Ansbach (electoral district)

240 Ansbach
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ansbach in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	321,100 (2019)
Electorate	240,854 (2025)
Major settlements	Ansbach Weißenburg in Bayern Gunzenhausen
Area	3,042.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Artur Auernhammer
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

Ansbach 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 240. It is located in western Bavaria, comprising the city of Ansbach and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. ^[1]

Ansbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Artur Auernhammer of the Christian Social Union (CSU). ^[2]

Geography

Ansbach is located in western Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Ansbach and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. ^[1]

History

Ansbach was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 30 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 225. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 227. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 242. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 241. From the 2025 election, it has been number 240.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Ansbach and Rothenburg ob der Tauber and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach, Feuchtwangen, Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and Uffenheim. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Feuchtwangen district while gaining the independent city of Schwabach and Landkreis Schwabach district. In the 1976 through 1987 elections, it comprised the city of Ansbach and Landkreis Ansbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 1990 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	30	Ansbach	Ansbach city Rothenburg ob der Tauber city Landkreis Ansbach district Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber district Feuchtwangen district Uffenheim district
1953	225
1957
1961
1965	227		Ansbach city Rothenburg ob der Tauber city Schwabach city Landkreis Ansbach district Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber district Landkreis Schwabach district Uffenheim district
1969
1972
1976			Ansbach city Landkreis Ansbach district
1980
1983
1987
1990			Ansbach city Landkreis Ansbach district Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
1994
1998
2002	242
2005
2009	241
2013
2017
2021
2025	240

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Bauereisen from 1949 to 1961, followed by Georg Ehnes from 1961 to 1972. Carl-Dieter Spranger was then representative from 1972 to 2002, a total of eight consecutive terms. Josef Göppel then served from 2002 to 2017. Artur Auernhammer was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Friedrich Bauereisen	CSU	34.9
	1953			51.1
	1957			65.0
	1961	Georg Ehnes	CSU	60.6
	1965			54.5
	1969			52.3
	1972	Carl-Dieter Spranger	CSU	51.8
	1976			64.4
	1980			61.3
	1983			64.8
	1987			58.1
	1990			56.1
	1994			54.1
	1998			50.4
	2002	Josef Göppel	CSU	56.4
	2005			54.3
	2009			47.4
	2013			53.5
	2017	Artur Auernhammer	CSU	44.3
	2021			38.4
	2025			41.8

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Ansbach [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Artur Auernhammer		84,718	41.8	3.4	75,746	37.3	4.2
	AfD	Stefan Wigler		43,010	21.2	11.6	43,681	21.5	11.5
	SPD	Daniel Mirlach		26,716	13.2	4.5	24,614	12.1	7.5
	Greens	Sebastian Hermann Amler		18,247	9.0	2.2	19,216	9.5	2.2
	FW	Markus Herbert Mooser		10.958	5.4	3.3	9,498	4.7	3.0
	Left	Nadja Gschwendtner		9,432	4.7	2.7	10,146	5.0	2.4
	BSW						7,345	3.6
	FDP	Franziska Kremer		5,372	2.6	4.2	6,859	3.4	5.1
	APT						1,676	0.8	0.3
	ÖDP	Kevin Settler		2,256	1.1	0.4	1,089	0.5	0.3
	Volt	Markus Alexander Wolff		2,098	1.0		1,162	0.6	0.4
	dieBasis						806	0.4	1.7
	PARTEI						713	0.4	0.3
	BP						257	0.1	0.1
	BD						188	0.1
	Humanists						152	0.1
	MLPD						34	0.0
Informal votes				1,082			707
Total valid votes				202,807			203,182
Turnout				203,889	84.7	5.5
	CSU hold		Majority	41,708	20.6	0.1

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Ansbach [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Artur Auernhammer		73,312	38.4	5.9	63,299	33.1	7.3
	SPD	Harry Scheuenstuhl		33,819	17.7	0.6	37,642	19.7	2.6
	Greens	Herbert Sirois		21,343	11.2	3.6	22,325	11.7	2.9
	AfD	Daniel Lösch		18,418	9.6	0.9	19,142	10.0	1.8
	FW	Sylvia Bogenreuther		16,592	8.7	2.2	14,738	7.7	4.3
	FDP	Thomas Kestler		13,016	6.8	2.6	16,213	8.5	1.0
	dieBasis	Markus Engelhardt		5,167	2.7		4,052	2.1
	Left	Erkan Dinar		3,798	2.0	4.1	4,904	2.6	4.1
	Tierschutzpartei						2,218	1.2	0.3
	ÖDP	Kilian Welser		2,902	1.5	0.8	1,518	0.8	0.4
	PARTEI						1,312	0.7	0.0
	Pirates	Markus Wanger		2,180	1.1		1,048	0.5	0.1
	BP						523	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						408	0.2
	Unabhängige						367	0.2
	NPD	Maik Langen		447	0.2		359	0.2	0.2
	Bündnis C						279	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						261	0.1	0.0
	Volt						249	0.1
	V-Partei3						197	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						145	0.1
	du.						101	0.1
	The III. Path						98	0.1
	DKP						42	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						24	0.0	0.0
	LKR						22	0.0
Informal votes				1,514			1,022
Total valid votes				190,994			191,486
Turnout				192,508	79.2	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	39,493	20.7	5.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Ansbach [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Artur Auernhammer		81,431	44.3	9.0	74,425	40.4	7.3
	SPD	Lutz Egerer		33,755	18.4	4.9	31,464	17.1	5.2
	AfD	Wolfgang Dörner		19,396	10.5		21,734	11.8	8.2
	Greens	Herbert Sirois		13,946	7.6	1.7	16,239	8.8	0.5
	FW	Marco Meier		11,980	6.5	2.4	6,252	3.4	0.2
	Left	Harald Weinberg		11,179	6.1	2.3	12,208	6.6	2.8
	FDP	Johannes Dallheimer		7,661	4.2	0.4	13,825	7.5	2.9
	ÖDP	Günther Brendle-Behnisch		4,244	2.3		2,131	1.2	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,585	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						1,209	0.7
	Pirates						812	0.4	1.5
	NPD						788	0.4	0.8
	BP						494	0.3	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Bruno Walter		311	0.2	0.1
	DM						292	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						291	0.2
	V-Partei³						233	0.1
	DiB						178	0.1
	BGE						176	0.1
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,052			1,537
Total valid votes				183,903			184,418
Turnout				185,955	76.3	7.9
	CSU hold		Majority	47,676	25.9	4.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Ansbach [6]
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 Josef Göppel		87,922	53.3	6.0	78,640	47.6	7.5
	SPD	Anette Pappler		38,331	23.2	1.3	36,690	22.2	2.9
	Greens	Sina Doughan		9,665	5.9	2.4	13,771	8.3	1.8
	FDP	Rainer Erdel		7,454	4.5	5.7	7,619	4.6	9.1
	FW	Otto Sparrer		6,705	4.1		5,208	3.2
	Left	Peter Schlegel		6,202	3.8	1.7	6,368	3.9	3.3
	AfD						5,950	3.6
	Pirates	Daniel Gruber		3,938	2.4	0.5	3,276	2.0	0.1
	NPD			2,496	1.5	0.7	2,008	1.2	0.6
	ÖDP						1,848	1.1	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,114	0.7	0.1
	BP			1,522	0.9		860	0.5	0.2
	REP						643	0.4	0.4
	DIE FRAUEN						351	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN			433	0.3		239	0.1	0.1
	PRO						177	0.1
	Party of Reason						156	0.1
	RRP			204	0.1		123	0.1	0.6
	BüSo						33	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,683			1,458
Total valid votes				164,872			165,097
Turnout				166,555	68.4	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	49,591	30.1	4.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Ansbach [7]
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 Josef Göppel		80,239	47.4	6.9	68,128	40.1	6.9
	SPD	Helga Koch		37,133	21.9	8.1	32,847	19.3	9.7
	FDP	Rainer Erdel		17,346	10.2	6.2	23,222	13.7	5.9
	Greens	Thomas Kestler		14,054	8.3	3.0	17,294	10.2	3.0
	Left	Erkan Dinar		9,231	5.4	2.6	12,176	7.2	3.6
	NPD	Doreen Langen		3,835	2.3	0.0	3,023	1.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Hermann Schweiger		3,658	2.2		2,662	1.6
	Pirates	Birger Schmidt		3,248	1.9		3,512	2.1
	FAMILIE						1,520	0.9	0.2
	REP						1,301	0.8	0.6
	RRP						1,159	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,061	0.6
	Independent	Bernd Dorst		692	0.4
	PBC						618	0.4	0.4
	BP						553	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						400	0.2
	CM						187	0.1
	DVU						128	0.1
	BüSo						42	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,553			2,119
Total valid votes				169,436			169,870
Turnout				171,989	70.5	6.8
	CSU hold		Majority	43,106	25.5	1.2

2005 election

Federal election (2005):Ansbach [8]
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 Josef Göppel		100,090	54.3	2.1	87,051	47.0	9.3
	SPD	Helga Koch		55,329	30.0	0.1	53,775	29.1	0.6
	Greens	Michael Sichelstiel		9,851	5.3	0.0	13,327	7.2	0.5
	FDP	Klaus Korff		7,475	4.1	0.3	14,434	7.8	3.8
	Left	Erkan Dinar		5,171	2.8	2.2	6,537	3.5	3.0
	NPD	Michael Heiß		4,213	2.3		3,063	1.7	1.4
	REP						2,482	1.3	0.6
	PBC	Josef Memmel		2,214	1.2	0.5	1,483	0.8	0.4
	Familie						1,244	0.7
	Feminist						584	0.3	0.2
	GRAUEN						520	0.3	0.2
	BP						405	0.2	0.1
	BüSo						101	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						101	0.1
Informal votes				3,192			2,428
Total valid votes				184,343			185,107
Turnout				187,535	77.3	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	44,761	24.3

References

1. "Constituency Ansbach". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Ansbach". Federal Returning Officer.
3. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-240.html
4. Results for Ansbach
5. Results for Ansbach
6. Results for Ansbach
7. Results for Ansbach
8. Results for Ansbach

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