Nuremberg North

Location of constituency in Bavaria

Nuremberg North (German: Nürnberg-Nord) is one of the 299 single member constituencies (German: Wahlkreis) used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of forty five districts in Bavaria and one of the two covering the city of Nuremberg.

The constituency was created for the 1965 election from parts of the Nuremberg and Nuremberg-Fürth constituencies. Throughout its history, the constituency has been held by either the Christian Social Union (CSU) or the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 2002 it has been represented by Dagmar Wöhrl of the CSU,[1] who had represented the district from 1994 to 1998.

Boundaries

The constituency includes the city districts of Almoshof, Altstadt-St. Lorenz, Altstadt-St. Sebald, Bärenschanze, Bielingplatz, Boxdorf, Buch, Buchenbühl, Dutzendteich, Eberhardshof, Erlenstegen, Flughafen, Galgenhof, Gleißhammer, Glockenhof, Gostenhof, Großgründlach, Guntherstraße, Himpfelshof, Kraftshof, Laufamholz, Ludwigsfeld, Marienberg, Marienvorstadt, Maxfeld, Mögeldorf, Mooshof, Muggenhof, Neunhof, Pirckheimerstraße, Sandberg, Schafhof, Schleifweg, Schmausenbuckstraße, Schniegling, Schoppershof, St. Jobst, St. Johannis, Tafelhof, Thon, Tullnau, Uhlandstraße, Veilhof, Westfriedhof, Wetzendorf, Wöhrd, Zerzabelshof and Ziegelstein.[2]

Results

2009 election

Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Social Union Dagmar Wöhrl 48,943 36.6 -5.3 40,094 29.9 -6.0
Social Democratic Party of Germany Günter Gloser 41,246 30.9 -9.0 29,751 22.2 -11.4
Alliance '90/The Greens Michael Hauck 15,043 11.3 +4.1 20,934 15.6 +3.2
The Left Harald Weinberg 10,923 8.2 +4.0 12,554 9.4 +4.2
Free Democratic Party Andreas Neuner 10,652 8.0 +4.1 18,528 13.8 +4.8
Pirate Party Emanuel Kotzian 4,268 3.2 N/A 4,940 3.7 N/A
National Democratic Party of Germany Gerhard Schelle 2,320 1.7 +0.1 1,835 1.4 -0.0
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Johannes Rupprecht 187 0.1 N/A 106 0.1 N/A
Others N/A N/A N/A N/A 5,222 3.9 N/A

References

  1. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013
  2. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 1 September 2013

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