Nuremberg North

Federal electoral district of Germany

243 Nuremberg North

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Nuremberg North in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 290,300 (2019)
Electorate| 187,178 (2025)
Major settlements| Nuremberg (partial)
Area| 85.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1965
Member| Vacant
Elected| 2025

Nuremberg North (German: Nürnberg-Nord) 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 243. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the northern part of the city of Nuremberg.[1]

Nuremberg North was created for the 1965 federal election. Whilst the Christian Social Union won the plurality in the 2025 election, under the new voting system, their candidate did not actually win a seat in the Bundestag. This was due to the distribution of seats won by the CSU being decided by the first (direct) vote percentage of each winning CSU candidate, determining who took the seats. As the CSU candidate got a low vote of 30.2%, the seat will remain vacant throughout the 21st Bundestag.[2]

## Geography

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Nuremberg North is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke 01 through 13, 22 through 30, 64, 65, 70 through 87, and 90 through 95 from the independent city of Nuremberg North.[1]

## History

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Nuremberg North was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 230 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 245. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 244. From the 2025 election, it has been number 243.

Originally, the constituency comprised the northern half of the city of Nuremberg. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1965 | 230  | Nürnberg-Nord  |

* Nuremberg city (only northern half)

1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 245  |

* Nuremberg city (only Stadtbezirke 01 through 13, 22 through 30, 64, 65, 70 through 87, and 90 through 95)

2005
2009 | 244
2013
2017
2021
2025 | 243

## Members

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The constituency was first represented by Georg Kurlbaum [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1965 to 1969, followed by fellow SPD member Hans Batz [de] until 1980. Renate Schmidt of the SPD served one term from 1980 to 1983. [[Oscar Schneider|Oscar Schneider]] of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1983 and was representative until 1990, when former member Renate Schmidt regained it for the SPD and served another term. Dagmar Wöhrl of the CSU won it in 1994. Günter Gloser [de] of the SPD was elected in 1998. Former member Wöhrl was then re-elected in 2002, and served until 2017. Sebastian Brehm was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. The seat became vacant as a result of the 2025 election.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1965 | Georg Kurlbaum [de] | SPD | 42.4
| 1969 | Hans Batz [de] | SPD | 47.1
1972 | 51.9
1976 | 46.4
| 1980 | Renate Schmidt | SPD | 45.1
| 1983 | Oscar Schneider | CSU | 49.6
1987 | 46.5
| 1990 | Renate Schmidt | SPD | 42.3
| 1994 | Dagmar Wöhrl | CSU | 44.5
| 1998 | Günter Gloser [de] | SPD | 45.5
| 2002 | Dagmar Wöhrl | CSU | 45.8
2005 | 42.0
2009 | 36.6
2013 | 39.4
| 2017 | Sebastian Brehm | CSU | 31.3
2021 | 28.5
| 2025 | Vacant[a]

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CSU candidate won the most votes in this constituency, due to the low winning percentage, the constituency seat will remain vacant as not enough second (party) votes were won to be allocated this seat.

Federal election (2025): Nuremberg North[3]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CSU | N Sebastian Brehm[a] | 45,420  | 30.2  |  1.7  | 41,084  | 27.3  |  3.5
| Greens | Rebecca Lenhard  | 32,432  | 21.6  |  1.0  | 29,683  | 19.7  |  3.9
| SPD | Gabriela Heinrich  | 26,739  | 17.8  |  4.2  | 23,568  | 15.6  |  5.3
| AfD | Roland Alexander Hübscher  | 18,093  | 12.0  |  6.1  | 18,303  | 12.1  |  6.0
| Left | Titus Schüller  | 14,697  | 9.8  |  4.4  | 19,233  | 12.8  |  6.8
| FDP | Katja Hessel  | 4,976  | 3.3  |  4.2  | 6,530  | 4.3  |  5.8
| BSW |  | 5,622  | 3.7  |
| FW | Dr. Robert Franz Mahler  | 2,962  | 2.0  |  1.0  | 1,761  | 1.2  |  1.3
| Volt | Christian Penninger  | 2,243  | 1.5  |  0.9  | 1,582  | 1.0  |  0.6
| APT |  | 1,291  | 0.9  |  0.3
| PARTEI | Jörg Knapp  | 1,597  | 1.1  |  | 748  | 0.5  |  0.5
| ÖDP | Inga Hager  | 984  | 0.7  |  0.6  | 488  | 0.3  |  0.3
| dieBasis |  | 414  | 0.3  |  1.3
| Humanists |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| BD |  | 139  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Karin Angelika Podufal  | 346  | 0.2  |  0.1  | 83  | 0.1  |
| BP |  | 56  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 889  |  |  | 635  |  |
Total valid votes | 150,489  |  |  | 150,743  |  |
Turnout | 151,378  | 80.9  |  3.7  |
| Vacant gain from CSU | Majority |  |  |  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Nuremberg North[4]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CSU | Y Sebastian Brehm | 41,027  | 28.5  |  2.8  | 34,349  | 23.8  |  3.8
| Greens | Tessa Ganserer | 32,541  | 22.6  |  9.8  | 34,055  | 23.6  |  8.5
| SPD | Gabriela Heinrich | 31,616  | 21.9  |  3.7  | 30,232  | 20.9  |  2.7
| FDP | Katja Hessel | 10,882  | 7.5  |  0.4  | 14,692  | 10.2  |  0.4
| AfD | Martin Sichert | 8,485  | 5.9  |  3.4  | 8,887  | 6.2  |  3.8
| Left | Titus Schüller  | 7,726  | 5.4  |  4.7  | 8,627  | 6.0  |  5.7
| FW | Thomas Estrada  | 4,286  | 3.0  |  0.9  | 3,621  | 2.5  |  1.3
| dieBasis | Klaus Kinzel  | 2,777  | 1.9  |  | 2,310  | 1.6  |
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,662  | 1.2  |  0.1
| PARTEI |  | 1,462  | 1.0  |  0.4
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 887  | 0.6  |
| Pirates | Lukas Küffner  | 1,849  | 1.3  |  | 784  | 0.5  |  0.0
| ÖDP | Christian Rechholz  | 1,813  | 1.3  |  0.4  | 830  | 0.6  |  0.3
| Volt | Christian Penninger  | 856  | 0.6  |  | 656  | 0.4  |
| Humanists |  | 217  | 0.2  |
| Unabhängige  |  | 204  | 0.1  |
| Independent | Markus Eppel  | 199  | 0.1  |  |
| V-Partei3 |  | 192  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 165  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BP |  | 125  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  | 118  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 119  | 0.1  |
| DKP |  | 88  | 0.1  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 78  | 0.1  |  0.2
| MLPD | Michel Barimis  | 149  | 0.1  |  0.1  | 56  | 0.0  |  0.0
| The III. Path |  | 39  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 31  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,006  |  |  | 726  |  |
Total valid votes | 144,206  |  |  | 144,486  |  |
Turnout | 145,212  | 77.1  |  1.1  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 8,486  | 5.9  |  0.2  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Nuremberg North[5]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CSU | Sebastian Brehm | 45,340  | 31.3  |  8.1  | 40,106  | 27.6  |  7.1
| SPD | Gabriela Heinrich | 37,068  | 25.6  |  6.1  | 26,456  | 18.2  |  8.6
| Greens | Britta Walthelm  | 18,463  | 12.7  |  2.6  | 21,909  | 15.1  |  1.8
| Left | Titus Schüller  | 14,511  | 10.0  |  3.9  | 16,962  | 11.7  |  4.6
| AfD | Martin Sichert | 13,398  | 9.2  |  5.9  | 14,503  | 10.0  |  5.5
| FDP | Katja Hessel | 10,379  | 7.2  |  4.5  | 15,412  | 10.6  |  5.2
| PARTEI |  | 2,076  | 1.4  |
| FW | Jürgen Horst Dörfler  | 3,058  | 2.1  |  0.5  | 1,824  | 1.3  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,595  | 1.1  |  0.3
| ÖDP | Manuela Forster  | 2,342  | 1.6  |  | 1,254  | 0.9  |  0.1
| Pirates |  | 809  | 0.6  |  2.6
| DiB |  | 448  | 0.3  |
| BGE |  | 353  | 0.2  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 328  | 0.2  |
| NPD |  | 311  | 0.2  |  0.6
| DM  |  | 253  | 0.2  |
| BP |  | 251  | 0.2  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 203  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Johannes Rupprecht  | 364  | 0.3  |  0.2  | 124  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 108  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 18  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,282  |  |  | 902  |  |
Total valid votes | 144,923  |  |  | 145,303  |  |
Turnout | 146,205  | 76.1  |  7.3  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 8,272  | 5.7  |  2.0  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Nuremberg North[6]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CSU | Y Dagmar Wöhrl | 51,829  | 39.4  |  2.7  | 45,748  | 34.8  |  4.8
| SPD | Gabriela Heinrich | 41,666  | 31.7  |  0.8  | 35,310  | 26.8  |  4.6
| Greens | Harald Fuchs  | 13,336  | 10.1  |  1.1  | 17,444  | 13.3  |  2.4
| Left | Harald Weinberg | 8,099  | 6.2  |  2.0  | 9,311  | 7.1  |  2.3
| AfD | Marcel Claus  | 4,417  | 3.4  |  | 5,906  | 4.5  |
| Pirates | Emanuel Kotzian  | 4,055  | 3.1  |  0.1  | 4,221  | 3.2  |  0.5
| FDP | Tilman Schürer  | 3,556  | 2.7  |  5.3  | 7,150  | 5.4  |  8.4
| FW | Gerhard Emmert  | 2,134  | 1.6  |  | 1,909  | 1.5  |
| NPD | Christine Rorich  | 1,341  | 1.0  |  0.7  | 1,061  | 0.8  |  0.6
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,032  | 0.8  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  | 940  | 0.7  |  0.1
| PARTEI | Klaus Hammerlindl  | 873  | 0.7  |  |
| REP |  | 409  | 0.3  |  0.1
| BP |  | 337  | 0.3  |  0.1
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 244  | 0.2  |
| Independent | Walter Pfleiderer  | 193  | 0.1  |  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 165  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD | Johannes Rupprecht  | 122  | 0.1  |  0.0  | 149  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 147  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 81  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 57  | 0.0  |  0.8
| BüSo |  | 26  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,053  |  |  | 1,027  |  |
Total valid votes | 131,621  |  |  | 131,647  |  |
Turnout | 132,674  | 68.7  |  2.5  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 10,163  | 7.7  |  2.0  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Nuremberg North[7]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CSU | Y Dagmar Wöhrl | 48,943  | 36.6  |  5.3  | 40,094  | 29.9  |  6.0
| SPD | Günter Gloser  | 41,246  | 30.9  |  9.0  | 29,751  | 22.2  |  11.4
| Greens | Michael Hauck  | 15,043  | 11.3  |  4.1  | 20,934  | 15.6  |  3.2
| Left | Harald Weinberg | 10,923  | 8.2  |  4.0  | 12,554  | 9.4  |  4.2
| FDP | Andreas Neuner  | 10,652  | 8.0  |  4.1  | 18,528  | 13.8  |  4.8
| Pirates | Emanuel Kotzian  | 4,268  | 3.2  |  | 4,940  | 3.7  |
| NPD | Gerhard Schelle  | 2,320  | 1.7  |  0.1  | 1,835  | 1.4  |  0.0
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,129  | 0.8  |
| RRP  |  | 1,081  | 0.8  |
| ÖDP |  | 847  | 0.6  |
| FAMILIE |  | 620  | 0.5  |  0.1
| REP |  | 611  | 0.5  |  0.0
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 313  | 0.2  |
| BP |  | 233  | 0.2  |  0.1
| PBC  |  | 168  | 0.1  |  0.2
| MLPD | Johannes Rupprecht  | 187  | 0.1  |  0.0  | 106  | 0.1  |  0.0
| CM |  | 89  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 79  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 52  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,572  |  |  | 1,190  |  |
Total valid votes | 133,582  |  |  | 133,964  |  |
Turnout | 135,154  | 71.2  |  4.8  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 7,697  | 5.7  |  3.6  |

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Sebastian Brehm (CSU) won with 30.2% but seat remained vacant due to insufficient second votes cover.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Nürnberg-Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Nürnberg-Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-243.html
4. ^ Results for Nürnberg-Nord
5. ^ Results for Nürnberg-Nord
6. ^ Results for Nürnberg-Nord
7. ^ Results for Nürnberg-Nord

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