Ingolstadt (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

215 Ingolstadt

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Ingolstadt in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 338,000 (2019)
Electorate| 235,847 (2025)
Major settlements| Ingolstadt
Neuburg an der Donau
Eichstätt
Area| 1,845.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CSU
Member| Reinhard Brandl
Elected| 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Ingolstadt 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 central Bavaria, comprising the city of Ingolstadt, the district of Eichstätt, and the northern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district.[1]

Ingolstadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Reinhard Brandl of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

## Geography

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Ingolstadt is located in central Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Ingolstadt, the district of Eichstätt, and the municipalities of Bergheim, Burgheim, Ehekirchen, Karlshuld, Karlskron, Königsmoos, Neuburg an der Donau, Oberhausen, Rennertshofen, Rohrenfels, and Weichering from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.[1]

## History

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Ingolstadt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 198. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 202. In the 1976 election, it was number 203. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 202. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 218. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 217. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 216. From the 2025 election, it has been number 215.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Ingolstadt and the districts of Landkreis Ingolstadt, Aichach, Pfaffenhofen, and Schrobenhausen. In the 1976 through 2009 elections, it comprised the city of Ingolstadt and the districts of Eichstätt and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen. In the 2013 election, it lost 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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1949 | 3 | Ingolstadt  |

* Ingolstadt city
* Landkreis Ingolstadt district
* Aichach district
* Pfaffenhofen district
* Schrobenhausen district

1953 | 198
1957
1961
1965 | 202
1969
1972
1976 | 203  |

* Ingolstadt city
* Eichstätt district
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district

1980 | 202
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 218
2005
2009 | 217
2013 |

* Ingolstadt city
* Eichstätt district
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (excluding Aresing municipality)

2017 | 216  |

* Ingolstadt city
* Eichstätt district
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Bergheim, Burgheim, Ehekirchen, Karlshuld, Karlskron, Königsmoos, Neuburg an der Donau, Oberhausen, Rennertshofen, Rohrenfels, and Weichering municipalities)

2021
2025 | 215

## Members

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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 Hermann Aumer from 1949 to 1953. He was elected for the Bavaria Party (BP), expelled in 1950, and served the remainder of the term as an independent. Hans Demmelmeier won it for the CSU in 1953 and served until 1961. Paul Weinzierl then served one term. Karl Heinz Gierenstein was representative from 1965 to 1980. Horst Seehofer was elected in 1980 and served until 2008, a total of eight consecutive terms. He resigned in 2008 to become Minister-President of Bavaria. Reinhard Brandl was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Hermann Aumer[a] | BP | 29.8
| Ind.
| 1953 | Hans Demmelmeier | CSU | 49.0
1957 | 63.6
| 1961 | Paul Weinzierl | CSU | 66.0
| 1965 | Karl Heinz Gierenstein | CSU | 64.2
1969 | 62.1
1972 | 62.5
1976 | 66.1
| 1980 | Horst Seehofer | CSU | 65.5
1983 | 68.8
1987 | 64.6
1990 | 62.6
1994 | 62.7
1998 | 55.0
2002 | 65.3
2005 | 65.9
| 2009 | Reinhard Brandl | CSU | 57.2
2013 | 61.5
2017 | 49.5
2021 | 44.9
2025 | 47.1

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Ingolstagt[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 Dr. Reinhard Brandl | 91,837  | 47.1  |  2.2  | 78,647  | 40.3  |  5.6
| AfD | Lukas Rehm | 39,220  | 20.1  |  10.5  | 41,850  | 21.4  |  11.4
| SPD | Nadine Praun  | 21,555  | 11.0  |  2.9  | 19,812  | 10.1  |  6.8
| Greens | Merlin Georg Friedrich Nagel  | 14,531  | 7.4  |  2.3  | 18,024  | 9.2  |  1.9
| FW | Martina Inge Edl  | 9,906  | 5.1  |  3.3  | 9,142  | 4.7  |  3.7
| Left | Sarah Vollath | 7,730  | 4.0  |  1.5  | 9,258  | 4.7  |  2.4
| FDP | Nikita Jan Renner  | 3,711  | 1.9  |  3.9  | 7,350  | 3.8  |  6.8
| BSW |  | 5,869  | 3.0  |
| APT | Dr. Christophe Andreoli  | 2,001  | 1.0  |  | 1,411  | 0.2  |  0.2
| ÖDP | Franz Hofmaier  | 1,629  | 0.8  |  0.5  | 826  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Volt | Benedikt Schatz  | 1,575  | 0.8  |  | 1,033  | 0.5  |  0.3
| PARTEI | Jens Rohrer  | 1,385  | 0.7  |  0.5  | 863  | 0.4  |  0.3
| dieBasis |  | 652  | 0.3  |  1.2
| BP |  | 301  | 0.2  |  0.4
| BD |  | 150  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 113  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 31  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 956  |  |  | 704  |  |
Total valid votes | 195,080  |  |  | 195,332  |  |
Turnout | 196,036  | 83.1  |  4.5  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 52,617  | 27.0  |  4.0  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Ingolstadt[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 Reinhard Brandl | 83,663  | 44.9  |  4.6  | 64,577  | 34.6  |  7.1
| SPD | Jessica Meier  | 25,954  | 13.9  |  0.3  | 31,592  | 16.9  |  3.6
| Greens | Joachim Siebler  | 18,182  | 9.8  |  3.5  | 20,833  | 11.2  |  3.9
| AfD | Lukas Rehm | 17,806  | 9.6  |  3.4  | 18,694  | 10.0  |  5.1
| FW | Christian Ponzer  | 15,515  | 8.3  |  4.4  | 15,580  | 8.4  |  5.3
| FDP | Theresa Ley  | 10,877  | 5.8  |  0.7  | 19,797  | 10.6  |  1.2
| Left | Roland Meier  | 4,648  | 2.5  |  2.3  | 4,450  | 2.4  |  3.0
| dieBasis | Helmut Groß  | 2,969  | 1.6  |  | 2,890  | 1.5  |
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,652  | 0.9  |  0.2
| ÖDP | Jakob Sedlmeier  | 2,438  | 1.3  |  0.1  | 1,231  | 0.7  |  0.3
| PARTEI | Sebastian Zahn  | 2,315  | 1.2  |  0.2  | 1,295  | 0.7  |  0.0
| BP | Wolfgang Distler  | 1,861  | 1.0  |  0.2  | 1,111  | 0.6  |  0.4
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 643  | 0.3  |
| Pirates |  | 533  | 0.3  |  0.1
| Volt |  | 362  | 0.2  |
| Unabhängige  |  | 294  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 216  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei3 |  | 165  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Humanists |  | 142  | 0.1  |
| NPD |  | 129  | 0.1  |  0.2
| Bündnis C |  | 97  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 86  | 0.0  |
| The III. Path |  | 77  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 31  | 0.0  |  0.0
| LKR |  | 31  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 30  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,167  |  |  | 856  |  |
Total valid votes | 186,229  |  |  | 186,539  |  |
Turnout | 187,395  | 78.6  |  1.5  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 57,709  | 31.0  |  4.9  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Ingolstadt[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 Reinhard Brandl | 90,383  | 49.5  |  11.6  | 76,236  | 41.7  |  13.9
| SPD | Werner Widuckel  | 24,799  | 13.6  |  3.1  | 24,424  | 13.4  |  4.1
| AfD | Christina Wilhelm  | 23,720  | 13.0  |  10.2  | 27,673  | 15.1  |  11.6
| Greens | Agnes Krumwiede  | 11,515  | 6.3  |  0.3  | 13,205  | 7.2  |  1.0
| FDP | Jakob Schäuble  | 9,310  | 5.1  |  3.1  | 17,154  | 9.4  |  5.1
| Left | Roland Meier  | 8,817  | 4.8  |  0.8  | 9,830  | 5.4  |  1.7
| FW | Angela Mayr  | 7,093  | 3.9  |  0.9  | 5,562  | 3.0  |  0.1
| ÖDP | Jakob Sedlmeier  | 2,656  | 1.5  |  0.1  | 1,755  | 1.0  |  0.2
| BP | Wolfgang Distler  | 2,200  | 1.2  |  | 1,898  | 1.0  |  0.0
| PARTEI | Bernd Sandner  | 1,859  | 1.0  |  0.7  | 1,294  | 0.7  |
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,278  | 0.7  |  0.1
| Pirates |  | 631  | 0.3  |  1.4
| NPD |  | 520  | 0.3  |  0.6
| V-Partei³ |  | 397  | 0.2  |
| DM  |  | 270  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 248  | 0.1  |
| DiB |  | 202  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 165  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Arnold Aschenbrenner  | 120  | 0.1  |  | 61  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 23  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 19  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,587  |  |  | 1,214  |  |
Total valid votes | 182,472  |  |  | 182,845  |  |
Turnout | 184,059  | 77.1  |  8.7  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 65,584  | 35.9  |  9.1  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Ingolstadt[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 Reinhard Brandl | 106,668  | 61.5  |  4.4  | 96,804  | 55.9  |  5.3
| SPD | Stefan Schieren  | 28,561  | 16.5  |  1.0  | 29,880  | 17.3  |  1.8
| Greens | Agnes Krumwiede  | 11,340  | 6.5  |  1.6  | 10,752  | 6.2  |  2.0
| Left | Eva Bulling-Schröter | 6,755  | 3.9  |  2.4  | 6,163  | 3.6  |  2.6
| FW | Christoph Kalkowski  | 5,205  | 3.0  |  | 5,114  | 3.0  |
| AfD | Christiane Boruzs  | 4,878  | 2.8  |  | 6,089  | 3.5  |
| Pirates | Andreas Popp  | 3,615  | 2.1  |  | 3,095  | 1.8  |  0.2
| FDP | Anton Brandl  | 3,471  | 2.0  |  6.1  | 7,407  | 4.3  |  8.1
| ÖDP | Christian Tischler  | 2,224  | 1.3  |  1.0  | 1,986  | 1.1  |  0.2
| BP |  | 1,796  | 1.0  |  0.3
| NPD |  | 1,472  | 0.8  |  0.6
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,061  | 0.6  |  0.0
| REP |  | 727  | 0.4  |  0.3
| PARTEI |  | 615  | 0.4  |  |
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 266  | 0.2  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 194  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 176  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 104  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 63  | 0.0  |  0.3
| MLPD |  | 27  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 23  | 0.0  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 1,378  |  |  | 1,511  |  |
Total valid votes | 173,332  |  |  | 173,199  |  |
Turnout | 174,710  | 68.6  |  1.2  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 78,107  | 45.0  |  3.2  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Ingolstadt[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 | Reinhard Brandl | 99,482  | 57.2  |  8.7  | 86,686  | 49.6  |  3.0
| SPD | Ursula Engelen-Kefer  | 26,825  | 15.4  |  6.6  | 26,877  | 15.4  |  10.9
| Greens | Agnes Krumwiede  | 14,174  | 8.2  |  4.0  | 14,283  | 8.2  |  2.4
| FDP | Franz Schmidt  | 14,151  | 8.1  |  5.6  | 21,566  | 12.3  |  4.7
| Left | Eva Bulling-Schröter | 10,936  | 6.3  |  3.5  | 10,717  | 6.1  |  3.0
| Pirates |  | 3,448  | 2.0  |
| ÖDP | Elisabeth Winkler  | 3,874  | 2.2  |  | 2,327  | 1.3  |
| NPD | Stefan Faber  | 3,308  | 1.9  |  0.4  | 2,588  | 1.5  |  0.2
| BP |  | 1,351  | 0.8  |  0.2
| REP |  | 1,269  | 0.7  |  0.3
| FAMILIE |  | 1,157  | 0.7  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 999  | 0.6  |
| RRP  |  | 592  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Manfred Franzke  | 466  | 0.3  |  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 228  | 0.1  |
| PBC  |  | 227  | 0.1  |  0.1
| CM |  | 146  | 0.1  |
| BüSo | Alois Schieber  | 661  | 0.4  |  | 120  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DVU |  | 86  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |  | 34  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,441  |  |  | 1,617  |  |
Total valid votes | 173,877  |  |  | 174,701  |  |
Turnout | 176,318  | 69.8  |  6.4  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 72,657  | 41.8  |  2.1  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Aumer was elected for the Bavaria Party, but expelled in September 1950.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Ingolstadt". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Ingolstadt". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-215.html
4. ^ Results for Ingolstadt
5. ^ Results for Ingolstadt
6. ^ Results for Ingolstadt
7. ^ Results for Ingolstadt

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