Nordhausen I

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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]

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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 is represented by Birgit Keller.

ElectionMemberParty %
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

Election results

2019 election

State election (2019): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Left Birgit Keller7,00932.3Increase2.svg 1.07,53334.6Increase2.svg 3.3
CDU Carolin Gerbothe6,25628.8Decrease2.svg 4.25,00023.0Decrease2.svg 8.2
AfD René Strube5,05423.34,77621.9Increase2.svg 13.3
SPD Dagmar Becker1,7938.3Decrease2.svg 6.61,7378.0Decrease2.svg 6.1
Green Rüdiger Neitzke8684.0Decrease2.svg 0.58163.7Decrease2.svg 0.3
FDP Otmar Ganter6533.0Decrease2.svg 2.88794.0Increase2.svg 0.3
MLPD Conrad von Pentz780.4590.3
List-only parties9724.5
Informal votes372311
Total Valid votes21,71121,772
Turnout 22,08362.6Increase2.svg 11.7
Left gain from CDU Majority7533.5

2014 election

State election (2014): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Egon Primas6,13133.0Increase2.svg 4.05,80331.2Increase2.svg 0.7
Left Angela Hummitzsch5,80231.3Increase2.svg 3.75,82931.3Increase2.svg 2.8
SPD Dagmar Becker2,76514.9Decrease2.svg 8.02,62214.1Decrease2.svg 7.1
AfD  1,5968.6
Free VotersUwe Wenkel1,1316.14222.3Increase2.svg 0.6
FDP Franka Hitzing1,0685.8Decrease2.svg 5.76833.7Decrease2.svg 5.0
NPD Alexander Lindemann8304.5Increase2.svg 0.46563.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
Green Christian Darr8284.5Decrease2.svg 0.47474.0Decrease2.svg 0.9
List-only parties2571.4
Informal votes360300
Total Valid votes18,55518,615
Turnout 18,91550.9Decrease2.svg 5.1
CDU holdMajority3291.7Increase2.svg 0.3

2009 election

State election (2009): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Egon Primas6,50929.0Decrease2.svg 12.76,85930.5Decrease2.svg 12.2
Left Birgit Keller6,20327.7Decrease2.svg 2.36,40328.5Decrease2.svg 0.5
SPD Dagmar Becker5,13022.9Increase2.svg 4.14,76121.2Increase2.svg 5.4
FDP Franka Hitzing2,55711.4Increase2.svg 5.41,9488.7Increase2.svg 4.7
Green Heinrich Christian Lorenz1,0894.9Increase2.svg 1.41,0894.8Increase2.svg 1.7
NPD Mark Richter9294.18894.0Increase2.svg 2.4
List-only parties5142.3
Informal votes417371
Total Valid votes22,41722,463
Turnout 22,83456.1Increase2.svg 5.4
CDU holdMajority3061.3Decrease2.svg 10.4

2004 election

State election (2004): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Egon Primas8,63941.7Decrease2.svg 5.88,80142.7Decrease2.svg 6.9
PDS Birgit Keller6,20630.0Increase2.svg 7.75,97129.0Increase2.svg 8.7
SPD Dagmar Becker3,89918.8Decrease2.svg 7.93,24915.8Decrease2.svg 7.8
FDP Franka Hitzing1,2446.0Increase2.svg 4.58164.0Increase2.svg 3.1
Green Horst Kox7173.56463.1Increase2.svg 1.9
List-only parties1,1175.4
Informal votes817922
Total Valid votes20,70520,600
Turnout 21,52250.7Decrease2.svg 9.5
CDU holdMajority2,43311.7Decrease2.svg 9.1

1999 election

State election (1999): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Egon Primas11,99847.5Increase2.svg 4.212,57349.6Increase2.svg 6.0
SPD Dagmar Becker6,74126.7Decrease2.svg 5.35,99023.6Decrease2.svg 9.0
PDS Ursula Fischer5,63522.3Increase2.svg 4.75,14720.3Increase2.svg 4.8
REP Andreas Links5022.01500.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
FDP Claus-Peter Roßberg3911.5Decrease2.svg 2.02310.9Decrease2.svg 1.7
List-only parties1,2534.9
Informal votes454377
Total Valid votes25,26725,344
Turnout 25,72160.2Decrease2.svg 15.3
CDU holdMajority5,25720.8Decrease2.svg 9.5

1994 election

State election (1994): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Egon Primas12,91543.2Increase2.svg 2.513,18243.7Increase2.svg 1.3
SPD 9,52431.9Increase2.svg 10.29,79532.5Increase2.svg 6.4
PDS 5,27917.7Increase2.svg 4.44,70615.6Increase2.svg 4.3
Green 1,1073.7Decrease2.svg 5.88402.8Decrease2.svg 4.7
FDP 1,0473.5Decrease2.svg 4.67842.6Decrease2.svg 6.7
List-only parties8702.9
Informal votes1,131826
Total Valid votes29,87230,177
Turnout 31,00375.5Increase2.svg 8.3
CDU holdMajority3,39111.3Decrease2.svg 7.7

1990 election

State election (1990): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Klaus Zeh10,85740.711,41642.4
SPD 5,79021.77,01426.1
PDS 3,54313.33,03811.3
Green 2,5379.52,0277.5
FDP 2,1638.12,4959.3
Independent 9883.7
DSU 5572.12420.9
UFV 2490.91520.6
List-only parties5241.9
Informal votes773549
Total Valid votes26,68426,908
Turnout 27,45767.2
CDU win new seatMajority5,06719.0

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Birgit Keller German politician

Birgit Keller is a German politician of The Left who has served as President of the Landtag of Thuringia since November 2019. She is the first member of her party to serve as speaker of any state parliament. Prior, she served as Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture in the first Ramelow cabinet.

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  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