Schwandorf (electoral district)
234 Schwandorf | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Schwandorf in 2017 | |
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 234. It is located in eastern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Cham and Schwandorf.[1]
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).[2]
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.[1]
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. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 234.
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 |
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1949 | 20 | Burglengenfeld |
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1953 | 215 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 219 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | 220 | Schwandorf |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 235 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 234 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 |
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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 | % | |
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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[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 | Martina Englhardt-Kopf | 60,924 | 35.1 | ![]() |
59,430 | 34.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Marianne Schieder | 39,615 | 22.8 | ![]() |
31,209 | 17.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Christian Schindler | 27,381 | 15.8 | ![]() |
25,114 | 14.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Wolfgang Pöschl | 23,142 | 13.3 | ![]() |
23,508 | 13.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tina Winklmann | 7,934 | 4.6 | ![]() |
11,179 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ines Tegtmeier | 7,341 | 4.2 | ![]() |
12,650 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Manfred Preischl | 3,043 | 1.8 | ![]() |
3,394 | 1.9 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Andreas Duschinger | 1,846 | 1.1 | 1,538 | 0.9 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,494 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | Sönke Siebold | 1,747 | 1.0 | ![]() |
1,034 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
BP | 877 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 782 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 368 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Unabhängige | 253 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volt | 181 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 174 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | Constanze Beck | 515 | 0.3 | 165 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 161 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
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 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 10 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,202 | 812 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 173,755 | 174,145 | |||||||
Turnout | 174,957 | 78.7 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 21,309 | 12.3 | ![]() |
2017 election
Federal election (2017): Schwandorf[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
77,092 | 48.5 | ![]() |
66,827 | 41.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 28,006 | 17.4 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD | Marianne Schieder | 38,461 | 24.2 | ![]() |
26,122 | 16.2 | ![]() | ||
FW | Frank Aumeier | 15,496 | 9.7 | ![]() |
8,278 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Marius J. Brey | 7,929 | 5.0 | ![]() |
7,339 | 4.6 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Ines Tegtmeier | 7,392 | 4.6 | ![]() |
10,608 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tina Winklmann | 6,172 | 3.9 | ![]() |
7,302 | 4.5 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | Stefan Scheingraber | 3,624 | 2.3 | ![]() |
1,388 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Ewald Ehrl | 2,920 | 1.8 | ||||||
BP | 1,592 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,280 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 646 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 594 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 444 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
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 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,463 | 1,268 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 159,086 | 161,281 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,549 | 75.1 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 38,631 | 24.3 | ![]() |
2013 election
Federal election (2013): Schwandorf[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
80,840 | 57.7 | ![]() |
76,453 | 54.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Marianne Schieder | 34,716 | 24.8 | ![]() |
27,066 | 19.4 | ![]() | ||
FW | Jürgen Neuber | 6,524 | 4.7 | 6,858 | 4.9 | ||||
Greens | Reinhold Schmalzbauer | 4,516 | 3.2 | ![]() |
5,927 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Georg Kaschner | 3,820 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,505 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
BP | 2,964 | 2.1 | 2,120 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||
FDP | Alfred Johann Stuiber | 2,430 | 1.7 | ![]() |
4,701 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 4,575 | 3.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 2,153 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Harald Merl | 2,155 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,705 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | Wolfgang Meischner | 2,152 | 1.5 | ![]() |
1,527 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,020 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 469 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 105 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 103 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 42 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 38 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,247 | 1,564 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 140,117 | 139,800 | |||||||
Turnout | 141,364 | 65.3 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 46,124 | 32.9 | ![]() |
2009 election
Federal election (2009): Schwandorf[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Karl Holmeier | 72,791 | 51.3 | ![]() |
72,120 | 42.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Marianne Schieder | 34,321 | 24.2 | ![]() |
24,828 | 17.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Erich Bauer | 11,058 | 7.8 | ![]() |
16,553 | 11.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Peter Klaus Brüsemeister | 9,396 | 6.6 | ![]() |
11,310 | 8.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Stefan Christoph | 6,423 | 4.5 | ![]() |
8,580 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Ewald Ehrl | 3,463 | 2.4 | ![]() |
3,020 | 2.1 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | 2,830 | 2.0 | 2,305 | 1.6 | |||||
Pirates | 2,269 | 1.6 | |||||||
BP | 1,288 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | 1,225 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 1,185 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
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 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 94 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 49 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 22 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,151 | 1,957 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 141,788 | 141,982 | |||||||
Turnout | 143,939 | 66.6 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 38,470 | 27.1 | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b "Constituency Schwandorf". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Schwandorf". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Schwandorf
- ^ Results for Schwandorf
- ^ Results for Schwandorf
- ^ Results for Schwandorf