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 2024, it has been represented by Kerstin Düben-Schaumann of the AfD.

	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	Katja Mitteldorf	LINKE	32.6
2024	Kerstin Düben-Schaumann	AfD	39.8

State election (2024): 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	%	±%
	AfD	Kerstin Düben-Schaumann		8,181	39.8	15.4	7,134	34.2	12.0
	CDU	Markus Volkmann		5,796	28.2	5.8	4,630	22.2	3.8
	BSW						3,550	17.0
	Left	N Katja Mitteldorf		3,840	18.7	13.9	2,905	13.9	21.7
	SPD	Patrick Boersch		2,401	11.7	3.0	1,309	6.3	2.1
	Greens						458	2.2	3.0
	FDP	Franziska Baum		331	1.6	1.9	220	1.1	2.9
	APT						214	1.0	0.1
	FW						112	0.5
	BD						78	0.4
	Familie						89	0.4
	Pirates						52	0.2	0.1
	Values						50	0.2
	MLPD						39	0.2	0.2
	ÖDP						23	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				478			164
Total valid votes				20,549			20,863
Turnout				21,027	67.2	9.4
	AfD gain from Left		Majority	2,385	11.6

State election (2019): 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	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
	Greens	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

State election (2014): 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	%	±%
	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
	Greens	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

State election (2009): 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		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
	Greens	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

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