Bodensee 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 293. It is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Bodenseekreis district and southern parts of the Sigmaringen district.[1]
293 Bodensee | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Bodensee in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 239,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 174,430 (2021) |
Major settlements | Friedrichshafen Überlingen Tettnang |
Area | 860.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2009 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Volker Mayer-Lay |
Elected | 2021 |
Bodensee was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Volker Mayer-Lay of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editBodensee is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Bodensee and the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district.[1]
History
editBodensee was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Ravensburg – Bodensee and the redistributed constituency of Zollernalb – Sigmaringen. Its constituency number and borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
editThe constituency was first represented by Lothar Riebsamen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. He was succeeded by Volker Mayer-Lay in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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2009 | Lothar Riebsamen | CDU | 45.0 | |
2013 | 53.9 | |||
2017 | 41.4 | |||
2021 | Volker Mayer-Lay | CDU | 30.4 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Bodensee[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Volker Mayer-Lay | 41,624 | 30.4 | 10.9 | 36,571 | 26.7 | 10.4 | ||
SPD | Leon Hahn | 28,501 | 20.8 | 2.8 | 26,989 | 19.7 | 5.5 | ||
Greens | Maria Heubuch | 23,385 | 17.1 | 3.2 | 23,635 | 17.3 | 2.5 | ||
FDP | Christian Steffen-Stiehl | 16,751 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 21,611 | 15.8 | 2.6 | ||
AfD | Alice Weidel | 12,584 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 11,916 | 8.7 | 1.7 | ||
dieBasis | Johanna Findeisen-Juskowiak | 4,045 | 3.0 | 3,862 | 2.8 | ||||
Left | Sander Frank | 3,705 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3,905 | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
FW | Thomas Brillisauer | 3,047 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2,526 | 1.8 | 1.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,433 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||
PARTEI | Dominik Steuer | 2,079 | 1.5 | 1,345 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 563 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | Annedore Schmid | 931 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 555 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||
Pirates | 490 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
Volt | 458 | 0.3 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 202 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 158 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 133 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 117 | 0.1 | |||||||
Independent | Franziska Schmidt | 103 | 0.1 | ||||||
NPD | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 52 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 49 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,083 | 990 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 136,755 | 136,848 | |||||||
Turnout | 137,838 | 79.0 | 0.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 13,123 | 9.6 | 13.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Bodensee[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Lothar Riebsamen | 56,165 | 41.4 | 12.5 | 50,428 | 37.1 | 11.6 | ||
SPD | Leon Hahn | 24,451 | 18.0 | 2.6 | 19,321 | 14.2 | 4.0 | ||
Greens | Markus Böhlen | 18,811 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 20,015 | 14.7 | 3.0 | ||
AfD | Alice Weidel | 14,079 | 10.4 | 14,164 | 10.4 | 5.9 | |||
FDP | Christian Steffen-Stiehl | 11,999 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 17,954 | 13.2 | 6.8 | ||
Left | Claudia Haydt | 7,185 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 8,316 | 6.1 | 1.7 | ||
ÖDP | Sylvia Hiß-Petrowitz | 1,412 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 726 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||
FW | Antonio Falla | 1,338 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1,001 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 919 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
PARTEI | 794 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 462 | 0.3 | 1.7 | ||||||
BGE | 286 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 278 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 265 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 260 | 0.2 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 239 | 0.2 | |||||||
Independent | Martin Rosenacker | 230 | 0.2 | ||||||
DiB | 208 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 199 | 0.1 | |||||||
Independent | Elfriede Schuler | 124 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DIE RECHTE | 42 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,352 | 1,195 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 135,794 | 134,951 | |||||||
Turnout | 137,146 | 79.4 | 4.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 31,714 | 23.4 | 9.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Bodensee[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Lothar Riebsamen | 68,333 | 53.9 | 8.9 | 61,961 | 48.7 | 12.1 | ||
SPD | Jochen Jehle | 26,105 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 23,125 | 18.2 | 1.6 | ||
Greens | Alexander Gaus | 14,224 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 14,955 | 11.8 | 2.3 | ||
Left | Annette Groth | 5,749 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 5,629 | 4.4 | 2.0 | ||
FDP | Hans-Peter Wetzel | 4,955 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 8,086 | 6.4 | 13.9 | ||
AfD | 5,689 | 4.5 | |||||||
Pirates | Carsten Göpfert | 2,825 | 2.2 | 2,594 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||
NPD | Tim Belz | 1,594 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1,091 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||
FW | Helmut Wolfer | 1,566 | 1.2 | 863 | 0.7 | ||||
ÖDP | Franz Weber | 1,415 | 1.1 | 902 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 950 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 362 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 303 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
RENTNER | 254 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 163 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 98 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 75 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BIG | 37 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,930 | 1,487 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 126,766 | 127,209 | |||||||
Turnout | 128,696 | 75.3 | 2.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 42,228 | 33.3 | 7.9 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Bodensee[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Lothar Riebsamen | 54,169 | 45.0 | 4.7 | 44,205 | 36.6 | 5.3 | ||
SPD | Jochen Jehle | 23,587 | 19.6 | 9.3 | 20,080 | 16.6 | 11.0 | ||
Greens | Petra Selg | 17,349 | 14.4 | 3.4 | 16,962 | 14.0 | 2.7 | ||
FDP | Alexander Reuter | 16,521 | 13.7 | 8.3 | 24,483 | 20.3 | 7.9 | ||
Left | Detlef Schönig | 7,077 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 7,775 | 6.4 | 3.2 | ||
Pirates | 2,441 | 2.0 | |||||||
NPD | Roland Müller | 1,771 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1,277 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 813 | 0.7 | |||||||
ÖDP | 705 | 0.6 | |||||||
REP | 628 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 444 | 0.4 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 402 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 344 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
ADM | 148 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 67 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,181 | 1,767 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 120,474 | 120,888 | |||||||
Turnout | 122,655 | 73.1 | 6.4 | ||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 30,582 | 25.4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Bodensee". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Bodensee". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Bodensee
- ^ Results for Bodensee
- ^ Results for Bodensee
- ^ Results for Bodensee