Augsburg-Stadt (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Bavaria

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

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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

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