Freising (electoral district)

Last updated
213 Freising
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 213-2025.svg
Freising in 2025
State Bavaria
Population337,800 (2019)
Electorate238,346 (2025)
Major settlements Freising
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Moosburg an der Isar
Area1,802.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1976
Party CSU
Member Christian Moser
Elected 2025

Freising 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 213. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, the southern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. [1]

Contents

Freising was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Christian Moser of the Christian Social Union (CSU). [2]

Geography

Freising is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen as well as the municipalities of Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen. [1]

History

Freising was created in 1976. In the 1976 election, it was constituency 201 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 200. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 216. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 215. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 214. From the 2025 election, it has been number 213.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and the municipalities of Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim from the Landkreis München district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, and Erding. In the 1998 election, it comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and, from the Erding district, the municipalities of Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Steinkirchen and Wartenberg. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised only the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen. In the 2013 election, it gained the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district and the municipality of Aresing from the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1976 201Freising
1980 200
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 216
2005
2009 215
2013
2017 214
2021
2025 213

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Albert Probst from 1976 to 1998. He was succeeded by Franz Obermeier from 1998 to 2013. Erich Irlstorfer represented the constituency from 2013 until 2025. Christian Moser retained the seat for the CSU in 2025.

ElectionMemberParty%
1976 Albert Probst CSU 63.3
1980 65.5
1983 68.4
1987 62.6
1990 58.5
1994 58.4
1998 Franz Obermeier CSU 54.9
2002 62.7
2005 56.5
2009 46.9
2013 Erich Irlstorfer CSU 52.9
2017 43.0
2021 36.2
2025 Christian Moser CSU 43.1

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Freising [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 Christian Moser 88,02343.1Increase2.svg 7.078,63338.5Increase2.svg 5.9
AfD Claus Staudhammer36,96518.1Increase2.svg +8.838,98119.1Increase2.svg 10.0
Greens Leon Eckert 25,71812.6Increase2.svg 0.123,75911.6Decrease2.svg 1.9
SPD Andreas Mehltretter 23,35711.4Decrease2.svg 2.020,2349.9Decrease2.svg 5.2
Left Sebastian Pisot8,6304.2Increase2.svg 2.210,6465.2Increase2.svg 2.9
FW Birgit Weinsteiger-Tauer13,2096.5Decrease2.svg 5.611,0345.4Decrease2.svg 4.3
dieBasis Michael Stangl2,3621.2Decrease2.svg 1.39480.5Decrease2.svg 1.3
ÖDP Decrease2.svg 1.61,0340.5Decrease2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Decrease2.svg 1.18680.4Decrease2.svg 0.3
BP Decrease2.svg 0.93670.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Unabhängige Decrease2.svg 0.5Decrease2.svg 0.5
Volt Decrease2.svg 0.31,1930.6Increase2.svg 0.3
BSW  5,8292.9
Humanists  1770.1Steady2.svg 0.0
BD  1350.1
MLPD  370.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  Decrease2.svg 0.4
Pirates  Decrease2.svg 0.3
Verjüngungsforschung  Decrease2.svg 0.1
Bündnis C  Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes9420.5
Total valid votes204,067204,430
Turnout 205,00986.0Increase2.svg 4.2
CSU holdMajorityDecrease2.svg 6.8

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Freising [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 Erich Irlstorfer 69,68936.2Decrease2.svg 6.862,93032.6Decrease2.svg 7.1
SPD Andreas Mehltretter 25,95013.5Steady2.svg 0.029,08515.1Increase2.svg 2.7
Greens Leon Eckert 24,05812.5Increase2.svg 3.126,05513.5Increase2.svg 3.8
FW Karl Ecker23,22312.0Increase2.svg 5.618,7799.7Increase2.svg 5.9
AfD Johannes Huber 18,0429.4Decrease2.svg 3.217,5159.1Decrease2.svg 4.5
FDP Eva-Maria Schmidt14,6877.6Increase2.svg 0.421,73811.3Increase2.svg 0.9
dieBasis Karl Reineke4,7952.53,3881.8
Left Nicolas-Pano Graßy3,8982.0Decrease2.svg 3.04,4562.3Decrease2.svg 2.8
Tierschutzpartei  1,8811.0Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP Emilia Kirner3,0391.6Decrease2.svg 0.21,4490.8Decrease2.svg 0.2
PARTEI Daniel Weigelt2,1651.11,3850.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
BP Florian Geisenfelder1,6780.9Decrease2.svg 0.41,0680.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
Team Todenhöfer  7810.4
Pirates  5540.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
V-Partei3 Magdalena Lippa9100.52960.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Volt Hans Boljahn6310.35430.3
Unabhängige3350.2
Gesundheitsforschung  2180.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Humanists  1850.1
NPD  1080.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
The III. Path  1060.1
du.  880.0
Bündnis C  860.0
LKR  510.0
DKP  200.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  190.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,237883
Total valid votes192,765193,119
Turnout 194,00281.8Increase2.svg 2.6
CSU holdMajority43,73922.7Decrease2.svg 6.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Freising [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 Erich Irlstorfer 79,54543.0Decrease2.svg 11.173,65039.7Decrease2.svg 12.1
SPD Andreas Mehltretter 24,91613.5Decrease2.svg 3.723,02912.4Decrease2.svg 3.7
AfD Johannes Huber 23,22212.5Increase2.svg 8.825,17813.6Increase2.svg 8.9
Greens Kerstin Schnapp17,4399.4Increase2.svg 1.918,0369.7Increase2.svg 0.7
FDP Thomas Neudert13,4007.2Increase2.svg 4.819,30811.4Increase2.svg 5.8
FW Robert Weller11,8786.4Increase2.svg 1.97,0763.8Increase2.svg 0.1
Left Guido Hoyer9,2655.0Increase2.svg 2.19,5065.1Increase2.svg 1.9
ÖDP Reinhold Reck3,2501.8Increase2.svg 0.21,8051.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
BP Robert Prado Diaz2,2621.22,0171.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,7921.0Increase2.svg 0.2
PARTEI  1,4670.8
Pirates  7680.4Decrease2.svg 1.6
NPD  4850.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
DM3640.2
V-Partei³ 3230.2
DiB 3190.2
Gesundheitsforschung 2210.1
BGE  2180.1
MLPD  350.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  180.0
BüSo 170.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,4701,015
Total valid votes185,177185,632
Turnout 186,64779.2Increase2.svg 7.4
CSU holdMajority54,62929.5Decrease2.svg 5.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Freising [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 Erich Irlstorfer 81,72952.9Increase2.svg 5.978,92451.0Increase2.svg 6.3
SPD Florian Simbeck27,16517.6Increase2.svg 3.425,24316.3Increase2.svg 2.9
Greens Michael Stanglmaier18,16911.8Decrease2.svg 5.214,3909.3Decrease2.svg 3.1
FW Hinrich Groeneveld7,1234.65,7803.7
AfD Marie-Madeleine von Kienlin5,8553.87,4244.8
Left Thomas Schwarz4,4402.9Decrease2.svg 2.75,0303.2Decrease2.svg 2.2
FDP Jens Barschdorf3,8542.5Decrease2.svg 10.87,2484.7Decrease2.svg 10.0
Pirates Sebastian Kanschat3,5392.33,1572.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
BP  2,0101.3Increase2.svg 0.3
ÖDP Reinhold Reck2,5681.7Increase2.svg 1.61,9131.2Steady2.svg 0.0
NPD  1,1810.8Decrease2.svg 0.4
Tierschutzpartei  1,1540.7Increase2.svg 0.1
REP  5000.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
DIE FRAUEN 2640.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 1870.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
Party of Reason 1480.1
PRO 1230.1
RRP440.0Decrease2.svg 1.0
BüSo 290.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  260.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,4391,106
Total valid votes154,442154,775
Turnout 155,88171.9Decrease2.svg 1.0
CSU holdMajority54,56435.3Increase2.svg 5.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Freising [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 Franz Obermeier69,22946.9Decrease2.svg 9.666,33644.7Decrease2.svg 7.4
Greens Michael Stanglmaier25,40817.2Increase2.svg 9.418,40012.4Increase2.svg 4.2
SPD Uwe Dörnhöfer20,79114.1Decrease2.svg 9.419,91513.4Decrease2.svg 8.9
FDP Franz Niedermayr19,71113.4Increase2.svg 7.821,84814.7Increase2.svg 4.5
Left Guido Hoyer8,2475.6Increase2.svg 2.78,1205.5Increase2.svg 2.3
Pirates  3,5832.4
ÖDP  1,8781.3
NPD Christian Götz2,5581.7Increase2.svg 0.41,8081.2Increase2.svg 0.1
RRPPeter Dörken1,6501.11,5811.1
BP  1,4000.9Increase2.svg 0.1
FAMILIE 1,0210.7Steady2.svg 0.0
Tierschutzpartei  9880.7
REP  9000.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 3270.2
PBC1550.1Steady2.svg 0.0
CM 1190.1
DVU  660.0
BüSo 430.0
MLPD  310.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,1231,198
Total valid votes147,594148,519
Turnout 149,71772.8Decrease2.svg 6.7
CSU holdMajority43,82129.7Decrease2.svg 3.4

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Freising [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 Franz Obermeier87,47756.5Decrease2.svg 5.680,90952.0Decrease2.svg 11.0
SPD Sonja Gaul36,28323.4Increase2.svg 0.334,69322.3Increase2.svg 0.3
Greens Roland Dörfler12,0647.8Increase2.svg 1.412,7088.2Increase2.svg 0.6
FDP Ingo Stiefler8,6655.6Decrease2.svg 0.215,83610.2Increase2.svg 5.5
Left Guido Hoyer4,4732.9Increase2.svg 2.04,8833.1Increase2.svg 2.5
BP Josef Schwaiger3,6652.41,3310.9Increase2.svg 0.1
NPD Stefan Grebe2,1391.41,6871.1Increase2.svg 0.9
REP  1,2550.8Increase2.svg 0.3
Familie  1,0190.7
GRAUEN  4590.3Increase2.svg 0.2
Feminist  3750.2Increase2.svg 0.1
PBC  2250.1
BüSo  830.1
MLPD  610.0
Informal votes2,2791,521
Total valid votes154,766155,524
Turnout 157,04579.5Decrease2.svg 3.5
CSU holdMajority51,19433.1

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Freising
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  8. Results for Freising