Roth (electoral district)
245 Roth | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Roth in 2025 | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 297,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 229,279 (2021) |
Major settlements | Lauf an der Pegnitz Roth Altdorf bei Nürnberg |
Area | 1,694.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1976 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Ralph Edelhäußer |
Elected | 2021 |
Roth 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 245. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Nürnberger Land and Roth.[1]
Roth was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ralph Edelhäußer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Roth is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Nürnberger Land and Roth.[1]
History
[edit]Roth was created in 1976. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 232 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 247. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 246. From the 2025 election, it has been number 245.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Schwabach and the districts of Roth and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. It acquired its current borders in the 1990 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1976 | 232 | Roth |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 247 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 246 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 245 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Richard Stücklen from 1976 to 1990, followed by Hansgeorg Hauser from 1990 to 2002. Marlene Mortler served as representative from 2002 to 2019, when she resigned to sit in the European Parliament. She was succeeded by Ralph Edelhäußer in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1976 | Richard Stücklen | CSU | 60.7 | |
1980 | 60.4 | |||
1983 | 64.7 | |||
1987 | 59.2 | |||
1990 | Hansgeorg Hauser | CSU | 49.6 | |
1994 | 50.7 | |||
1998 | 47.6 | |||
2002 | Marlene Mortler | CSU | 55.2 | |
2005 | 51.0 | |||
2009 | 44.6 | |||
2013 | 50.6 | |||
2017 | 44.5 | |||
2021 | Ralph Edelhäußer | CSU | 38.0 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Roth[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 | Ralph Edelhäußer | 71,478 | 38.0 | ![]() |
60,980 | 32.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Jan Plobner | 31,806 | 16.9 | ![]() |
38,786 | 20.6 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Felix Erbe | 25,140 | 13.4 | ![]() |
26,197 | 13.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Felix Locke | 16,528 | 8.8 | ![]() |
12,601 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Klaus Norgall | 14,944 | 7.9 | ![]() |
16,043 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Kristine Lütke | 12,596 | 6.7 | ![]() |
16,974 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Evelyn Schötz | 5,076 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,950 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Stefan Kuschel | 4,720 | 2.5 | 3,696 | 2.0 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,401 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Max Weggenmann | 2,149 | 1.1 | 1,322 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | Julian Häffner | 1,696 | 0.9 | ![]() |
1,056 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | Pascal Henninger | 1,534 | 0.8 | ![]() |
866 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 541 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Udo Schlot | 431 | 0.2 | ||||||
BP | 376 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 376 | 0.2 | |||||||
Unabhängige | 356 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 264 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 191 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 176 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 151 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 131 | 0.1 | |||||||
The III. Path | 103 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 90 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | Marcus Nehring | 185 | 0.1 | 63 | 0.0 | ||||
MLPD | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,392 | 945 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 188,283 | 188,730 | |||||||
Turnout | 189,675 | 82.7 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 39,672 | 21.1 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Roth[4] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
81,874 | 44.5 | ![]() |
69,743 | 37.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Alexander Horlamus | 37,920 | 20.6 | ![]() |
34,040 | 18.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Siegfried Lang | 18,925 | 10.3 | 21,317 | 11.6 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Gabriele Drechsler | 14,465 | 7.9 | ![]() |
18,033 | 9.8 | ![]() | ||
FW | Wolfgang Hauber | 9,191 | 5.0 | ![]() |
6,080 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
Left | Helmut Johach | 8,887 | 4.8 | ![]() |
11,635 | 6.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Andreas Helmut Neuner | 8,583 | 4.7 | ![]() |
15,990 | 8.7 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,914 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,257 | 0.7 | |||||||
ÖDP | Walter Stadelmann | 2,271 | 1.2 | 1,206 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | Jonas Schwemmer | 2,070 | 1.1 | ![]() |
851 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 557 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
BP | 488 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DM | 343 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 280 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 256 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 249 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 227 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 22 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,709 | 1,341 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 184,186 | 184,554 | |||||||
Turnout | 185,895 | 81.7 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 43,954 | 23.9 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Roth[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 | ![]() |
84,618 | 50.6 | ![]() |
76,181 | 45.5 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christian Nürnberger | 46,200 | 27.6 | ![]() |
41,107 | 24.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tom Aurnhammer | 11,142 | 6.7 | ![]() |
14,247 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
FW | Hartwig Kohl | 7,069 | 4.2 | 6,192 | 3.7 | ||||
Left | Helmut Johach | 6,064 | 3.6 | ![]() |
6,394 | 3.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Marina Schuster | 5,371 | 3.2 | ![]() |
7,467 | 4.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 6,533 | 3.9 | |||||||
Pirates | Michael Ceglar | 4,137 | 2.5 | ![]() |
3,252 | 1.9 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Torsten Steinbeck | 2,598 | 1.6 | ![]() |
1,471 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,235 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 1,095 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 803 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
BP | 560 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 293 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 192 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 180 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 141 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 68 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 18 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,566 | 1,312 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 167,199 | 167,453 | |||||||
Turnout | 168,765 | 74.6 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 38,418 | 23.0 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Roth[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
75,280 | 44.6 | ![]() |
64,763 | 38.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Hannedore Nowotny | 40,464 | 24.0 | ![]() |
36,327 | 21.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Marina Schuster | 18,809 | 11.1 | ![]() |
23,177 | 13.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Jutta Berlinghof | 16,521 | 9.8 | ![]() |
19,517 | 11.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Richard Schlappa | 9,610 | 5.7 | ![]() |
11,262 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Sigurd Engelmann | 3,289 | 1.9 | ![]() |
2,487 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Christian Kubisch | 3,205 | 1.9 | 3,690 | 2.2 | ||||
RRP | Karin Arnold | 1,642 | 1.0 | 1,822 | 1.1 | ||||
REP | 1,474 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,162 | 0.7 | |||||||
FAMILIE | 1,139 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 1,065 | 0.6 | |||||||
BP | 495 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 361 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 359 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
CM | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 94 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 42 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,256 | 1,692 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 168,820 | 169,384 | |||||||
Turnout | 171,076 | 76.1 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 34,816 | 20.6 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Roth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Roth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Roth
- ^ Results for Roth
- ^ Results for Roth
- ^ Results for Roth