Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = 188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

|constituency_type = electoral district

|constituency_link = Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

|parl_name = Bundestag

|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 188-2025.svg

|caption = Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis in 2025

|region_label = State

|region = Thuringia

|population = 257,600 (2019)

|electorate = 209,203 (2021)

|towns = Nordhausen
Sondershausen
Leinefelde-Worbis

|area = 2,694.9 km2

|year = 1990

|party = AfD

|local_council_label = Member

|local_council = Christopher Drößler

|blank1_name = Elected

|blank1_info = 2025

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-188.html|title=Constituency Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 1994 to 2025, it has been represented by Manfred Grund of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-189.html|title=Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}} Since 2025 it is been represented by Christopher Drößler of the AfD.

Geography

Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis is located in northern Thuringia. As of the 2025 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.

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

! Election

! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}}

! width=150px| Name

! width=300px| Borders

1990

| rowspan=3| 296

| rowspan=3| Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt

| rowspan=3|

  • Nordhausen district
  • Worbis district
  • Heiligenstadt district
1994
1998
2002

| rowspan=2| 190

| Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt

|

2005

| rowspan=3| Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I

| rowspan=3|

2009

| rowspan=4| 189

2013
2017

| rowspan=3| Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis

| rowspan=3|

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.

class=wikitable

! colspan=2| Election

! Member

! Party

! %

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1990

| Gerhard Reddemann

| CDU

| align=right| 56.6

rowspan=8 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1994

| rowspan=8| Manfred Grund

| rowspan=8| CDU

| align=right| 51.4

1998

| align=right| 40.1

2002

| align=right| 41.3

2005

| align=right| 37.4

2009

| align=right| 43.0

2013

| align=right| 49.8

2017

| align=right| 38.0

2021

| align=right| 26.6

bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|

| 2025

| Christopher Drößler

| AfD

| align=right| 39.5

Election results

=2025 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2025): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis[https://bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-188.html. Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis]

}}

{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Christopher Drößler

|votes = 65,025

|percentage = 39.5

|change = {{increase}} 16.9

|party votes = 64,144

|party percent = 38.9

|party change = {{increase}} 16.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = David Gregosz

|votes = 45,730

|percentage = 27.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

|party votes = 38,444

|party percent = 23.3

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Donata Vogtschmidt

|votes = 19,528

|percentage = 11.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 21,894

|party percent = 13.3

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Mohamed Sayed

|votes = 14,360

|percentage = 8.7

|change = {{decrease}} 13.4

|party votes = 14,096

|party percent = 8.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 15.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|candidate = Robert Henning

|votes = 12,714

|percentage = 7.7

|change = New

|party votes = 14,085

|party percent = 8.6

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Marcel Hardrath

|votes = 3,818

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{decrease}} 4.5

|party votes = 4,877

|party percent = 3.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Kai Klemm-Lorenz

|votes = 3,000

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 4,425

|party percent = 2.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 1,702

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 485

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 373

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = New

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Ilka May

|votes = 342

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 174

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,357

|party votes = 1,175

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 164,517

|party votes = 164,699

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 165,874

|percentage = 80.3

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = Alternative for Germany

|loser = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 19,295

|percent = 11.7

|change = N/A

}}

=2021 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-189.html Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Grund

|votes = 40,599

|percentage = 26.6

|change = {{decrease}} 11.4

|party votes = 33,662

|party percent = 22.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Pohl

|votes = 34,645

|percentage = 22.7

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 34,296

|party percent = 22.5

|party change = {{increase}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Anne Bressem

|votes = 34,010

|percentage = 22.3

|change = {{increase}} 8.0

|party votes = 37,282

|party percent = 24.4

|party change = {{increase}} 10.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sigrid Hupach

|votes = 16,586

|percentage = 10.9

|change = {{decrease}} 4.4

|party votes = 15,166

|party percent = 9.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Patrick Kurth

|votes = 10,348

|percentage = 6.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.9

|party votes = 13,695

|party percent = 9.0

|party change = {{increase}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Heike Möller

|votes = 5,901

|percentage = 3.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.3

|party votes = 7,176

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Helmut Günther

|votes = 3,981

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 2,826

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,049

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Katja Staffehl

|votes = 3,076

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,668

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Andreas Schneider

|votes = 2,129

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,975

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 626

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 483

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Marius Braun

|votes = 849

|percentage = 0.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

|party votes = 478

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Menschliche Welt

|color = #EE6600

|party votes = 356

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 278

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Kurt-Peter Kleffel

|votes = 366

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

|party votes = 255

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 210

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 117

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 80

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,998

|party votes = 1,810

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 152,490

|party votes = 152,678

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 154,488

|percentage = 73.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 5,954

|percent = 3.9

|change = {{decrease}} 12.7

}}

=2017 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-189.html Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Grund

|votes = 59,318

|percentage = 38.0

|change = {{decrease}} 9.9

|party votes = 52,667

|party percent = 33.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Pohl

|votes = 33,402

|percentage = 21.4

|change =

|party votes = 32,854

|party percent = 21.1

|party change = {{increase}} 16.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Kersten Steinke

|votes = 23,848

|percentage = 15.3

|change = {{decrease}} 7.0

|party votes = 22,613

|party percent = 14.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Steffen-Claudio Lemme

|votes = 22,320

|percentage = 14.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 21,652

|party percent = 13.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Ronald Krügel

|votes = 7,633

|percentage = 4.9

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 11,974

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{increase}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Stephanie Kespohl

|votes = 3,992

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 4,778

|party percent = 3.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 2,473

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Uwe Reiche

|votes = 2,869

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.4

|party votes = 2,167

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,474

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Karl-Edmund Vogt

|votes = 1,929

|percentage = 1.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes = 1,166

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 865

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 503

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Severin Rascopp

|votes = 386

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Eckehart Rieth

|votes = 378

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 349

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 241

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 153

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,264

|party votes = 2,410

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 156,075

|party votes = 155,929

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 158,339

|percentage = 73.1

|change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 25,916

|percent = 16.6

|change = {{decrease}} 13.4

}}

=2013 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-16/wahlkreis-189.html Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Grund

|votes = 65,784

|percentage = 49.8

|change = {{increase}} 6.9

|party votes = 59,234

|party percent = 44.8

|party change = {{increase}} 6.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Sigrid Hupach

|votes = 26,091

|percentage = 19.8

|change = {{decrease}} 4.7

|party votes = 26,322

|party percent = 19.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Carmen Listemann

|votes = 21,826

|percentage = 16.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.4

|party votes = 20,182

|party percent = 15.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 6,995

|party percent = 5.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Thorsten Heise

|votes = 4,371

|percentage = 3.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 3,767

|party percent = 2.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Norbert Sondermann

|votes = 4,129

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 5,293

|party percent = 4.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Heiko Windisch

|votes = 2,702

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

|party votes = 2,366

|party percent = 1.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Susann Mai

|votes = 2,671

|percentage = 2.0

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 1,646

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Marco Tasch

|votes = 2,606

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

|party votes = 2,387

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Steffen Dreiling

|votes = 1,825

|percentage = 1.4

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

|party votes = 3,661

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 199

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 103

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,008

|party votes = 1,858

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 132,005

|party votes = 132,155

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 134,013

|percentage = 68.2

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 39,693

|percent = 30.0

|change = {{increase}} 11.5

}}

=2009 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112154033/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l16/wk189/ Results for Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Manfred Grund

|votes = 57,882

|percentage = 43.0

|change = {{increase}} 5.6

|party votes = 51,863

|party percent = 38.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 6.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Alexander Scharff

|votes = 33,005

|percentage = 24.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

|party votes = 32,391

|party percent = 24.0

|party change = {{increase}} 1.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Joachim Schwiderke

|votes = 22,854

|percentage = 17.0

|change = {{decrease}} 12.8

|party votes = 22,341

|party percent = 16.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Andreas Klaschka

|votes = 9,942

|percentage = 7.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.6

|party votes = 14,382

|party percent = 10.7

|party change = {{increase}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Michael Hoffmeier

|votes = 5,540

|percentage = 4.1

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 6,507

|party percent = 4.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Thorsten Heise

|votes = 3,798

|percentage = 2.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 3,631

|party percent = 2.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,309

|party percent = 1.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Karl-Edmund Vogt

|votes = 1,416

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,009

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Bärbel Macamo

|votes = 309

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 299

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 127

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,658

|party votes = 1,545

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 134,746

|party votes = 134,859

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 136,404

|percentage = 66.6

|change = {{decrease}} 9.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 24,877

|percent = 18.5

|change = {{increase}} 10.8

}}

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