Coburg (electoral district)

Last updated
237 Coburg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 237-2025.svg
Coburg in 2025
State Bavaria
Population197,300 (2019)
Electorate153,392 (2025)
Major settlements Coburg
Kronach
Neustadt bei Coburg
Area1,305.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CSU
Member Jonas Geissler
Elected 2021, 2025

Coburg 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 237. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach. [1]

Contents

Coburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jonas Geissler of the Christian Social Union (CSU). [2]

Geography

Coburg is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Coburg, the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach, and the municipality of Geroldsgrün from the Hof district. [1]

History

Coburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 26 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 221. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 224. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 239. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 238. From the 2025 election, it has been number 237.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Coburg and Neustadt bei Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach. In the 1976 through 2013 elections, it comprised the city of Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach. In the 2017 election, it acquired the municipality of Geroldsgrün from the Hof district.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 26Coburg
1953 221
1957
1961
1965 224
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 239
2005
2009 238
2013
2017
2021
2025 237

Members

The constituency was first represented by Ernst Zühlke  [ de ] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Wolfgang Stammberger won it in 1953; he was elected for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) with the endorsement of the Christian Social Union (CSU). Friedrich Knorr  [ de ] of the CSU was elected in 1957 and served until 1965. Karl Hofmann  [ de ] of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served three terms, leaving office in 1976. Otto Regenspurger  [ de ] of the CSU then served until 1998, when Uwe Hiksch  [ de ] was elected representative for a single term. Hiksch was elected for the SPD, but defected to the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in October 1999. Hans Michelbach of the CSU was elected in 2002 and served until 2021. He was succeeded by Jonas Geissler in 2021, who was re-elected in 2025.

ElectionMemberParty%
1949 Ernst Zühlke  [ de ] SPD 35.7
1953 Wolfgang Stammberger FDP 52.8
1957 Friedrich Knorr  [ de ] CSU 45.5
1961 41.4
1965 Karl Hofmann  [ de ] SPD 46.4
1969 49.0
1972 53.3
1976 Otto Regenspurger  [ de ] CSU 49.0
1980 49.1
1983 55.9
1987 47.2
1990 54.3
1994 49.4
1998 Uwe Hiksch  [ de ] [a] SPD 47.8
PDS
2002 Hans Michelbach CSU 48.2
2005 52.0
2009 48.4
2013 50.1
2017 45.3
2021 Jonas Geissler CSU 36.5
2005 52.0

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Coburg [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 Jonas Geissler
AfD Michael Theodor Gebhardt26,82120.9Increase2.svg 11.328,51222.2Increase2.svg 11.8
SPD Jonas Bastian Eckstein18,42514.4Decrease2.svg 11.718,40114.3Decrease2.svg 10.9
Greens Johannes Wagner10,9428.5Decrease2.svg 0.19,6037.5Decrease2.svg 1.8
FW Nikolai Hiesl6,9435.4Decrease2.svg 2.15,0714.0Decrease2.svg 2.2
Left Gustav Müller5,0183.9Increase2.svg 2.06,9655.4Increase2.svg 2.9
BSW René Jens Hähnlein2,8382.24,3143.4
FDP Oliver Ramm2,4891.9Decrease2.svg 3.24,1353.2Decrease2.svg 5.5
APT  1,1810.9Decrease2.svg 0.3
Volt  7050.5Increase2.svg 0.4
PARTEI  4960.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
ÖDP Carmen Greiff9730.8Decrease2.svg 0.44500.4Decrease2.svg 0.2
dieBasis  3870.3Decrease2.svg 1.2
BP  1200.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
BD  1220.1
Humanists  1030.1Steady2.svg
MLPD  330.0Steady2.svg
Informal votes627495
Total valid votes128,175128,307
Turnout 128,80284.0Increase2.svg 4.9
CSU holdMajority26,90521.0Increase2.svg 10.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Coburg [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 Jonas Geissler 44,89036.5Decrease2.svg 8.739,34331.9Decrease2.svg 7.7
SPD Ramona Brehm32,05626.1Decrease2.svg 0.431,08725.2Increase2.svg 2.7
AfD Sebastian Görtler11,8789.7Decrease2.svg 0.812,83610.4Decrease2.svg 1.2
Greens Johannes Wagner 10,5818.6Increase2.svg 2.711,4599.3Increase2.svg 2.6
FW Rainer Möbus9,2357.57,5246.1Increase2.svg 4.1
FDP Jens-Uwe Peter6,3695.2Increase2.svg 0.410,6838.7Increase2.svg 0.5
Left Ulf Wunderlich2,3371.9Decrease2.svg 3.33,1182.5Decrease2.svg 3.1
dieBasis Nicole Fredriksen2,0021.61,8691.5
PARTEI Tim Ströhlein1,8721.51,1440.9Increase2.svg 0.3
ÖDP Tristan Wolf1,4181.2Decrease2.svg 0.26730.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Tierschutzpartei  1,5091.2Increase2.svg 0.3
BP Andre Wächter2220.21880.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Pirates  3430.3Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  2560.2
Gesundheitsforschung  1670.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Unabhängige1620.1
Volt  1620.1
NPD  1390.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
Humanists  1220.1
Bündnis C  1090.1
V-Partei3  800.1Steady2.svg 0.0
The III. Path  650.1
du.  520.0
MLPD Stefan Engel830.1Steady2.svg 0.0430.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  200.0
DKP  70.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes921704
Total valid votes122,943123,160
Turnout 123,86479.1Increase2.svg 1.9
CSU holdMajority12,83410.4Decrease2.svg 8.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Coburg [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 Green check.svgY Hans Michelbach 55,07845.3Decrease2.svg 4.948,41039.6Decrease2.svg 7.1
SPD Doris Aschenbrenner32,16326.4Decrease2.svg 6.027,55322.6Decrease2.svg 5.4
AfD Martin Böhm12,76310.5Increase2.svg 7.714,20811.6Decrease2.svg 7.4
Greens Michael Eckstein7,1295.9Increase2.svg 2.08,1556.7Increase2.svg 1.0
Left René Hähnlein6,3055.2Increase2.svg 1.86,8955.6Increase2.svg 1.7
FDP Alexander Arnold5,8774.8Increase2.svg 3.29,9678.2Increase2.svg 4.1
FW  2,4492.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,1350.9Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  8290.7
ÖDP Christoph Raabs1,6591.46370.5Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD Johannes Hühnlein5830.5Decrease2.svg 1.15600.5Decrease2.svg 1.0
Pirates  3870.3Decrease2.svg 1.3
BP  2360.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
DiB 1560.1
Gesundheitsforschung 1380.1
DM1310.1
V-Partei³ 1300.1
BGE  1070.1
MLPD Stefan Engel1360.1710.1Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 130.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  120.0
Informal votes1,5071,021
Total valid votes121,693122,179
Turnout 123,20077.2Increase2.svg 7.6
CSU holdMajority22,91518.9Increase2.svg 1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Coburg [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 Hans Michelbach 55,30950.1Increase2.svg 1.751,56746.7Increase2.svg 3.7
SPD Norbert Tessmer35,78532.4Increase2.svg 7.130,70827.8Increase2.svg 4.4
Greens Manuel Dethloff4,2743.9Decrease2.svg 4.46,3095.7Decrease2.svg 1.9
Left René Hähnlein3,6813.3Decrease2.svg 3.24,4154.0Decrease2.svg 3.1
AfD Stefan Zubcic3,1432.84,7304.3
FW Uwe Zipfel2,9092.62,4352.2
FDP Ulrich Herbert1,8351.7Decrease2.svg 6.14,4694.0Decrease2.svg 7.6
NPD Gerhard Reuter1,7401.6Decrease2.svg 0.91,6211.5Decrease2.svg 0.6
Pirates Johannes Reichhardt1,7171.61,7851.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  6780.6Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP  5360.5Decrease2.svg 0.1
BP  3050.3Steady2.svg 0.0
DIE FRAUEN 2430.2
REP  2180.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 1090.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Party of Reason 990.1
PRO 620.1
MLPD  390.0Steady2.svg 0.0
RRP250.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
BüSo 170.0Decrease2.svg 0.1
Informal votes9851,008
Total valid votes110,393110,370
Turnout 111,37869.6Decrease2.svg 1.6
CSU holdMajority19,52417.7Decrease2.svg 5.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Coburg [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 Hans Michelbach 55,17448.4Decrease2.svg 3.649,24843.0Decrease2.svg 2.5
SPD Carl-Christian Dressel28,88225.3Decrease2.svg 7.926,86923.5Decrease2.svg 9.5
Greens Wolfgang Weiß9,3808.2Increase2.svg 3.08,7077.6Increase2.svg 2.5
FDP Ulrich Herbert8,8057.7Increase2.svg 3.913,39811.7Increase2.svg 3.5
Left Uwe Hiksch7,4756.6Increase2.svg 3.38,1167.1Increase2.svg 3.3
NPD Günter Kursawe2,7752.4Decrease2.svg 0.12,3842.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Pirates  2,0931.8
FAMILIE 7110.6Decrease2.svg 0.1
ÖDP Tanja Pfisterer1,2341.16970.6
REP  6140.5Decrease2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  5970.5
Independent Markus Häßler3420.3
RRP3020.3
BP  2610.2Increase2.svg 0.1
PBC2310.2Steady2.svg 0.0
DIE VIOLETTEN 1650.1
CM 700.1
DVU  560.0
MLPD  350.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo 250.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,7841,272
Total valid votes114,067114,579
Turnout 115,85171.1Decrease2.svg 6.7
CSU holdMajority26,29223.1Increase2.svg 4.3

2005 election

Federal election (2005):Coburg [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 Hans Michelbach 63,35252.0Increase2.svg 3.857,47645.5Decrease2.svg 6.9
SPD Carl-Christian Dressel41,70533.2Decrease2.svg 11.341,69133.0Decrease2.svg 3.0
Greens Wolfgang Weiß6,5805.2Increase2.svg 2.36,4685.1Increase2.svg 0.4
FDP Roswitha Jäger4,8033.8Increase2.svg 0.210,3488.2Increase2.svg 3.9
Left Markus Bansemir4,0733.2Increase2.svg 2.54,7323.7Increase2.svg 3.0
NPD Günter Kursawe3,1752.52,8862.3Increase2.svg 1.8
REP  7950.6Increase2.svg 0.2
Familie  7180.6
Feminist  3420.3Increase2.svg 0.2
PBC  3130.2Increase2.svg 0.1
GRAUEN  3090.2Increase2.svg 0.2
BP  2240.2Increase2.svg 0.1
MLPD  990.1
BüSo  570.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3911,621
Total valid votes125,688126,458
Turnout 128,0797.8Decrease2.svg 3.8
CSU holdMajority23,64718.8

Notes

  1. Hiksch was elected for the SPD, but joined the PDS in October 1999.

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-237.html
  4. Results for Coburg
  5. Results for Coburg
  6. Results for Coburg
  7. Results for Coburg
  8. Results for Coburg