Augsburg-Stadt (electoral district)

Augsburg-Stadt (English: Augsburg City) 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 251. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Augsburg.^[1]

251 Augsburg-Stadt
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Augsburg-Stadt in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	324,600 (2019)
Electorate	207,543 (2021)
Major settlements	Augsburg
Area	146.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Volker Ullrich
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

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

Geography

Augsburg-Stadt is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Augsburg-Stadt.^[1]

History

Augsburg-Stadt was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named Augsburg. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 41 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 236. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 238. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 253. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 252. From the 2025 election, it has been number 251.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the independent city of Augsburg. It gained the municipality of Königsbrunn from the district of Landkreis Augsburg in 1998. From 2025, it has again been coterminous with the city of Augsburg.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	41	Augsburg-Stadt	Augsburg city
1953	236
1957
1961
1965	238	Augsburg
1969
1972
1976		Augsburg-Stadt
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Augsburg city Landkreis Augsburg district (only Königsbrunn municipality)
2002	253
2005
2009	252
2013
2017
2021
2025	251		Augsburg city

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Social Union (CSU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst from 1949 to 1957, followed by Otto Weinkamm from 1957 to 1965. Anton Ott was representative from 1965 to 1972. Max Amling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972 and served one term. Stefan Höpfinger regained the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1990. Christian Ruck was then representative from 1990 to 2013. Volker Ullrich was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst	CSU	29.0
	1953			54.3
	1957	Otto Weinkamm	CSU	53.4
	1961			44.0
	1965	Anton Ott	CSU	46.3
	1969			47.6
	1972	Max Amling	SPD	48.6
	1976	Stefan Höpfinger	CSU	51.0
	1980			50.6
	1983			55.6
	1987			53.1
	1990	Christian Ruck	CSU	47.6
	1994			49.5
	1998			47.2
	2002			53.6
	2005			49.2
	2009			42.2
	2013	Volker Ullrich	CSU	44.4
	2017			34.8
	2021			28.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Augsburg-Stadt[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 Volker Ullrich		42,780	28.1	6.7	38,653	25.4	6.5
	Greens	Claudia Roth		31,347	20.6	6.7	28,971	19.0	6.7
	SPD	Ulrike Bahr		27,453	18.0	1.3	29,200	19.2	3.3
	AfD	Raimond Scheirich		13,431	8.8	4.5	13,888	9.1	4.7
	FDP	Alexander Meyer		12,880	8.5	2.4	16,969	11.1	1.2
	Left	Maximilian Hintermayr		7,168	4.7	3.8	6,952	4.6	4.4
	FW	Bernhard Müller		6,540	4.3	2.2	6,446	4.2	2.7
	dieBasis	Klaus Jaeger		3,399	2.2		3,092	2.0
	PARTEI	Roland Kurschat		2,395	1.6		1,683	1.1	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,624	1.1	0.0
	ÖDP	Alexander Mai		1,637	1.1	0.5	936	0.6	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						802	0.5
	V-Partei3	Anna Weingart		954	0.6		479	0.3	0.1
	Volt	Nelly Rüttiger		697	0.5		589	0.4
	Pirates						578	0.4	0.2
	BP	Anton Steinböck		645	0.4		472	0.3	0.2
	Independent	Ediz Sirin		577	0.4
	Unabhängige						250	0.2
	Independent	Alexandra Kolb		242	0.2
	Humanists						173	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						178	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						116	0.1
	MLPD	Emil Bauer		166	0.1	0.2	98	0.1	0.0
	NPD						90	0.1	0.2
	du.						91	0.1
	The III. Path						62	0.0
	LKR						38	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,004			855
Total valid votes				152,311			152,460
Turnout				153,315	73.9	1.1
	CSU hold		Majority	11,433	7.5	8.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Augsburg-Stadt[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 Volker Ullrich		52,769	34.8	9.6	48,420	31.8	11.8
	SPD	Ulrike Bahr		29,285	19.3	5.8	24,112	15.9	6.3
	Greens	Claudia Roth		21,062	13.9	2.9	18,782	12.4	1.8
	AfD	Markus Bayerbach		20,170	13.3	8.5	21,015	13.8	8.4
	Left	Frederik Hintermayr		12,850	8.5	3.6	13,649	9.0	3.4
	FDP	Maximilian Ludwig Funke		9,191	6.1	2.6	15,149	10.0	5.3
	FW	Ruth Abmayr		3,204	2.1	0.0	2,302	1.5	0.0
	PARTEI						1,697	1.1
	ÖDP	Robert Huemer		2,375	1.6		1,243	0.8	0.0
	Pirates						936	0.6	2.0
	BP						714	0.5	0.1
	V-Partei³						615	0.4
	DiB						355	0.2
	DM						335	0.2
	NPD						334	0.2	0.4
	BGE						319	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						218	0.1
	MLPD	Emil Bauer		406	0.3	0.1	145	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Hannelore Fackler-Plump		330	0.2	0.1	81	0.1	0.0
	DKP						41	0.0
Informal votes				1,586			1,174
Total valid votes				151,642			152,054
Turnout				153,228	72.8	8.7
	CSU hold		Majority	23,484	15.5	3.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Augsburg-Stadt[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	Volker Ullrich		58,622	44.4	2.2	57,699	43.6	5.1
	SPD	Ulrike Bahr		33,145	25.1	5.5	29,328	22.2	3.6
	Greens	Claudia Roth		14,568	11.0	3.7	13,940	10.5	2.1
	Left	Alexander Süßmair		6,408	4.9	2.1	7,391	5.6	2.3
	AfD	Thomas Eisinger		6,301	4.8		7,136	5.4
	FDP	Miriam Gruß		4,511	3.4	7.5	6,187	4.7	8.5
	Pirates	Claudius Roggenkamp		3,508	2.7		3,424	2.6	0.5
	FW	Rose-Marie Kranzfelder-Poth		2,764	2.1		1,976	1.5
	ÖDP						1,034	0.8	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,012	0.8	0.0
	NPD	Manfred Waldukat		908	0.7	0.8	841	0.6	0.6
	BP						700	0.5	0.0
	REP	Helmut Dürrwanger		844	0.6		641	0.5	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						258	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						205	0.2	0.1
	Party of Reason						136	0.1
	PRO						116	0.1
	MLPD	Emil Bauer		162	0.1	0.0	84	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Hannelore Fackler-Plump		142	0.1	0.0	43	0.0	0.0
	RRP	Otto Blank		141	0.1	1.1	115	0.1	1.0
Informal votes				1,354			1,112
Total valid votes				132,024			132,266
Turnout				133,378	64.1	1.9
	CSU hold		Majority	25,477	19.3	3.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Augsburg-Stadt[6]
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 Christian Ruck		56,644	42.2	7.0	51,728	38.5	5.8
	SPD	Heinz Paula		26,268	19.6	8.5	24,981	18.6	9.4
	Greens	Claudia Roth		19,708	14.7	2.8	16,898	12.6	2.1
	FDP	Miriam Gruß		14,638	10.9	5.9	17,645	13.1	4.0
	Left	Alexander Süßmair		9,318	6.9	3.3	10,552	7.9	3.7
	Pirates						4,166	3.1
	NPD	Rudolf Rieger		2,038	1.5	0.0	1,602	1.2	0.1
	RRP	Joachim Preuß		1,658	1.2		1,513	1.1
	ÖDP	Robert Huemer		1,621	1.2		1,073	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						965	0.7
	REP						899	0.7	0.3
	BP	Max Walser		1,022	0.8		674	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Maria-Barbara Mangold-Nietzschmann		846	0.6
	FAMILIE						665	0.5	0.0
	DIE VIOLETTEN						307	0.2
	PBC						136	0.1	0.1
	CM						115	0.1
	MLPD	Emil Bauer		230	0.2		113	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Hannelore Fackler-Plump		177	0.1	0.5	89	0.1	0.1
	DVU						88	0.1
Informal votes				1,789			1,748
Total valid votes				134,168			134,209
Turnout				135,957	65.9	7.6
	CSU hold		Majority	30,376	22.6	1.5

References

1. "Constituency Augsburg-Stadt". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Augsburg-Stadt". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Augsburg-Stadt
4. Results for Augsburg-Stadt
5. Results for Augsburg-Stadt
6. Results for Augsburg-Stadt