Fürstenfeldbruck (electoral district)

Fürstenfeldbruck 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 215. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Dachau and Fürstenfeldbruck.

215 Fürstenfeldbruck
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Fürstenfeldbruck in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	333,800 (2019)
Electorate	231,905 (2021)
Major settlements	Dachau Fürstenfeldbruck Olching
Area	992.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Katrin Staffler
Elected	2017, 2021

Fürstenfeldbruck was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Katrin Staffler of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Fürstenfeldbruck is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Dachau and the entirety of the Fürstenfeldbruck district excluding the municipality of Germering.

History

Fürstenfeldbruck was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 197. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 201. In the 1976 election, it was number 202. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 201. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 217. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 216. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 215.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Landsberg am Lech and the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau, and Landkreis Landsberg am Lech. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau, and Landsberg. In the 1980 through 2009 elections, it comprised the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck and Dachau. In the 2013 election, it lost the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district. In the 2017 election, it regained Petershausen while losing Germering from the Fürstenfeldbruck district.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	2	Fürstenfeldbruck	Landsberg am Lech city Fürstenfeldbruck district Dachau district Landkreis Landsberg am Lech district
1953	197
1957
1961
1965	201
1969
1972
1976	202		Fürstenfeldbruck district Dachau district Landsberg district
1980	201		Fürstenfeldbruck district Dachau district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	217
2005
2009	216
2013			Fürstenfeldbruck district Dachau district (excluding Petershausen municipality)
2017	215		Fürstenfeldbruck district (excluding Germering municipality) Dachau district
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Richard Jaeger from 1949 to 1980, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Eicke Götz from 1980 to 1990. Gerda Hasselfeldt was then representative from 1990 to 2017, a total of seven consecutive terms. Katrin Staffler was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Richard Jaeger	CSU	27.1
	1953			51.1
	1957			54.5
	1961			56.2
	1965			57.9
	1969			51.1
	1972			53.8
	1976			60.2
	1980	Eicke Götz	CSU	56.1
	1983			61.5
	1987			58.4
	1990	Gerda Hasselfeldt	CSU	53.2
	1994			55.6
	1998			52.6
	2002			59.4
	2005			55.5
	2009			48.9
	2013			55.6
	2017	Katrin Staffler	CSU	43.6
	2021			38.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Fürstenfeldbruck
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 Katrin Staffler		72,721	38.0	5.6	63,944	33.3	6.5
	SPD	Michael Schrodi		36,831	19.3	0.5	31,141	16.2	2.6
	Greens	Beate Walter-Rosenheimer		25,363	13.3	4.2	30,537	15.9	4.9
	FDP	Ulrich Bode		16,029	8.4	1.2	23,046	12.0	0.4
	FW	Susanne Droth		13,085	6.8	3.7	12,325	6.4	4.0
	AfD	Florian Jäger		13,056	6.8	3.4	13,209	6.9	4.7
	dieBasis	Christian Kreiß		5,075	2.7		4,102	2.1
	Left	Ernestine Martin-Köppl		3,216	1.7	2.4	4,192	2.2	2.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,388	1.2	0.3
	PARTEI	Fabian Handfest		2,384	1.2		1,274	0.7	0.0
	ÖDP	Stephanie Sichelschmidt		2,122	1.1	0.5	1,359	0.7	0.2
	Volt	Daniel Burandt		1,408	0.7		863	0.4
	BP						795	0.4	0.6
	Pirates						683	0.4	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						631	0.3
	Unabhängige						323	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						230	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						203	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						178	0.1
	du.						103	0.1
	NPD						91	0.0	0.1
	Bündnis C						90	0.0
	The III. Path						72	0.0
	LKR						44	0.0
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
	DKP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,489			927
Total valid votes				191,290			191,852
Turnout				192,779	83.1	0.9
	CSU hold		Majority	35,890	18.7	6.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Fürstenfeldbruck
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	Katrin Staffler		82,602	43.6	12.3	75,621	39.8	11.1
	SPD	Michael Schrodi		35,454	18.7	1.1	25,929	13.7	4.5
	AfD	Florian Jäger		19,352	10.2	5.6	21,934	11.6	6.3
	Greens	Beate Walter-Rosenheimer		17,244	9.1	1.6	20,886	11.0	2.2
	FDP	Andreas Schwarzer		13,661	7.2	5.0	22,005	11.6	6.7
	Left	Renate Schiefer		7,699	4.1	1.4	9,633	5.1	2.1
	FW	Lilian Edenhofer		5,882	3.1	0.2	4,545	2.4	0.4
	BP	Sebastian Kellerer		3,080	1.6		1,946	1.0	0.1
	ÖDP	Jürgen Loos		3,018	1.6	0.0	1,790	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,773	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						1,270	0.7
	Independent	Christian Kreiß		793	0.4
	Pirates						636	0.3	1.6
	Independent	Hansjörg Tschan		515	0.3
	DiB						343	0.2
	V-Partei³						327	0.2
	DM						322	0.2
	NPD						295	0.2	0.3
	BGE						279	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						219	0.1
	MLPD						44	0.0	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,469			922
Total valid votes				189,300			189,847
Turnout				190,769	82.2	7.0
	CSU hold		Majority	47,148	24.9	10.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Fürstenfeldbruck
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 Gerda Hasselfeldt		103,904	55.6	6.6	94,458	50.4	7.7
	SPD	Michael Schrodi		37,575	20.1	1.1	34,660	18.5	2.8
	Greens	Beate Walter-Rosenheimer		14,515	7.8	3.0	16,586	8.9	3.6
	AfD	Florian Jäger		8,672	4.6		9,807	5.2
	FW	Bernd Heilmeier		6,009	3.2		5,051	2.7
	Left	Irina Graf		5,096	2.7	1.1	5,711	3.0	1.7
	Pirates	Ralf Reinhardt		4,259	2.3		3,599	1.9	0.0
	FDP	Andreas Schwarzer		4,196	2.2	8.9	9,455	5.0	11.1
	BP						2,086	1.1	0.0
	ÖDP			2,814	1.5	0.2	2,056	1.1	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,401	0.7	0.0
	NPD						901	0.5	0.3
	REP						540	0.3	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						275	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						240	0.1	0.1
	PRO						161	0.1
	Party of Reason						141	0.1
	RRP						62	0.0	1.2
	MLPD						40	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,377			1,164
Total valid votes				187,040			187,253
Turnout				188,417	75.0	1.3
	CSU hold		Majority	66,329	35.5	5.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Fürstenfeldbruck
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 Gerda Hasselfeldt		91,947	48.9	6.6	80,517	42.7	7.1
	SPD	Peter Falk		35,851	19.1	7.6	29,734	15.8	7.5
	FDP	Daniela Seidl		20,997	11.2	4.9	30,319	16.1	5.2
	Greens	Beate Walter-Rosenheimer		20,344	10.8	2.8	23,583	12.5	2.4
	Left	Fridolin Brandt		7,311	3.9	1.5	8,969	4.8	2.0
	Pirates						3,649	1.9
	ÖDP	Adrian Heim		3,197	1.7		1,902	1.0
	BP	Konrad Wirtz		3,172	1.7		2,027	1.1	0.6
	RRP	Hans Lampl		2,462	1.3		2,230	1.2
	NPD	Roland Wuttke		2,053	1.1	0.2	1,536	0.8	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,350	0.7
	FAMILIE						1,086	0.6	0.0
	REP						895	0.5	0.1
	Independent	Reimund Acker		793	0.4
	DIE VIOLETTEN						417	0.2
	PBC						157	0.1	0.0
	CM						141	0.1
	DVU						105	0.1
	BüSo						74	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,171			1,570
Total valid votes				188,127			188,728
Turnout				190,298	76.4	5.6
	CSU hold		Majority	56,096	29.8	1.0