Weilheim (electoral district)

225 Weilheim
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Weilheim in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	223,900 (2019)
Electorate	168,473 (2021)
Major settlements	Weilheim in Oberbayern Penzberg Schongau
Area	1,978.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Alexander Dobrindt
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Weilheim 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 225. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau. ^[1]

Weilheim was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union (CSU). ^[2]

Geography

Weilheim is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau. ^[1]

History

Weilheim was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 12 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 207. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 212. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 227. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 226. From the 2025 election, it has been number 225.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Bad Tölz, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Schongau, and Weilheim. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Weilheim-Schongau. In the 1980 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg, and Weilheim-Schongau. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	12	Weilheim	Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district
1953	207
1957
1961
1965	212
1969
1972
1976			Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district
1980			Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	227
2005
2009	226
2013
2017			Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district
2021
2025	225

Members

Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by long-time CSU leader Franz Josef Strauss from 1949 to 1987, a total of ten consecutive terms; however, he resigned from the Bundestag in 1978 to become Minister-President of Bavaria, and subsequently turned down his Bundestag mandate after the 1980 and 1983 elections. He was succeeded by Michaela Geiger, who was representative from 1987 to 2002. Alexander Dobrindt was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2025.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Franz Josef Strauss	CSU	28.8
	1953			52.3
	1957			57.6
	1961			57.7
	1965			58.9
	1969			62.0
	1972			62.3
	1976			66.3
	1980			65.4
	1983			68.8
	1987	Michaela Geiger	CSU	67.1
	1990			61.8
	1994			62.0
	1998			58.0
	2002	Alexander Dobrindt	CSU	63.5
	2005			59.4
	2009			52.0
	2013			57.2
	2017			47.9
	2021			41.9
	2025			45.8

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Weilheim [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	Y Alexander Dobrindt		65.407	45.8	3.9	59,685	41.6	6.5
	AfD	Gerrit Huy		22.082	15.5	8.4	24,240	16.9	9.0
	Greens	Christian King		18,129	12.7	0.8	17,098	11.9	1.5
	SPD	Clemens Meikis		13,488	9.4	5.0	13,888	9.7	4.8
	Left	Robert Wilska		5,698	4.0	2.0	6,870	4.8	2.5
	FDP	Jürgen Speer		6,356	4.4	1.8	6,760	4.7	5.7
	FW	Michael Marksteiner		8,023	5.6	1.8	6,333	4.4	3.9
	ÖDP	Gwendolin Simple		2,331	1.6	1.4	963	0.7	0.6
	Volt	Joachim Nibbe		1,400	1.0	0.6	692	0.5	0.2
	dieBasis					3.1	587	0.4	2.3
	BP					1.8	301	0.2	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,012	0.7	0.3
	PARTEI						667	0.5	0.2
	Pirates								0.3
	BSW						4,016	2.8
	Team Todenhöfer								0.2
	Unabhängige								0.5
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.01
	Bündnis C								0.1
	Humanists						82	0.1	0.0
	BD						118	0.1
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				801			388
Total valid votes				142,914			143,327
Turnout				143,715	85.4	3.5
	CSU hold		Majority			3.5

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Weilheim [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 Alexander Dobrindt		57,179	41.9	6.1	48,178	35.1	7.7
	SPD	Sigrid Meierhofer		19,682	14.4	0.4	19,927	14.5	3.0
	Greens	Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski		16,300	11.9	2.9	18,397	13.4	3.9
	FW	Arnold-Günther Reuss		10,100	7.4		11,462	8.4	6.2
	AfD	Gerrit Huy		9,686	7.1	3.0	10,873	7.9	4.2
	FDP	Karl Sielmann		8,553	6.3	0.8	14,311	10.4	0.0
	dieBasis	Juina Wessel		4,301	3.1		3,717	2.7
	ÖDP	Maiken Winter		4,205	3.1	0.4	1,737	1.3	0.3
	Left	Rolf Walther		2,718	2.0	2.7	3,124	2.3	3.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,316	1.0	0.1
	BP	Johann Gattinger		2,405	1.8	1.1	1,229	0.9	0.8
	Independent	Ricard Ryssel		966	0.7
	PARTEI						905	0.7	0.1
	Pirates						375	0.3	0.0
	Volt	Werner Knigge		500	0.4		339	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						296	0.2
	Unabhängige						256	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						136	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						120	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						85	0.1
	Humanists						83	0.1
	du.						76	0.1
	The Homeland						67	0.0	0.1
	The III. Path						61	0.0
	DKP						48	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,444			879
Total valid votes				136,595			137,160
Turnout				138,039	81.9	1.6
	CSU hold		Majority	37,497	27.5	5.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Weilheim [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 Alexander Dobrindt		63,784	47.9	9.5	57,254	42.9	9.9
	SPD	Enrico Corongiu		19,722	14.8	1.6	15,402	11.5	3.7
	AfD	Edeltraud Schwarz		13,383	10.1		16,145	12.1	6.5
	Greens	Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann		12,066	9.1	1.5	12,753	9.5	1.7
	FDP	Karl-Martin Schröter		9,370	7.0	3.9	13,909	10.4	5.2
	Left	Reinhard Böttger		6,229	4.7	1.9	7,214	5.4	2.4
	FW						2,876	2.2	0.6
	ÖDP	Maiken Winter		4,629	3.5	0.9	2,145	1.6	0.2
	BP	Siegfried Seelos		3,855	2.9	0.7	2,225	1.7	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,186	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						724	0.5
	Pirates						352	0.3	1.2
	DM						292	0.2
	V-Partei³						260	0.2
	The Homeland						227	0.2	0.4
	DiB						204	0.2
	BGE						186	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						162	0.1
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	BüSo						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,295			766
Total valid votes				133,038			133,567
Turnout				134,333	80.4	8.3
	CSU hold		Majority	44,602	33.1	7.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Weilheim [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 Alexander Dobrindt		104,236	57.2	5.2	95,885	52.5	6.9
	SPD	Angelica Dullinger		30,019	16.5	2.2	28,342	15.5	2.6
	Greens	Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann		15,559	8.5	3.3	16,017	8.8	2.7
	AfD						9,665	5.3
	FW	Susann Enders		6,429	3.5		4,441	2.4
	BP	Klaus Jacobitz		5,599	3.1	1.2	3,573	2.0	0.5
	FDP	Klaus Breil		5,325	2.9	7.6	9,461	5.2	10.7
	Left	Michaele Siebe		5,321	2.9	1.3	5,629	3.1	1.8
	ÖDP	Hanns-Dieter Schlierf		5,010	2.7	0.3	3,011	1.6	0.2
	Pirates	Alexander Lessmann		3,137	1.7		2,907	1.6	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,284	0.7	0.1
	The Homeland	Matthias Polt		1,581	0.9	0.2	1,062	0.6	0.2
	REP						412	0.2	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						321	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						271	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						196	0.1
	PRO						137	0.1
	RRP						79	0.0	1.0
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,951			1,397
Total valid votes				182,216			182,770
Turnout				184,167	72.9	0.9
	CSU hold		Majority	74,220	40.7	3.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Weilheim [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Alexander Dobrindt		94,302	52.0	7.5	83,058	45.6	8.1
	SPD	Angelica Dullinger		25,894	14.3	7.1	23,512	12.9	7.3
	Greens	Marcus Reichenberg		21,516	11.9	4.1	20,871	11.5	3.0
	FDP	Klaus Breil		19,076	10.5	5.8	28,911	15.9	5.2
	Left	Werner Bäumler		7,568	4.2	1.5	8,897	4.9	2.0
	ÖDP	Hanns-Dieter Schlierf		4,511	2.5		3,277	1.8
	Pirates						3,098	1.7
	BP	Pauli Doll		3,399	1.9	0.1	2,740	1.5	0.3
	RRP	Klaus Blume		1,921	1.1		1,966	1.1
	The Homeland	Matthias Polt		1,883	1.0	0.1	1,501	1.0	0.0
	FAMILIE						1,257	0.7	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,128	0.6
	REP						835	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Monica Herz		725	0.4
	Independent	Waltraud Siade		598	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						489	0.3
	PBC						219	0.1	0.1
	CM						193	0.1
	DVU						91	0.0
	BüSo						57	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,439			1,704
Total valid votes				181,393			182,128
Turnout				183,832	73.8	6.3
	CSU hold		Majority	68,408	37.7	0.4

References

1. "Constituency Weilheim". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Weilheim". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Weilheim
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7. Results for Weilheim