Aschaffenburg (electoral district)

Aschaffenburg 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 246. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Aschaffenburg and the district of Landkreis Aschaffenburg.

246 Aschaffenburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Aschaffenburg in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	245,200 (2019)
Electorate	182,652 (2021)
Major settlements	Aschaffenburg Alzenau
Area	761.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Andrea Lindholz
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Aschaffenburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Andrea Lindholz of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Aschaffenburg is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Aschaffenburg and the district of Landkreis Aschaffenburg.

History

Aschaffenburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 36 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 231. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 233. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 248. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 247. From the 2025 election, it has been number 246.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Aschaffenburg and the districts of Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Miltenberg, Obernburg, and Alzenau. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the district of Alzenau. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	36	Aschaffenburg	Aschaffenburg city Landkreis Aschaffenburg district Miltenberg district Obernburg district Alzenau district
1953	231
1957
1961
1965	233		Aschaffenburg city Landkreis Aschaffenburg district Miltenberg district Obernburg district
1969
1972
1976			Aschaffenburg city Landkreis Aschaffenburg district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	248
2005
2009	247
2013
2017
2021
2025	246

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Hugo Karpf from 1949 to 1957, followed by Karl-Heinz Vogt from 1957 to 1969. Paul Gerlach was representative from 1969 to 1987. Norbert Geis then served from 1987 to 2013, a total of seven consecutive terms. Andrea Lindholz was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hugo Karpf	CSU	46.8
	1953			54.8
	1957	Karl-Heinz Vogt	CSU	58.9
	1961			55.0
	1965			56.4
	1969	Paul Gerlach	CSU	55.9
	1972			54.7
	1976			57.9
	1980			56.7
	1983			61.9
	1987	Norbert Geis	CSU	59.0
	1990			55.3
	1994			53.3
	1998			51.4
	2002			54.9
	2005			52.4
	2009			42.8
	2013	Andrea Lindholz	CSU	52.4
	2017			48.1
	2021			40.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Aschaffenburg
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 Andrea Lindholz		59,269	40.7	7.4	45,739	31.4	7.0
	SPD	Tobias Wüst		24,893	17.1	0.5	30,232	20.7	3.2
	Greens	Niklas Wagener		19,588	13.5	4.3	20,642	14.2	4.8
	AfD	Jörg Baumann		13,954	9.6	0.9	13,716	9.4	2.2
	FDP	Karsten Klein		11,683	8.0	0.1	16,199	11.1	0.2
	FW	Benjamin Withauer		5,087	3.5		5,718	3.9	2.2
	Left	Florian Hofmann		3,536	2.4	2.4	4,068	2.8	3.3
	dieBasis	Sylvia Pflug		2,412	1.7		2,112	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,917	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI	Andreas Portscher		2,022	1.4		1,138	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Katharina Dehn		1,580	1.1	0.9	805	0.6	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						608	0.4
	Pirates						551	0.4	0.1
	BP	Andreas Reiniger		516	0.4		413	0.3	0.0
	Volt						370	0.3
	Unabhängige						361	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						210	0.1	0.0
	LKR	Holger Stenger		490	0.3		151	0.1
	Independent	Ralf Lembach		351	0.2
	V-Partei3						151	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						139	0.1
	du.						120	0.1
	NPD						110	0.1	0.3
	The III. Path						80	0.1
	Bündnis C						74	0.1
	MLPD	Bendrick Arnold		157	0.1	0.1	61	0.0	0.0
	DKP						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,234			1,052
Total valid votes				145,538			145,720
Turnout				146,772	80.4	1.3
	CSU hold		Majority	34,376	23.6	7.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Aschaffenburg
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 Andrea Lindholz		68,708	48.1	4.4	55,009	38.4	9.4
	SPD	Alexander Spatz		23,660	16.6	8.5	25,198	17.6	4.4
	AfD	Andreas Kropp		14,985	10.5		16,642	11.6	7.5
	Greens	Niklas Wagener		13,144	9.2	1.2	13,432	9.4	0.8
	FDP	Karsten Klein		11,381	8.0	4.7	15,610	10.9	5.5
	Left	Georg Liebl		6,833	4.8	2.0	8,699	6.1	2.4
	FW						2,423	1.7	0.6
	PARTEI						1,235	0.9
	ÖDP	Arno Schmitt		2,798	2.0	0.8	1,096	0.8	0.2
	Independent	Tim Leder		566	0.4
	Independent	Ralf Lembach		471	0.3
	NPD						470	0.3	0.9
	Pirates						464	0.3	1.6
	BP						404	0.3	0.2
	V-Partei³						324	0.2
	DM						306	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						238	0.2
	BGE						202	0.1
	DiB						201	0.1
	MLPD	Bendrick Arnold		344	0.2		105	0.1	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0
	BüSo						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,048			1,508
Total valid votes				142,890			143,430
Turnout				144,938	79.0	7.7
	CSU hold		Majority	45,048	31.5	4.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Aschaffenburg
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	Andrea Lindholz		67,591	52.4	9.7	61,741	47.7	7.6
	SPD	Andreas Parr		32,308	25.1	6.0	28,408	22.0	4.5
	Greens	Stefan Wagener		10,284	8.0	9.2	11,135	8.6	2.7
	FDP	Helmut Kaltenhauser		4,199	3.3	8.2	7,003	5.4	10.3
	AfD						5,263	4.1
	Left	Ibrahim Veziroglu		3,641	2.8	3.3	4,691	3.6	3.0
	FW	Helmut Rehm		3,373	2.6		2,902	2.2
	Pirates	Lars Zillger		3,314	2.6		2,545	2.0	0.2
	NPD	Volker Cigelski		2,173	1.7	0.4	1,550	1.2	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,098	0.8	0.2
	ÖDP	Rudolf Lang		1,551	1.2	0.2	791	0.6	0.1
	REP						739	0.6	0.8
	BP						563	0.4	0.2
	Independent			466	0.4
	DIE FRAUEN						263	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						190	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						166	0.1
	PRO						156	0.1
	MLPD						75	0.1	0.0
	RRP						52	0.0	0.8
	BüSo						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,410			1,964
Total valid votes				128,900			129,346
Turnout				131,310	71.3	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	35,283	27.3	3.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Aschaffenburg
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 Norbert Geis		56,491	42.7	9.7	53,201	40.1	6.9
	SPD	Andreas Parr		25,143	19.0	7.4	23,235	17.5	9.2
	Greens	Christine Scheel		22,717	17.2	5.8	15,071	11.4	3.6
	FDP	Helmut Kaltenhauser		15,185	11.5	6.6	20,868	15.7	5.2
	Left	Reinhold Rückert		8,072	6.1	3.1	8,828	6.7	3.2
	Pirates						2,828	2.1
	NPD	Udo Sieghart		2,716	2.1	0.2	1,750	1.3	0.2
	REP						1,791	1.3	0.2
	RRP						1,180	0.9
	FAMILIE						1,089	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Rudolf Lang		1,841	1.4		979	0.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						917	0.7
	BP						329	0.2	0.0
	DIE VIOLETTEN						246	0.2
	CM						120	0.1
	PBC						99	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						67	0.1	0.1
	DVU						60	0.0
	BüSo						50	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,840			2,297
Total valid votes				132,165			132,708
Turnout				135,005	73.4	5.8
	CSU hold		Majority	31,348	23.7	2.3