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