5 4,159 22.5 Increase 6.1
Greens Jörg Blobel 1,052 5.7 Decrease 0.1 1,274 6.9 Increase 2.3
FDP Rainer Rodekirchen 917 5.0 Increase 1.1 1,209 6.5 Increase 2.9
NPD Ralf Friedrich 765 4.1 743 4.0 Increase 2.5
List-only parties 335 1.8
Informal votes 312 285
Total Valid votes 18,440 18,467
Turnout 18,752 52.3 Increase 6.3
CDU hold Majority 400 2.2 Decrease 7.1

2004 election
State election (2004): Nordhausen II[5]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Klaus Zeh 6,615 41.2 Decrease 4.5 6,182 38.6 Decrease 7.2
PDS Rainer Bachmann 5,124 31.9 Increase 7.0 4,993 31.2 Increase 6.4
SPD Manfred Breitrück 2,784 17.3 Decrease 6.9 2,630 16.4 Decrease 6.0
Greens Gisela Hartmann 925 5.8 Increase 3.2 736 4.6 Increase 2.7
FDP Marcel Hardrath 620 3.9 Increase 2.9 569 3.6 Increase 2.9
List-only parties 890 5.6
Informal votes 530 598
Total Valid votes 16,068 16,000
Turnout 16,598 46.0 Decrease 10.4
CDU hold Majority 1,491 9.3 Decrease 11.5

1999 election
State election (1999): Nordhausen II[6]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Klaus Zeh 9,390 45.7 Increase 7.0 9,430 45.8 Increase 8.3
PDS Klaus Gorges 5,121 24.9 Increase 0.8 5,107 24.8 Increase 3.9
SPD Richard Dewes 4,969 24.2 Decrease 5.2 4,619 22.4 Decrease 9.9
Greens 539 2.6 Decrease 3.2 384 1.9 Decrease 1.9
REP Elke Wittger 347 1.7 106 0.5 Decrease 0.7
FDP Margret Duensing 197 1.0 Decrease 1.1 149 0.7 Decrease 1.3
List-only parties 789 3.8
Informal votes 267 246
Total Valid votes 20,563 20,584
Turnout 20,830 56.3 Decrease 16.2
CDU hold Majority 4,269 20.8 Increase 11.5

1994 election
State election (1994): Nordhausen II[7]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Klaus Zeh 10,616 38.7 Decrease 8.6 10,331 37.5 Decrease 9.4
SPD 8,091 29.5 Increase 5.2 8,956 32.5 Increase 4.1
PDS 6,557 23.9 Increase 17.2 5,739 20.8 Increase 13.8
Greens 1,577 5.8 Increase 1.2 1,066 3.9 Decrease 0.5
FDP 562 2.1 Decrease 5.9 558 2.0 Decrease 7.3
List-only parties 935 3.4
Informal votes 716 534
Total Valid votes 27,403 27,585
Turnout 28,119 72.6 Decrease 1.2
CDU hold Majority 2,525 9.2 Decrease 13.8

1990 election
State election (1990): Nordhausen II[8]
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Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Egon Primas 13,811 47.3 13,766 46.9
SPD 7,102 24.3 8,339 28.4
FDP 2,325 8.0 2,731 9.3
PDS 1,949 6.7 2,061 7.0
Greens 1,338 4.6 1,287 4.4
Independent 1,183 4.1
DFD 981 3.4 389 1.3
DSU 370 1.3 270 0.9
UFV 139 0.5 125 0.4
List-only parties 373 1.3
Informal votes 1,277 1,134
Total Valid votes 29,198 29,341
Turnout 30,475 73.8
CDU win new seat Majority 6,709 23.0

References
  1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
  2. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
  3. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
  4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
  5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
  6. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
  7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
  8. Wahlen in Thüringen 1990
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