Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 188. It is located in northern Thuringia, comprising the districts of Nordhausen, Eichsfeld, and Kyffhäuserkreis.

188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis in 2017
State	Thuringia
Population	257,600 (2019)
Electorate	209,203 (2021)
Major settlements	Nordhausen Sondershausen Leinefelde-Worbis
Area	2,694.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Manfred Grund
Elected	1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 1994, it has been represented by Manfred Grund of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis is located in northern Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Eichsfeld, Nordhausen, and Kyffhäuserkreis.

History

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt. In the 2002 election, it was named Eichsfeld – Nordhausen. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it was named Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 296 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 190. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 189. From the 2025 election, it has been number 188.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Nordhausen, Worbis, and Heiligenstadt. In the 2002 election, it comprised the districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld as well as the municipalities of Mühlhausen, Anrode, Dünwald, and Unstruttal and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Hildebrandshausen/Lengenfeld unterm Stein from the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	296	Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt	Nordhausen district Worbis district Heiligenstadt district
1994
1998
2002	190	Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt	Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district
2005		Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I	Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Mühlhausen, Anrode, Dünwald, and Unstruttal municipalities and Hildebrandshausen/Lengenfeld unterm Stein Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
2009	189
2013
2017		Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis	Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district Kyffhäuserkreis district
2021
2025	188

Members

The constituency was first represented by Gerhard Reddemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994. Manfred Grund of the CDU was elected in 1994, and re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Gerhard Reddemann	CDU	56.6
	1994	Manfred Grund	CDU	51.4
	1998			40.1
	2002			41.3
	2005			37.4
	2009			43.0
	2013			49.8
	2017			38.0
	2021			26.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
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 Manfred Grund		40,599	26.6	11.4	33,662	22.0	11.7
	AfD	Jürgen Pohl		34,645	22.7	1.3	34,296	22.5	1.4
	SPD	Anne Bressem		34,010	22.3	8.0	37,282	24.4	10.5
	Left	Sigrud Hupach		16,586	10.9	4.4	15,166	9.9	4.6
	FDP	Patrick Kurth		10,348	6.8	1.9	13,695	9.0	1.3
	Greens	Heike Möller		5,901	3.9	1.3	7,176	4.7	1.6
	FW	Helmut Günther		3,981	2.6	0.8	2,826	1.9	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,049	1.3
	PARTEI	Katja Staffehl		3,076	2.0		1,668	1.1	0.1
	dieBasis	Andreas Schneider		2,129	1.4		1,975	1.3
	NPD						626	0.4	1.2
	Pirates						483	0.3	0.0
	ÖDP	Marius Braun		849	0.6	0.7	478	0.3	0.4
	Menschliche Welt						356	0.2
	Volt						278	0.2
	MLPD	Kurt-Peter Kleffel		366	0.2		255	0.2	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						210	0.1
	Humanists						117	0.1
	V-Partei3						80	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				1,998			1,810
Total valid votes				152,490			152,678
Turnout				154,488	73.8	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	5,954	3.9	12.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
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 Manfred Grund		59,318	38.0	9.9	52,667	33.8	9.7
	AfD	Jürgen Pohl		33,402	21.4		32,854	21.1	16.0
	Left	Kersten Steinke		23,848	15.3	7.0	22,613	14.5	7.2
	SPD	Steffen-Claudio Lemme		22,320	14.3	2.0	21,652	13.9	1.4
	FDP	Ronald Krügel		7,633	4.9	3.5	11,974	7.7	5.0
	Greens	Stephanie Kespohl		3,992	2.6	0.5	4,778	3.1	0.7
	NPD						2,473	1.6	1.6
	FW	Uwe Reiche		2,869	1.8	0.4	2,167	1.4	0.2
	PARTEI						1,474	0.9
	ÖDP	Karl-Edmund Vogt		1,929	1.2	0.3	1,166	0.7	0.3
	BGE						865	0.6
	Pirates						503	0.3	1.6
	Independent	Severin Rascopp		386	0.2
	Independent	Eckehart Rieth		378	0.2
	DM						349	0.2
	V-Partei³						241	0.2
	MLPD						153	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,264			2,410
Total valid votes				156,075			155,929
Turnout				158,339	73.1	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	25,916	16.6	13.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I
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 Manfred Grund		65,784	49.8	6.9	59,234	44.8	6.4
	Left	Sigrid Hupach		26,091	19.8	4.7	26,322	19.9	4.1
	SPD	Carmen Listemann		21,826	16.5	0.4	20,182	15.3	1.3
	AfD						6,995	5.3
	NPD	Thorsten Heise		4,371	3.3	0.5	3,767	2.9	0.2
	Greens	Norbert Sondermann		4,129	3.1	1.0	5,293	4.0	0.8
	Pirates	Heiko Windisch		2,702	2.0		2,366	1.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Susann Mai		2,671	2.0	1.0	1,646	1.2	0.5
	FW	Marco Tasch		2,606	2.0		2,387	1.8
	FDP	Steffen Dreiling		1,825	1.4	6.0	3,661	2.8	7.9
	REP						199	0.2	0.1
	MLPD						103	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,008			1,858
Total valid votes				132,005			132,155
Turnout				134,013	68.2	1.5
	CDU hold		Majority	39,693	30.0	11.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I
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 Manfred Grund		57,882	43.0	5.6	51,863	38.5	6.1
	Left	Alexander Scharff		33,005	24.5	3.8	32,391	24.0	1.7
	SPD	Joachim Schwiderke		22,854	17.0	12.8	22,341	16.6	11.7
	FDP	Andreas Klaschka		9,942	7.4	2.6	14,382	10.7	2.3
	Greens	Michael Hoffmeier		5,540	4.1	1.6	6,507	4.8	0.9
	NPD	Thorsten Heise		3,798	2.8	0.5	3,631	2.7	0.5
	Pirates						2,309	1.7
	ÖDP	Karl-Edmund Vogt		1,416	1.1		1,009	0.7
	Independent	Bärbel Macamo		309	0.2
	REP						299	0.2	0.3
	MLPD						127	0.1	0.2
Informal votes				1,658			1,545
Total valid votes				134,746			134,859
Turnout				136,404	66.6	9.3
	CDU hold		Majority	24,877	18.5	10.8