Schweinfurt 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 249. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.[1]
249 Schweinfurt | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Schweinfurt in 2025 | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 260,000 (2019) |
Electorate | 196,710 (2021) |
Major settlements | Schweinfurt Kitzingen Volkach |
Area | 1,561.2 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Anja Weisgerber |
Elected | 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Schweinfurt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Anja Weisgerber of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
editSchweinfurt is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.[1]
History
editSchweinfurt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 39 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 234. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 236. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 251. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 250. From the 2025 election, it has been number 249.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Schweinfurt and Kitzingen and the districts of Landkreis Schweinfurt, Landkreis Kitzingen, and Gerolzhofen. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 39 | Schweinfurt |
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1953 | 234 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 236 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 251 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 250 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 249 |
Members
editLike most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Funk from 1949 to 1965, followed by Max Schulze-Vorberg from 1965 to 1976. Michael Glos was representative from 1976 to 2013, a total of ten consecutive terms. Anja Weisgerber was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Friedrich Funk | CSU | 38.5 | |
1953 | 56.3 | |||
1957 | 61.7 | |||
1961 | 56.7 | |||
1965 | Max Schulze-Vorberg | CSU | 60.8 | |
1969 | 59.2 | |||
1972 | 58.2 | |||
1976 | Michael Glos | CSU | 62.0 | |
1980 | 60.3 | |||
1983 | 63.7 | |||
1987 | 60.2 | |||
1990 | 57.2 | |||
1994 | 56.9 | |||
1998 | 51.9 | |||
2002 | 58.4 | |||
2005 | 54.1 | |||
2009 | 46.4 | |||
2013 | Anja Weisgerber | CSU | 54.8 | |
2017 | 47.9 | |||
2021 | 40.9 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Schweinfurt[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 | Anja Weisgerber | 63,697 | 40.9 | 7.0 | 54,441 | 34.8 | 6.3 | ||
SPD | Markus Hümpfer | 29,037 | 18.6 | 1.6 | 30,482 | 19.5 | 2.6 | ||
AfD | Bernd Schuhmann | 15,468 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 15,687 | 10.0 | 2.2 | ||
Greens | Nicolas Lommatzsch | 14,747 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 17,085 | 10.9 | 3.4 | ||
FDP | Daniel Stark | 12,408 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 15,039 | 9.6 | 0.7 | ||
FW | Andrea Graham | 7,761 | 5.0 | 9,119 | 5.8 | 3.5 | |||
Left | Klaus Ernst | 6,552 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4,928 | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
dieBasis | Pasquale Trasente | 2,758 | 1.8 | 2,470 | 1.6 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,817 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,137 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | Stefan Hrnicek-Hubert | 1,229 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 657 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
Pirates | 574 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
Unabhängige | Herbert Lorey | 1,116 | 0.7 | 503 | 0.3 | ||||
BP | Cedrick Van Huet | 863 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 523 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 510 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 309 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 191 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 183 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
NPD | 155 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
Humanists | 123 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 115 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 106 | 0.1 | |||||||
The III. Path | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Manfred Setter | 167 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
LKR | 35 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,554 | 1,005 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 155,803 | 156,352 | |||||||
Turnout | 157,357 | 80.0 | 1.5 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 34,660 | 22.3 | 8.6 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Schweinfurt[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Anja Weisgerber | 73,901 | 47.9 | 6.9 | 63,674 | 41.1 | 9.9 | ||
SPD | Markus Hümpfer | 26,346 | 17.1 | 6.0 | 26,163 | 16.9 | 3.8 | ||
AfD | Christian Klingen | 17,198 | 11.1 | 18,905 | 12.2 | 8.9 | |||
Left | Klaus Ernst | 12,091 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 10,422 | 6.7 | 1.8 | ||
Greens | Barbara Pfeuffer | 11,466 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 11,717 | 7.6 | 0.5 | ||
FDP | Andreas Sulzbacher | 9,506 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 13,789 | 8.9 | 4.7 | ||
FW | 3,684 | 2.4 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,002 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | Karolin Hildner | 1,973 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 889 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||
BP | Michael Herbert | 1,525 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 654 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
NPD | 566 | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||||||
Pirates | 540 | 0.3 | 1.4 | ||||||
DM | 407 | 0.3 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 271 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 236 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 165 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 163 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Manfred Setter | 263 | 0.2 | 125 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
BüSo | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,890 | 1,218 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 154,269 | 154,941 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,159 | 78.5 | 7.9 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 47,555 | 30.8 | 0.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Schweinfurt[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Anja Weisgerber | 76,548 | 54.8 | 8.5 | 71,264 | 51.0 | 7.8 | ||
SPD | Ralf Hofmann | 32,190 | 23.1 | 3.6 | 28,872 | 20.6 | 3.5 | ||
Greens | Hans Plate | 8,052 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 9,903 | 7.1 | 2.1 | ||
Left | Klaus Ernst | 7,514 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6,940 | 5.0 | 4.3 | ||
FW | Jochen Keßler-Rosa | 4,614 | 3.3 | 4,041 | 2.9 | ||||
Pirates | Beate Kesper | 2,994 | 2.1 | 2,493 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |||
FDP | Ursula Seissiger | 2,921 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 5,906 | 4.2 | 8.8 | ||
AfD | 4,665 | 3.3 | |||||||
NPD | Jan Fries | 2,042 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1,333 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
REP | 1,118 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||
BP | 1,532 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 828 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |||
ÖDP | Peter Spath | 1,155 | 0.8 | 859 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 852 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 264 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 155 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 121 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 114 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
RRP | 56 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||||||
MLPD | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,713 | 1,416 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,562 | 139,859 | |||||||
Turnout | 141,275 | 70.6 | 2.4 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 44,358 | 31.7 | 4.7 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Schweinfurt[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Michael Glos | 66,253 | 46.4 | 7.7 | 62,265 | 43.2 | 4.9 | ||
SPD | Frank Hofmann | 27,794 | 19.4 | 8.5 | 24,747 | 17.2 | 8.7 | ||
Left | Klaus Ernst | 14,803 | 10.4 | 3.9 | 13,317 | 9.2 | 3.9 | ||
Greens | Hans Plate | 14,598 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 13,182 | 9.1 | 2.5 | ||
FDP | Hendrik Lindemann | 13,713 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 18,742 | 13.0 | 4.3 | ||
Pirates | 3,076 | 2.1 | |||||||
NPD | Wielant Hopfner | 3,029 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1,829 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||
REP | 1,790 | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||||||
FAMILIE | 1,090 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 990 | 0.7 | |||||||
BP | Frank Hofmann | 2,213 | 1.5 | 784 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 771 | 0.5 | |||||||
RRP | 765 | 0.5 | |||||||
Independent | Andreas Rückert | 526 | 0.4 | ||||||
PBC | 277 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 242 | 0.2 | |||||||
CM | 157 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 62 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 57 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,121 | 1,867 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,929 | 144,183 | |||||||
Turnout | 146,050 | 73.0 | 5.9 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 38,459 | 27.0 | 0.8 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Schweinfurt". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Schweinfurt". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Schweinfurt
- ^ Results for Schweinfurt
- ^ Results for Schweinfurt
- ^ Results for Schweinfurt