Bayreuth (electoral district)

Last updated
236 Bayreuth
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 236-2025.svg
Bayreuth in 2025
State Bavaria
Population206,600 (2019)
Electorate158,660 (2025)
Major settlements Bayreuth
Pegnitz
Pottenstein
Area1,648.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CSU
Member Silke Launert
Elected 2017, 2021, 2025

Bayreuth 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 236. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the eastern part of the Forchheim district. [1]

Contents

Bayreuth was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Silke Launert of the Christian Social Union (CSU). [2]

Geography

Bayreuth is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the municipalities of Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal and Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg from the Forchheim district. [1]

History

Bayreuth was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 25 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 220. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 223. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 238. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 237. From the 2025 election, it has been number 236.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bayreuth and Marktredwitz and the districts of Landkreis Bayreuth and Wunsiedel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Pegnitz district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bayreuth and Landkreis Bayreuth district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 25Bayreuth
1953 220
1957
1961
1965 223
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 238
2005
2009 237
2013
2017
2021
2025 236

Members

The constituency was first represented by Matthäus Herrmann  [ de ] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow SPD member Herbert Hauffe  [ de ] from 1953 to 1957. Albrecht Schlee  [ de ] of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957, but former member Hauffe regained it for the SPD in 1961. Former member Schlee was then elected in 1965 and 1969. Richard Müller  [ de ] of the SPD was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Heinz Starke of the CSU was representative from 1976 to 1980, followed by Ortwin Lowack  [ de ] from 1980 to 1994. Hartmut Koschyk of the CSU then served from 1994 to 2017. Silke Launert of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.

ElectionMemberParty%
1949 Matthäus Herrmann  [ de ] SPD 39.7
1953 Herbert Hauffe  [ de ] SPD 40.0
1957 Albrecht Schlee  [ de ] CSU 43.7
1961 Herbert Hauffe  [ de ] SPD 43.1
1965 Albrecht Schlee  [ de ] CSU 48.0
1969 46.4
1972 Richard Müller  [ de ] SPD 48.6
1976 Heinz Starke CSU 55.1
1980 Ortwin Lowack  [ de ] CSU 55.6
1983 61.6
1987 57.3
1990 54.9
1994 Hartmut Koschyk CSU 46.0
1998 50.6
2002 60.7
2005 56.1
2009 50.9
2013 55.9
2017 Silke Launert CSU 46.5
2021 42.4
2025 44.5

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Bayreuth [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 Silke Launert 59,36644.5Increase2.svg 2.051,46738.5Increase2.svg 4.4
AfD Tobias Matthias Peterka25,06818.8Increase2.svg 10.426,68220.0Increase2.svg 10.9
SPD Anette Kramme19,06814.3Decrease2.svg 5.116,40412.3Decrease2.svg 8.4
Greens Inken Bößert11,0008.2Decrease2.svg 2.713,1559.8Decrease2.svg 2.3
FW Thomas Robert Schmid6,7415.1Decrease2.svg 1.05,9694.5Decrease2.svg 2.4
Left Jannick Metz6,1134.6Increase2.svg 2.67,6055.7Increase2.svg 3.1
FDP Thomas Hacker3,7282.8Decrease2.svg 4.44,9873.7Decrease2.svg 5.6
BSW  3,9733.0
APT  1,0430.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
Volt Maximilian Markus Peter Diepold1,3981.08450.6Increase2.svg 0.4
dieBasis Erich Vornberger9840.7Decrease2.svg 0.84730.4Decrease2.svg 0.9
PARTEI  4410.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
ÖDP  3140.2Decrease2.svg 0.2
BP  1120.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Humanists  950.1Steady2.svg
BD  940.1
MLPD  220.0Steady2.svg
Informal votes614399
Total valid votes133,466133,681
Turnout 134,08084.5Increase2.svg 5.0
CSU holdMajority34,29825.7Increase2.svg 2.7

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bayreuth [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 Silke Launert 54,46542.4Decrease2.svg 4.143,76834.1Decrease2.svg 7.9
SPD Anette Kramme 24,84019.4Decrease2.svg 1.926,58420.7Increase2.svg 2.3
Greens Susanne Bauer14,06411.0Increase2.svg 3.915,64712.2Increase2.svg 4.3
AfD Tobias Peterka 10,7778.4Decrease2.svg 1.011,6369.1Decrease2.svg 1.7
FDP Thomas Hacker 9,1827.2Increase2.svg 0.512,0209.4Increase2.svg 0.4
FW Corey Dressendörfer7,7546.0Increase2.svg 2.58,8576.9Increase2.svg 4.2
Left Sven Schröder2,5772.0Decrease2.svg 2.33,2942.6Decrease2.svg 3.0
dieBasis Markus Engel2,0281.61,6421.3
Tierschutzpartei  1,3061.0Increase2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Florens Weiß1,7091.3Steady2.svg 0.09880.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
ÖDP Dominic Hopp9340.75160.4Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates  3680.3Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt  3210.3
BP  2690.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Team Todenhöfer  2410.2
Unabhängige2100.2
Gesundheitsforschung  1660.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Bündnis C  1420.1
Humanists  1310.1
V-Partei3  1200.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
NPD  1010.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
The III. Path  820.1
du.  710.1
LKR  190.0
DKP  180.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  130.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes806606
Total valid votes128,330128,530
Turnout 129,13679.5Increase2.svg 1.9
CSU holdMajority29,62523.0Decrease2.svg 2.2

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bayreuth [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 Silke Launert 58,66546.5Decrease2.svg 9.453,06341.9Decrease2.svg 7.6
SPD Anette Kramme 26,78521.2Decrease2.svg 4.423,19818.3Decrease2.svg 4.9
AfD Tobias Peterka 11,8459.4Increase2.svg 6.313,56610.7Decrease2.svg 6.9
Greens Susanne Bauer8,9367.1Increase2.svg 0.89,9947.9Increase2.svg 1.1
FDP Thomas Hacker 8,3686.6Increase2.svg 3.911,3699.0Increase2.svg 4.2
Left Sebastian Sommerer5,4764.3Increase2.svg 1.57,0225.5Increase2.svg 2.3
FW Thomas Mainusch4,4343.53,4412.7Decrease2.svg 0.4
PARTEI Wolfgang Karl1,6621.31,1940.9
Tierschutzpartei  1,0150.8Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  5320.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
NPD  3860.3Decrease2.svg 0.7
Pirates  3730.3Decrease2.svg 1.6
BP  3470.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
V-Partei³ 3180.3
Gesundheitsforschung 1890.1
DM1770.1
DiB 1560.1
BGE  1380.1
MLPD  240.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  150.0
BüSo 120.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,051693
Total valid votes126,171126,529
Turnout 127,22277.6Increase2.svg 7.4
CSU holdMajority31,88025.3Decrease2.svg 5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bayreuth [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 Hartmut Koschyk63,93655.9Increase2.svg 5.056,84649.5Increase2.svg 5.6
SPD Anette Kramme 29,34425.6Increase2.svg 4.926,67623.2Increase2.svg 4.3
Greens Sabine Steininger7,1896.3Decrease2.svg 5.07,8036.8Decrease2.svg 2.6
AfD Tobias Matthias Peterka3,5693.14,4353.9
Left Tilmann Schiel3,2462.8Decrease2.svg 2.63,7833.3Decrease2.svg 2.6
FDP Hermann Hiery3,1332.7Decrease2.svg 5.85,5394.8Decrease2.svg 9.0
FW  3,5243.1
Pirates Dirk-Gernot Marky2,6632.32,1921.9Decrease2.svg 0.2
NPD Harald Bestehorn1,3921.2Decrease2.svg 0.31,1041.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzpartei  7960.7Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  5560.5Steady2.svg 0.0
REP  5300.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
BP  3980.3Steady2.svg 0.0
DIE FRAUEN 2450.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 1120.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Party of Reason 1110.1
PRO 700.1
RRP440.0Decrease2.svg 0.5
MLPD  240.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 160.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes1,187855
Total valid votes114,472114,804
Turnout 115,65970.2Decrease2.svg 1.2
CSU holdMajority34,59230.3Increase2.svg 0.1

2009 election

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

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Hartmut Koschyk58,84850.9Decrease2.svg 5.251,12444.0Decrease2.svg 4.1
SPD Anette Kramme 23,92020.7Decrease2.svg 8.122,01818.9Decrease2.svg 9.5
Greens Gert Lowack13,09611.3Increase2.svg 7.110,9379.4Increase2.svg 3.3
FDP Philipp Irmscher9,8988.6Increase2.svg 3.316,06613.8Increase2.svg 4.7
Left Georg Böhner6,3185.5Increase2.svg 2.56,8655.9Increase2.svg 2.5
Pirates  2,4012.1
REP Franz Noffke1,8551.61,5201.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
NPD Kai Limmer1,7011.5Decrease2.svg 0.41,5931.4Steady2.svg 0.0
FAMILIE 8180.7Increase2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  6900.6
ÖDP  5950.5
RRP5700.5
BP  4140.4Increase2.svg 0.2
PBC2930.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 1810.2
CM 1310.1
DVU  500.0
BüSo 300.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  200.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,654974
Total valid votes115,636116,316
Turnout 117,29071.4Decrease2.svg 6.2
CSU holdMajority34,92830.2Increase2.svg 2.9

2005 election

Federal election (2005):Bayreuth [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Hartmut Koschyk 70,92856.1Decrease2.svg 4.761,08648.1Decrease2.svg 10.2
SPD Anette Kramme 36,35228.7Decrease2.svg 0.436,11828.4Decrease2.svg 0.1
FDP Horst Friedrich 6,7035.3Increase2.svg 1.211,5579.1Increase2.svg 4.7
Greens Tobias Fabian-Krause5,3964.3Increase2.svg 0.47,8026.1Increase2.svg 0.3
Left Christa Meist3,8083.0Increase2.svg 2.24,3553.4Increase2.svg 2.9
NPD KaI Limmer2,4211.91,8021.4Increase2.svg 1.2
REP  2,0841.6Increase2.svg 0.8
PBC Gerhard Schurig8810.75310.4Increase2.svg 0.2
Familie  6580.5
GRAUEN  3500.3Increase2.svg 0.2
Feminist  3140.2Increase2.svg 0.1
BP  2570.2Increase2.svg 0.1
BüSo  450.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  430.0
Informal votes1,9091,396
Total valid votes126,489127,002
Turnout 128,39877.6Decrease2.svg 3.6
CSU holdMajority34,57627.4

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Bayreuth". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Bayreuth". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-236.html
  4. Results for Bayreuth
  5. Results for Bayreuth
  6. Results for Bayreuth
  7. Results for Bayreuth
  8. Results for Bayreuth