Regensburg (electoral district)

233 Regensburg
233 Regensburg
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Regensburg in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	340,200 (2019)
Electorate	248,192 (2021)
Major settlements	Regensburg; Neutraubling; Hemau
Area	1,389.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Peter Aumer
Elected	2017, 2021

Regensburg 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 233. It is located in southeastern Bavaria, comprising the city of Regensburg and the district of Landkreis Regensburg.[1]

Regensburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Peter Aumer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Regensburg is located in southeastern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Regensburg and the entirety of the Landkreis Regensburg district excluding the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Wörth a.d.Donau.[1]

History

Regensburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 22 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 217. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 220. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 219. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 234. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 233.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Regensburg and the Landkreis Regensburg district. It acquired its current borders in the 2021 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	22	Regensburg	Regensburg city Landkreis Regensburg district
1953	217
1957
1961
1965	220
1969
1972
1976	219
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	234
2005	234
2009	233
2013
2017
2021			Regensburg city Landkreis Regensburg district (excluding Wörth a.d.Donau Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Max Solleder from 1949 to 1953, followed by Hermann Höcherl from 1953 to 1976. Albert Schedl then served from 1976 to 1980. Maria Eichhorn was representative from 2002 to 2009. Peter Aumer was elected in 2009 for one term, followed by Philipp Lerchenfeld. Aumer was elected again in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Max Solleder	CSU	33.9
1953	Hermann Höcherl	CSU	57.0
1957			57.8
1961			58.3
1965			61.7
1969			61.6
1972			60.8
1976	Albert Schedl	CSU	64.5
1980	Benno Zierer	CSU	63.3
1983			64.7
1987			57.3
1990			55.0
1994			55.6
1998			52.7
2002	Maria Eichhorn	CSU	59.9
2005	Maria Eichhorn	CSU	53.0
2009	Peter Aumer	CSU	44.7
2013	Philipp Lerchenfeld	CSU	48.5
2017	Peter Aumer	CSU	40.1
2021	Peter Aumer	CSU	35.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Regensburg[3]
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 Peter Aumer		69,842	35.3	4.7	61,187	30.9	6.9
	SPD	Carolin Wagner		32,850	16.6	0.2	34,563	17.4	2.9
	Greens	Stefan Schmidt		30,333	15.3	5.9	32,094	16.2	5.8
	FW	Rainer-Michael Rößler		17,906	9.1	2.6	16,618	8.4	4.2
	AfD	Dieter Arnold		16,557	8.4	3.4	17,343	8.8	4.1
	FDP	Ulrich Lechte		13,754	7.0	0.7	18,773	9.5	0.5
	Left	Eva-Maria Schreiber		6,023	3.0	3.0	6,798	3.4	3.3
	ÖDP	Robert Fischer		2,927	1.5	0.9	1,419	0.7	0.3
	PARTEI	Romy Freund		2,734	1.4		1,485	0.7	0.1
	dieBasis	Jörg Brunschweiger		2,567	1.3		2,526	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,884	1.0	0.1
	BP	Andreas Schambeck		1,745	0.9		963	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						528	0.3	0.1
	Volt						412	0.2
	Independent	Jakob Friedl		384	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						335	0.2
	Unabhängige						243	0.1
	Humanists						196	0.1
	V-Partei3						189	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						178	0.1	0.0
	NPD						101	0.1	0.2
	Bündnis C						85	0.0
	du.						82	0.0
	The III. Path						54	0.0
	LKR	Roland Gruber		90	0.0		51	0.0
	DKP						47	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,225			762
Total Valid votes				197,712			198,175
Turnout				198,937	80.2	1.5
	CSU hold		Majority	36,992	18.7	4.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Regensburg[4]
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	Peter Aumer		78,858	40.1	8.4	74,720	37.8	10.6
	SPD	Tobias Hammerl		32,862	16.7	5.3	28,582	14.5	4.8
	AfD	Armin Bauer		23,275	11.8	8.2	25,625	13.0	8.9
	Greens	Stefan Schmidt		18,343	9.3	1.0	20,332	10.3	1.1
	FW	Tobias Gotthardt		12,922	6.6	2.0	8,374	4.2	0.2
	FDP	Ulrich Lechte		12,254	6.2	2.2	17,719	9.0	4.4
	Left	Irmgard Freihoffer		11,761	6.0	2.5	13,259	6.7	2.8
	ÖDP	Hannes Eberhardt		4,599	2.3	0.1	1,949	1.0	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,704	0.9	0.1
	BP						1,376	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						1,358	0.7
	Pirates	Katharina Graßler		1,656	0.8	1.2	777	0.4	1.6
	NPD						422	0.2	0.5
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Irene Garcia Garcia		359	0.2
	V-Partei³						340	0.2
	DiB						286	0.1
	DM						268	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						234	0.1
	BGE						232	0.1
	DKP						42	0.0
	BüSo						31	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,891			1,119
Total Valid votes				196,889			197,661
Turnout				198,780	78.6	9.5
	CSU hold		Majority	45,996	23.4	3.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Regensberg[5]
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	Philipp Lerchenfeld		82,648	48.5	3.7	82,556	48.4	5.8
	SPD	Karl Söllner		37,541	22.0	1.2	32,902	19.3	2.0
	Greens	Florian Eckert		14,202	8.3	0.4	15,759	9.2	1.6
	FW	Sebastian Hopfensperger		7,799	4.6		6,886	4.0
	FDP	Horst Meierhofer		6,830	4.0	8.8	7,835	4.6	9.0
	AfD	Verena Brüdigam		6,229	3.7		7,000	4.1
	Left	Wolfgang Wittich		5,839	3.4	2.8	6,617	3.9	2.9
	ÖDP	Claudia Wiest		4,184	2.5	0.2	2,571	1.5	0.1
	Pirates	Jan Kastner		3,453	2.0	0.3	3,354	2.0	0.1
	BP						1,320	0.8	0.1
	NPD	Peter Haese		1,442	0.8	0.8	1,280	0.8	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,261	0.7	0.0
	REP						475	0.3	0.4
	Independent	Mühlbauer		393	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						279	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						213	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						137	0.1
	PRO						103	0.1
	RRP						35	0.0	0.7
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,394			1,315
Total Valid votes				170,560			170,639
Turnout				171,954	69.1	1.2
	CSU hold		Majority	45,107	26.5	2.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Regensburg[6]
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	Peter Aumer		75,653	44.7	8.2	72,120	42.5	5.8
	SPD	Karl Söllner		35,207	20.8	7.6	29,375	17.3	8.7
	FDP	Horst Meierhofer		21,618	12.8	8.1	22,998	13.6	4.6
	Greens	Jürgen Huber		14,784	8.7	2.5	18,343	10.8	2.3
	Left	Richard Spieß		10,514	6.2	3.2	11,453	6.8	3.1
	ÖDP	Claudia Wiest		4,410	2.6		2,772	1.6
	Pirates	Suat Kasem		2,903	1.7		3,566	2.1
	NPD	Karin Machner		2,753	1.6	0.0	2,297	1.4	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,316	0.8
	RRP	Ferdinand Frummet		1,227	0.7		1,171	0.7
	REP						1,100	0.6	0.0
	BP						1,078	0.6	0.2
	FAMILIE						1,037	0.6	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						430	0.3
	PBC						153	0.1	0.0
	CM						129	0.1
	DVU						101	0.1
	BüSo						68	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						40	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,933			1,455
Total Valid votes				169,069			169,547
Turnout				171,002	70.3	6.0
	CSU hold		Majority	40,446	23.9	0.6

References

"Constituency Regensburg". Federal Returning Officer.
"Results for Regensburg". Federal Returning Officer.
Results for Regensburg
Results for Regensburg
Results for Regensberg
Results for Regensburg

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[Area-1] "Constituency Regensburg". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Regensburg". Federal Returning Officer.

[3] Results for Regensburg

[4] Results for Regensburg

[5] Results for Regensberg

[6] Results for Regensburg

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