Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord

Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord (English: North Frisia – Dithmarschen North) 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 2. It is located in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the Nordfriesland district and the northern part of the Dithmarschen district.^[1]

2 Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord in 2025
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	235,000 (2019)
Electorate	188,267 (2021)
Major settlements	Husum Heide
Area	2,777.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1965
Party	CDU
Member	Astrid Damerow
Elected	2017, 2021

Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Astrid Damerow of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord is located in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Nordfriesland and the northern part of the Dithmarschen district, specifically the urban municipality of Heide and the Ämter of Büsum-Wesselburen, Eider, and Heider Umland.^[1]

History

Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord was created in 1965, then known as Husum. It contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Husum – Südtondern – Eiderstedt and Norder- und Süderdithmarschen. Until 1972, it was constituency 3 in the numbering system. From 1972 until 2002, its name contained a hyphen between "Dithmarschen" and "Nord".

In the elections of 1965 and 1969, Husum consisted of the districts of Husum, Südtondern, Eiderstedt, and Norderdithmarschen. After reform of the administrative divisions in Schleswig-Holstein, the constituency acquired its current name and configuration, containing Nordfriesland and the northern part of Dithmarschen.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1965	3	Husum	Husum district Südtondern district Eiderstedt district Norderdithmarschen district
1969
1972	2	Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen-Nord	Nordfriesland district Dithmarschen district (only Heide municipality, Büsum-Wesselburen Amt, Eider Amt, and Heider Umland Amt)
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002		Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but two Bundestag terms since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was the CDU's Hermann Glüsing (1965–72), followed by Willi-Peter Sick (1972–80). It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1980, and represented by Wolfgang Rayer for a single term, before returning to the CDU in 1983. Between then and 1998, it was represented by future Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Peter Harry Carstensen. The constituency was won by the SPD's Manfred Opel in 1998, but again returned to the CDU in 2002, and was represented by Carstensen for another term. He was succeeded by Ingbert Liebing in 2005, who was in turn succeeded by Astrid Damerow in 2017. She was re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1965	Hermann Glüsing	CDU	57.0
	1969			53.2
	1972	Willi-Peter Sick	CDU	46.5
	1976			48.1
	1980	Wolfgang Rayer	SPD	44.9
	1983	Peter Harry Carstensen	CDU	52.7
	1987			47.1
	1990			49.1
	1994			48.4
	1998	Manfred Opel	SPD	46.2
	2002	Peter Harry Carstensen	CDU	44.3
	2005	Ingbert Liebing	CDU	47.9
	2009			43.1
	2013			49.8
	2017	Astrid Damerow	CDU	45.1
	2021			30.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Astrid Damerow		43,745	30.4	14.8	35,511	24.6	13.7
	SPD	Jens Peter Jensen		40,026	27.8	2.6	37,926	26.3	3.8
	Greens	Denise Loop		20,611	14.3	4.9	22,588	15.7	4.7
	FDP	Gyde Jensen		13,958	9.7	1.6	18,350	12.7	0.3
	SSW	Sybilla Nitsch		9,410	6.5		9,516	6.6
	AfD	Andrej Clasen		8,274	5.7	0.1	8,798	6.1	0.4
	Left	Hartmut Jensen		4,060	2.8	2.3	4,437	3.1	3.1
	dieBasis	Sandor Stolz		2,254	1.6		1,836	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,604	1.1
	PARTEI						1,322	0.9	0.1
	FW	Traymont Wilhelmi		1,510	1.0	0.1	1,081	0.7	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						239	0.2
	Volt						237	0.2
	NPD						146	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						130	0.1
	V-Partei3						125	0.1
	ÖDP						121	0.1	0.0
	LKR	Axel Frey		202	0.1		60	0.0
	du.						59	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,337			1,242
Total valid votes				144,050			144,145
Turnout				145,387	77.2	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	3,719	2.6	17.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Astrid Damerow		62,256	45.1	4.7	52,928	38.3	5.0
	SPD	Matthias Ilgen		34,685	25.2	7.0	31,120	22.5	7.1
	Greens	Arfst Wagner		13,026	9.4	2.9	15,144	11.0	2.9
	FDP	Berthold Brodersen		11,105	8.1	5.6	18,050	13.1	6.7
	AfD	Jürgen Izdebski		8,117	5.9	2.8	9,030	6.5	2.7
	Left	Michael Schilke		7,102	5.2	1.6	8,589	6.2	1.8
	FW	Michael Potthast		1,606	1.2		867	0.6	0.0
	PARTEI						1,376	1.0
	BGE						430	0.3
	NPD						301	0.2	0.3
	ÖDP						173	0.1
	MLPD						63	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,297			1,123
Total valid votes				137,897			138,071
Turnout				139,194	74.6	4.0
	CDU hold		Majority	27,571	19.9	2.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ingbert Liebing		64,678	49.8	6.6	56,383	43.4	6.9
	SPD	Matthias Ilgen		41,714	32.1	4.2	38,590	29.7	5.1
	Greens	Arfst Wagner		8,465	6.5	3.3	10,547	8.1	3.2
	Left	Norbert Meixner		4,653	3.6	2.7	5,733	4.4	2.3
	AfD	Volker Wiethüchter		3,973	3.1		4,994	3.8
	Pirates	Oliver Sippel		2,467	1.9		2,413	1.9	0.2
	FDP	Ulrich Schmück		3,172	2.4	9.1	8,321	6.4	10.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						969	0.7
	FW						755	0.6
	NPD	Jürgen Wilhelm Otto Töpke		757	0.6	0.4	733	0.6	0.3
	Rentner						561	0.4	0.6
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,648			1,483
Total valid votes				129,879			130,044
Turnout				131,527	70.6	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	22,964	17.7	2.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ingbert Liebing		56,751	43.2	4.7	47,947	36.5	5.2
	SPD	Hanno Fecke		36,642	27.9	11.9	32,239	24.5	11.7
	FDP	Ulrich Schmück		15,184	11.6	7.4	22,605	17.2	7.1
	Greens	Valentin Seehausen		12,840	9.8	5.8	14,927	11.4	5.1
	Left	Harry Otto Adolf Voß		8,208	6.3	3.0	8,836	6.7	2.9
	Pirates						2,233	1.7
	Rentner						1,293	1.0
	NPD	Arne Kaehne		1,231	0.9	0.1	1,126	0.9	0.0
	Independent			433	0.3
	DVU						194	0.1
	MLPD						53	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,382			3,218
Total valid votes				131,289			131,453
Turnout				134,671	72.0	5.9
	CDU hold		Majority	20,109	15.3	7.2

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord[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	%	±%
	CDU	Ingbert Liebing		67,786	47.9	3.6	59,034	41.7	1.7
	SPD	Ralf Heßmann		56,380	39.8	4.2	51,307	36.2	6.2
	FDP	Veronika Kolb		5,907	4.2	1.2	14,270	10.1	1.9
	Greens	Irene Fröhlich		5,670	4.0	0.4	8,854	6.2	0.3
	Left	Uwe Wendt		4,542	3.2	2.1	5,475	3.9	2.8
	Familie						1,508	1.1
	NPD	Uwe Schäfer		1,213	0.9		1,190	0.8	0.6
	MLPD						82	0.1
Informal votes				2,280			2,058
Total valid votes				141,498			141,720
Turnout				143,778	77.9	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	11,406	8.1	7.8

References

1. "Constituency Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
4. Results for Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
5. Results for Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
6. Results for Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord
7. Final results by constituency for the 2005 Bundestag election