Augsburg-Land

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252 Augsburg-Land
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 252-2025.svg
Augsburg-Land in 2025
State Bavaria
Population331,300 (2019)
Electorate249,372 (2021)
Major settlements Friedberg
Königsbrunn
Gersthofen
Area1,269.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CSU
Member Hansjörg Durz
Elected 2013, 2017, 2021

Augsburg-Land 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 252. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising most of the Landkreis Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg districts. [1]

Contents

Augsburg-Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Hansjörg Durz of the Christian Social Union (CSU). [2]

Geography

Augsburg-Land is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises most of the Landkreis Augsburg district excluding the municipalities of Fischach, Graben, and Schwabmünchen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Großaitingen, Langerringen, Lechfeld, and Stauden; as well as the municipalities of Affing, Aichach, Friedberg, Hollenbach, Kissing, Merching, Rehling, and Ried and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Dasing and Mering from the Aichach-Friedberg district. [1]

History

Augsburg-Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 42 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 237. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 239. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 254. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 253.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Landkreis Augsburg, Friedberg, Krumbach, and Wertingen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Krumbach district while gaining the Schwabmünchen district. In the 1976 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Landkreis Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg. In the 1998 election, it lost the municipality of Königsbrunn from Landkreis Augsburg as well as the municipality of Inchenhofen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Kühbach and Pöttmes from the Aichach-Friedberg district. In the 2005 election, it further lost the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Aindling. In the 2021 election, it lost the municipality of Altenmünster from Landkreis Augsburg. Ahead of the 2025 election, the constituency was reconfigured to its current boundaries.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 42Augsburg-Land
1953 237
1957
1961
1965 239
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 254
2005
2009 253
2013
2017
2021
2025 252

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Oesterle  [ de ] from 1949 to 1961, followed by Walter Althammer from 1961 to 1987. Eduard Oswald was representative from 1987 to 2013. Hansjörg Durz was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Josef Oesterle  [ de ] CSU 39.6
1953 56.3
1957 63.6
1961 Walter Althammer CSU 58.6
1965 60.6
1969 59.9
1972 62.8
1976 68.1
1980 66.4
1983 69.9
1987 Eduard Oswald CSU 64.5
1990 59.5
1994 58.3
1998 58.1
2002 65.3
2005 59.9
2009 53.0
2013 Hansjörg Durz CSU 60.6
2017 47.8
2021 40.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Augsburg-Land [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Hansjörg Durz 82,42340.6Decrease2.svg 7.167,88333.3Decrease2.svg 8.0
SPD Heike Heubach 29,43514.5Increase2.svg 0.333,40516.4Increase2.svg 3.6
Greens Stefan Lindauer24,80612.2Increase2.svg 4.726,20712.9Increase2.svg 4.0
AfD Rainer Kraft 19,6609.7Decrease2.svg 2.719,4819.6Decrease2.svg 4.1
FW Marina Jakob19,2309.5Increase2.svg 2.916,5958.1Increase2.svg 4.9
FDP Matthias Krause16,0327.9Increase2.svg 1.822,30110.9Increase2.svg 0.5
dieBasis Alexander Denner4,6932.34,2392.1
Left Cengiz Tuncer3,5731.8Decrease2.svg 1.94,1762.1Decrease2.svg 2.9
Human Environment Animal Protection  2,2501.1Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP Thomas Lidl3,1001.5Decrease2.svg 0.41,3870.7Decrease2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  1,3180.6Increase2.svg 0.1
BP  9490.5Decrease2.svg 0.3
Pirates  6000.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
Team Todenhöfer  5400.3
Unabhängige4820.2
Volt  4320.2
V-Partei3  3840.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung  2450.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis C  1810.1
Humanists  1600.1
NPD  1430.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Independent Sami Baydar1350.1
du.  980.0
The III. Path  810.0
MLPD  460.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  430.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  410.0
Informal votes1,6501,070
Total valid votes203,087203,667
Turnout 204,73782.1Increase2.svg 2.1
CSU holdMajority52,98826.1Decrease2.svg 7.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Augsburg-Land [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Hansjörg Durz 94,25247.8Decrease2.svg 12.881,83141.4Decrease2.svg 12.3
SPD Herbert Woerlein27,81314.1Decrease2.svg 3.625,24012.8Decrease2.svg 4.5
AfD Rainer Kraft 24,27912.3Increase2.svg 7.827,04513.7Increase2.svg 8.5
Greens Franz Bossek14,8097.5Increase2.svg 0.617,4478.8Increase2.svg 1.6
FW Markus Brem13,0806.66,5793.3Increase2.svg 1.1
FDP Karlheinz Faller11,9766.1Increase2.svg 3.820,56510.4Increase2.svg 5.7
Left Cengiz Tuncer7,2313.7Increase2.svg 0.79,7374.9Increase2.svg 1.7
ÖDP Constanze von Simmelsdorf3,8231.9Increase2.svg 0.41,9411.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BP  1,4940.8Decrease2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  1,0920.6
Pirates  7220.4Decrease2.svg 1.4
NPD  5330.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
V-Partei³ 4830.2
DM3630.2
Gesundheitsforschung 2620.1
DiB 2610.1
BGE  2390.1
MLPD  460.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 310.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  280.0
Informal votes1,8141,231
Total valid votes197,263197,846
Turnout 199,07780.0Increase2.svg 7.8
CSU holdMajority66,43933.7Decrease2.svg 9.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Augsburg-Land [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Hansjörg Durz 105,84160.6Increase2.svg 7.693,97353.7Increase2.svg 7.9
SPD Bernd Bante30,87917.7Increase2.svg 2.030,12617.2Increase2.svg 2.7
Greens Claudia Eser-Schuberth12,0676.9Decrease2.svg 1.712,6707.2Decrease2.svg 2.1
AfD Hermann Mayer7,9124.59,0405.2
Left Daniel Böck5,1773.0Decrease2.svg 1.85,6313.2Decrease2.svg 2.2
FDP Johannes Pabst3,9742.3Decrease2.svg 9.38,1344.6Decrease2.svg 11.1
FW  3,9292.2
Pirates Hans-Jürgen Rigl3,5502.03,0891.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
ÖDP Dieter Nießner2,6651.5Decrease2.svg 0.11,7841.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BP  1,5800.9Steady2.svg 0.0
Human Environment Animal Protection  1,3840.8Increase2.svg 0.1
NPD Karl-Heinz Kügle1,8401.1Decrease2.svg 0.61,2790.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
REP  1,0230.6Decrease2.svg 0.4
DIE FRAUEN 3900.2
RRP7340.4Decrease2.svg 1.03670.2Decrease2.svg 0.9
DIE VIOLETTEN 2210.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Party of Reason 1680.1
PRO 1510.1
MLPD  420.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 290.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes1,6001,229
Total valid votes174,639175,010
Turnout 176,23972.2Decrease2.svg 1.4
CSU holdMajority74,96242.9Increase2.svg 5.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Augsburg-Land [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Eduard Oswald 92,50853.0Decrease2.svg 6.980,33545.8Decrease2.svg 7.1
SPD Maria Hackl27,42715.7Decrease2.svg 6.525,35614.5Decrease2.svg 7.6
FDP Erwin Lotter20,13711.5Increase2.svg 5.827,52215.7Increase2.svg 5.6
Greens Heidi Rohrlack15,0318.6Increase2.svg 1.616,4309.4Increase2.svg 1.9
Left Silvio Heidbüchel8,2644.7Increase2.svg 2.19,4255.4Increase2.svg 2.5
Pirates  3,3991.9
NPD Karin Hartwig2,8341.6Decrease2.svg 0.22,1681.2Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP Ulrich Hoffmann2,8041.61,7901.0
BP Karl Schedlbauer2,5521.51,6090.9Increase2.svg 0.4
RRPManfred Link2,5391.51,9901.1
REP  1,7771.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection  1,2080.7
FAMILIE 1,1870.7Steady2.svg 0.0
DIE VIOLETTEN 4050.2
PBC2000.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
CM 1910.1
BüSo Ralf Heinrich4440.31220.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  1100.1
MLPD  460.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,4841,754
Total valid votes174,540175,270
Turnout 177,02473.6Decrease2.svg 7.4
CSU holdMajority65,08137.3Decrease2.svg 0.4

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References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Augsburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Augsburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Augsburg-Land
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