Konstanz (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

287 Konstanz

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Konstanz in 2025

State| Baden-Württemberg
Population| 286,300 (2019)
Electorate| 206,009 (2021)
Major settlements| Konstanz
Singen
Radolfzell
Area| 818.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CDU
Member| Andreas Jung
Elected| 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Konstanz 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 287. It is located in southern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the district of Konstanz.[1]

Konstanz was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Andreas Jung of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

## Geography

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Konstanz is located in southern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the district of Konstanz.[1]

## History

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Konstanz was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Baden constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 183. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 186. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 191. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 288. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 287.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Konstanz and the districts of Landkreis Konstanz and Überlingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Konstanz and the Überlingen district excluding the municipalities of Adelsreute and Wangen.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 1 | Konstanz  |

* Konstanz city
* Landkreis Konstanz district
* Überlingen district

1953 | 183
1957
1961
1965 | 186  |

* Konstanz district
* Überlingen district (excluding Adelsreute and Wangen municipalities)

1969
1972
1976
1980 | 191  |

* Konstanz district

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 288
2005
2009 | 287
2013
2017
2021
2025

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Schüttler from 1949 to 1961, followed by Hermann Biechele from 1961 to 1980. Hans-Peter Repnik was representative from 1980 to 2005, a total of seven consecutive terms. Andreas Jung has been representative since 2005.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Josef Schüttler | CDU | 50.5
1953 | 63.8
1957 | 61.5
| 1961 | Hermann Biechele | CDU | 53.1
1965 | 55.3
1969 | 51.1
1972 | 52.0
1976 | 55.4
| 1980 | Hans-Peter Repnik | CDU | 52.8
1983 | 60.7
1987 | 54.2
1990 | 53.5
1994 | 52.1
1998 | 44.2
2002 | 44.1
| 2005 | Andreas Jung | CDU | 43.9
2009 | 43.1
2013 | 51.9
2017 | 44.8
2021 | 34.1
2025 | 37.7

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Konstanz[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Andreas Jung | 63,922  | 37.7  |  3.6  | 51,150  | 30.1  |  6.9
| AfD | Bernhard Eisenhut  | 29,584  | 17.4  |  8.8  | 31,134  | 18.3  |  9.8
| SPD | Lina Seitzl | 26,451  | 15.6  |  4.5  | 22,599  | 13.3  |  7.6
| Greens | Rosa Buß  | 25,390  | 15.0  |  3.0  | 28,614  | 16.8  |  4.2
| Left | Lars Hofmann  | 9,987  | 5.9  |  2.3  | 12,660  | 7.4  |  3.7
| FDP | Ann-Veruschka Jurisch  | 7,363  | 4.3  |  6.6  | 9,833  | 5.8  |  9.2
| FW | Wilhelm-Ulrich Sander  | 3,341  | 2.0  |  0.2  | 1,929  | 1.1  |  0.3
| Volt | Sebastian Knau  | 2,911  | 1.7  |  | 1,691  | 1.0  |  0.6
| Independent | Thorsten Otterbach  | 622  | 0.4  |  |
| BSW |   | 6,933  | 4.1  |
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,349  | 0.8  |  0.4
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  0.8  | 872  | 0.5  |  0.5
| dieBasis |   | 466  | 0.3  |  1.7
| ÖDP |  |  |  |  0.6  | 301  | 0.2  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |   | 219  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BD |   | 148  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 48  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Pirates |   |  |  |  0.3
| Team Todenhöfer |   |  |  |  0.3
| Humanists |   |  |  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |   |  |  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 1,169  |  |  | 794  |  |
Total valid votes | 169,571  |  |  | 169,946  |  |
Turnout | 170,740  | 82.4  |  6.0  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 34,068  | 20.3  |  5.2  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Konstanz[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Andreas Jung | 53,362  | 34.1  |  10.6  | 36,209  | 23.2  |  10.0
| SPD | Lina Seitzl | 31,486  | 20.1  |  3.3  | 32,657  | 20.9  |  5.3
| Greens | Sebastian Lederer  | 28,142  | 18.0  |  4.6  | 32,913  | 21.0  |  5.0
| FDP | Ann-Veruschka Jurisch | 17,047  | 10.9  |  3.6  | 23,509  | 15.0  |  1.8
| AfD | Michael Hug  | 13,487  | 8.6  |  0.9  | 13,341  | 8.5  |  1.8
| Left | Sibylle Röth  | 5,591  | 3.6  |  3.4  | 5,804  | 3.7  |  3.5
| dieBasis |   | 3,022  | 1.9  |
| PARTEI | Björn Langer  | 2,838  | 1.8  |  0.8  | 1,643  | 1.1  |  0.2
| FW | Gordon Nothig  | 2,809  | 1.8  |  | 2,204  | 1.4  |  0.8
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,928  | 1.2  |  0.3
| Volt |   | 570  | 0.4  |
| Pirates |   | 546  | 0.3  |  0.1
| ÖDP | Franz Weber  | 945  | 0.6  |  | 463  | 0.3  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |   | 401  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Helmut Ringger  | 339  | 0.2  |  |
| Bündnis C |   | 221  | 0.1  |
| Bürgerbewegung  |  | 167  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |   | 164  | 0.1  |
| NPD |   | 141  | 0.1  |  0.1
| Gesundheitsforschung |   | 141  | 0.1  |
| DiB |   | 140  | 0.1  |  0.1
| LKR | Michael Streitberger  | 180  | 0.1  |  | 103  | 0.1  |
| Independent | Matthias Harting  | 60  | 0.0  |  |
| Bündnis 21  |  | 45  | 0.0  |
| DKP |   | 35  | 0.0  |  0.0
| MLPD |   | 33  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,277  |  |  | 1,163  |  |
Total valid votes | 156,286  |  |  | 156,400  |  |
Turnout | 157,563  | 76.5  |  1.0  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 21,876  | 14.0  |  13.9  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Konstanz[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Andreas Jung | 70,355  | 44.8  |  7.1  | 52,194  | 33.2  |  10.4
| SPD | Tobias Volz  | 26,396  | 16.8  |  2.4  | 24,529  | 15.6  |  4.6
| Greens | Martin Schmeding  | 21,052  | 13.4  |  0.1  | 25,202  | 16.0  |  3.4
| AfD | Walter Schwäbsch  | 15,006  | 9.6  |  5.5  | 16,215  | 10.3  |  4.8
| FDP | Tassilo Richter  | 11,425  | 7.3  |  3.5  | 20,758  | 13.2  |  5.8
| Left | Simon Pschorr  | 11,003  | 7.0  |  2.9  | 11,306  | 7.2  |  2.2
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,473  | 0.9  |  0.1
| PARTEI | Armin Kabis  | 1,552  | 1.0  |  | 1,354  | 0.9  |
| FW |   | 988  | 0.6  |  0.2
| Pirates |   | 639  | 0.4  |  1.8
| ÖDP |   | 456  | 0.3  |  0.2
| BGE |   | 374  | 0.2  |
| DM  |  | 357  | 0.2  |
| Tierschutzallianz  |  | 346  | 0.2  |
| NPD |   | 337  | 0.2  |  0.6
| Independent | Helmut Ringger  | 320  | 0.2  |  |
| DiB |  | 303  | 0.2  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 212  | 0.1  |
| Menschliche Welt  |  | 194  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 82  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DIE RECHTE |  | 39  | 0.0  |
| DKP |   | 25  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,752  |  |  | 1,478  |  |
Total valid votes | 157,109  |  |  | 157,383  |  |
Turnout | 158,861  | 77.4  |  4.5  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 43,959  | 28.0  |  4.7  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Konstanz[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Andreas Jung | 75,524  | 51.9  |  8.7  | 63,563  | 43.6  |  11.7
| SPD | Tobias Volz  | 27,956  | 19.2  |  2.4  | 29,504  | 20.2  |  1.3
| Greens | Nese Erikli  | 19,322  | 13.3  |  0.6  | 18,446  | 12.7  |  2.2
| Left | Marco Radojevic  | 5,980  | 4.1  |  2.4  | 7,295  | 5.0  |  1.8
| AfD | Timo Sturn  | 5,852  | 4.0  |  | 8,027  | 5.5  |
| FDP | Birgit Homburger  | 5,476  | 3.8  |  11.0  | 10,735  | 7.4  |  14.0
| Pirates | Andreas Bergholz  | 3,198  | 2.2  |  | 3,190  | 2.2  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,180  | 0.8  |  0.1
| NPD | Susanne Hoffmann  | 1,237  | 0.8  |  0.4  | 1,116  | 0.8  |  0.2
| ÖDP | Christoph Merk  | 1,105  | 0.8  |  | 661  | 0.5  |  0.1
| FW |   | 649  | 0.4  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 384  | 0.3  |  0.1
| RENTNER  |  | 335  | 0.2  |
| PBC  |  | 230  | 0.2  |  0.1
| REP |   | 199  | 0.1  |  0.3
| Party of Reason |  | 101  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 89  | 0.1  |
| BIG  |  | 49  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |   | 43  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,907  |  |  | 1,741  |  |
Total valid votes | 145,650  |  |  | 145,816  |  |
Turnout | 147,557  | 72.9  |  2.0  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 47,568  | 32.7  |  11.2  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Konstanz[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  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Andreas Jung | 59,256  | 43.1  |  0.7  | 43,844  | 31.8  |  5.5
| SPD | Peter Friedrich  | 29,713  | 21.6  |  10.0  | 26,047  | 18.9  |  10.9
| FDP | Birgit Homburger  | 20,335  | 14.8  |  4.3  | 29,372  | 21.3  |  7.6
| Greens | Till Seiler[a] | 17,439  | 12.7  |  3.8  | 20,482  | 14.9  |  2.8
| Left | Franziska Stier  | 8,943  | 6.5  |  2.8  | 9,344  | 6.8  |  3.0
| Pirates |   | 3,298  | 2.4  |
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,319  | 1.0  |
| NPD | Klaus Louis  | 1,688  | 1.2  |  0.2  | 1,309  | 1.0  |  0.1
| REP |   | 533  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 490  | 0.4  |
| ÖDP |   | 465  | 0.3  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 444  | 0.3  |
| PBC  |  | 419  | 0.3  |  0.1
| ADM  |  | 116  | 0.1  |
| DVU |   | 83  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 62  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 60  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,793  |  |  | 2,480  |  |
Total valid votes | 137,374  |  |  | 137,687  |  |
Turnout | 140,167  | 70.9  |  6.9  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 29,543  | 21.5  |  9.3  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Seiler entered the Bundestag on the Greens list after the resignation of Winfried Hermann in June 2011.

## References

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

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