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Aschaffenburg (electoral district)

Coordinates: 50°0′16.178″N 9°13′49.926″E / 50.00449389°N 9.23053500°E / 50.00449389; 9.23053500
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246 Aschaffenburg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Aschaffenburg in 2025
StateBavaria
Population245,200 (2019)
Electorate182,652 (2021)
Major settlementsAschaffenburg
Alzenau
Area761.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberAndrea Lindholz
Elected2013, 2017, 2021

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.[1]

Aschaffenburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Andrea Lindholz of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

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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.[1]

History

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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
1953 231
1957
1961
1965 233
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 248
2005
2009 247
2013
2017
2021
2025 246

Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Hugo Karpf [de] from 1949 to 1957, followed by Karl-Heinz Vogt [de] from 1957 to 1969. Paul Gerlach [de] 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 [de] CSU 46.8
1953 54.8
1957 Karl-Heinz Vogt [de] CSU 58.9
1961 55.0
1965 56.4
1969 Paul Gerlach [de] 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

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Aschaffenburg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Aschaffenburg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CSU Green tickY Andrea Lindholz 68,708 48.1 Decrease 4.4 55,009 38.4 Decrease 9.4
SPD Alexander Spatz 23,660 16.6 Decrease 8.5 25,198 17.6 Decrease 4.4
AfD Andreas Kropp 14,985 10.5 16,642 11.6 Increase 7.5
Greens Niklas Wagener 13,144 9.2 Increase 1.2 13,432 9.4 Increase 0.8
FDP Karsten Klein 11,381 8.0 Increase 4.7 15,610 10.9 Increase 5.5
Left Georg Liebl 6,833 4.8 Increase 2.0 8,699 6.1 Increase 2.4
FW   2,423 1.7 Decrease 0.6
PARTEI   1,235 0.9
ÖDP Arno Schmitt 2,798 2.0 Increase 0.8 1,096 0.8 Increase 0.2
Independent Tim Leder 566 0.4
Independent Ralf Lembach 471 0.3
NPD   470 0.3 Decrease 0.9
Pirates   464 0.3 Decrease 1.6
BP   404 0.3 Decrease 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 Steady 0.0
DKP   25 0.0
BüSo 20 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,048 1,508
Total valid votes 142,890 143,430
Turnout 144,938 79.0 Increase 7.7
CSU hold Majority 45,048 31.5 Increase 4.2

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Aschaffenburg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Aschaffenburg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Aschaffenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Aschaffenburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Aschaffenburg
  4. ^ Results for Aschaffenburg
  5. ^ Results for Aschaffenburg
  6. ^ Results for Aschaffenburg

50°0′16.178″N 9°13′49.926″E / 50.00449389°N 9.23053500°E / 50.00449389; 9.23053500