Freising (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

213 Freising

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Freising in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 337,800 (2019)
Electorate| 238,346 (2025)
Major settlements| Freising
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Moosburg an der Isar
Area| 1,802.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1976
Party| CSU
Member| Christian Moser
Elected| 2025

Freising 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 213. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, the southern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district.[1]

Freising was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Christian Moser of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

## Geography

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Freising is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen as well as the municipalities of Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.[1]

## History

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Freising was created in 1976. In the 1976 election, it was constituency 201 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 200. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 216. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 215. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 214. From the 2025 election, it has been number 213.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and the municipalities of Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim from the Landkreis München district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, and Erding. In the 1998 election, it comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and, from the Erding district, the municipalities of Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Steinkirchen and Wartenberg. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised only the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen. In the 2013 election, it gained the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district and the municipality of Aresing from the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1976 | 201  | Freising  |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Landkreis München district (only Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim municipalities)

1980 | 200  |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Erding district

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998 |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)

2002 | 216  |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)

2005 |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district

2009 | 215
2013 |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Dachau district (only Petershausen municipality)
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing municipality)

2017 | 214  |

* Freising district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen municipalities)

2021
2025 | 213

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Albert Probst from 1976 to 1998. He was succeeded by Franz Obermeier from 1998 to 2013. Erich Irlstorfer represented the constituency from 2013 until 2025. Christian Moser retained the seat for the CSU in 2025.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1976 | Albert Probst | CSU | 63.3
1980 | 65.5
1983 | 68.4
1987 | 62.6
1990 | 58.5
1994 | 58.4
| 1998 | Franz Obermeier | CSU | 54.9
2002 | 62.7
2005 | 56.5
2009 | 46.9
| 2013 | Erich Irlstorfer | CSU | 52.9
2017 | 43.0
2021 | 36.2
| 2025 | Christian Moser | CSU | 43.1

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Freising[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 | Christian Moser | 88,023  | 43.1  |  7.0  | 78,633  | 38.5  |  5.9
| AfD | Claus Staudhammer  | 36,965  | 18.1  |  +8.8  | 38,981  | 19.1  |  10.0
| Greens | Leon Eckert | 25,718  | 12.6  |  0.1  | 23,759  | 11.6  |  1.9
| SPD | Andreas Mehltretter | 23,357  | 11.4  |  2.0  | 20,234  | 9.9  |  5.2
| Left | Sebastian Pisot  | 8,630  | 4.2  |  2.2  | 10,646  | 5.2  |  2.9
| FW | Birgit Weinsteiger-Tauer  | 13,209  | 6.5  |  5.6  | 11,034  | 5.4  |  4.3
| dieBasis | Michael Stangl  | 2,362  | 1.2  |  1.3  | 948  | 0.5  |  1.3
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  1.6  | 1,034  | 0.5  |  0.2
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  1.1  | 868  | 0.4  |  0.3
| BP |  |  |  |  0.9  | 367  | 0.2  |  0.4
| Unabhängige |  |  |  |  0.5  |  |  |  0.5
| Volt |  |  |  |  0.3  | 1,193  | 0.6  |  0.3
| BSW |  | 5,829  | 2.9  |
| Humanists |  | 177  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BD |  | 135  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 37  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |  |  |  |  0.4
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.3
| Verjüngungsforschung |  |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  |  |  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 942  |  |  | 0.5  |  |
Total valid votes | 204,067  |  |  | 204,430  |  |
Turnout | 205,009  | 86.0  |  4.2  |
| CSU hold | Majority |  |  |  6.8  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Freising[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 Erich Irlstorfer | 69,689  | 36.2  |  6.8  | 62,930  | 32.6  |  7.1
| SPD | Andreas Mehltretter | 25,950  | 13.5  |  0.0  | 29,085  | 15.1  |  2.7
| Greens | Leon Eckert | 24,058  | 12.5  |  3.1  | 26,055  | 13.5  |  3.8
| FW | Karl Ecker  | 23,223  | 12.0  |  5.6  | 18,779  | 9.7  |  5.9
| AfD | Johannes Huber | 18,042  | 9.4  |  3.2  | 17,515  | 9.1  |  4.5
| FDP | Eva-Maria Schmidt  | 14,687  | 7.6  |  0.4  | 21,738  | 11.3  |  0.9
| dieBasis | Karl Reineke  | 4,795  | 2.5  |  | 3,388  | 1.8  |
| Left | Nicolas-Pano Graßy  | 3,898  | 2.0  |  3.0  | 4,456  | 2.3  |  2.8
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,881  | 1.0  |  0.0
| ÖDP | Emilia Kirner  | 3,039  | 1.6  |  0.2  | 1,449  | 0.8  |  0.2
| PARTEI | Daniel Weigelt  | 2,165  | 1.1  |  | 1,385  | 0.7  |  0.1
| BP | Florian Geisenfelder  | 1,678  | 0.9  |  0.4  | 1,068  | 0.6  |  0.5
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 781  | 0.4  |
| Pirates |  | 554  | 0.3  |  0.1
| V-Partei3 | Magdalena Lippa  | 910  | 0.5  |  | 296  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Volt | Hans Boljahn  | 631  | 0.3  |  | 543  | 0.3  |
| Unabhängige  |  | 335  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 218  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |  | 185  | 0.1  |
| NPD |  | 108  | 0.1  |  0.2
| The III. Path |  | 106  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 88  | 0.0  |
| Bündnis C |  | 86  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 51  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
| MLPD |  | 19  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,237  |  |  | 883  |  |
Total valid votes | 192,765  |  |  | 193,119  |  |
Turnout | 194,002  | 81.8  |  2.6  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 43,739  | 22.7  |  6.8  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Freising[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 Erich Irlstorfer | 79,545  | 43.0  |  11.1  | 73,650  | 39.7  |  12.1
| SPD | Andreas Mehltretter | 24,916  | 13.5  |  3.7  | 23,029  | 12.4  |  3.7
| AfD | Johannes Huber | 23,222  | 12.5  |  8.8  | 25,178  | 13.6  |  8.9
| Greens | Kerstin Schnapp  | 17,439  | 9.4  |  1.9  | 18,036  | 9.7  |  0.7
| FDP | Thomas Neudert  | 13,400  | 7.2  |  4.8  | 19,308  | 11.4  |  5.8
| FW | Robert Weller  | 11,878  | 6.4  |  1.9  | 7,076  | 3.8  |  0.1
| Left | Guido Hoyer  | 9,265  | 5.0  |  2.1  | 9,506  | 5.1  |  1.9
| ÖDP | Reinhold Reck  | 3,250  | 1.8  |  0.2  | 1,805  | 1.0  |  0.2
| BP | Robert Prado Diaz  | 2,262  | 1.2  |  | 2,017  | 1.1  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,792  | 1.0  |  0.2
| PARTEI |  | 1,467  | 0.8  |
| Pirates |  | 768  | 0.4  |  1.6
| NPD |  | 485  | 0.3  |  0.5
| DM  |  | 364  | 0.2  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 323  | 0.2  |
| DiB |  | 319  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 221  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 218  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 35  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 18  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 17  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,470  |  |  | 1,015  |  |
Total valid votes | 185,177  |  |  | 185,632  |  |
Turnout | 186,647  | 79.2  |  7.4  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 54,629  | 29.5  |  5.8  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Freising[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 | Erich Irlstorfer | 81,729  | 52.9  |  5.9  | 78,924  | 51.0  |  6.3
| SPD | Florian Simbeck  | 27,165  | 17.6  |  3.4  | 25,243  | 16.3  |  2.9
| Greens | Michael Stanglmaier  | 18,169  | 11.8  |  5.2  | 14,390  | 9.3  |  3.1
| FW | Hinrich Groeneveld  | 7,123  | 4.6  |  | 5,780  | 3.7  |
| AfD | Marie-Madeleine von Kienlin  | 5,855  | 3.8  |  | 7,424  | 4.8  |
| Left | Thomas Schwarz  | 4,440  | 2.9  |  2.7  | 5,030  | 3.2  |  2.2
| FDP | Jens Barschdorf  | 3,854  | 2.5  |  10.8  | 7,248  | 4.7  |  10.0
| Pirates | Sebastian Kanschat  | 3,539  | 2.3  |  | 3,157  | 2.0  |  0.4
| BP |  | 2,010  | 1.3  |  0.3
| ÖDP | Reinhold Reck  | 2,568  | 1.7  |  1.6  | 1,913  | 1.2  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 1,181  | 0.8  |  0.4
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,154  | 0.7  |  0.1
| REP |  | 500  | 0.3  |  0.3
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 264  | 0.2  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 187  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Party of Reason |  | 148  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 123  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 44  | 0.0  |  1.0
| BüSo |  | 29  | 0.0  |  0.0
| MLPD |  | 26  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,439  |  |  | 1,106  |  |
Total valid votes | 154,442  |  |  | 154,775  |  |
Turnout | 155,881  | 71.9  |  1.0  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 54,564  | 35.3  |  5.6  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Freising[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 Franz Obermeier  | 69,229  | 46.9  |  9.6  | 66,336  | 44.7  |  7.4
| Greens | Michael Stanglmaier  | 25,408  | 17.2  |  9.4  | 18,400  | 12.4  |  4.2
| SPD | Uwe Dörnhöfer  | 20,791  | 14.1  |  9.4  | 19,915  | 13.4  |  8.9
| FDP | Franz Niedermayr  | 19,711  | 13.4  |  7.8  | 21,848  | 14.7  |  4.5
| Left | Guido Hoyer  | 8,247  | 5.6  |  2.7  | 8,120  | 5.5  |  2.3
| Pirates |  | 3,583  | 2.4  |
| ÖDP |  | 1,878  | 1.3  |
| NPD | Christian Götz  | 2,558  | 1.7  |  0.4  | 1,808  | 1.2  |  0.1
| RRP  | Peter Dörken  | 1,650  | 1.1  |  | 1,581  | 1.1  |
| BP |  | 1,400  | 0.9  |  0.1
| FAMILIE |  | 1,021  | 0.7  |  0.0
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 988  | 0.7  |
| REP |  | 900  | 0.6  |  0.2
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 327  | 0.2  |
| PBC  |  | 155  | 0.1  |  0.0
| CM |  | 119  | 0.1  |
| DVU |  | 66  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 43  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 31  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,123  |  |  | 1,198  |  |
Total valid votes | 147,594  |  |  | 148,519  |  |
Turnout | 149,717  | 72.8  |  6.7  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 43,821  | 29.7  |  3.4  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Freising". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Freising
4. ^ Results for Freising
5. ^ Results for Freising
6. ^ Results for Freising
7. ^ Results for Freising

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