Munich West/Centre (electoral district)

Munich West/Centre (German: München-West/Mitte) 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 219. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the western and central part of the city of Munich.

219 Munich West/Centre
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Munich West/Centre in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	379,900 (2019)
Electorate	242,252 (2021)
Major settlements	Munich (partial)
Area	90.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Stephan Pilsinger
Elected	2017, 2021

Munich West/Centre was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Stephan Pilsinger of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Munich West/Centre is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (2), Schwanthalerhöhe (8), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (9), Pasing-Obermenzing (21), Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied (22), Allach-Untermenzing (23), and Laim (25) from the independent city of Munich.

History

Munich West/Centre was created in 1949, then known as München-West. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 8 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 203. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 208. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 207. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 222. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 221. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 220. From the 2025 election, it has been number 219.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Allach, Aubing, Laim, Langwied, Lochhausen, Neuhausen, Nymphenburg, Obermenzing, Pasing, Schwanthalerhöhe, and Untermenzing. In the 1965 election, it lost the borough of Neuhausen. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	8	München-West	Munich city (only Allach, Aubing, Laim, Langwied, Lochhausen, Neuhausen, Nymphenburg, Obermenzing, Pasing, Schwanthalerhöhe, and Untermenzing boroughs)
1953	203
1957
1961
1965	208		Munich city (only Allach, Aubing, Laim, Langwied, Lochhausen, Nymphenburg, Obermenzing, Pasing, Schwanthalerhöhe, and Untermenzing boroughs)
1969
1972
1976
1980	207
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	222	München-West/Mitte	Munich city (only Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (2), Schwanthalerhöhe (8), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (9), Pasing-Obermenzing (21), Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied (22), Allach-Untermenzing (23), and Laim (25) boroughs)
2005
2009	221
2013
2017	220
2021
2025	219

Members

The constituency was first represented by Otto Graf of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Benno Graf of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served one term. Anton Besold of the CSU then served from 1957 to 1965. Erwin Folger of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Manfred Marschall from 1972 to 1976. Peter Schmidhuber won the constituency for the CSU in 1976 and served one term. He was succeeded by fellow CSU member Kurt Faltlhauser, who was representative from 1980 to 1998. Hans-Peter Uhl CSU then served from 1998 to 2017. Stephan Pilsinger of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Otto Graf	SPD	27.1
	1953	Benno Graf	CSU	47.3
	1957	Anton Besold	CSU	47.1
	1961			43.1
	1965	Erwin Folger	SPD	43.9
	1969			48.9
	1972	Manfred Marschall	SPD	48.8
	1976	Peter Schmidhuber	CSU	50.1
	1980	Kurt Faltlhauser	CSU	47.4
	1983			50.7
	1987			48.7
	1990			44.3
	1994			49.8
	1998	Hans-Peter Uhl	CSU	47.3
	2002			44.3
	2005			42.7
	2009			36.8
	2013			42.6
	2017	Stephan Pilsinger	CSU	33.4
	2021			27.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Munich West/Centre
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 Stephan Pilsinger		53,311	27.0	6.3	45,540	23.0	6.7
	Greens	Dieter Janecek		53,174	26.9	10.6	54,303	27.5	9.0
	SPD	Seija Knorr-Köning		39,182	19.9	3.2	37,513	19.0	3.1
	FDP	Lukas Köhler		19,153	9.7	0.7	26,401	13.4	0.3
	AfD	Paul Podolay		7,594	3.8	2.8	8,403	4.3	3.5
	Left	Nicole Gohlke		6,975	3.5	3.5	8,219	4.2	4.5
	FW	Andreas Staufenbiel		5,058	2.6	0.8	5,036	2.5	1.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Susanne Wittmann		3,096	1.6		1,796	0.9	0.1
	dieBasis	Claudia Roedel		3,059	1.6		2,655	1.3
	Volt	Sophie Griesbacher		2,144	1.1		1,571	0.8
	PARTEI	Philipp Drabinski		1,804	0.9		1,403	0.7	0.2
	ÖDP	Ben-Said Sharif Samani		1,557	0.8	0.8	1,353	0.7	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,161	0.6
	Pirates						614	0.3	0.1
	BP						394	0.2	0.4
	du.	Pia Chojnacki		391	0.2		187	0.1
	V-Partei3	Angelika Selbmann		365	0.2		234	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Önder-Vedat Dönmez		316	0.2
	Humanists						196	0.1
	Unabhängige						180	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						158	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						83	0.0
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		72	0.0	0.1
	Independent	Oskar Sommerfeldt		66	0.0
	DKP						52	0.0	0.0
	LKR						52	0.0
	NPD						46	0.0	0.1
	The III. Path						41	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				955			647
Total valid votes				197,317			197,625
Turnout				198,272	81.8	1.7
	CSU hold		Majority	137	0.1	10.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Munich West/Centre
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	Stephan Pilsinger		64,014	33.3	9.2	57,322	29.8	7.2
	SPD	Bernhard Goodwin		44,283	23.1	5.5	30,617	15.9	7.8
	Greens	Dieter Janecek		31,385	16.3	3.2	35,605	18.5	2.9
	FDP	Lukas Köhler		17,369	9.0	5.0	26,356	13.7	6.3
	Left	Dominik Lehmann		13,569	7.1	2.9	16,638	8.6	3.8
	AfD	Bernhard Zimniok		12,852	6.7		14,895	7.7	3.6
	FW	Ludwig Gebhard		3,450	1.8	0.3	1,956	1.0	0.4
	PARTEI						1,823	0.9
	ÖDP	Andreas Klauke		3,033	1.6	0.0	1,650	0.9	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,560	0.8	0.1
	BP	Norbert Seidl		1,690	0.9		1,073	0.6	0.0
	Pirates						797	0.4	2.1
	DiB						728	0.4
	BGE						417	0.2
	V-Partei³						388	0.2
	DM						266	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						179	0.1
	NPD						170	0.1	0.3
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		225	0.1	0.0	71	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Robert Mertel		207	0.1
	DKP						58	0.0
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,322			778
Total valid votes				192,077			192,621
Turnout				193,399	80.2	7.4
	CSU hold		Majority	19,731	10.2	3.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Munich West/Centre
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 Hans-Peter Uhl		73,661	42.6	5.8	64,221	37.0	5.7
	SPD	Roland Fischer		49,419	28.6	1.1	41,108	23.7	4.9
	Greens	Dieter Janecek		22,743	13.1	1.4	27,068	15.6	3.8
	Left	Nicole Fritsche		7,135	4.1	1.5	8,312	4.8	1.9
	FDP	Daniel Volk		6,984	4.0	7.9	12,850	7.4	9.7
	AfD						7,249	4.2
	Pirates	Ronald Heinrich		4,420	2.6		4,313	2.5	0.1
	FW	Reinhold Herbert		3,713	2.1		2,387	1.4
	ÖDP	Mechthild von Walter		2,796	1.6	0.1	1,770	1.0	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,219	0.7	0.1
	BP						1,002	0.6	0.0
	NPD	Björn-Christopher Balbin		996	0.6	0.2	643	0.4	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						291	0.2
	REP						272	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						249	0.1	0.1
	PRO	Stefan Werner		735	0.4		201	0.1
	Independent	Mertel		232	0.1
	Party of Reason						142	0.1
	MLPD						125	0.1	0.1
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		185	0.1	0.1	60	0.0	0.0
	RRP						51	0.0	0.6
Informal votes				1,303			789
Total valid votes				173,019			173,533
Turnout				174,322	72.7	2.0
	CSU hold		Majority	24,242	14.0	4.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Munich West/Centre
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 Hans-Peter Uhl		63,075	36.8	5.9	53,814	31.3	5.3
	SPD	Roland Fischer		47,101	27.5	11.8	32,308	18.8	9.7
	Greens	Hermann Brem		24,967	14.6	6.7	33,340	19.4	3.1
	FDP	Daniel Volk		20,442	11.9	7.1	29,355	17.1	5.2
	Left	Henning Hintze		9,665	5.6	2.8	11,587	6.7	2.8
	Pirates						4,045	2.4
	ÖDP	Mechthild von Walter		2,623	1.5		1,550	0.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,120	0.7
	RRP						1,069	0.6
	NPD	Patrick Bernstein		1,413	0.8	0.1	1,029	0.6	0.1
	Independent	Thomas Blechschmidt		979	0.6
	BP						929	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Peter Landauer		652	0.4
	FAMILIE						528	0.3	0.2
	REP						498	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						361	0.2
	PBC						160	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		412	0.2	0.0	140	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Robert Mertel		248	0.1
	CM						117	0.1
	DVU						69	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,561			1,086
Total valid votes				171,577			172,052
Turnout				173,138	74.7	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	15,974	9.3	5.9