Bad Kissingen (electoral district)

247 Bad Kissingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Bad Kissingen in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	267,300 (2019)
Electorate	214,061 (2021)
Major settlements	Bad Kissingen Bad Neustadt an der Saale Haßfurt
Area	3,114.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Dorothee Bär
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Bad Kissingen 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 247. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Bad Kissingen, Haßberge, and Rhön-Grabfeld.

Bad Kissingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Dorothee Bär of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Bad Kissingen is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Bad Kissingen, Haßberge, and Rhön-Grabfeld.

History

Bad Kissingen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 37 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 232. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 234. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 249. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 248. From the 2025 election, it has been number 247.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Bad Kissingen and the districts of Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Ebern, Haßfurt, Hofheim, Königshofen, and Mellrichstadt. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the district of Bad Neustadt an der Saale. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	37	Bad Kissingen	Bad Kissingen city Landkreis Bad Kissingen district Ebern district Haßfurt district Hofheim district Königshofen district Mellrichstadt district
1953	232
1957
1961
1965	234		Bad Kissingen city Landkreis Bad Kissingen district Ebern district Haßfurt district Hofheim district Königshofen district Mellrichstadt district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district
1969
1972
1976			Bad Kissingen district Haßberge district Rhön-Grabfeld district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	249
2005
2009	248
2013
2017
2021
2025	247

Members

Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Gustav Fuchs from 1949 to 1961, followed by Alex Hösl from 1961 to 1980. Eduard Lintner was representative from 1980 to 2009, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dorothee Bär was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Gustav Fuchs	CSU	42.4
	1953			57.9
	1957			66.7
	1961	Alex Hösl	CSU	64.7
	1965			69.0
	1969			68.2
	1972			67.1
	1976			70.0
	1980	Eduard Lintner	CSU	69.1
	1983			72.5
	1987			68.4
	1990			65.2
	1994			61.6
	1998			56.5
	2002			63.4
	2005			57.5
	2009	Dorothee Bär	CSU	53.7
	2013			57.9
	2017			51.1
	2021			39.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bad Kissingen
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 Dorothee Bär		67,458	39.1	12.0	65,063	37.6	7.0
	SPD	Sabine Dittmar		32,844	19.0	0.1	30,540	17.6	1.8
	AfD	Freia Lippold-Eggen		17,130	9.9	0.6	18,434	10.6	0.9
	Greens	Manuela Rottmann		16,467	9.5	2.5	15,874	9.2	2.5
	FW	Frank Helmerich		14,102	8.2		12,639	7.3	4.9
	FDP	Karl Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg		12,206	7.1	1.4	15,211	8.8	0.1
	Left	Claus Scheeres		4,475	2.6	2.8	4,820	2.8	3.2
	dieBasis	Marco Garnache		3,783	2.2		3,355	1.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,862	1.1	0.2
	PARTEI	Sonja Johannes		2,438	1.4		1,416	0.8	0.2
	ÖDP	Michaela Reinhard		1,266	0.7	0.5	777	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						558	0.3	0.0
	BP						476	0.3	0.0
	Unabhängige						418	0.2
	Independent	Michael Kaiser		371	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						263	0.2	0.0
	Volt						236	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						206	0.1
	NPD						204	0.1	0.4
	V-Partei3						162	0.1	0.1
	The III. Path						149	0.1
	Bündnis C						143	0.1
	Humanists						113	0.1
	du.						109	0.1
	LKR						32	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,624			1,059
Total valid votes				172,550			173,105
Turnout				174,164	81.4	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	34,614	20.1	11.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bad Kissingen
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 Dorothee Bär		86,603	51.1	6.8	75,788	44.6	9.3
	SPD	Sabine Dittmar		32,383	19.1	0.8	26,904	15.8	2.3
	AfD	Andrea Klingen		17,753	10.5		19,650	11.6	8.3
	Greens	Manuela Rottmann		11,980	7.1	0.8	11,359	6.7	0.3
	FDP	Nicolas Thoma		9,534	5.6	2.8	15,084	8.9	4.1
	Left	Frank Hertel		9,071	5.4	0.8	10,085	5.9	1.4
	FW						4,075	2.4	0.3
	ÖDP	Michaela Reinhard		2,083	1.2		1,089	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						1,078	0.6
	NPD						926	0.5	0.8
	Pirates						610	0.4	1.6
	BP						494	0.3	0.2
	DM						313	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						283	0.2
	V-Partei³						273	0.2
	BGE						195	0.1
	DiB						188	0.1
	MLPD						38	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0
Informal votes				1,795			1,300
Total valid votes				169,407			169,902
Turnout				171,202	79.2	8.0
	CSU hold		Majority	54,220	32.0	6.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bad Kissingen
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 Dorothee Bär		88,911	57.9	4.2	82,760	53.9	6.6
	SPD	Sabine Dittmar		30,564	19.9	2.0	27,931	18.2	3.4
	Greens	Hans-Josef Fell		12,127	7.9	1.3	9,874	6.4	1.4
	Left	Stefan Bannert		6,930	4.5	3.6	6,946	4.5	4.0
	FDP	Erhard Stubenrauch		4,391	2.9	5.7	7,342	4.8	9.1
	AfD						4,988	3.2
	FW	Christine Wehe		4,259	2.8		4,129	2.7
	Pirates	Benjamin Wildenauer		3,562	2.3		2,980	1.9	0.2
	NPD	Horst Fuchs		2,789	1.8	0.3	2,018	1.3	0.2
	ÖDP						1,119	0.7	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						919	0.6	0.1
	REP						884	0.6	0.4
	BP						756	0.5	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						311	0.2
	Party of Reason						239	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						167	0.1	0.1
	PRO						125	0.1
	RRP						67	0.0	0.4
	MLPD						40	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,822			1,733
Total valid votes				153,533			153,622
Turnout				155,355	71.3	2.5
	CSU hold		Majority	58,347	38.0	2.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bad Kissingen
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	Dorothee Bär		85,574	53.7	3.8	75,708	47.3	5.8
	SPD	Susanne Kastner		28,487	17.9	6.5	23,712	14.8	7.0
	Greens	Hans-Josef Fell		14,723	9.2	3.1	12,475	7.8	2.2
	FDP	Adelheid Zimmermann		13,592	8.5	4.0	22,188	13.9	4.6
	Left	Stefan Bannert		13,000	8.2	3.8	13,717	8.6	3.7
	Pirates						2,807	1.8
	NPD	Johannes Hühnlein		3,305	2.1	0.4	2,504	1.6	0.3
	REP						1,580	1.0	0.6
	FAMILIE						1,339	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP						1,242	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						804	0.5
	Independent	Helmut Schätzlein		712	0.4
	RRP						703	0.4
	BP						495	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						264	0.2
	PBC						259	0.2	0.2
	CM						196	0.1
	DVU						70	0.0
	BüSo						56	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,659			1,900
Total valid votes				159,393			160,152
Turnout				162,052	73.8	5.7
	CSU hold		Majority	57,087	35.8	2.7