Coburg (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

237 Coburg

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Coburg in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 197,300 (2019)
Electorate| 153,392 (2025)
Major settlements| Coburg
Kronach
Neustadt bei Coburg
Area| 1,305.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CSU
Member| Jonas Geissler
Elected| 2021, 2025

Coburg 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 237. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach.[1]

Coburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jonas Geissler of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

## Geography

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Coburg is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Coburg, the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach, and the municipality of Geroldsgrün from the Hof district.[1]

## History

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Coburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 26 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 221. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 224. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 239. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 238. From the 2025 election, it has been number 237.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Coburg and Neustadt bei Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach. In the 1976 through 2013 elections, it comprised the city of Coburg and the districts of Landkreis Coburg and Kronach. In the 2017 election, it acquired the municipality of Geroldsgrün from the Hof district.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 26 | Coburg  |

* Coburg city
* Neustadt bei Coburg city
* Landkreis Coburg district
* Kronach district

1953 | 221
1957
1961
1965 | 224
1969
1972
1976 |

* Coburg city
* Landkreis Coburg district
* Kronach district

1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 239
2005
2009 | 238
2013
2017 |

* Coburg city
* Landkreis Coburg district
* Kronach district
* Hof district (only Geroldsgrün municipality)

2021
2025 | 237

## Members

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The constituency was first represented by Ernst Zühlke [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Wolfgang Stammberger won it in 1953; he was elected for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) with the endorsement of the Christian Social Union (CSU). Friedrich Knorr [de] of the CSU was elected in 1957 and served until 1965. Karl Hofmann [de] of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served three terms, leaving office in 1976. Otto Regenspurger [de] of the CSU then served until 1998, when Uwe Hiksch [de] was elected representative for a single term. Hiksch was elected for the SPD, but defected to the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in October 1999. Hans Michelbach of the CSU was elected in 2002 and served until 2021. He was succeeded by Jonas Geissler in 2021, who was re-elected in 2025.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Ernst Zühlke [de] | SPD | 35.7
| 1953 | Wolfgang Stammberger | FDP | 52.8
| 1957 | Friedrich Knorr [de] | CSU | 45.5
1961 | 41.4
| 1965 | Karl Hofmann [de] | SPD | 46.4
1969 | 49.0
1972 | 53.3
| 1976 | Otto Regenspurger [de] | CSU | 49.0
1980 | 49.1
1983 | 55.9
1987 | 47.2
1990 | 54.3
1994 | 49.4
| 1998 | Uwe Hiksch [de][a] | SPD | 47.8
| PDS
| 2002 | Hans Michelbach | CSU | 48.2
2005 | 52.0
2009 | 48.4
2013 | 50.1
2017 | 45.3
| 2021 | Jonas Geissler | CSU | 36.5
2005 | 52.0

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Coburg[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 Jonas Geissler |  |  |  |  |  |
| AfD | Michael Theodor Gebhardt  | 26,821  | 20.9  |  11.3  | 28,512  | 22.2  |  11.8
| SPD | Jonas Bastian Eckstein  | 18,425  | 14.4  |  11.7  | 18,401  | 14.3  |  10.9
| Greens | Johannes Wagner  | 10,942  | 8.5  |  0.1  | 9,603  | 7.5  |  1.8
| FW | Nikolai Hiesl  | 6,943  | 5.4  |  2.1  | 5,071  | 4.0  |  2.2
| Left | Gustav Müller  | 5,018  | 3.9  |  2.0  | 6,965  | 5.4  |  2.9
| BSW | René Jens Hähnlein  | 2,838  | 2.2  |  | 4,314  | 3.4  |
| FDP | Oliver Ramm  | 2,489  | 1.9  |  3.2  | 4,135  | 3.2  |  5.5
| APT |  | 1,181  | 0.9  |  0.3
| Volt |  | 705  | 0.5  |  0.4
| PARTEI |  | 496  | 0.4  |  0.5
| ÖDP | Carmen Greiff  | 973  | 0.8  |  0.4  | 450  | 0.4  |  0.2
| dieBasis |  | 387  | 0.3  |  1.2
| BP |  | 120  | 0.1  |  0.1
| BD |  | 122  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 103  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 33  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 627  |  |  | 495  |  |
Total valid votes | 128,175  |  |  | 128,307  |  |
Turnout | 128,802  | 84.0  |  4.9  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 26,905  | 21.0  |  10.6  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Coburg[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 | Jonas Geissler | 44,890  | 36.5  |  8.7  | 39,343  | 31.9  |  7.7
| SPD | Ramona Brehm  | 32,056  | 26.1  |  0.4  | 31,087  | 25.2  |  2.7
| AfD | Sebastian Görtler  | 11,878  | 9.7  |  0.8  | 12,836  | 10.4  |  1.2
| Greens | Johannes Wagner | 10,581  | 8.6  |  2.7  | 11,459  | 9.3  |  2.6
| FW | Rainer Möbus  | 9,235  | 7.5  |  | 7,524  | 6.1  |  4.1
| FDP | Jens-Uwe Peter  | 6,369  | 5.2  |  0.4  | 10,683  | 8.7  |  0.5
| Left | Ulf Wunderlich  | 2,337  | 1.9  |  3.3  | 3,118  | 2.5  |  3.1
| dieBasis | Nicole Fredriksen  | 2,002  | 1.6  |  | 1,869  | 1.5  |
| PARTEI | Tim Ströhlein  | 1,872  | 1.5  |  | 1,144  | 0.9  |  0.3
| ÖDP | Tristan Wolf  | 1,418  | 1.2  |  0.2  | 673  | 0.5  |  0.0
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,509  | 1.2  |  0.3
| BP | Andre Wächter  | 222  | 0.2  |  | 188  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Pirates |  | 343  | 0.3  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 256  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 167  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Unabhängige  |  | 162  | 0.1  |
| Volt |  | 162  | 0.1  |
| NPD |  | 139  | 0.1  |  0.3
| Humanists |  | 122  | 0.1  |
| Bündnis C |  | 109  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei3 |  | 80  | 0.1  |  0.0
| The III. Path |  | 65  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 52  | 0.0  |
| MLPD | Stefan Engel  | 83  | 0.1  |  0.0  | 43  | 0.0  |  0.0
| LKR |  | 20  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 7  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 921  |  |  | 704  |  |
Total valid votes | 122,943  |  |  | 123,160  |  |
Turnout | 123,864  | 79.1  |  1.9  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 12,834  | 10.4  |  8.3  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Coburg[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 | Y Hans Michelbach | 55,078  | 45.3  |  4.9  | 48,410  | 39.6  |  7.1
| SPD | Doris Aschenbrenner  | 32,163  | 26.4  |  6.0  | 27,553  | 22.6  |  5.4
| AfD | Martin Böhm  | 12,763  | 10.5  |  7.7  | 14,208  | 11.6  |  7.4
| Greens | Michael Eckstein  | 7,129  | 5.9  |  2.0  | 8,155  | 6.7  |  1.0
| Left | René Hähnlein  | 6,305  | 5.2  |  1.8  | 6,895  | 5.6  |  1.7
| FDP | Alexander Arnold  | 5,877  | 4.8  |  3.2  | 9,967  | 8.2  |  4.1
| FW |  | 2,449  | 2.0  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,135  | 0.9  |  0.3
| PARTEI |  | 829  | 0.7  |
| ÖDP | Christoph Raabs  | 1,659  | 1.4  |  | 637  | 0.5  |  0.0
| NPD | Johannes Hühnlein  | 583  | 0.5  |  1.1  | 560  | 0.5  |  1.0
| Pirates |  | 387  | 0.3  |  1.3
| BP |  | 236  | 0.2  |  0.1
| DiB |  | 156  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 138  | 0.1  |
| DM  |  | 131  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 130  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 107  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Stefan Engel  | 136  | 0.1  |  | 71  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 13  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 12  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,507  |  |  | 1,021  |  |
Total valid votes | 121,693  |  |  | 122,179  |  |
Turnout | 123,200  | 77.2  |  7.6  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 22,915  | 18.9  |  1.2  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Coburg[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 Hans Michelbach | 55,309  | 50.1  |  1.7  | 51,567  | 46.7  |  3.7
| SPD | Norbert Tessmer  | 35,785  | 32.4  |  7.1  | 30,708  | 27.8  |  4.4
| Greens | Manuel Dethloff  | 4,274  | 3.9  |  4.4  | 6,309  | 5.7  |  1.9
| Left | René Hähnlein  | 3,681  | 3.3  |  3.2  | 4,415  | 4.0  |  3.1
| AfD | Stefan Zubcic  | 3,143  | 2.8  |  | 4,730  | 4.3  |
| FW | Uwe Zipfel  | 2,909  | 2.6  |  | 2,435  | 2.2  |
| FDP | Ulrich Herbert  | 1,835  | 1.7  |  6.1  | 4,469  | 4.0  |  7.6
| NPD | Gerhard Reuter  | 1,740  | 1.6  |  0.9  | 1,621  | 1.5  |  0.6
| Pirates | Johannes Reichhardt  | 1,717  | 1.6  |  | 1,785  | 1.6  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 678  | 0.6  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  | 536  | 0.5  |  0.1
| BP |  | 305  | 0.3  |  0.0
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 243  | 0.2  |
| REP |  | 218  | 0.2  |  0.3
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 109  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 99  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 62  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 39  | 0.0  |  0.0
| RRP  |  | 25  | 0.0  |  0.2
| BüSo |  | 17  | 0.0  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 985  |  |  | 1,008  |  |
Total valid votes | 110,393  |  |  | 110,370  |  |
Turnout | 111,378  | 69.6  |  1.6  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 19,524  | 17.7  |  5.4  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Coburg[7]

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 Hans Michelbach | 55,174  | 48.4  |  3.6  | 49,248  | 43.0  |  2.5
| SPD | Carl-Christian Dressel  | 28,882  | 25.3  |  7.9  | 26,869  | 23.5  |  9.5
| Greens | Wolfgang Weiß  | 9,380  | 8.2  |  3.0  | 8,707  | 7.6  |  2.5
| FDP | Ulrich Herbert  | 8,805  | 7.7  |  3.9  | 13,398  | 11.7  |  3.5
| Left | Uwe Hiksch  | 7,475  | 6.6  |  3.3  | 8,116  | 7.1  |  3.3
| NPD | Günter Kursawe  | 2,775  | 2.4  |  0.1  | 2,384  | 2.1  |  0.2
| Pirates |  | 2,093  | 1.8  |
| FAMILIE |  | 711  | 0.6  |  0.1
| ÖDP | Tanja Pfisterer  | 1,234  | 1.1  |  | 697  | 0.6  |
| REP |  | 614  | 0.5  |  0.1
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 597  | 0.5  |
| Independent | Markus Häßler  | 342  | 0.3  |  |
| RRP  |  | 302  | 0.3  |
| BP |  | 261  | 0.2  |  0.1
| PBC  |  | 231  | 0.2  |  0.0
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 165  | 0.1  |
| CM |  | 70  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 56  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 35  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 25  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,784  |  |  | 1,272  |  |
Total valid votes | 114,067  |  |  | 114,579  |  |
Turnout | 115,851  | 71.1  |  6.7  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 26,292  | 23.1  |  4.3  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Hiksch was elected for the SPD, but joined the PDS in October 1999.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Coburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-237.html
4. ^ Results for Coburg
5. ^ Results for Coburg
6. ^ Results for Coburg
7. ^ Results for Coburg

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