Coburg (electoral district)

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

238 Coburg
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Coburg in 2017
StateBavaria
Population198,700 (2015)
Electorate159,654 (2017)
Major settlementsCoburg
Kronach
Neustadt bei Coburg
Area1,305.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberHans Michelbach
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Coburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Hans Michelbach 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. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 238.

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
1953 221
1957
1961
1965 224
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 239
2005
2009 238
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Ernst Zühlke 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 of the CSU was elected in 1957 and served until 1965. Karl Hofmann of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served three terms, leaving office in 1976. Otto Regenspurger of the CSU then served until 1998, when Uwe Hiksch 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 re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Ernst Zühlke SPD 35.7
1953 Wolfgang Stammberger FDP 52.8
1957 Friedrich Knorr CSU 45.5
1961 41.4
1965 Karl Hofmann SPD 46.4
1969 49.0
1972 53.3
1976 Otto Regenspurger CSU 49.0
1980 49.1
1983 55.9
1987 47.2
1990 54.3
1994 49.4
1998 Uwe Hiksch[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

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): 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 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
Green 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
Tierschutzpartei   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[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 55,309 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
Green 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
Tierschutzpartei   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[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 55,174 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
Green 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
Tierschutzpartei   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
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