Main-Spessart (electoral district)

Main-Spessart 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 248. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Main-Spessart and Miltenberg.^[1]

248 Main-Spessart
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Main-Spessart in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	254,900 (2019)
Electorate	194,408 (2021)
Major settlements	Lohr am Main Karlstadt am Main Marktheidenfeld
Area	2,036.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Alexander Hoffmann
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Main-Spessart was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Alexander Hoffmann of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Main-Spessart is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Main-Spessart and Miltenberg.^[1]

History

Main-Spessart was created in 1949, then known as Karlstadt. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 38 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 233. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 235. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 250. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 249. From the 2025 election, it has been number 248.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Karlstadt, Bad Brückenau, Gemünden am Main, Hammelburg, Lohr am Main, and Bad Neustadt an der Saale. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Bad Neustadt an der Saale district while gaining the Alzenau in Unterfranken and Marktheidenfeld districts. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.^{[citation needed]}

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	38	Main-Spessart	Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district
1953	233
1957
1961
1965	235		Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Alzenau in Unterfranken district Marktheidenfeld district
1969
1972
1976			Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	250
2005
2009	249
2013
2017
2021
2025	248

Members

Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Maria Probst from 1949 to 1969, followed by Alfred Biehle from 1969 to 1990. Wolfgang Zöller was representative from 1990 to 2013. Alexander Hoffmann was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Maria Probst	CSU	54.0
	1953			68.5
	1957			70.4
	1961			68.7
	1965			67.5
	1969	Alfred Biehle	CSU	64.1
	1972			64.6
	1976			63.5
	1980			62.3
	1983			65.6
	1987			61.6
	1990	Wolfgang Zöller	CSU	57.7
	1994			55.4
	1998			53.4
	2002			59.0
	2005			56.8
	2009			52.4
	2013	Alexander Hoffmann	CSU	51.7
	2017			46.6
	2021			38.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Spessart[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 Alexander Hoffmann		60,489	38.6	8.0	54,097	34.4	7.4
	SPD	Bernd Rützel		33,700	21.5	1.1	32,771	20.9	2.3
	Greens	Armin Beck		15,813	10.1	3.0	17,806	11.3	3.7
	FW	Jessica Klug		15,774	10.1	6.5	10,496	6.7	3.8
	AfD	René Jentzsch		12,576	8.0	1.0	13,918	8.9	1.9
	FDP	Werner Jannek		9,514	6.1	1.1	14,151	9.0	0.2
	Left	Andreas Adrian		4,070	2.6	2.2	3,685	2.3	3.1
	dieBasis	Sabine Schmitt		3,195	2.0		2,895	1.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,042	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI						1,157	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Wolfgang Winter		1,414	0.9	0.4	772	0.5	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						528	0.3
	Pirates						487	0.3	0.0
	Unabhängige						386	0.2
	BP						379	0.2	0.0
	Volt						322	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						240	0.2	0.0
	V-Partei3						184	0.1	0.2
	NPD						135	0.1	0.2
	Bündnis C						129	0.1
	du.						122	0.1
	The III. Path						116	0.1
	Humanists						98	0.1
	LKR	Daniel Roth		240	0.2		96	0.1
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,348			1,066
Total valid votes				156,785			157,067
Turnout				158,133	81.3	1.2
	CSU hold		Majority	26,789	17.1	6.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Spessart[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 Alexander Hoffmann		72,406	46.6	5.1	65,245	41.8	7.6
	SPD	Bernd Rützel		35,148	22.6	0.6	28,903	18.5	3.0
	AfD	Gottfried Walter		14,075	9.1	5.8	16,856	10.8	6.9
	Greens	Sabine Stellrecht-Schmidt		11,050	7.1	0.9	11,939	7.7	0.6
	FDP	Helge Ziegler		7,708	5.0	2.4	13,720	8.8	4.3
	Left	Antje Clemens		7,515	4.8	1.7	8,562	5.5	2.1
	FW	Robert Starosta		5,488	3.5	2.2	4,511	2.9	1.1
	PARTEI						1,055	0.7
	ÖDP	Wolfgang-Franz Winter		1,987	1.3		951	0.6	0.0
	V-Partei³						515	0.3
	Pirates						491	0.3	1.6
	NPD						453	0.3	0.7
	BP						344	0.2	0.2
	DM						343	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						255	0.2
	BGE						184	0.1
	DiB						170	0.1
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
Informal votes				1,829			1,238
Total valid votes				155,377			155,968
Turnout				157,206	80.1	7.8
	CSU hold		Majority	37,258	24.0	4.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Spessart[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	Alexander Hoffmann		73,001	51.7	0.6	69,953	49.5	5.7
	SPD	Bernd Rützel		32,812	23.3	3.4	30,486	21.6	3.7
	Greens	Heiko Schmidt		8,810	6.2	3.2	9,972	7.1	2.8
	FW	Simson Hipp		8,045	5.7		5,619	4.0
	AfD	Nadja Stafl		4,652	3.3		5,583	3.9
	Left	Georg Liebl		4,426	3.1	3.0	4,839	3.4	3.0
	FDP	Uwe Probst		3,632	2.6	6.3	6,413	4.5	9.5
	Pirates	Thomas Büttner		2,822	2.0		2,670	1.9	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,119	0.8	0.1
	NPD	Markus Mang		1,360	1.0	0.2	1,404	1.0	0.1
	REP			1,223	0.9	0.7	1,001	0.7	0.5
	ÖDP						915	0.6	0.1
	BP						525	0.4	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						301	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						167	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						166	0.1
	RRP			330	0.2		151	0.1	0.6
	PRO						90	0.1
	BüSo						31	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,024			1,707
Total valid votes				141,113			141,430
Turnout				143,137	72.4	1.7
	CSU hold		Majority	40,189	28.4	4.1

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Main-Spessart[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 Wolfgang Zöller		75,542	52.4	4.4	63,513	43.7	6.4
	SPD	Bernd Rützel		28,659	19.9	8.9	25,872	17.8	9.0
	Greens	Heiko Schmidt		13,649	9.5	3.5	14,285	9.8	3.2
	FDP	Laszlo Riedl		12,858	8.9	5.0	20,360	14.0	5.5
	Left	Thomas Endres		8,817	6.1		9,346	6.4	3.3
	Pirates						2,888	2.0
	REP	Jürgen Langanki		2,230	1.5	0.6	1,826	1.3	0.5
	NPD	Volker Cigelski		1,620	1.1	0.1	1,575	1.1	0.0
	FAMILIE						1,205	0.8	0.2
	ÖDP						1,087	0.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,067	0.7
	RRP						986	0.7
	BP						379	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						307	0.2
	PBC	Erich Freudenberger		921	0.6	0.0	232	0.2	0.1
	CM						113	0.1
	DVU						59	0.0
	BüSo						47	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,186			2,289
Total valid votes				144,296			145,193
Turnout				147,482	74.1	6.0
	CSU hold		Majority	46,883	32.5	4.5

References

1. "Constituency Main-Spessart". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Main-Spessart". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Main-Spessart
4. Results for Main-Spessart
5. Results for Main-Spessart
6. Results for Main-Spessart