Freising (electoral district)

Freising 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 213. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, the southern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district.^[1]

213 Freising
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Freising in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	337,800 (2019)
Electorate	237,250 (2021)
Major settlements	Freising Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Moosburg an der Isar
Area	1,802.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1976
Party	CSU
Member	Erich Irlstorfer
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Freising was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Erich Irlstorfer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Freising is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen as well as the municipalities of Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.^[1]

History

Freising was created in 1976. In the 1976 election, it was constituency 201 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 200. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 216. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 215. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 214. From the 2025 election, it has been number 213.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and the municipalities of Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim from the Landkreis München district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, and Erding. In the 1998 election, it comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and, from the Erding district, the municipalities of Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Steinkirchen and Wartenberg. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised only the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen. In the 2013 election, it gained the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district and the municipality of Aresing from the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1976	201	Freising	Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Landkreis München district (only Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim municipalities)
1980	200		Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2002	216		Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2005			Freising district Pfaffenhofen district
2009	215
2013			Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Dachau district (only Petershausen municipality) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing municipality)
2017	214		Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen municipalities)
2021
2025	213

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Albert Probst from 1976 to 1998. He was succeeded by Franz Obermeier from 1998 to 2013. Erich Irlstorfer was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1976	Albert Probst	CSU	63.3
	1980			65.5
	1983			68.4
	1987			62.6
	1990			58.5
	1994			58.4
	1998	Franz Obermeier	CSU	54.9
	2002			62.7
	2005			56.5
	2009			46.9
	2013	Erich Irlstorfer	CSU	52.9
	2017			43.0
	2021			36.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Freising[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 Erich Irlstorfer		69,689	36.2	6.8	62,930	32.6	7.1
	SPD	Andreas Mehltretter		25,950	13.5	0.0	29,085	15.1	2.7
	Greens	Leon Eckert		24,058	12.5	3.1	26,055	13.5	3.8
	FW	Karl Ecker		23,223	12.0	5.6	18,779	9.7	5.9
	AfD	Johannes Huber		18,042	9.4	3.2	17,515	9.1	4.5
	FDP	Eva-Maria Schmidt		14,687	7.6	0.4	21,738	11.3	0.9
	dieBasis	Karl Reineke		4,795	2.5		3,388	1.8
	Left	Nicolas-Pano Graßy		3,898	2.0	3.0	4,456	2.3	2.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,881	1.0	0.0
	ÖDP	Emilia Kirner		3,039	1.6	0.2	1,449	0.8	0.2
	PARTEI	Daniel Weigelt		2,165	1.1		1,385	0.7	0.1
	BP	Florian Geisenfelder		1,678	0.9	0.4	1,068	0.6	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						781	0.4
	Pirates						554	0.3	0.1
	V-Partei3	Magdalena Lippa		910	0.5		296	0.2	0.0
	Volt	Hans Boljahn		631	0.3		543	0.3
	Unabhängige						335	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						218	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						185	0.1
	NPD						108	0.1	0.2
	The III. Path						106	0.1
	du.						88	0.0
	Bündnis C						86	0.0
	LKR						51	0.0
	DKP						20	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,237			883
Total valid votes				192,765			193,119
Turnout				194,002	81.8	2.6
	CSU hold		Majority	43,739	22.7	6.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Freising[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 Erich Irlstorfer		79,545	43.0	11.1	73,650	39.7	12.1
	SPD	Andreas Mehltretter		24,916	13.5	3.7	23,029	12.4	3.7
	AfD	Johannes Huber		23,222	12.5	8.8	25,178	13.6	8.9
	Greens	Kerstin Schnapp		17,439	9.4	1.9	18,036	9.7	0.7
	FDP	Thomas Neudert		13,400	7.2	4.8	19,308	11.4	5.8
	FW	Robert Weller		11,878	6.4	1.9	7,076	3.8	0.1
	Left	Guido Hoyer		9,265	5.0	2.1	9,506	5.1	1.9
	ÖDP	Reinhold Reck		3,250	1.8	0.2	1,805	1.0	0.2
	BP	Robert Prado Diaz		2,262	1.2		2,017	1.1	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,792	1.0	0.2
	PARTEI						1,467	0.8
	Pirates						768	0.4	1.6
	NPD						485	0.3	0.5
	DM						364	0.2
	V-Partei³						323	0.2
	DiB						319	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						221	0.1
	BGE						218	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,470			1,015
Total valid votes				185,177			185,632
Turnout				186,647	79.2	7.4
	CSU hold		Majority	54,629	29.5	5.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Freising[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	Erich Irlstorfer		81,729	52.9	5.9	78,924	51.0	6.3
	SPD	Florian Simbeck		27,165	17.6	3.4	25,243	16.3	2.9
	Greens	Michael Stanglmaier		18,169	11.8	5.2	14,390	9.3	3.1
	FW	Hinrich Groeneveld		7,123	4.6		5,780	3.7
	AfD	Marie-Madeleine von Kienlin		5,855	3.8		7,424	4.8
	Left	Thomas Schwarz		4,440	2.9	2.7	5,030	3.2	2.2
	FDP	Jens Barschdorf		3,854	2.5	10.8	7,248	4.7	10.0
	Pirates	Sebastian Kanschat		3,539	2.3		3,157	2.0	0.4
	BP						2,010	1.3	0.3
	ÖDP	Reinhold Reck		2,568	1.7	1.6	1,913	1.2	0.0
	NPD						1,181	0.8	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,154	0.7	0.1
	REP						500	0.3	0.3
	DIE FRAUEN						264	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						187	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						148	0.1
	PRO						123	0.1
	RRP						44	0.0	1.0
	BüSo						29	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,439			1,106
Total valid votes				154,442			154,775
Turnout				155,881	71.9	1.0
	CSU hold		Majority	54,564	35.3	5.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Freising[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 Franz Obermeier		69,229	46.9	9.6	66,336	44.7	7.4
	Greens	Michael Stanglmaier		25,408	17.2	9.4	18,400	12.4	4.2
	SPD	Uwe Dörnhöfer		20,791	14.1	9.4	19,915	13.4	8.9
	FDP	Franz Niedermayr		19,711	13.4	7.8	21,848	14.7	4.5
	Left	Guido Hoyer		8,247	5.6	2.7	8,120	5.5	2.3
	Pirates						3,583	2.4
	ÖDP						1,878	1.3
	NPD	Christian Götz		2,558	1.7	0.4	1,808	1.2	0.1
	RRP	Peter Dörken		1,650	1.1		1,581	1.1
	BP						1,400	0.9	0.1
	FAMILIE						1,021	0.7	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						988	0.7
	REP						900	0.6	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						327	0.2
	PBC						155	0.1	0.0
	CM						119	0.1
	DVU						66	0.0
	BüSo						43	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,123			1,198
Total valid votes				147,594			148,519
Turnout				149,717	72.8	6.7
	CSU hold		Majority	43,821	29.7	3.4

References

1. "Constituency Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Freising
4. Results for Freising
5. Results for Freising
6. Results for Freising