Schweinfurt (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

249 Schweinfurt

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Schweinfurt in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 260,000 (2019)
Electorate| 194,070 (2025)
Major settlements| Schweinfurt
Kitzingen
Volkach
Area| 1,561.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CSU
Member| Anja Weisgerber
Elected| 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Schweinfurt 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 249. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.[1]

Schweinfurt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Anja Weisgerber of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

## Geography

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Schweinfurt is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Schweinfurt and the districts of Kitzingen and Landkreis Schweinfurt.[1]

## History

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Schweinfurt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 39 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 234. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 236. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 251. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 250. From the 2025 election, it has been number 249.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Schweinfurt and Kitzingen and the districts of Landkreis Schweinfurt, Landkreis Kitzingen, and Gerolzhofen. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 39 | Schweinfurt  |

* Schweinfurt city
* Kitzingen city
* Landkreis Schweinfurt district
* Landkreis Kitzingen district
* Gerolzhofen district

1953 | 234
1957
1961
1965 | 236
1969
1972
1976 |

* Schweinfurt city
* Kitzingen district
* Landkreis Schweinfurt district

1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 251
2005
2009 | 250
2013
2017
2021
2025 | 249

## Members

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Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Funk from 1949 to 1965, followed by Max Schulze-Vorberg [de] from 1965 to 1976. Michael Glos was representative from 1976 to 2013, a total of ten consecutive terms. Anja Weisgerber was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Friedrich Funk | CSU | 38.5
1953 | 56.3
1957 | 61.7
1961 | 56.7
| 1965 | Max Schulze-Vorberg [de] | CSU | 60.8
1969 | 59.2
1972 | 58.2
| 1976 | Michael Glos | CSU | 62.0
1980 | 60.3
1983 | 63.7
1987 | 60.2
1990 | 57.2
1994 | 56.9
1998 | 51.9
2002 | 58.4
2005 | 54.1
2009 | 46.4
| 2013 | Anja Weisgerber | CSU | 54.8
2017 | 47.9
2021 | 40.9
2025 | 43.4

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Schweinfurt[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 Anja Weisgerber | 70,454  | 43.4  |  2.5  | 64,165  | 39.4  |  4.6
| AfD | Bernd Willi Karl Schuhmann | 33,826  | 20.8  |  10.9  | 34,401  | 21.1  |  11.1
| SPD | Markus Klaus Hümpfer | 21,832  | 13.4  |  5.2  | 18,705  | 11.5  |  8.0
| Greens | Stefan Rudolf Leo Weidinger  | 12,894  | 7.9  |  1.5  | 14,828  | 9.1  |  1.8
| FW | Sabrina Ingrid Neckov  | 7,822  | 4.8  |  0.2  | 6,342  | 3.9  |  1.9
| Left | Agnes Maria Conrad | 7,606  | 4.7  |  0.5  | 8,467  | 5.2  |  2.0
| FDP | Michael Mörer  | 3,992  | 2.5  |  5.5  | 5,823  | 3.6  |  6.0
| BSW |  | 5,287  | 3.2  |
| APT |  | 1,369  | 0.8  |  0.3
| Volt | Claus Bernhard Christ  | 1,558  | 1.0  |  | 958  | 0.6  |  0.4
| dieBasis |  | 682  | 0.4  |  1.2
| PARTEI |  | 613  | 0.4  |  0.4
| ÖDP | Martin Leonhard Günzel  | 1,374  | 0.8  |  0.1  | 561  | 0.3  |  0.1
| BP | Thorsten Götz  | 930  | 0.6  |  | 338  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BD |  | 131  | 0.1  |
| Humanists |  | 111  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Manfred Johannes Setter  | 197  | 0.1  |  | 56  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,008  |  |  | 656  |  |
Total valid votes | 162,485  |  |  | 162,837  |  |
Turnout | 163,493  | 84.2  |  4.2  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 36,628  | 22.6  |  0.3  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Schweinfurt[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 Anja Weisgerber | 63,697  | 40.9  |  7.0  | 54,441  | 34.8  |  6.3
| SPD | Markus Hümpfer | 29,037  | 18.6  |  1.6  | 30,482  | 19.5  |  2.6
| AfD | Bernd Schuhmann | 15,468  | 9.9  |  1.2  | 15,687  | 10.0  |  2.2
| Greens | Nicolas Lommatzsch  | 14,747  | 9.5  |  2.0  | 17,085  | 10.9  |  3.4
| FDP | Daniel Stark  | 12,408  | 8.0  |  1.8  | 15,039  | 9.6  |  0.7
| FW | Andrea Graham  | 7,761  | 5.0  |  | 9,119  | 5.8  |  3.5
| Left | Klaus Ernst | 6,552  | 4.2  |  3.6  | 4,928  | 3.2  |  3.6
| dieBasis | Pasquale Trasente  | 2,758  | 1.8  |  | 2,470  | 1.6  |
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,817  | 1.2  |  0.2
| PARTEI |  | 1,137  | 0.7  |  0.1
| ÖDP | Stefan Hrnicek-Hubert  | 1,229  | 0.8  |  0.5  | 657  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Pirates |  | 574  | 0.4  |  0.0
| Unabhängige  | Herbert Lorey  | 1,116  | 0.7  |  | 503  | 0.3  |
| BP | Cedrick Van Huet  | 863  | 0.6  |  0.4  | 523  | 0.3  |  0.1
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 510  | 0.3  |
| Volt |  | 309  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 191  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei3 |  | 183  | 0.1  |  0.1
| NPD |  | 155  | 0.1  |  0.3
| Humanists |  | 123  | 0.1  |
| Bündnis C |  | 115  | 0.1  |
| du. |  | 106  | 0.1  |
| The III. Path |  | 92  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Manfred Setter  | 167  | 0.1  |  0.1  | 52  | 0.0  |  0.0
| LKR |  | 35  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 19  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,554  |  |  | 1,005  |  |
Total valid votes | 155,803  |  |  | 156,352  |  |
Turnout | 157,357  | 80.0  |  1.5  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 34,660  | 22.3  |  8.6  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Schweinfurt[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 Anja Weisgerber | 73,901  | 47.9  |  6.9  | 63,674  | 41.1  |  9.9
| SPD | Markus Hümpfer | 26,346  | 17.1  |  6.0  | 26,163  | 16.9  |  3.8
| AfD | Christian Klingen  | 17,198  | 11.1  |  | 18,905  | 12.2  |  8.9
| Left | Klaus Ernst | 12,091  | 7.8  |  2.5  | 10,422  | 6.7  |  1.8
| Greens | Barbara Pfeuffer  | 11,466  | 7.4  |  1.7  | 11,717  | 7.6  |  0.5
| FDP | Andreas Sulzbacher  | 9,506  | 6.2  |  4.1  | 13,789  | 8.9  |  4.7
| FW |  | 3,684  | 2.4  |  0.5
| PARTEI |  | 1,002  | 0.6  |
| ÖDP | Karolin Hildner  | 1,973  | 1.3  |  0.5  | 889  | 0.6  |  0.0
| BP | Michael Herbert  | 1,525  | 1.0  |  0.1  | 654  | 0.4  |  0.2
| NPD |  | 566  | 0.4  |  0.6
| Pirates |  | 540  | 0.3  |  1.4
| DM  |  | 407  | 0.3  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 271  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 236  | 0.2  |
| DiB |  | 165  | 0.1  |
| BGE |  | 163  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Manfred Setter  | 263  | 0.2  |  | 125  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 17  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 1,890  |  |  | 1,218  |  |
Total valid votes | 154,269  |  |  | 154,941  |  |
Turnout | 156,159  | 78.5  |  7.9  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 47,555  | 30.8  |  0.9  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Schweinfurt[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 | Anja Weisgerber | 76,548  | 54.8  |  8.5  | 71,264  | 51.0  |  7.8
| SPD | Ralf Hofmann  | 32,190  | 23.1  |  3.6  | 28,872  | 20.6  |  3.5
| Greens | Hans Plate  | 8,052  | 5.8  |  4.4  | 9,903  | 7.1  |  2.1
| Left | Klaus Ernst | 7,514  | 5.4  |  5.0  | 6,940  | 5.0  |  4.3
| FW | Jochen Keßler-Rosa  | 4,614  | 3.3  |  | 4,041  | 2.9  |
| Pirates | Beate Kesper  | 2,994  | 2.1  |  | 2,493  | 1.8  |  0.4
| FDP | Ursula Seissiger  | 2,921  | 2.1  |  7.5  | 5,906  | 4.2  |  8.8
| AfD |  | 4,665  | 3.3  |
| NPD | Jan Fries  | 2,042  | 1.5  |  0.7  | 1,333  | 1.0  |  0.3
| REP |  | 1,118  | 0.8  |  0.4
| BP |  | 1,532  | 1.1  |  0.5  | 828  | 0.6  |  0.0
| ÖDP | Peter Spath  | 1,155  | 0.8  |  | 859  | 0.6  |  0.1
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 852  | 0.6  |  0.1
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 264  | 0.2  |
| Party of Reason |  | 155  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 121  | 0.1  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 114  | 0.1  |  0.1
| RRP  |  | 56  | 0.0  |  0.5
| MLPD |  | 52  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 23  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,713  |  |  | 1,416  |  |
Total valid votes | 139,562  |  |  | 139,859  |  |
Turnout | 141,275  | 70.6  |  2.4  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 44,358  | 31.7  |  4.7  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Schweinfurt[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 Michael Glos | 66,253  | 46.4  |  7.7  | 62,265  | 43.2  |  4.9
| SPD | Frank Hofmann [de] | 27,794  | 19.4  |  8.5  | 24,747  | 17.2  |  8.7
| Left | Klaus Ernst | 14,803  | 10.4  |  3.9  | 13,317  | 9.2  |  3.9
| Greens | Hans Plate  | 14,598  | 10.2  |  5.1  | 13,182  | 9.1  |  2.5
| FDP | Hendrik Lindemann  | 13,713  | 9.6  |  5.4  | 18,742  | 13.0  |  4.3
| Pirates |  | 3,076  | 2.1  |
| NPD | Wielant Hopfner  | 3,029  | 2.1  |  0.1  | 1,829  | 1.3  |  0.1
| REP |  | 1,790  | 1.2  |  0.9
| FAMILIE |  | 1,090  | 0.8  |  0.1
| ÖDP |  | 990  | 0.7  |
| BP | Frank Hofmann  | 2,213  | 1.5  |  | 784  | 0.5  |  0.3
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 771  | 0.5  |
| RRP  |  | 765  | 0.5  |
| Independent | Andreas Rückert  | 526  | 0.4  |  |
| PBC  |  | 277  | 0.2  |  0.1
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 242  | 0.2  |
| CM |  | 157  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 62  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DVU |  | 57  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 40  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,121  |  |  | 1,867  |  |
Total valid votes | 142,929  |  |  | 144,183  |  |
Turnout | 146,050  | 73.0  |  5.9  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 38,459  | 27.0  |  0.8  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Schweinfurt". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Schweinfurt". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-249.html
4. ^ Results for Schweinfurt
5. ^ Results for Schweinfurt
6. ^ Results for Schweinfurt
7. ^ Results for Schweinfurt

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