# 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.
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). 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.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1990 | 296 | Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt | Nordhausen district Worbis district Heiligenstadt district |
| 1994 | 296 | Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt | Nordhausen district Worbis district Heiligenstadt district |
| 1998 | 296 | Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt | Nordhausen district Worbis district Heiligenstadt district |
| 2002 | 190 | Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt | Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district |
| 2005 | 190 | 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 | 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) |
| 2013 | 189 | 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) |
| 2017 | 189 | Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis | Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district Kyffhäuserkreis district |
| 2021 | 189 | Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis | Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district Kyffhäuserkreis district |
| 2025 | 188 | Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis | Nordhausen district Eichsfeld district Kyffhäuserkreis district |

## 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 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 40.1 |
| 2002 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 41.3 |
| 2005 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 37.4 |
| 2009 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 43.0 |
| 2013 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 49.8 |
| 2017 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 38.0 |
| 2021 | Manfred Grund | CDU | 26.6 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Christopher Drößler | Christopher Drößler | 65,025 | 39.5 | 16.9 | 64,144 | 38.9 | 16.5 |
| | CDU | David Gregosz | David Gregosz | 45,730 | 27.8 | 0.9 | 38,444 | 23.3 | 1.1 |
| | Left | Donata Vogtschmidt | Donata Vogtschmidt | 19,528 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 21,894 | 13.3 | 3.5 |
| | SPD | Mohamed Sayed | Mohamed Sayed | 14,360 | 8.7 | 13.4 | 14,096 | 8.6 | 15.7 |
| | BSW | Robert Henning | Robert Henning | 12,714 | 7.7 | New | 14,085 | 8.6 | New |
| | FDP | Marcel Hardrath | Marcel Hardrath | 3,818 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 4,877 | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| | Greens | Kai Klemm-Lorenz | Kai Klemm-Lorenz | 3,000 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4,425 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,702 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 485 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | BD | | | | | | 373 | 0.2 | New |
| | MLPD | Ilka May | Ilka May | 342 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 174 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,357 | | | 1,175 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 164,517 | | | 164,699 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,874 | 80.3 | 6.4 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 19,295 | 11.7 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Manfred Grund | Y Manfred Grund | 40,599 | 26.6 | 11.4 | 33,662 | 22.0 | 11.7 |
| | AfD | Jürgen Pohl | Jürgen Pohl | 34,645 | 22.7 | 1.3 | 34,296 | 22.5 | 1.4 |
| | SPD | Anne Bressem | Anne Bressem | 34,010 | 22.3 | 8.0 | 37,282 | 24.4 | 10.5 |
| | Left | Sigrid Hupach | Sigrid Hupach | 16,586 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 15,166 | 9.9 | 4.6 |
| | FDP | Patrick Kurth | Patrick Kurth | 10,348 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 13,695 | 9.0 | 1.3 |
| | Greens | Heike Möller | Heike Möller | 5,901 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 7,176 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| | FW | Helmut Günther | Helmut Günther | 3,981 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2,826 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,049 | 1.3 | |
| | PARTEI | Katja Staffehl | Katja Staffehl | 3,076 | 2.0 | | 1,668 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | dieBasis | Andreas Schneider | 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 | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,998 | | | 1,810 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 152,490 | | | 152,678 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,488 | 73.8 | 0.8 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 5,954 | 3.9 | 12.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

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

### 2013 election

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

### 2009 election

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