Operator control apparatus, in particular for an electronic household appliance, having a faceplate and having an operator control device which is arranged on the inner side, averted from the user, of the faceplate, wherein the operator control device has: a housing composed of electrically insulating material; at least one circuit board which is arranged in the housing and which has at least one electrical contact surface; at least one sensor element which is formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material, wherein the sensor element has a head portion arranged outside the housing and has a contact portion which projects through a passage opening into the housing, wherein the sensor element is movable in a longitudinal direction of its contact portion relative to the housing; and at least one spring element which is formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material and which is arranged between the electrical contact surface and the contact portion of the sensor element in order to connect the sensor element in electrically conductive fashion to the contact surface and preload the sensor element in the direction of the faceplate, characterized in that a labyrinth seal is formed around the passage opening of the housing, which labyrinth seal has a projection on the housing, which projection protrudes, so as to encircle the passage opening, in the direction of the faceplate, and which labyrinth seal has an encircling projection on the head portion of the sensor element, which projection protrudes in the direction of the housing and is positioned in a radial direction inside or outside the projection on the housing, wherein the projection on the housing and the projection on the head portion of the sensor element engage into one another. a housing composed of electrically insulating material; at least one circuit board which is arranged in the housing and which has at least one electrical contact surface; at least one sensor element which is formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material, wherein the sensor element has a head portion arranged outside the housing and has a contact portion which projects through a passage opening into the housing, wherein the sensor element is movable in a longitudinal direction of its contact portion relative to the housing; and at least one spring element which is formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material and which is arranged between the electrical contact surface and the contact portion of the sensor element in order to connect the sensor element in electrically conductive fashion to the contact surface and preload the sensor element in the direction of the faceplate, characterized in that a labyrinth seal is formed around the passage opening of the housing, which labyrinth seal has a projection on the housing, which projection protrudes, so as to encircle the passage opening, in the direction of the faceplate, and which labyrinth seal has an encircling projection on the head portion of the sensor element, which projection protrudes in the direction of the housing and is positioned in a radial direction inside or outside the projection on the housing, wherein the projection on the housing and the projection on the head portion of the sensor element engage into one another.