Augsburg-Land

Augsburg-Land 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 253. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the Landkreis Augsburg district and most of the Aichach-Friedberg district.[1]

253 Augsburg-Land
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Augsburg-Land in 2017
StateBavaria
Population324,800 (2015)
Electorate248,812 (2017)
Major settlementsFriedberg
Gersthofen
Neusäß
Area1,567.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberHansjörg Durz
Elected2013, 2017

Augsburg-Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Hansjörg Durz of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Augsburg-Land is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Landkreis Augsburg district excluding the municipalities of Altenmünster and Königsbrunn, and the entirety of the Aichach-Friedberg district excluding the municipality of Inchenhofen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Aindling, Kühbach, and Pöttmes.[1]

History

Augsburg-Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 42 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 237. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 239. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 254. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 253.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Landkreis Augsburg, Friedberg, Krumbach, and Wertingen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Krumbach district while gaining the Schwabmünchen district. In the 1976 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Landkreis Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg. In the 1998 election, it lost the municipality of Königsbrunn from Landkreis Augsburg as well as the municipality of Inchenhofen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Kühbach and Pöttmes from the Aichach-Friedberg district. In the 2005 election, it further lost the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Aindling. In the 2021 election, it lost the municipality of Altenmünster from Landkreis Augsburg.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 42 Augsburg-Land
1953 237
1957
1961
1965 239
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 254
2005
2009 253
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Oesterle from 1949 to 1961, followed by Walter Althammer from 1961 to 1987. Eduard Oswald was representative from 1987 to 2013. Hansjörg Durz was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Josef Oesterle CSU 39.6
1953 56.3
1957 63.6
1961 Walter Althammer CSU 58.6
1965 60.6
1969 59.9
1972 62.8
1976 68.1
1980 66.4
1983 69.9
1987 Eduard Oswald CSU 64.5
1990 59.5
1994 58.3
1998 58.1
2002 65.3
2005 59.9
2009 53.0
2013 Hansjörg Durz CSU 60.6
2017 47.8

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Augsburg-Land[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 Hansjörg Durz 94,252 47.8 12.8 81,831 41.4 12.3
SPD Herbert Woerlein 27,813 14.1 3.6 25,240 12.8 4.5
AfD Rainer Kraft 24,279 12.3 7.8 27,045 13.7 8.5
Green Franz Bossek 14,809 7.5 0.6 17,447 8.8 1.6
FW Markus Brem 13,080 6.6 6,579 3.3 1.1
FDP Karlheinz Faller 11,976 6.1 3.8 20,565 10.4 5.7
Left Cengiz Tuncer 7,231 3.7 0.7 9,737 4.9 1.7
ÖDP Constanze von Simmelsdorf 3,823 1.9 0.4 1,941 1.0 0.0
BP   1,494 0.8 0.1
PARTEI   1,092 0.6
Pirates   722 0.4 1.4
NPD   533 0.3 0.5
V-Partei³ 483 0.2
DM 363 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung 262 0.1
DiB 261 0.1
BGE   239 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0 0.0
BüSo 31 0.0 0.0
DKP   28 0.0
Informal votes 1,814 1,231
Total Valid votes 197,263 197,846
Turnout 199,077 80.0 7.8
CSU hold Majority 66,439 33.7 9.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Augsburg-Land[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 Hansjörg Durz 105,841 60.6 7.6 93,973 53.7 7.9
SPD Bernd Bante 30,879 17.7 2.0 30,126 17.2 2.7
Green Claudia Eser-Schuberth 12,067 6.9 1.7 12,670 7.2 2.1
AfD Hermann Mayer 7,912 4.5 9,040 5.2
Left Daniel Böck 5,177 3.0 1.8 5,631 3.2 2.2
FDP Johannes Pabst 3,974 2.3 9.3 8,134 4.6 11.1
FW   3,929 2.2
Pirates Hans-Jürgen Rigl 3,550 2.0 3,089 1.8 0.2
ÖDP Dieter Nießner 2,665 1.5 0.1 1,784 1.0 0.0
BP   1,580 0.9 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,384 0.8 0.1
NPD Karl-Heinz Kügle 1,840 1.1 0.6 1,279 0.7 0.5
REP   1,023 0.6 0.4
DIE FRAUEN 390 0.2
RRP 734 0.4 1.0 367 0.2 0.9
DIE VIOLETTEN 221 0.1 0.1
Party of Reason 168 0.1
PRO 151 0.1
MLPD   42 0.0 0.0
BüSo 29 0.0 0.1
Informal votes 1,600 1,229
Total Valid votes 174,639 175,010
Turnout 176,239 72.2 1.4
CSU hold Majority 74,962 42.9 5.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Augsburg-Land[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 Eduard Oswald 92,508 53.0 6.9 80,335 45.8 7.1
SPD Maria Hackl 27,427 15.7 6.5 25,356 14.5 7.6
FDP Erwin Lotter 20,137 11.5 5.8 27,522 15.7 5.6
Green Heidi Rohrlack 15,031 8.6 1.6 16,430 9.4 1.9
Left Silvio Heidbüchel 8,264 4.7 2.1 9,425 5.4 2.5
Pirates   3,399 1.9
NPD Karin Hartwig 2,834 1.6 0.2 2,168 1.2 0.0
ÖDP Ulrich Hoffmann 2,804 1.6 1,790 1.0
BP Karl Schedlbauer 2,552 1.5 1,609 0.9 0.4
RRP Manfred Link 2,539 1.5 1,990 1.1
REP   1,777 1.0 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,208 0.7
FAMILIE 1,187 0.7 0.0
DIE VIOLETTEN 405 0.2
PBC 200 0.1 0.1
CM 191 0.1
BüSo Ralf Heinrich 444 0.3 122 0.1 0.0
DVU   110 0.1
MLPD   46 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,484 1,754
Total Valid votes 174,540 175,270
Turnout 177,024 73.6 7.4
CSU hold Majority 65,081 37.3 0.4

References
  1. "Constituency Augsburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Augsburg-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Augsburg-Land
  4. Results for Augsburg-Land
  5. Results for Augsburg-Land
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