Würzburg (electoral district)

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Federal electoral district of Germany

250 Würzburg

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Würzburg in 2025

State| Bavaria
Population| 290,200 (2019)
Electorate| 222,633 (2025)
Major settlements| Würzburg
Ochsenfurt
Area| 1,055.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CSU
Member| Hülya Düber
Elected| 2025

Würzburg 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 250. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Würzburg and the district of Landkreis Würzburg.[1]

Würzburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Hülya Düber of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

## Geography

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

## History

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Würzburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 40 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 235. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 237. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 252. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 251. From the 2025 election, it has been number 250.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Würzburg and the districts of Landkreis Würzburg, Ochsenfurt, and Marktheidenfeld. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Marktheidenfeld district. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 40 | Würzburg  |

* Würzburg city
* Würzburg district
* Ochsenfurt district
* Marktheidenfeld district

1953 | 235
1957
1961
1965 | 237  |

* Würzburg city
* Würzburg district
* Ochsenfurt district

1969
1972
1976 |

* Würzburg city
* Würzburg district

1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 252
2005
2009 | 251
2013
2017
2021
2025 | 250

## 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 Wilhelm Laforet [de] from 1949 to 1953, followed by Karl Alfred Kihn [de] from 1953 to 1961. Linus Memmel [de] was representative from 1961 to 1976. Wolfgang Bötsch then served from 1976 to 2005, a total of eight consecutive terms. Paul Lehrieder has been representative since 2005.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Wilhelm Laforet [de] | CSU | 43.8
| 1953 | Karl Alfred Kihn [de] | CSU | 54.0
1957 | 57.5
| 1961 | Linus Memmel [de] | CSU | 55.7
1965 | 54.4
1969 | 52.2
1972 | 52.8
| 1976 | Wolfgang Bötsch | CSU | 57.4
1980 | 55.7
1983 | 59.1
1987 | 55.4
1990 | 49.1
1994 | 50.8
1998 | 46.8
2002 | 49.2
| 2005 | Paul Lehrieder | CSU | 47.2
2009 | 44.0
2013 | 48.9
2017 | 42.2
2021 | 36.9
| 2025 | Hülya Düber | CSU | 39.1

## Election results

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### 2025 election

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Federal election (2025): Würzburg[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 | Hülya Düber | 74,909  | 39.1  |  2.3  | 68,556  | 35.7  |  5.4
| Greens | Jessica Berta Hecht  | 36,590  | 19.1  |  0.7  | 31,416  | 16.4  |  2.9
| SPD | Katharina Räth  | 26,348  | 13.8  |  4.3  | 25,877  | 13.5  |  6.6
| AfD | Federico Karl-Heinz Beck  | 24,815  | 13.0  |  | 25,961  | 13.5  |  6.9
| Left | Aaron Valent | 9,764  | 5.1  |  1.0  | 15,639  | 8.2  |  4.3
| FDP | Dr. Andrew John Ullmann  | 8,009  | 4.2  |  6.4  | 8,492  | 4.4  |  6.0
| BSW |   | 5,318  | 2.8  |
| FW | Duncan Douglas Eugen Seitz  | 5,704  | 3.0  |  2.2  | 4,455  | 2.3  |  1.4
| Volt | Christoph Schröder  | 3,178  | 1.7  |  | 1,922  | 1.0  |  0.6
| APT |   | 1,491  | 0.8  |  0.4
| dieBasis | Anna Elisabeth Ulrike Kämmerer  | 2,083  | 1.1  |  1.6  | 851  | 0.4  |  0.8
| PARTEI |   | 717  | 0.4  |  0.4
| Humanists |   | 176  | 0.1  |  0.1
| BD |   | 166  | 0.1  |
| BP |   | 161  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD |   | 29  | 0.0  |
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Informal votes  | 1,014  |  |  | 559  |  |
Total valid votes | 191,400  |  |  | 191,855  |  |
Turnout | 192,414  | 86.4  |  3.9  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 38,319  | 20.0  |  2.9  |

### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Würzburg[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 Paul Lehrieder | 67,651  | 36.9  |  5.3  | 55,957  | 30.3  |  6.9
| Greens | Sebastian Hansen  | 36,295  | 19.8  |  5.8  | 35,634  | 19.3  |  6.3
| SPD | Freya Altenhöner  | 33,125  | 18.1  |  0.7  | 37,079  | 20.1  |  2.4
| FDP | Andrew Ullmann | 19,414  | 10.6  |  2.5  | 19,230  | 10.4  |  0.1
| AfD |   | 12,220  | 6.6  |  2.0
| FW | Robert Starosta  | 9,440  | 5.1  |  | 6,871  | 3.7  |  2.3
| Left | Simone Barrientos  | 7,522  | 4.1  |  1.5  | 7,027  | 3.8  |  3.3
| dieBasis | Robert Hämmelmann  | 4,898  | 2.7  |  | 2,310  | 1.3  |
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 2,091  | 1.1  |  0.1
| PARTEI |   | 1,431  | 0.8  |  0.4
| ÖDP | Stefanie Wierlemann  | 2,501  | 1.4  |  0.3  | 1,098  | 0.6  |  0.1
| Independent | Horst Schürer  | 1,884  | 1.0  |  |
| Volt |   | 676  | 0.4  |
| Pirates |   | 665  | 0.4  |  0.0
| Team Todenhöfer |   | 433  | 0.2  |
| Unabhängige  |  | 401  | 0.2  |
| Humanists | Thomas Herter  | 774  | 0.4  |  | 307  | 0.2  |
| BP |   | 279  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Gesundheitsforschung |   | 233  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei3 |   | 216  | 0.1  |  0.1
| du. |   | 133  | 0.1  |
| Bündnis C |   | 125  | 0.1  |
| NPD |   | 115  | 0.1  |  0.2
| The III. Path |   | 64  | 0.0  |
| LKR |   | 41  | 0.0  |
| DKP |   | 39  | 0.0  |  0.0
| MLPD |   | 27  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,155  |  |  | 957  |  |
Total valid votes | 183,504  |  |  | 184,702  |  |
Turnout | 185,659  | 82.5  |  1.6  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 31,356  | 17.1  |  6.3  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Würzburg[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 Paul Lehrieder | 76,515  | 42.2  |  6.7  | 67,585  | 37.2  |  7.7
| SPD | Eva Linsenbreder  | 33,929  | 18.7  |  6.8  | 32,126  | 17.7  |  4.9
| Greens | Martin Heilig | 25,359  | 14.0  |  4.0  | 23,719  | 13.0  |  1.4
| FDP | Andrew Ullmann | 14,592  | 8.0  |  4.8  | 18,813  | 10.3  |  5.2
| AfD | Thomas Thiel  | 13,872  | 7.7  |  4.7  | 15,764  | 8.7  |  4.8
| Left | Simone Barrientos | 10,130  | 5.6  |  2.3  | 12,931  | 7.1  |  3.1
| FW |   | 2,633  | 1.4  |  0.3
| PARTEI | Andrea Kübert  | 3,828  | 2.1  |  | 2,049  | 1.1  |
| ÖDP | Raimund Binder  | 3,072  | 1.7  |  0.5  | 1,233  | 0.7  |  0.2
| Pirates |   | 646  | 0.4  |  2.1
| DM  |  | 464  | 0.3  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 409  | 0.2  |
| NPD |   | 391  | 0.2  |  0.4
| DiB |  | 351  | 0.2  |
| BP |   | 323  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BGE |   | 314  | 0.2  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 217  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |   | 60  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DKP |   | 27  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 16  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,664  |  |  | 1,054  |  |
Total valid votes | 181,297  |  |  | 181,907  |  |
Turnout | 182,961  | 71.0  |  7.4  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 42,586  | 23.5  |  0.1  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Würzburg[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 Paul Lehrieder | 80,776  | 48.9  |  4.9  | 74,187  | 44.9  |  6.1
| SPD | Homaira Mansury  | 42,136  | 25.5  |  2.2  | 37,225  | 22.5  |  3.9
| Greens | Martin Heilig  | 16,454  | 10.0  |  3.1  | 19,311  | 11.7  |  2.8
| Left | Doris Dörnhöfer  | 5,374  | 3.3  |  2.3  | 6,637  | 4.0  |  2.3
| FDP | Joachim Spatz  | 5,323  | 3.2  |  6.9  | 8,485  | 5.1  |  8.6
| AfD | Torsten Heinrich  | 4,831  | 2.9  |  | 6,388  | 3.9  |
| Pirates | Michael Hartrich  | 4,134  | 2.5  |  0.3  | 4,014  | 2.4  |  0.1
| FW | Helmut Suntheim  | 2,859  | 1.7  |  | 2,920  | 1.8  |
| ÖDP | Raimund Binder  | 1,903  | 1.2  |  | 1,388  | 0.8  |  0.0
| REP |   | 1,279  | 0.8  |  0.7
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,136  | 0.7  |  0.0
| NPD | Ralf Mynter  | 1,439  | 0.9  |  0.5  | 946  | 0.6  |  0.2
| BP |   | 495  | 0.3  |  0.0
| DIE FRAUEN |  | 319  | 0.2  |
| Party of Reason |  | 182  | 0.1  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 167  | 0.1  |  0.1
| PRO |  | 94  | 0.1  |
| RRP  |  | 49  | 0.0  |  0.5
| MLPD |   | 29  | 0.0  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 20  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,364  |  |  | 1,322  |  |
Total valid votes | 165,229  |  |  | 165,271  |  |
Turnout | 166,593  | 73.5  |  1.8  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 38,640  | 23.4  |  2.7  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Würzburg[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 Paul Lehrieder | 73,800  | 44.0  |  3.2  | 65,294  | 38.8  |  4.0
| SPD | Marion Reuther  | 39,055  | 23.3  |  9.0  | 31,440  | 18.7  |  9.3
| Greens | Patrick Friedl  | 21,914  | 13.1  |  4.4  | 24,341  | 14.4  |  3.3
| FDP | Joachim Spatz [de] | 17,030  | 10.1  |  5.2  | 23,203  | 13.8  |  4.2
| Left | Holger Grünwedel  | 9,334  | 5.6  |  2.3  | 10,582  | 6.3  |  2.4
| Pirates | Markus Heurung  | 3,659  | 2.2  |  | 4,262  | 2.5  |
| REP |   | 2,462  | 1.5  |  0.9
| ÖDP |   | 1,422  | 0.8  |
| NPD | Ralf Mynter  | 2,312  | 1.4  |  0.8  | 1,287  | 0.8  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |   | 1,103  | 0.7  |
| FAMILIE |  | 1,011  | 0.6  |  0.0
| RRP  |  | 836  | 0.5  |
| Independent | Michael Holl  | 742  | 0.4  |  |
| BP |   | 428  | 0.3  |  0.1
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 260  | 0.2  |
| PBC  |  | 250  | 0.1  |  0.1
| CM |  | 147  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 59  | 0.0  |  0.0
| DVU |   | 39  | 0.0  |
| MLPD |   | 36  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,185  |  |  | 1,569  |  |
Total valid votes | 167,846  |  |  | 168,462  |  |
Turnout | 170,031  | 75.3  |  5.0  |
| CSU hold | Majority | 34,745  | 20.7  |  5.8  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Würzburg". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Würzburg". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-250.html
4. ^ Results for Würzburg
5. ^ Results for Würzburg
6. ^ Results for Würzburg
7. ^ Results for Würzburg

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