Nuremberg North

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.

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.

Geography

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.

History

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.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Georg Kurlbaum of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1965 to 1969, followed by fellow SPD member Hans Batz 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 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 results

2025 election

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.