Nordhausen I

Nordhausen I 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 3. It comprises the entirety of the district of Nordhausen with the exception of the city of Nordhausen, which compromises the constituency of Nordhausen II. ^[1]

Nordhausen I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2019, it has been represented by Birgit Keller of The Left.

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Nordhausen I covers the entirety of the Nordhausen district except for the city of Nordhausen. It comprises the municipalities of Bleicherode, Ellrich, Görsbach, Großlohra, Harztor, Heringen/Helme, Hohenstein, Kehmstedt, Kleinfurra, Lipprechterode, Niedergebra, Sollstedt, Urbach, Werther, and the village of Buchholz (since 2018 part of Nordhausen municipality). ^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2019, during which time it was represented by Klaus Zeh (1990–1994) and Egon Primas (1994–2019). It was won by The Left in 2019, and by the AfD in 2024, and is represented by Joerg Prophet.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Klaus Zeh	CDU	40.7
	1994	Egon Primas	CDU	43.2
	1999			47.5
	2004			41.7
	2009			29.0
	2014			33.0
	2019	Birgit Keller	LINKE	32.3
	2024	Joerg Prophet	AfD	37.3

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Nordhausen I [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	%	±%
	AfD	Joerg Prophet		9,494	40.3	17.0	7,993	33.5	11.6
	CDU	Carolin Gerbothe		8,793	37.3	8.5	5,933	24.9	1.9
	BSW						4,322	18.1
	Left	Tim Rosenstock		3,379	14.4	17.9	3,089	12.9	21.7
	SPD	Juliane Schinkel		1,877	8.0	0.3	1,260	5.3	2.7
	Greens						345	1.4	1.9
	APT						238	1.0	0.2
	FDP						225	0.9	3.1
	FW						123	0.5
	Familie						121	0.5
	BD						83	0.3
	Values						57	0.2
	Pirates						44	0.2
	ÖDP						24	0.1	0.2
	MLPD						18	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				589			257
Total valid votes				23,543			23,875
Turnout				24,132	72.0	9.4
	AfD gain from Left		Majority	701	3.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Nordhausen I [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	Birgit Keller		7,009	32.3	1.0	7,533	34.6	3.3
	CDU	Carolin Gerbothe		6,256	28.8	4.2	5,000	23.0	8.2
	AfD	René Strube		5,054	23.3		4,776	21.9	13.3
	SPD	Dagmar Becker		1,793	8.3	6.6	1,737	8.0	6.1
	Greens	Rüdiger Neitzke		868	4.0	0.5	816	3.7	0.3
	FDP	Otmar Ganter		653	3.0	2.8	879	4.0	0.3
	MLPD	Conrad von Pentz		78	0.4		59	0.3
	List-only parties						972	4.5
Informal votes				372			311
Total valid votes				21,711			21,772
Turnout				22,083	62.6	11.7
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	753	3.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Nordhausen 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 Egon Primas		6,131	33.0	4.0	5,803	31.2	0.7
	Left	Angela Hummitzsch		5,802	31.3	3.7	5,829	31.3	2.8
	SPD	Dagmar Becker		2,765	14.9	8.0	2,622	14.1	7.1
	AfD						1,596	8.6
	Free Voters	Uwe Wenkel		1,131	6.1		422	2.3	0.6
	FDP	Franka Hitzing		1,068	5.8	5.7	683	3.7	5.0
	NPD	Alexander Lindemann		830	4.5	0.4	656	3.5	0.4
	Greens	Christian Darr		828	4.5	0.4	747	4.0	0.9
	List-only parties						257	1.4
Informal votes				360			300
Total valid votes				18,555			18,615
Turnout				18,915	50.9	5.1
	CDU hold		Majority	329	1.7	0.3

2009 election

State election (2009): Nordhausen 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 Egon Primas		6,509	29.0	12.7	6,859	30.5	12.2
	Left	Birgit Keller		6,203	27.7	2.3	6,403	28.5	0.5
	SPD	Dagmar Becker		5,130	22.9	4.1	4,761	21.2	5.4
	FDP	Franka Hitzing		2,557	11.4	5.4	1,948	8.7	4.7
	Greens	Heinrich Christian Lorenz		1,089	4.9	1.4	1,089	4.8	1.7
	NPD	Mark Richter		929	4.1		889	4.0	2.4
	List-only parties						514	2.3
Informal votes				417			371
Total valid votes				22,417			22,463
Turnout				22,834	56.1	5.4
	CDU hold		Majority	306	1.3	10.4

2004 election

State election (2004): Nordhausen I [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 Egon Primas		8,639	41.7	5.8	8,801	42.7	6.9
	PDS	Birgit Keller		6,206	30.0	7.7	5,971	29.0	8.7
	SPD	Dagmar Becker		3,899	18.8	7.9	3,249	15.8	7.8
	FDP	Franka Hitzing		1,244	6.0	4.5	816	4.0	3.1
	Greens	Horst Kox		717	3.5		646	3.1	1.9
	List-only parties						1,117	5.4
Informal votes				817			922
Total valid votes				20,705			20,600
Turnout				21,522	50.7	9.5
	CDU hold		Majority	2,433	11.7	9.1

1999 election

State election (1999): Nordhausen I [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	Y Egon Primas		11,998	47.5	4.2	12,573	49.6	6.0
	SPD	Dagmar Becker		6,741	26.7	5.3	5,990	23.6	9.0
	PDS	Ursula Fischer		5,635	22.3	4.7	5,147	20.3	4.8
	REP	Andreas Links		502	2.0		150	0.6	0.5
	FDP	Claus-Peter Roßberg		391	1.5	2.0	231	0.9	1.7
	List-only parties						1,253	4.9
Informal votes				454			377
Total valid votes				25,267			25,344
Turnout				25,721	60.2	15.3
	CDU hold		Majority	5,257	20.8	9.5

1994 election

State election (1994): Nordhausen I [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		12,915	43.2	2.5	13,182	43.7	1.3
	SPD			9,524	31.9	10.2	9,795	32.5	6.4
	PDS			5,279	17.7	4.4	4,706	15.6	4.3
	Greens			1,107	3.7	5.8	840	2.8	4.7
	FDP			1,047	3.5	4.6	784	2.6	6.7
	List-only parties						870	2.9
Informal votes				1,131			826
Total valid votes				29,872			30,177
Turnout				31,003	75.5	8.3
	CDU hold		Majority	3,391	11.3	7.7

1990 election

State election (1990): Nordhausen I [9]
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		10,857	40.7		11,416	42.4
	SPD			5,790	21.7		7,014	26.1
	PDS			3,543	13.3		3,038	11.3
	Greens			2,537	9.5		2,027	7.5
	FDP			2,163	8.1		2,495	9.3
	Independent			988	3.7
	DSU			557	2.1		242	0.9
	UFV			249	0.9		152	0.6
	List-only parties						524	1.9
Informal votes				773			549
Total valid votes				26,684			26,908
Turnout				27,457	67.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,067	19.0

References

1. "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".
2. "Wahlen in Thüringen". wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
3. Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019
4. Wahlen in Thüringen 2014
5. Wahlen in Thüringen 2009
6. Wahlen in Thüringen 2004
7. Wahlen in Thüringen 1999
8. Wahlen in Thüringen 1994
9. Wahlen in Thüringen 1990