Bayreuth 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 236. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the eastern part of the Forchheim district.[1]
236 Bayreuth | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
Bayreuth in 2025 | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 206,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 162,430 (2021) |
Major settlements | Bayreuth Pegnitz Pottenstein |
Area | 1,648.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Silke Launert |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Bayreuth was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Silke Launert of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
editBayreuth is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the municipalities of Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal and Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg from the Forchheim district.[1]
History
editBayreuth was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 25 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 220. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 223. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 238. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 237. From the 2025 election, it has been number 236.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bayreuth and Marktredwitz and the districts of Landkreis Bayreuth and Wunsiedel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Pegnitz district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bayreuth and Landkreis Bayreuth district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 25 | Bayreuth |
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1953 | 220 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 223 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 238 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 237 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 236 |
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Matthäus Herrmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow SPD member Herbert Hauffe from 1953 to 1957. Albrecht Schlee of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957, but former member Hauffe regained it for the SPD in 1961. Former member Schlee was then elected in 1965 and 1969. Richard Müller of the SPD was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Heinz Starke of the CSU was representative from 1976 to 1980, followed by Ortwin Lowack from 1980 to 1994. Hartmut Koschyk of the CSU then served from 1994 to 2017. Silke Launert of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Matthäus Herrmann | SPD | 39.7 | |
1953 | Herbert Hauffe | SPD | 40.0 | |
1957 | Albrecht Schlee | CSU | 43.7 | |
1961 | Herbert Hauffe | SPD | 43.1 | |
1965 | Albrecht Schlee | CSU | 48.0 | |
1969 | 46.4 | |||
1972 | Richard Müller | SPD | 48.6 | |
1976 | Heinz Starke | CSU | 55.1 | |
1980 | Ortwin Lowack | CSU | 55.6 | |
1983 | 61.6 | |||
1987 | 57.3 | |||
1990 | 54.9 | |||
1994 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 46.0 | |
1998 | 50.6 | |||
2002 | 60.7 | |||
2005 | 56.1 | |||
2009 | 50.9 | |||
2013 | 55.9 | |||
2017 | Silke Launert | CSU | 46.5 | |
2021 | 42.4 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Bayreuth[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 54,465 | 42.4 | 43,768 | 34.1 | |||||
SPD | Annette Kramme | 24,840 | 19.4 | 26,584 | 20.7 | ||||
Greens | Susanne Bauer | 14,064 | 11.0 | 15,647 | 12.2 | ||||
AfD | Tobias Peterka | 10,777 | 8.4 | 11,636 | 9.1 | ||||
FDP | Thomas Hacker | 9,182 | 7.2 | 12,020 | 9.4 | ||||
FW | Corey Dressendörfer | 7,754 | 6.0 | 8,857 | 6.9 | ||||
Left | Sven Schröder | 2,577 | 2.0 | 3,294 | 2.6 | ||||
dieBasis | Markus Engel | 2,028 | 1.6 | 1,642 | 1.3 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,306 | 1.0 | |||||||
PARTEI | Florens Weiß | 1,709 | 1.3 | 988 | 0.8 | ||||
ÖDP | Dominic Hopp | 934 | 0.7 | 516 | 0.4 | ||||
Pirates | 368 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 321 | 0.3 | |||||||
BP | 269 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 241 | 0.2 | |||||||
Unabhängige | 210 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 166 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 142 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 101 | 0.1 | |||||||
The III. Path | 82 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 71 | 0.1 | |||||||
LKR | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 806 | 606 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 128,330 | 128,530 | |||||||
Turnout | 129,136 | 79.5 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 29,625 | 23.0 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Bayreuth[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Silke Launert | 58,665 | 46.5 | 53,063 | 41.9 | ||||
SPD | Anette Kramme | 26,785 | 21.2 | 23,198 | 18.3 | ||||
AfD | Tobias Peterka | 11,845 | 9.4 | 13,566 | 10.7 | ||||
Greens | Susanne Bauer | 8,936 | 7.1 | 9,994 | 7.9 | ||||
FDP | Thomas Hacker | 8,368 | 6.6 | 11,369 | 9.0 | ||||
Left | Sebastian Sommerer | 5,476 | 4.3 | 7,022 | 5.5 | ||||
FW | Thomas Mainusch | 4,434 | 3.5 | 3,441 | 2.7 | ||||
PARTEI | Wolfgang Karl | 1,662 | 1.3 | 1,194 | 0.9 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,015 | 0.8 | |||||||
ÖDP | 532 | 0.4 | |||||||
NPD | 386 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 373 | 0.3 | |||||||
BP | 347 | 0.3 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 318 | 0.3 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 189 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 177 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 156 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 138 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,051 | 693 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 126,171 | 126,529 | |||||||
Turnout | 127,222 | 77.6 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 31,880 | 25.3 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Bayreuth[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 63,936 | 55.9 | 56,846 | 49.5 | |||||
SPD | Anette Kramme | 29,344 | 25.6 | 26,676 | 23.2 | ||||
Greens | Sabine Steininger | 7,189 | 6.3 | 7,803 | 6.8 | ||||
AfD | Tobias Matthias Peterka | 3,569 | 3.1 | 4,435 | 3.9 | ||||
Left | Tilmann Schiel | 3,246 | 2.8 | 3,783 | 3.3 | ||||
FDP | Hermann Hiery | 3,133 | 2.7 | 5,539 | 4.8 | ||||
FW | 3,524 | 3.1 | |||||||
Pirates | Dirk-Gernot Marky | 2,663 | 2.3 | 2,192 | 1.9 | ||||
NPD | Harald Bestehorn | 1,392 | 1.2 | 1,104 | 1.0 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 796 | 0.7 | |||||||
ÖDP | 556 | 0.5 | |||||||
REP | 530 | 0.5 | |||||||
BP | 398 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 245 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 112 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 111 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 70 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 44 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,187 | 855 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 114,472 | 114,804 | |||||||
Turnout | 115,659 | 70.2 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 34,592 | 30.3 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Bayreuth[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 58,848 | 50.9 | 51,124 | 44.0 | |||||
SPD | Anette Kramme | 23,920 | 20.7 | 22,018 | 18.9 | ||||
Greens | Gert Lowack | 13,096 | 11.3 | 10,937 | 9.4 | ||||
FDP | Philipp Irmscher | 9,898 | 8.6 | 16,066 | 13.8 | ||||
Left | Georg Böhner | 6,318 | 5.5 | 6,865 | 5.9 | ||||
Pirates | 2,401 | 2.1 | |||||||
REP | Franz Noffke | 1,855 | 1.6 | 1,520 | 1.3 | ||||
NPD | Kai Limmer | 1,701 | 1.5 | 1,593 | 1.4 | ||||
FAMILIE | 818 | 0.7 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 690 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | 595 | 0.5 | |||||||
RRP | 570 | 0.5 | |||||||
BP | 414 | 0.4 | |||||||
PBC | 293 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 181 | 0.2 | |||||||
CM | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 20 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,654 | 974 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 115,636 | 116,316 | |||||||
Turnout | 117,290 | 71.4 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 34,928 | 30.2 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Bayreuth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Bayreuth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Bayreuth
- ^ Results for Bayreuth
- ^ Results for Bayreuth
- ^ Results for Bayreuth