Schwandorf (electoral district)

233 Schwandorf
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Schwandorf in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	282,800 (2019)
Electorate	222,424 (2021)
Major settlements	Schwandorf Cham Burglengenfeld
Area	3,067.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Martina Englhardt-Kopf
Elected	2021

Schwandorf 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 eastern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Cham and Schwandorf.

Schwandorf was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Martina Englhardt-Kopf of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Schwandorf is located in eastern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Cham and Schwandorf as well as the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Wörth a.d.Donau from the Landkreis Regensburg district.

History

Schwandorf was created in 1949, then known as Burglengenfeld. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 20 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 215. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 219. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 220. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 235. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 234. From the 2025 election, it has been number 233.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Schwandorf and the districts of Burglengenfeld, Roding, Beilngries, Parsberg, and Riedenburg. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Schwandorf and the districts of Cham, Burglengenfeld, Nabburg, Oberviechtach, Roding, Waldmünchen, Vohenstrauß, and Neunburg vorm Wald. In the 1976 through 2017 elections, it comprised the districts of Schwandorf and Cham. It acquired its current borders in the 2021 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	20	Burglengenfeld	Schwandorf city Burglengenfeld district Roding district Beilngries district Parsberg district Riedenburg district
1953	215
1957
1961
1965	219		Schwandorf city Cham district Burglengenfeld district Nabburg district Oberviechtach district Roding district Waldmünchen district Vohenstrauß district Neunburg vorm Wald district
1969
1972
1976	220	Schwandorf	Cham district Schwandorf district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	235
2005
2009	234
2013
2017
2021			Cham district Schwandorf district Landkreis Regensburg district (only Wörth a.d.Donau Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
2025	233

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Karl Kahn from 1949 to 1957, followed by Hans Drachsler from 1957 to 1965. Alois Niederalt served one term from 1965 to 1969. Dionys Jobst was then representative from 1969 to 1998, a total of eight consecutive terms. Klaus Hofbauer served from 1998 to 2009. Karl Holmeier was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Martina Englhardt-Kopf in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Karl Kahn	CSU	37.0
	1953			60.4
	1957	Hans Drachsler	CSU	66.4
	1961			67.2
	1965	Alois Niederalt	CSU	68.4
	1969	Dionys Jobst	CSU	65.1
	1972			64.7
	1976			66.5
	1980			65.6
	1983			65.3
	1987			55.9
	1990			58.9
	1994			54.5
	1998	Klaus Hofbauer	CSU	53.8
	2002			66.9
	2005			58.1
	2009	Karl Holmeier	CSU	51.3
	2013			57.7
	2017			48.5
	2021	Martina Englhardt-Kopf	CSU	35.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Schwandorf
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	Martina Englhardt-Kopf		60,924	35.1	13.2	59,430	34.1	7.3
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		39,615	22.8	1.1	31,209	17.9	1.8
	FW	Christian Schindler		27,381	15.8	6.0	25,114	14.4	9.2
	AfD	Wolfgang Pöschl		23,142	13.3	13.0	23,508	13.5	3.9
	Greens	Tina Winklmann		7,934	4.6	0.7	11,179	6.4	1.9
	FDP	Ines Tegtmeier		7,341	4.2	0.5	12,650	7.3	0.7
	Left	Manfred Preischl		3,043	1.8	3.2	3,394	1.9	2.6
	dieBasis	Andreas Duschinger		1,846	1.1		1,538	0.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,494	0.9	0.1
	ÖDP	Sönke Siebold		1,747	1.0	1.3	1,034	0.6	0.3
	BP						877	0.5	0.5
	PARTEI						782	0.4	0.1
	Pirates						368	0.2	0.1
	Unabhängige						253	0.1
	Volt						181	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						174	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3	Constanze Beck		515	0.3		165	0.1	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						161	0.1
	NPD						161	0.1	0.3
	The III. Path						101	0.1
	Humanists						98	0.1
	Bündnis C						91	0.1
	LKR	Thomas Faltermeier		267	0.2		83	0.0
	du.						77	0.0
	DKP						13	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,202			812
Total valid votes				173,755			174,145
Turnout				174,957	78.7	3.5
	CSU hold		Majority	21,309	12.3	12.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Schwandorf
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 Karl Holmeier		77,092	48.5	9.2	66,827	41.4	13.3
	AfD						28,006	17.4	10.1
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		38,461	24.2	0.6	26,122	16.2	3.2
	FW	Frank Aumeier		15,496	9.7	5.1	8,278	5.1	0.2
	Left	Marius J. Brey		7,929	5.0	2.3	7,339	4.6	1.3
	FDP	Ines Tegtmeier		7,392	4.6	2.9	10,608	6.6	3.2
	Greens	Tina Winklmann		6,172	3.9	0.7	7,302	4.5	0.3
	ÖDP	Stefan Scheingraber		3,624	2.3	0.7	1,388	0.9	0.2
	Independent	Ewald Ehrl		2,920	1.8
	BP						1,592	1.0	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,280	0.8	0.1
	NPD						646	0.4	0.8
	PARTEI						594	0.4
	Pirates						444	0.3	1.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						195	0.1
	V-Partei³						191	0.1
	DM						162	0.1
	DiB						141	0.1
	BGE						104	0.1
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0
	BüSo						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,463			1,268
Total valid votes				159,086			161,281
Turnout				162,549	75.1	9.8
	CSU hold		Majority	38,631	24.3	8.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Schwandorf
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 Karl Holmeier		80,840	57.7	6.4	76,453	54.7	7.5
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		34,716	24.8	0.6	27,066	19.4	1.9
	FW	Jürgen Neuber		6,524	4.7		6,858	4.9
	Greens	Reinhold Schmalzbauer		4,516	3.2	1.3	5,927	4.2	1.8
	Left	Georg Kaschner		3,820	2.7	3.9	4,505	3.2	4.7
	BP			2,964	2.1		2,120	1.5	0.6
	FDP	Alfred Johann Stuiber		2,430	1.7	6.1	4,701	3.4	8.3
	AfD						4,575	3.3
	Pirates						2,153	1.5	0.1
	NPD	Harald Merl		2,155	1.5	0.9	1,705	1.2	0.9
	ÖDP	Wolfgang Meischner		2,152	1.5	0.5	1,527	1.1	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,020	0.7	0.0
	REP						469	0.3	0.5
	DIE FRAUEN						253	0.2
	Party of Reason						159	0.1
	PRO						105	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						103	0.1	0.1
	RRP						42	0.0	0.5
	MLPD						38	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,247			1,564
Total valid votes				140,117			139,800
Turnout				141,364	65.3	1.3
	CSU hold		Majority	46,124	32.9	5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schwandorf
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	Karl Holmeier		72,791	51.3	6.8	72,120	42.5	5.8
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		34,321	24.2	3.9	24,828	17.5	8.8
	FDP	Erich Bauer		11,058	7.8	4.8	16,553	11.7	4.7
	Left	Peter Klaus Brüsemeister		9,396	6.6	3.3	11,310	8.0	4.2
	Greens	Stefan Christoph		6,423	4.5	1.4	8,580	6.0	2.2
	NPD	Ewald Ehrl		3,463	2.4	0.5	3,020	2.1	0.2
	ÖDP			2,830	2.0		2,305	1.6
	Pirates						2,269	1.6
	BP						1,288	0.9	0.1
	FAMILIE						1,225	0.9	0.0
	REP						1,185	0.8	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						966	0.7
	Independent	Alois Späth		950	0.7
	RRP						761	0.5
	Independent	Reinhold Kiehl		556	0.4
	CM						226	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						191	0.1
	PBC						159	0.1	0.0
	DVU						94	0.1
	BüSo						49	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,151			1,957
Total valid votes				141,788			141,982
Turnout				143,939	66.6	7.9
	CSU hold		Majority	38,470	27.1	2.9