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.

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

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): Nordhausen II[2]
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	%	±%
	Left	Y Katja Mitteldorf		6,216	32.6	0.3	6,813	35.6	0.7
	AfD	Leupold Andreas		4,650	24.4	16.3	4,244	22.2	13.7
	CDU	Steffen Iffland		4,269	22.4	8.9	3,532	18.4	8.4
	SPD	Anika Gruner		1,651	8.7	5.1	1,610	8.4	6.2
	Green	Sylvia Spehr		1,187	6.2	0.2	1,002	5.2	0.9
	FDP	Carsten Dobras		668	3.5	1.6	760	4.0	1.4
	Free Voters	Helmut Günther		348	1.8	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	12.2
	Left hold		Majority	1,566	8.2	6.6

2014 election

State election (2014): Nordhausen II[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	%	±%
	Left	Katja Mitteldorf		5,192	32.9	2.8	5,524	34.9	4.5
	CDU	Inge Klaan		4,949	31.3	0.9	4,239	26.8	1.1
	SPD	Andreas Wieninger		2,185	13.8	8.9	2,303	14.6	7.9
	AfD	Alex Haake		1,285	8.1		1,338	8.5
	Green	Rüdiger Neitzke		953	6.0	0.3	964	6.1	0.7
	NPD	Ralf Friedrich		475	3.0	1.2	531	3.4	0.7
	Free Voters	Uwe Chour		457	2.9		217	1.4	0.1
	FDP	Manuel Thume		296	1.9	3.1	407	2.6	4.0
	List-only parties						292	1.8
Informal votes				194			171
Total Valid votes				15,792			15,815
Turnout				15,986	45.6	6.9
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	243	1.6

2009 election

State election (2009): Nordhausen II[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 Klaus Zeh		5,955	32.3	8.9	5,131	27.8	10.8
	Left	Rainer Bachmann		5,555	30.1	1.8	5,616	30.4	0.8
	SPD	Andreas Wieninger		4,196	22.8	5.5	4,159	22.5	6.1
	Green	Jörg Blobel		1,052	5.7	0.1	1,274	6.9	2.3
	FDP	Rainer Rodekirchen		917	5.0	1.1	1,209	6.5	2.9
	NPD	Ralf Friedrich		765	4.1		743	4.0	2.5
	List-only parties						335	1.8
Informal votes				312			285
Total Valid votes				18,440			18,467
Turnout				18,752	52.3	6.3
	CDU hold		Majority	400	2.2	7.1

2004 election

State election (2004): Nordhausen II[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 Klaus Zeh		6,615	41.2	4.5	6,182	38.6	7.2
	PDS	Rainer Bachmann		5,124	31.9	7.0	4,993	31.2	6.4
	SPD	Manfred Breitrück		2,784	17.3	6.9	2,630	16.4	6.0
	Green	Gisela Hartmann		925	5.8	3.2	736	4.6	2.7
	FDP	Marcel Hardrath		620	3.9	2.9	569	3.6	2.9
	List-only parties						890	5.6
Informal votes				530			598
Total Valid votes				16,068			16,000
Turnout				16,598	46.0	10.4
	CDU hold		Majority	1,491	9.3	11.5

1999 election

State election (1999): Nordhausen II[6]
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 Klaus Zeh		9,390	45.7	7.0	9,430	45.8	8.3
	PDS	Klaus Gorges		5,121	24.9	0.8	5,107	24.8	3.9
	SPD	Richard Dewes		4,969	24.2	5.2	4,619	22.4	9.9
	Green			539	2.6	3.2	384	1.9	1.9
	REP	Elke Wittger		347	1.7		106	0.5	0.7
	FDP	Margret Duensing		197	1.0	1.1	149	0.7	1.3
	List-only parties						789	3.8
Informal votes				267			246
Total Valid votes				20,563			20,584
Turnout				20,830	56.3	16.2
	CDU hold		Majority	4,269	20.8	11.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Nordhausen II[7]
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	Klaus Zeh		10,616	38.7	8.6	10,331	37.5	9.4
	SPD			8,091	29.5	5.2	8,956	32.5	4.1
	PDS			6,557	23.9	17.2	5,739	20.8	13.8
	Green			1,577	5.8	1.2	1,066	3.9	0.5
	FDP			562	2.1	5.9	558	2.0	7.3
	List-only parties						935	3.4
Informal votes				716			534
Total Valid votes				27,403			27,585
Turnout				28,119	72.6	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	2,525	9.2	13.8

1990 election

State election (1990): Nordhausen II[8]
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	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
	Green			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

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References

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[Area-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