Fürth (electoral district)
242 Fürth | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Fürth in 2025 | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 340,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 250,730 (2021) |
Major settlements | Fürth Zirndorf Oberasbach |
Area | 1,638.5 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Tobias Winkler |
Elected | 2021 |
Fürth 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 242. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Fürth and the districts of Landkreis Fürth and Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim.[1]
Fürth was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Tobias Winkler of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Fürth is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Fürth, the district of Landkreis Fürth, and the Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district excluding the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Uehlfeld.[1]
History
[edit]Fürth was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 229 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 244. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 243. From the 2025 election, it has been number 242.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Fürth and the districts of Landkreis Fürth, Neustadt an der Aisch, and Scheinfeld. In the 1976 through 1987 elections, it comprised the city of Fürth and the districts of Landkreis Fürth and Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, as well as the municipalities of Aurachtal and Herzogenaurach from the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt. In the 1990 election, it lost the municipalities from the Erlangen-Höchstadt district. In the 2021 election, it lost the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Uehlfeld from the Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1965 | 229 | Fürth |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 244 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 243 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 |
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2025 | 242 |
Members
[edit]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 Werner Dollinger of the CSU from 1965 to 1972, when it was won by Horst Haase of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for one term. Dollinger regained it in 1976 and served until 1990. Christian Schmidt was representative from 1990 to 2021, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Tobias Winkler in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1965 | Werner Dollinger | CSU | 52.5 | |
1969 | 48.6 | |||
1972 | Horst Haase | SPD | 47.4 | |
1976 | Werner Dollinger | CSU | 52.1 | |
1980 | 51.6 | |||
1983 | 58.0 | |||
1987 | 51.5 | |||
1990 | Christian Schmidt | CSU | 47.9 | |
1994 | 49.7 | |||
1998 | 46.9 | |||
2002 | 53.5 | |||
2005 | 49.0 | |||
2009 | 43.3 | |||
2013 | 49.2 | |||
2017 | 39.9 | |||
2021 | Tobias Winkler | CSU | 33.5 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Fürth[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Tobias Winkler | 65,876 | 33.5 | ![]() |
58,976 | 29.9 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Carsten Träger | 47,153 | 24.0 | ![]() |
42,329 | 21.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Uwe Kekeritz | 27,111 | 13.8 | ![]() |
29,778 | 15.1 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Thomas Klaukien | 16,858 | 8.6 | ![]() |
17,692 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Daniel Bayer | 12,883 | 6.6 | ![]() |
18,765 | 9.5 | ![]() | ||
FW | Stefan Mielchen | 10,340 | 5.3 | ![]() |
9,669 | 4.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Hermann Ruttmann | 6,221 | 3.2 | ![]() |
6,946 | 3.5 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Katrin Reber | 3,750 | 1.9 | 3,369 | 1.7 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,463 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Catalina Walther | 3,090 | 1.6 | 1,661 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||
ÖDP | Klaus John | 1,685 | 0.9 | 1,002 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 826 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 711 | 0.4 | |||||||
Volt | Andreas S. Schmidtell | 611 | 0.3 | 464 | 0.2 | ||||
BP | Fatimah Brendecke | 507 | 0.3 | ![]() |
443 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||
Unabhängige | 356 | 0.2 | |||||||
Humanists | Stephan Wiedenmann | 416 | 0.2 | 291 | 0.1 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 238 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 215 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 208 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 180 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
The III. Path | 129 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
DKP | 62 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 43 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,438 | 996 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 196,501 | 196,943 | |||||||
Turnout | 197,939 | 78.9 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 18,723 | 9.5 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Fürth[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
78,559 | 39.9 | ![]() |
69,472 | 35.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Carsten Träger[a] | 45,055 | 22.9 | ![]() |
37,089 | 18.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Arno Treiber | 20,968 | 10.6 | ![]() |
23,033 | 11.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Uwe Kekeritz | 19,088 | 9.7 | ![]() |
20,540 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Niklas Haupt | 13,311 | 6.8 | ![]() |
15,442 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Franz Martin Fleischer | 10,618 | 5.4 | ![]() |
17,545 | 8.9 | ![]() | ||
FW | Elke Eder | 8,619 | 4.4 | ![]() |
5,169 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,110 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,750 | 0.9 | |||||||
ÖDP | 1,258 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 861 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 676 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
BP | Fatimah Brendecke | 809 | 0.4 | 630 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||
DiB | 369 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 363 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 334 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 324 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 262 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 50 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 46 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,715 | 1,398 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 197,027 | 197,344 | |||||||
Turnout | 198,742 | 77.8 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 33,504 | 17.0 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Fürth[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
86,997 | 49.2 | ![]() |
75,595 | 42.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Carsten Träger | 47,936 | 27.1 | ![]() |
44,485 | 25.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Uwe Kekeritz | 14,595 | 8.3 | ![]() |
16,126 | 9.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Anny Heike | 7,524 | 4.3 | ![]() |
8,816 | 5.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Werner Wolfgang Thiele | 5,588 | 3.2 | 7,824 | 4.4 | ||||
Pirates | Hilmar Vogel | 4,792 | 2.7 | ![]() |
4,148 | 2.3 | ![]() | ||
FW | Joachim Fulde | 3,924 | 2.2 | 4,335 | 2.5 | ||||
FDP | Franz Martin Fleischer | 3,239 | 1.8 | ![]() |
8,251 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | Richard Vahlber | 2,246 | 1.3 | ![]() |
1,739 | 1.0 | ![]() | ||
ÖDP | 1,374 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,338 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 887 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
BP | 772 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 305 | 0.2 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 217 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 185 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PRO | 132 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 78 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 70 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,370 | 1,504 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 176,841 | 176,707 | |||||||
Turnout | 178,211 | 70.3 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 39,061 | 22.1 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Fürth[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | ![]() |
76,897 | 43.3 | ![]() |
63,392 | 35.6 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Marlene Rupprecht | 44,505 | 25.1 | ![]() |
37,820 | 21.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Uwe Kekeritz | 17,109 | 9.6 | ![]() |
20,314 | 11.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Agnes Meier | 15,361 | 8.7 | ![]() |
24,978 | 14.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Anny Heike | 13,798 | 7.8 | ![]() |
14,667 | 8.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Alexander Wunschik | 4,166 | 2.3 | 5,035 | 2.8 | ||||
NPD | Richard Vahlberg | 3,551 | 2.0 | ![]() |
2,714 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||
Freie Union | Bastian Saffer | 2,042 | 1.2 | ||||||
ÖDP | 1,610 | 0.9 | |||||||
RRP | 1,604 | 0.9 | |||||||
FAMILIE | 1,512 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,355 | 0.8 | |||||||
REP | 1,251 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
BP | 492 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
PBC | 393 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 364 | 0.2 | |||||||
CM | 142 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 66 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 66 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,512 | 2,030 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 177,429 | 177,911 | |||||||
Turnout | 179,941 | 72.1 | ![]() |
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CSU hold | Majority | 32,392 | 18.2 | ![]() |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Träger entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the death of Ewald Schurer in December 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Fürth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Fürth". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Fürth
- ^ Results for Fürth
- ^ Results for Fürth
- ^ Results for Fürth