Kulmbach (electoral district)
Kulmbach is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five constituencies in Bavaria, it covers the whole of the local government areas of Kulmbach and Lichtenfels and parts of the Bamberg county.
The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. After its creation, the first election in the district was won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). However the Christian Social Union (CSU) won the constituency at a 1950 by-election and have held the district since then.
The current representative is Emmi Zeulner of the CSU, who was elected for the first time in 2013.[1] At 26 years old, she was the youngest CSU candidate in the election.[2]
Results
2013 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Template:German politics/party colours/CSU width=3| | Christian Social Union | Emmi Zeulner | 68,903 | 56.9 | -11.2 | 63,378 | 52.3 | +2.9 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/SPD| | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Simon Moritz | 27,587 | 22.8 | +8.1 | 26,030 | 21.5 | +4.3 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Green| | Alliance '90/The Greens | Valentin Motschmann | 4,845 | 4.0 | -0.7 | 6,396 | 5.3 | -1.6 |
| Template:German politics/party colours/AfD| | Alternative for Germany | Georg Hock | 3,829 | 3.2 | N/A | 4,800 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Template:German politics/party colours/Left| | The Left | Marko Müller | 3,616 | 3.0 | -2.2 | 4,392 | 3.6 | -2.7 |
| Free Voters | Philipp Goletz | 3,533 | 2.9 | N/A | 3,476 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Pirate Party | Bruno Kramm | 2,212 | 1.8 | N/A | 2,316 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Johannes Hühnlein | 2,013 | 1.7 | -0.7 | 2,017 | 1.7 | -0.4 | |
| Template:German politics/party colours/FDP| | Free Democratic Party | Stephan Otte | 1,996 | 1.6 | -2.2 | 4,513 | 3.7 | -7.7 |
| Ecological Democratic Party | Thomas Karl Müller | 1,430 | 1.2 | +0.1 | 856 | 0.7 | -0.2 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,168 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
List of district representatives
| Election | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Friedrich Schönauer | SPD |
| 1950 by-election | Johannes Semler | CSU |
| 1953 | Max Spörl | CSU |
| 1957 | Gustav Sühler | CSU |
| 1961 | Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg | CSU |
| 1965 | Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg | CSU |
| 1969 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1972 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1976 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1980 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1983 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1987 | Lorenz Niegel | CSU |
| 1990 | Bernd Protzner | CSU |
| 1994 | Bernd Protzner | CSU |
| 1998 | Bernd Protzner | CSU |
| 2002 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | CSU |
| 2005 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | CSU |
| 2009 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | CSU |
| 2013 | Emmi Zeulner | CSU |
References
- ^ Emmi Zeulner holt mit 56,90 Prozent Direktmandat im Wahlkreis Kulmbach, Nordbayerischer Kurier, 22 September 2013
- ^ Karrieren: Die Brunzkartlerin, Der Spiegel, 23 June 2013
- ^ 2013 Election results, Bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 15 June 2014