Schweinfurt (electoral district)

Schweinfurt 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 249. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.^[1]

249 Schweinfurt
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Schweinfurt in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	260,000 (2019)
Electorate	196,710 (2021)
Major settlements	Schweinfurt Kitzingen Volkach
Area	1,561.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Anja Weisgerber
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Schweinfurt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Anja Weisgerber of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Schweinfurt is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.^[1]

History

Schweinfurt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 39 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 234. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 236. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 251. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 250. From the 2025 election, it has been number 249.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Schweinfurt and Kitzingen and the districts of Landkreis Schweinfurt, Landkreis Kitzingen, and Gerolzhofen. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	39	Schweinfurt	Schweinfurt city Kitzingen city Landkreis Schweinfurt district Landkreis Kitzingen district Gerolzhofen district
1953	234
1957
1961
1965	236
1969
1972
1976			Schweinfurt city Kitzingen district Landkreis Schweinfurt district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	251
2005
2009	250
2013
2017
2021
2025	249

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 Friedrich Funk from 1949 to 1965, followed by Max Schulze-Vorberg [de] from 1965 to 1976. Michael Glos was representative from 1976 to 2013, a total of ten consecutive terms. Anja Weisgerber was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Friedrich Funk	CSU	38.5
	1953			56.3
	1957			61.7
	1961			56.7
	1965	Max Schulze-Vorberg [de]	CSU	60.8
	1969			59.2
	1972			58.2
	1976	Michael Glos	CSU	62.0
	1980			60.3
	1983			63.7
	1987			60.2
	1990			57.2
	1994			56.9
	1998			51.9
	2002			58.4
	2005			54.1
	2009			46.4
	2013	Anja Weisgerber	CSU	54.8
	2017			47.9
	2021			40.9

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Schweinfurt[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 Anja Weisgerber		63,697	40.9	7.0	54,441	34.8	6.3
	SPD	Markus Hümpfer		29,037	18.6	1.6	30,482	19.5	2.6
	AfD	Bernd Schuhmann		15,468	9.9	1.2	15,687	10.0	2.2
	Greens	Nicolas Lommatzsch		14,747	9.5	2.0	17,085	10.9	3.4
	FDP	Daniel Stark		12,408	8.0	1.8	15,039	9.6	0.7
	FW	Andrea Graham		7,761	5.0		9,119	5.8	3.5
	Left	Klaus Ernst		6,552	4.2	3.6	4,928	3.2	3.6
	dieBasis	Pasquale Trasente		2,758	1.8		2,470	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,817	1.2	0.2
	PARTEI						1,137	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Stefan Hrnicek-Hubert		1,229	0.8	0.5	657	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						574	0.4	0.0
	Unabhängige	Herbert Lorey		1,116	0.7		503	0.3
	BP	Cedrick Van Huet		863	0.6	0.4	523	0.3	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						510	0.3
	Volt						309	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						191	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						183	0.1	0.1
	NPD						155	0.1	0.3
	Humanists						123	0.1
	Bündnis C						115	0.1
	du.						106	0.1
	The III. Path						92	0.1
	MLPD	Manfred Setter		167	0.1	0.1	52	0.0	0.0
	LKR						35	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,554			1,005
Total valid votes				155,803			156,352
Turnout				157,357	80.0	1.5
	CSU hold		Majority	34,660	22.3	8.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Schweinfurt[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 Anja Weisgerber		73,901	47.9	6.9	63,674	41.1	9.9
	SPD	Markus Hümpfer		26,346	17.1	6.0	26,163	16.9	3.8
	AfD	Christian Klingen		17,198	11.1		18,905	12.2	8.9
	Left	Klaus Ernst		12,091	7.8	2.5	10,422	6.7	1.8
	Greens	Barbara Pfeuffer		11,466	7.4	1.7	11,717	7.6	0.5
	FDP	Andreas Sulzbacher		9,506	6.2	4.1	13,789	8.9	4.7
	FW						3,684	2.4	0.5
	PARTEI						1,002	0.6
	ÖDP	Karolin Hildner		1,973	1.3	0.5	889	0.6	0.0
	BP	Michael Herbert		1,525	1.0	0.1	654	0.4	0.2
	NPD						566	0.4	0.6
	Pirates						540	0.3	1.4
	DM						407	0.3
	V-Partei³						271	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						236	0.2
	DiB						165	0.1
	BGE						163	0.1
	MLPD	Manfred Setter		263	0.2		125	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						20	0.0	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0
Informal votes				1,890			1,218
Total valid votes				154,269			154,941
Turnout				156,159	78.5	7.9
	CSU hold		Majority	47,555	30.8	0.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Schweinfurt[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	Anja Weisgerber		76,548	54.8	8.5	71,264	51.0	7.8
	SPD	Ralf Hofmann		32,190	23.1	3.6	28,872	20.6	3.5
	Greens	Hans Plate		8,052	5.8	4.4	9,903	7.1	2.1
	Left	Klaus Ernst		7,514	5.4	5.0	6,940	5.0	4.3
	FW	Jochen Keßler-Rosa		4,614	3.3		4,041	2.9
	Pirates	Beate Kesper		2,994	2.1		2,493	1.8	0.4
	FDP	Ursula Seissiger		2,921	2.1	7.5	5,906	4.2	8.8
	AfD						4,665	3.3
	NPD	Jan Fries		2,042	1.5	0.7	1,333	1.0	0.3
	REP						1,118	0.8	0.4
	BP			1,532	1.1	0.5	828	0.6	0.0
	ÖDP	Peter Spath		1,155	0.8		859	0.6	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						852	0.6	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						264	0.2
	Party of Reason						155	0.1
	PRO						121	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						114	0.1	0.1
	RRP						56	0.0	0.5
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,713			1,416
Total valid votes				139,562			139,859
Turnout				141,275	70.6	2.4
	CSU hold		Majority	44,358	31.7	4.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schweinfurt[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 Michael Glos		66,253	46.4	7.7	62,265	43.2	4.9
	SPD	Frank Hofmann [de]		27,794	19.4	8.5	24,747	17.2	8.7
	Left	Klaus Ernst		14,803	10.4	3.9	13,317	9.2	3.9
	Greens	Hans Plate		14,598	10.2	5.1	13,182	9.1	2.5
	FDP	Hendrik Lindemann		13,713	9.6	5.4	18,742	13.0	4.3
	Pirates						3,076	2.1
	NPD	Wielant Hopfner		3,029	2.1	0.1	1,829	1.3	0.1
	REP						1,790	1.2	0.9
	FAMILIE						1,090	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP						990	0.7
	BP	Frank Hofmann		2,213	1.5		784	0.5	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						771	0.5
	RRP						765	0.5
	Independent	Andreas Rückert		526	0.4
	PBC						277	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						242	0.2
	CM						157	0.1
	MLPD						62	0.0	0.0
	DVU						57	0.0
	BüSo						40	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,121			1,867
Total valid votes				142,929			144,183
Turnout				146,050	73.0	5.9
	CSU hold		Majority	38,459	27.0	0.8

References

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