Augsburg-Stadt (electoral district)
Augsburg-Stadt (English: Augsburg City) is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five districts in Bavaria, it covers the city of Augsburg and the town of Königsbrunn.[1]
The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. All elections in the district have been won by the Christian Social Union (CSU). The current representative is Volker Ullrich.[2]
Boundaries
From the elections of 1949 to 1961, the constituency was known as Augsburg-Stadt. It was renamed Augsburg for the 1965 election, but reverted to its previous name at the 1976 election. Until the 1998 election it was coterminous with the city of Augsburg. Königsbrunn was added for the 1998 election.
2013 election result
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Christian Social Union | Volker Ullrich | 58,622 | 44.4 | +2.2 | 57,699 | 43.6 | +5.1 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | Ulrike Bahr | 33,145 | 25.1 | +5.5 | 29,328 | 22.2 | +3.6 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Claudia Roth | 14,568 | 11.0 | -3.7 | 13,940 | 10.5 | -2.1 | |
| The Left | Alexander Wilhelm Süssmair | 6,408 | 4.9 | -2.1 | 7,391 | 5.6 | -2.3 | |
| Alternative for Germany | Thomas Günter Eisinger | 6,301 | 4.8 | N/A | 7,136 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Free Democratic Party | Miriam Gruss | 4,511 | 3.4 | -7.5 | 6,187 | 4.7 | -8.5 | |
| Pirate Party | Bruno Kramm | 3,508 | 2.7 | N/A | 3,424 | 2.6 | -0.5 | |
| Free Voters | Rose-Marie Kranzfelder-Poth | 2,764 | 2.1 | N/A | 1,976 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | Manfred Waldukat | 908 | 0.7 | -0.8 | 841 | 0.6 | -0.6 | |
| Republicans | Helmut Dürrwanger | 844 | 0.6 | N/A | 641 | 0.5 | -0.2 | |
| Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany | Emil Karl Eckehard Bauer | 162 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 84 | 0.1 | -0.0 | |
| La Rouche Movement | Christa Kaiser | 142 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 43 | 0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Bündnis 21/RRP | Otto Paul Hans Blank | 141 | 0.1 | -1.1 | 115 | 0.1 | -1.0 | |
| Ecological Democratic Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,034 | 0.8 | -0.0 | |
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,427 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Source:[3]
List of district representatives
| Election | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst | CSU |
| 1953 | Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst | CSU |
| 1957 | Otto Weinkamm | CSU |
| 1961 | Otto Weinkamm | CSU |
| 1965 | Anton Ott | CSU |
| 1969 | Anton Ott | CSU |
| 1972 | Max Amling | CSU |
| 1976 | Stefan Höpfinger | CSU |
| 1980 | Stefan Höpfinger | CSU |
| 1983 | Stefan Höpfinger | CSU |
| 1987 | Stefan Höpfinger | CSU |
| 1990 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 1994 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 1998 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 2002 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 2005 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 2009 | Christian Ruck | CSU |
| 2013 | Volker Ullrich | CSU |
References
- ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 June 2014
- ↑ Volker Ullrich: Der steinige Weg in den Bundestag, Augsburger Allgemeine, 24 September 2013
- ↑ 2013 Election results, Bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 20 June 2014