Coburg (electoral district)

237 Coburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Coburg in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	197,300 (2019)
Electorate	156,571 (2021)
Major settlements	Coburg Kronach Neustadt bei Coburg
Area	1,305.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Jonas Geissler
Elected	2021

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]

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.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	26	Coburg	Coburg city Neustadt bei Coburg city Landkreis Coburg district Kronach district
1953	221
1957
1961
1965	224
1969
1972
1976			Coburg city Landkreis Coburg district Kronach district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	239
2005
2009	238
2013
2017			Coburg city Landkreis Coburg district Kronach district Hof district (only Geroldsgrün municipality)
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.

Election		Member	Party	%
	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 ] [lower-alpha 1]	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

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Jonas Geissler		44,890	36.5	8.7	39,343	31.9	7.7
	SPD	Ramona Brehm		32,056	26.1	0.4	31,087	25.2	2.7
	AfD	Sebastian Görtler		11,878	9.7	0.8	12,836	10.4	1.2
	Greens	Johannes Wagner		10,581	8.6	2.7	11,459	9.3	2.6
	FW	Rainer Möbus		9,235	7.5		7,524	6.1	4.1
	FDP	Jens-Uwe Peter		6,369	5.2	0.4	10,683	8.7	0.5
	Left	Ulf Wunderlich		2,337	1.9	3.3	3,118	2.5	3.1
	dieBasis	Nicole Fredriksen		2,002	1.6		1,869	1.5
	PARTEI	Tim Ströhlein		1,872	1.5		1,144	0.9	0.3
	ÖDP	Tristan Wolf		1,418	1.2	0.2	673	0.5	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,509	1.2	0.3
	BP	Andre Wächter		222	0.2		188	0.2	0.0
	Pirates						343	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						256	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						167	0.1	0.0
	Unabhängige						162	0.1
	Volt						162	0.1
	NPD						139	0.1	0.3
	Humanists						122	0.1
	Bündnis C						109	0.1
	V-Partei3						80	0.1	0.0
	The III. Path						65	0.1
	du.						52	0.0
	MLPD	Stefan Engel		83	0.1	0.0	43	0.0	0.0
	LKR						20	0.0
	DKP						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				921			704
Total valid votes				122,943			123,160
Turnout				123,864	79.1	1.9
	CSU hold		Majority	12,834	10.4	8.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Hans Michelbach		55,078	45.3	4.9	48,410	39.6	7.1
	SPD	Doris Aschenbrenner		32,163	26.4	6.0	27,553	22.6	5.4
	AfD	Martin Böhm		12,763	10.5	7.7	14,208	11.6	7.4
	Greens	Michael Eckstein		7,129	5.9	2.0	8,155	6.7	1.0
	Left	René Hähnlein		6,305	5.2	1.8	6,895	5.6	1.7
	FDP	Alexander Arnold		5,877	4.8	3.2	9,967	8.2	4.1
	FW						2,449	2.0	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,135	0.9	0.3
	PARTEI						829	0.7
	ÖDP	Christoph Raabs		1,659	1.4		637	0.5	0.0
	NPD	Johannes Hühnlein		583	0.5	1.1	560	0.5	1.0
	Pirates						387	0.3	1.3
	BP						236	0.2	0.1
	DiB						156	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						138	0.1
	DM						131	0.1
	V-Partei³						130	0.1
	BGE						107	0.1
	MLPD	Stefan Engel		136	0.1		71	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						13	0.0	0.0
	DKP						12	0.0
Informal votes				1,507			1,021
Total valid votes				121,693			122,179
Turnout				123,200	77.2	7.6
	CSU hold		Majority	22,915	18.9	1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Hans Michelbach		55,309	50.1	1.7	51,567	46.7	3.7
	SPD	Norbert Tessmer		35,785	32.4	7.1	30,708	27.8	4.4
	Greens	Manuel Dethloff		4,274	3.9	4.4	6,309	5.7	1.9
	Left	René Hähnlein		3,681	3.3	3.2	4,415	4.0	3.1
	AfD	Stefan Zubcic		3,143	2.8		4,730	4.3
	FW	Uwe Zipfel		2,909	2.6		2,435	2.2
	FDP	Ulrich Herbert		1,835	1.7	6.1	4,469	4.0	7.6
	NPD	Gerhard Reuter		1,740	1.6	0.9	1,621	1.5	0.6
	Pirates	Johannes Reichhardt		1,717	1.6		1,785	1.6	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						678	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP						536	0.5	0.1
	BP						305	0.3	0.0
	DIE FRAUEN						243	0.2
	REP						218	0.2	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						109	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						99	0.1
	PRO						62	0.1
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
	RRP						25	0.0	0.2
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				985			1,008
Total valid votes				110,393			110,370
Turnout				111,378	69.6	1.6
	CSU hold		Majority	19,524	17.7	5.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Hans Michelbach		55,174	48.4	3.6	49,248	43.0	2.5
	SPD	Carl-Christian Dressel		28,882	25.3	7.9	26,869	23.5	9.5
	Greens	Wolfgang Weiß		9,380	8.2	3.0	8,707	7.6	2.5
	FDP	Ulrich Herbert		8,805	7.7	3.9	13,398	11.7	3.5
	Left	Uwe Hiksch		7,475	6.6	3.3	8,116	7.1	3.3
	NPD	Günter Kursawe		2,775	2.4	0.1	2,384	2.1	0.2
	Pirates						2,093	1.8
	FAMILIE						711	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP	Tanja Pfisterer		1,234	1.1		697	0.6
	REP						614	0.5	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						597	0.5
	Independent	Markus Häßler		342	0.3
	RRP						302	0.3
	BP						261	0.2	0.1
	PBC						231	0.2	0.0
	DIE VIOLETTEN						165	0.1
	CM						70	0.1
	DVU						56	0.0
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,784			1,272
Total valid votes				114,067			114,579
Turnout				115,851	71.1	6.7
	CSU hold		Majority	26,292	23.1	4.3

Notes

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

References

1. "Constituency Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Coburg
4. Results for Coburg
5. Results for Coburg
6. Results for Coburg