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220 Munich West/Centre
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Munich West/Centre in 2017
StateBavaria
Population370,000 (2015)
Electorate241,282 (2017)
Major settlementsMunich (partial)
Area90.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberStephan Pilsinger
Elected2017

Munich West/Centre (Template:Lang-de) 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 220. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the western and central part of the city of Munich.[1]

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).[2]

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.[1]

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. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 220.

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
2005
2009 221
2013
2017 220
2021

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.

Election Member Party %
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| 1949 Otto Graf SPD 27.1
bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1953 Benno Graf CSU 47.3
rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1957 Anton Besold CSU 47.1
1961 43.1
rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| 1965 Erwin Folger SPD 43.9
1969 48.9
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| 1972 Manfred Marschall SPD 48.8
bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1976 Peter Schmidhuber CSU 50.1
rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1980 Kurt Faltlhauser CSU 47.4
1983 50.7
1987 48.7
1990 44.3
1994 49.8
rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1998 Hans-Peter Uhl CSU 47.3
2002 44.3
2005 42.7
2009 36.8
2013 42.6
bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 2017 Stephan Pilsinger CSU 33.4

Election results

2017 election

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

2013 election

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

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Munich West/Centre[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 Green tickY Hans-Peter Uhl 63,075 36.8 Decrease 5.9 53,814 31.3 Decrease 5.3
SPD Roland Fischer 47,101 27.5 Decrease 11.8 32,308 18.8 Decrease 9.7
Greens Hermann Brem 24,967 14.6 Increase 6.7 33,340 19.4 Increase 3.1
FDP Daniel Volk 20,442 11.9 Increase 7.1 29,355 17.1 Increase 5.2
Left Henning Hintze 9,665 5.6 Increase 2.8 11,587 6.7 Increase 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 Decrease 0.1 1,029 0.6 Decrease 0.1
Independent Thomas Blechschmidt 979 0.6
BP   929 0.5 Increase 0.2
Independent Peter Landauer 652 0.4
FAMILIE 528 0.3 Decrease 0.2
REP   498 0.3 Decrease 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN 361 0.2
PBC 160 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo Werner Zuse 412 0.2 Steady 0.0 140 0.1 Steady 0.0
Independent Robert Mertel 248 0.1
CM 117 0.1
DVU   69 0.0
MLPD   33 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,561 1,086
Total valid votes 171,577 172,052
Turnout 173,138 74.7 Decrease 2.9
CSU hold Majority 15,974 9.3 Increase 5.9

References

  1. ^ a b "Constituency München-West/Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for München-West/Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for München-West/Mitte
  4. ^ Results for München-West/Mitte
  5. ^ Results for München-West/Mitte
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