Fürstenfeldbruck (electoral district)

Fürstenfeldbruck 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 215. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Dachau and Fürstenfeldbruck.[1]

215 Fürstenfeldbruck
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Fürstenfeldbruck in 2017
StateBavaria
Population323,500 (2015)
Electorate232,125 (2017)
Major settlementsDachau
Fürstenfeldbruck
Olching
Area992.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberKatrin Staffler
Elected2017

Fürstenfeldbruck was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Katrin Staffler of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Fürstenfeldbruck is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Dachau and the entirety of the Fürstenfeldbruck district excluding the municipality of Germering.[1]

History

Fürstenfeldbruck was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 197. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 201. In the 1976 election, it was number 202. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 201. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 217. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 216. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 215.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Landsberg am Lech and the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau, and Landkreis Landsberg am Lech. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau, and Landsberg. In the 1980 through 2009 elections, it comprised the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck and Dachau. In the 2013 election, it lost the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district. In the 2017 election, it regained Petershausen while losing Germering from the Fürstenfeldbruck district.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 2 Fürstenfeldbruck
1953 197
1957
1961
1965 201
1969
1972
1976 202
1980 201
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 217
2005
2009 216
2013
2017 215
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Richard Jaeger from 1949 to 1980, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Eicke Götz from 1980 to 1990. Gerda Hasselfeldt was then representative from 1990 to 2017, a total of seven consecutive terms. Katrin Staffler was elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Richard Jaeger CSU 27.1
1953 51.1
1957 54.5
1961 56.2
1965 57.9
1969 51.1
1972 53.8
1976 60.2
1980 Eicke Götz CSU 56.1
1983 61.5
1987 58.4
1990 Gerda Hasselfeldt CSU 53.2
1994 55.6
1998 52.6
2002 59.4
2005 55.5
2009 48.9
2013 55.6
2017 Katrin Staffler CSU 43.6

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Fürstenfeldbruck[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 Katrin Staffler 82,602 43.6 12.3 75,621 39.8 11.1
SPD Michael Schrodi 35,454 18.7 1.1 25,929 13.7 4.5
AfD Florian Jäger 19,352 10.2 5.6 21,934 11.6 6.3
Green Beate Walter-Rosenheimer 17,244 9.1 1.6 20,886 11.0 2.2
FDP Andreas Schwarzer 13,661 7.2 5.0 22,005 11.6 6.7
Left Renate Schiefer 7,699 4.1 1.4 9,633 5.1 2.1
FW Lilian Edenhofer 5,882 3.1 0.2 4,545 2.4 0.4
BP Sebastian Kellerer 3,080 1.6 1,946 1.0 0.1
ÖDP Jürgen Loos 3,018 1.6 0.0 1,790 0.9 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,773 0.9 0.2
PARTEI   1,270 0.7
Independent Christian Kreiß 793 0.4
Pirates   636 0.3 1.6
Independent Hansjörg Tschan 515 0.3
DiB 343 0.2
V-Partei³ 327 0.2
DM 322 0.2
NPD   295 0.2 0.3
BGE   279 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 219 0.1
MLPD   44 0.0 0.0
DKP   28 0.0
BüSo 22 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,469 922
Total Valid votes 189,300 189,847
Turnout 190,769 82.2 7.0
CSU hold Majority 47,148 24.9 10.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Fürstenfeldbruck[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 Gerda Hasselfeldt 103,904 55.6 6.6 94,458 50.4 7.7
SPD Michael Schrodi 37,575 20.1 1.1 34,660 18.5 2.8
Green Beate Walter-Rosenheimer 14,515 7.8 3.0 16,586 8.9 3.6
AfD Florian Jäger 8,672 4.6 9,807 5.2
FW Bernd Heilmeier 6,009 3.2 5,051 2.7
Left Irina Graf 5,096 2.7 1.1 5,711 3.0 1.7
Pirates Ralf Reinhardt 4,259 2.3 3,599 1.9 0.0
FDP Andreas Schwarzer 4,196 2.2 8.9 9,455 5.0 11.1
BP   2,086 1.1 0.0
ÖDP 2,814 1.5 0.2 2,056 1.1 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,401 0.7 0.0
NPD   901 0.5 0.3
REP   540 0.3 0.2
DIE FRAUEN 275 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN 240 0.1 0.1
PRO 161 0.1
Party of Reason 141 0.1
RRP 62 0.0 1.2
MLPD   40 0.0 0.0
BüSo 23 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,377 1,164
Total Valid votes 187,040 187,253
Turnout 188,417 75.0 1.3
CSU hold Majority 66,329 35.5 5.7

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Fürstenfeldbruck[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 Gerda Hasselfeldt 91,947 48.9 6.6 80,517 42.7 7.1
SPD Peter Falk 35,851 19.1 7.6 29,734 15.8 7.5
FDP Daniela Seidl 20,997 11.2 4.9 30,319 16.1 5.2
Green Beate Walter-Rosenheimer[lower-alpha 1] 20,344 10.8 2.8 23,583 12.5 2.4
Left Fridolin Brandt 7,311 3.9 1.5 8,969 4.8 2.0
Pirates   3,649 1.9
ÖDP Adrian Heim 3,197 1.7 1,902 1.0
BP Konrad Wirtz 3,172 1.7 2,027 1.1 0.6
RRP Hans Lampl 2,462 1.3 2,230 1.2
NPD Roland Wuttke 2,053 1.1 0.2 1,536 0.8 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,350 0.7
FAMILIE 1,086 0.6 0.0
REP   895 0.5 0.1
Independent Reimund Acker 793 0.4
DIE VIOLETTEN 417 0.2
PBC 157 0.1 0.0
CM 141 0.1
DVU   105 0.1
BüSo 74 0.0 0.0
MLPD   37 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,171 1,570
Total Valid votes 188,127 188,728
Turnout 190,298 76.4 5.6
CSU hold Majority 56,096 29.8 1.0

Notes
  1. Walter-Rosenheimer entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Christine Scheel in January 2012.

References
  1. "Constituency Fürstenfeldbruck". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Fürstenfeldbruck". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Fürstenfeldbruck
  4. Results for Fürstenfeldbruck
  5. Results for Fürstenfeldbruck
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