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{{Infobox constituency
{{Expand German|date=December 2020}}
|name = 236 Bamberg
[[File:Bundestagswahlkreis 236-2017.svg|thumb|257x257px|Bamberg in [[Bavaria]].]]
|constituency_type = electoral district
'''Bamberg''' is one of the [[List of German Bundestag constituencies|299]] [[Electoral district|single member constituencies]] ([[German language|German]]: ''Wahlkreis'') used for the German parliament, the [[Bundestag]]. It is one of forty five districts in [[Bavaria]]. It is represented by [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]] MP [[Thomas Silberhorn]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=German Bundestag - Thomas Silberhorn|url=https://www.bundestag.dehttps//www.bundestag.de/en/members/silberhorn_thomas-523692|access-date=2020-12-03|website=German Bundestag|language=en}}</ref>
|constituency_link = Bamberg (electoral district)
|parl_name = [[Bundestag]]
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 236-2017.svg
|caption = Bamberg in 2017
|region_label = State
|region = [[Bavaria]]
|population = 234,300 (2015)
|electorate = 182,513 (2017)
|towns = [[Bamberg]]<br>[[Forchheim]]<br>[[Stegaurach]]
|area = 1,003.0 km<sup>2</sup>
|year = 1949
|party = [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = [[Thomas Silberhorn]]
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = [[2002 German federal election|2002]], [[2005 German federal election|2005]], [[2009 German federal election|2009]], [[2013 German federal election|2013]], [[2017 German federal election|2017]]
}}
'''Bamberg''' is an electoral constituency ([[German language|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 236. It is located in northern [[Bavaria]], comprising the city of [[Bamberg]], the southern part of the [[Bamberg (district)|Landkreis Bamberg]] district, and the western part of the [[Forchheim (district)|Forchheim]] district.<ref name="Area">{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-236.html|title=Constituency Bamberg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}</ref>


Bamberg was created for the inaugural [[1949 West German federal election|1949 federal election]]. Since 2002, it has been represented by [[Thomas Silberhorn]] of the [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]] (CSU).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-236.html|title=Results for Bamberg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reference list}}{{Germany-poli-stub}}


==Geography==
{{coord missing|Bavaria}}
Bamberg is located in northern [[Bavaria]]. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bamberg, the municipalities of [[Altendorf, Upper Franconia|Altendorf]], [[Buttenheim]], [[Frensdorf]], [[Hallstadt]], [[Hirschaid]], [[Pettstadt]], [[Pommersfelden]], [[Schlüsselfeld]], [[Stegaurach]], [[Strullendorf]], and [[Walsdorf, Bavaria|Walsdorf]] and the ''[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaften]]'' of Burgebrach, Ebrach, and Lisberg from the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the municipalities of [[Eggolsheim]], [[Forchheim]], [[Hallerndorf]], [[Hausen, Upper Franconia|Hausen]], [[Heroldsbach]], [[Igensdorf]], [[Langensendelbach]], and [[Neunkirchen am Brand]] and the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaften'' of Dormitz, Effeltrich, Gosberg, and Kirchehrenbach from the Forchheim district.<ref name="Area"/>

==History==
Bamberg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 24 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 219. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 222. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 237. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 236.

Originally, the constituency comprised the the independent city of Bamberg and the districts of Landkreis Bamberg and Staffelstein. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Höchstadt an der Aisch district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bamberg, southern parts of the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the Forchheim district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Election
! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}}
! width=125px| Name
! width=500px| Borders
|-
! [[1949 West German federal election|1949]]
| {{abbr|24|Bavaria 24}}
| rowspan=20| Bambegr
| rowspan=4|
* [[Bamberg]] city
* [[Bamberg (district)|Landkreis Bamberg]] district
* Staffelstein district
|-
! [[1953 West German federal election|1953]]
| rowspan=3| 219
|-
! [[1957 West German federal election|1957]]
|-
! [[1961 West German federal election|1961]]
|-
! [[1965 West German federal election|1965]]
| rowspan=10| 222
| rowspan=3|
* [[Bamberg]] city
* [[Bamberg (district)|Landkreis Bamberg]] district
* Staffelstein district
* Höchstadt an der Aisch district
|-
! [[1969 West German federal election|1969]]
|-
! [[1972 West German federal election|1972]]
|-
! [[1976 West German federal election|1976]]
| rowspan=7|
* [[Bamberg]] city
* [[Bamberg (district)|Landkreis Bamberg]] district (only southern parts)
* [[Forchheim (district)|Forchheim]] district
|-
! [[1980 West German federal election|1980]]
|-
! [[1983 West German federal election|1983]]
|-
! [[1987 West German federal election|1987]]
|-
! [[1990 German federal election|1990]]
|-
! [[1994 German federal election|1994]]
|-
! [[1998 German federal election|1998]]
|-
! [[2002 German federal election|2002]]
| rowspan=2| 237
| rowspan=6|
* [[Bamberg]] city
* [[Bamberg (district)|Landkreis Bamberg]] district (only [[Altendorf, Upper Franconia|Altendorf]], [[Buttenheim]], [[Frensdorf]], [[Hallstadt]], [[Hirschaid]], [[Pettstadt]], [[Pommersfelden]], [[Schlüsselfeld]], [[Stegaurach]], [[Strullendorf]], and [[Walsdorf, Bavaria|Walsdorf]] municipalities and Burgebrach, Ebrach, and Lisberg ''[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaften]]'')
* [[Forchheim (district)|Forchheim]] district (only [[Eggolsheim]], [[Forchheim]], [[Hallerndorf]], [[Hausen, Upper Franconia|Hausen]], [[Heroldsbach]], [[Igensdorf]], [[Langensendelbach]], and [[Neunkirchen am Brand]] municipalities and Dormitz, Effeltrich, Gosberg, and Kirchehrenbach ''[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaften]]'')
|-
! [[2005 German federal election|2005]]
|-
! [[2009 German federal election|2009]]
| rowspan=4| 236
|-
! [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
|-
! [[2017 German federal election|2017]]
|-
! [[2021 German federal election|2021]]
|}

==Members==
The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by [[Emil Kemmer]] from 1949 to 1965, followed by [[Paul Röhner]] from 1965 to 1983. [[Gerhard Scheu]] was then representative from 1983 to 2002. Thomas Silberhorn was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

{| class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election
! Member
! Party
! %
|-
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}}|
| [[1949 West German federal election|1949]]
| rowspan=4| [[Emil Kemmer]]
| rowspan=4| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
| align=right| 33.0
|-
| [[1953 West German federal election|1953]]
| align=right| 54.4
|-
| [[1957 West German federal election|1957]]
| align=right| 63.1
|-
| [[1961 West German federal election|1961]]
| align=right| 62.7
|-
| rowspan=5 bgcolor={{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}}|
| [[1965 West German federal election|1965]]
| rowspan=5| [[Paul Röhner]]
| rowspan=5| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
| align=right| 63.0
|-
| [[1969 West German federal election|1969]]
| align=right| 64.5
|-
| [[1972 West German federal election|1972]]
| align=right| 65.2
|-
| [[1976 West German federal election|1976]]
| align=right| 68.4
|-
| [[1980 West German federal election|1980]]
| align=right| 66.7
|-
| rowspan=5 bgcolor={{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}}|
| [[1983 West German federal election|1983]]
| rowspan=5| [[Gerhard Scheu]]
| rowspan=5| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
| align=right| 67.3
|-
| [[1987 West German federal election|1987]]
| align=right| 64.0
|-
| [[1990 German federal election|1990]]
| align=right| 59.3
|-
| [[1994 German federal election|1994]]
| align=right| 56.8
|-
| [[1998 German federal election|1998]]
| align=right| 54.6
|-
| rowspan=5 bgcolor={{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}}|
| [[2002 German federal election|2002]]
| rowspan=5| [[Thomas Silberhorn]]
| rowspan=5| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
| align=right| 60.7
|-
| [[2005 German federal election|2005]]
| align=right| 57.4
|-
| [[2009 German federal election|2009]]
| align=right| 49.1
|-
| [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| align=right| 52.2
|-
| [[2017 German federal election|2017]]
| align=right| 42.1
|}

==Election results==
===2017 election===
{{MMP election box begin
|title=[[2017 German federal election|Federal election (2017)]]: Bamberg<ref>[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-236.html Results for Bamberg]</ref>
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = [[Thomas Silberhorn]]
|votes = 60,675
|percentage = 42.1
|change = {{decrease}} 10.1
|party votes = 56,138
|party percent = 38.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = [[Andreas Schwarz]]
|votes = 29,475
|percentage = 20.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 22,529
|party percent = 15.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 4.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Jan Schiffers
|votes = 16,603
|percentage = 11.5
|change = {{increase}} 8.2
|party votes = 18,392
|party percent = 12.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = [[Lisa Badum]]
|votes = 13,194
|percentage = 9.2
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
|party votes = 14,279
|party percent = 9.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Sebastian Körber
|votes = 9,364
|percentage = 6.5
|change = {{increase}} 3.1
|party votes = 13,776
|party percent = 9.5
|party change = {{increase}} 4.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = David Klanke
|votes = 7,504
|percentage = 5.2
|change = {{increase}} 1.7
|party votes = 9,351
|party percent = 6.5
|party change = {{increase}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Daniela Saiko
|votes = 4,203
|percentage = 2.9
|change = {{increase}} 0.1
|party votes = 3,425
|party percent = 2.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,305
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,303
|party percent = 0.9
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Lucas Büchner
|votes = 1,942
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
|party votes = 947
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bavaria Party
|candidate = Thomas Dotzler
|votes = 821
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
|party votes = 622
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 566
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 480
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 285
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[V-Partei3|V-Partei³]]
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 246
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Democracy in Motion|DiB]]
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 234
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 204
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Partei für Gesundheitsforschung|Gesundheitsforschung]]
|color = black
|party votes = 188
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|candidate = Therese Gmelch
|votes = 352
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
|party votes = 110
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität|BüSo]]
|party votes = 25
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 16
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,089
|party votes = 801
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 144,133
|party votes = 144,421
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 145,222
|percentage = 79.6
|change = {{increase}} 9.1
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 31,200
|percent = 21.7
|change = {{decrease}} 7.6
}}

===2013 election===
{{MMP election box begin
|title=[[2013 German federal election|Federal election (2013)]]: Bamberg<ref>[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-236.html Results for Bamberg]</ref>
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = [[Thomas Silberhorn]]
|votes = 65,723
|percentage = 52.2
|change = {{increase}} 3.2
|party votes = 61,546
|party percent = 48.9
|party change = {{increase}} 4.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = [[Andreas Schwarz]]
|votes = 28,794
|percentage = 22.9
|change = {{increase}} 2.4
|party votes = 24,924
|party percent = 19.8
|party change = {{increase}} 4.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Wolfgang Grader
|votes = 10,283
|percentage = 8.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
|party votes = 11,267
|party percent = 8.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Wolfgang Böhme
|votes = 4,365
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 2.5
|party votes = 5,143
|party percent = 4.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Sebastian Körber
|votes = 4,252
|percentage = 3.4
|change = {{decrease}} 7.3
|party votes = 6,073
|party percent = 4.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Franz Hermann Eibl
|votes = 4,222
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
|party votes = 5,211
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Peter Korbinian Dorscht
|votes = 3,549
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
|party votes = 3,559
|party percent = 2.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Robert Streng
|votes = 3,025
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
|party votes = 2,905
|party percent = 2.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Sven Diem
|votes = 1,661
|percentage = 1.3
|change = {{decrease}} 0.2
|party votes = 1,619
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 964
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 792
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 586
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bavaria Party
|party votes = 570
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Feminist Party of Germany|DIE FRAUEN]]
|party votes = 319
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[The Violets (political party)|DIE VIOLETTEN]]
|color = #EE82EE
|party votes = 139
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Party of Reason]]
|color = #005488
|party votes = 131
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Pro Germany Citizens' Movement|PRO]]
|party votes = 82
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 60
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 40
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität|BüSo]]
|party votes = 19
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 995
|party votes = 920
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 125,874
|party votes = 125,949
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 126,869
|percentage = 70.5
|change = {{decrease}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 36,929
|percent = 29.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}

===2009 election===
{{MMP election box begin
|title=[[2009 German federal election|Federal election (2009)]]: Bamberg<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617074534/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l09/wk236/ Results for Bamberg]</ref>
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = [[Thomas Silberhorn]]
|votes = 62,548
|percentage = 49.1
|change = {{decrease}} 8.3
|party votes = 57,433
|party percent = 44.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Andreas Schwarz
|votes = 26,044
|percentage = 20.4
|change = {{decrease}} 3.4
|party votes = 19,553
|party percent = 15.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Sebastian Körber
|votes = 13,590
|percentage = 10.7
|change = {{increase}} 5.3
|party votes = 17,523
|party percent = 13.7
|party change = {{increase}} 4.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Lisa Badum
|votes = 11,726
|percentage = 9.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.1
|party votes = 13,512
|party percent = 10.6
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Heinrich Schwimmbeck
|votes = 7,601
|percentage = 6.0
|change =
|party votes = 8,316
|party percent = 6.5
|party change = {{increase}} 3.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 3,041
|party percent = 2.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|candidate = Joseph Lorenz
|votes = 2,213
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
|party votes = 1,937
|party percent = 1.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Axel Michaelis
|votes = 1,899
|percentage = 1.5
|change = {{decrease}} 1.7
|party votes = 1,759
|party percent = 1.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Family Party of Germany|FAMILIE]]
|color = orange
|party votes = 1,061
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 790
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bavaria Party
|candidate = Thomas Dotzler
|votes = 1,562
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
|party votes = 770
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 754
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 714
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Monika Lamprecht
|votes = 303
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[The Violets (political party)|DIE VIOLETTEN]]
|color = #EE82EE
|party votes = 244
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PBC
|party votes = 188
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Christian Centre|CM]]
|color = #00BFFF
|party votes = 138
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 58
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 55
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = [[Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität|BüSo]]
|party votes = 33
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,563
|party votes = 1,170
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 127,486
|party votes = 127,879
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 129,049
|percentage = 72.8
|change = {{decrease}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 36,504
|percent = 28.7
|change = {{decrease}} 4.9
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


{{Electoral districts of Bavaria}}
{{Electoral districts of Bavaria}}

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[[Category:Federal electoral districts in Bavaria]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in West Germany]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1949]]
[[Category:Bamberg]]
[[Category:Bamberg]]
[[Category:Bamberg (district)]]
[[Category:Forchheim (district)]]

Revision as of 07:00, 19 January 2021

236 Bamberg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bamberg in 2017
StateBavaria
Population234,300 (2015)
Electorate182,513 (2017)
Major settlementsBamberg
Forchheim
Stegaurach
Area1,003.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberThomas Silberhorn
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Bamberg 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 236. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bamberg, the southern part of the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the western part of the Forchheim district.[1]

Bamberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Thomas Silberhorn of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Bamberg is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bamberg, the municipalities of Altendorf, Buttenheim, Frensdorf, Hallstadt, Hirschaid, Pettstadt, Pommersfelden, Schlüsselfeld, Stegaurach, Strullendorf, and Walsdorf and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burgebrach, Ebrach, and Lisberg from the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the municipalities of Eggolsheim, Forchheim, Hallerndorf, Hausen, Heroldsbach, Igensdorf, Langensendelbach, and Neunkirchen am Brand and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Dormitz, Effeltrich, Gosberg, and Kirchehrenbach from the Forchheim district.[1]

History

Bamberg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 24 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 219. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 222. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 237. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 236.

Originally, the constituency comprised the the independent city of Bamberg and the districts of Landkreis Bamberg and Staffelstein. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Höchstadt an der Aisch district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bamberg, southern parts of the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the Forchheim district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 24 Bambegr
1953 219
1957
1961
1965 222
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 237
2005
2009 236
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Emil Kemmer from 1949 to 1965, followed by Paul Röhner from 1965 to 1983. Gerhard Scheu was then representative from 1983 to 2002. Thomas Silberhorn was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election Member Party %
rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1949 Emil Kemmer CSU 33.0
1953 54.4
1957 63.1
1961 62.7
rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1965 Paul Röhner CSU 63.0
1969 64.5
1972 65.2
1976 68.4
1980 66.7
rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 1983 Gerhard Scheu CSU 67.3
1987 64.0
1990 59.3
1994 56.8
1998 54.6
rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| 2002 Thomas Silberhorn CSU 60.7
2005 57.4
2009 49.1
2013 52.2
2017 42.1

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bamberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CSU Green tickY Thomas Silberhorn 60,675 42.1 Decrease 10.1 56,138 38.9 Decrease 10.0
SPD Andreas Schwarz 29,475 20.4 Decrease 2.4 22,529 15.6 Decrease 4.2
AfD Jan Schiffers 16,603 11.5 Increase 8.2 18,392 12.7 Decrease 8.6
Greens Lisa Badum 13,194 9.2 Increase 1.0 14,279 9.9 Increase 0.9
FDP Sebastian Körber 9,364 6.5 Increase 3.1 13,776 9.5 Increase 4.7
Left David Klanke 7,504 5.2 Increase 1.7 9,351 6.5 Increase 2.4
FW Daniela Saiko 4,203 2.9 Increase 0.1 3,425 2.4 Decrease 0.5
Tierschutzpartei   1,305 0.9 Increase 0.1
PARTEI   1,303 0.9
ÖDP Lucas Büchner 1,942 1.3 947 0.7 Steady 0.0
BP Thomas Dotzler 821 0.6 622 0.4 Steady 0.0
The Homeland   566 0.4 Decrease 0.9
Pirates   480 0.3 Decrease 2.0
DM 285 0.2
V-Partei³ 246 0.2
DiB 234 0.2
BGE   204 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 188 0.1
MLPD Therese Gmelch 352 0.2 110 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 25 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   16 0.0
Informal votes 1,089 801
Total valid votes 144,133 144,421
Turnout 145,222 79.6 Increase 9.1
CSU hold Majority 31,200 21.7 Decrease 7.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bamberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CSU Green tickY Thomas Silberhorn 65,723 52.2 Increase 3.2 61,546 48.9 Increase 4.0
SPD Andreas Schwarz 28,794 22.9 Increase 2.4 24,924 19.8 Increase 4.5
Greens Wolfgang Grader 10,283 8.2 Decrease 1.0 11,267 8.9 Decrease 1.6
Left Wolfgang Böhme 4,365 3.5 Decrease 2.5 5,143 4.1 Decrease 2.4
FDP Sebastian Körber 4,252 3.4 Decrease 7.3 6,073 4.8 Decrease 8.9
AfD Franz Hermann Eibl 4,222 3.4 5,211 4.1
FW Peter Korbinian Dorscht 3,549 2.8 3,559 2.8
Pirates Robert Streng 3,025 2.4 2,905 2.3 Decrease 0.1
The Homeland Sven Diem 1,661 1.3 Decrease 0.2 1,619 1.3 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   964 0.8 Increase 0.1
ÖDP   792 0.6 Steady 0.0
REP   586 0.5 Decrease 1.0
BP   570 0.5 Decrease 0.1
DIE FRAUEN 319 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 139 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Party of Reason 131 0.1
PRO 82 0.1
MLPD   60 0.0 Steady 0.0
RRP 40 0.0 Decrease 0.5
BüSo 19 0.0 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 995 920
Total valid votes 125,874 125,949
Turnout 126,869 70.5 Decrease 2.3
CSU hold Majority 36,929 29.3 Increase 0.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bamberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CSU Green tickY Thomas Silberhorn 62,548 49.1 Decrease 8.3 57,433 44.9 Decrease 5.6
SPD Andreas Schwarz 26,044 20.4 Decrease 3.4 19,553 15.3 Decrease 8.5
FDP Sebastian Körber 13,590 10.7 Increase 5.3 17,523 13.7 Increase 4.6
Greens Lisa Badum 11,726 9.2 Decrease 1.1 13,512 10.6 Increase 2.8
Left Heinrich Schwimmbeck 7,601 6.0 8,316 6.5 Increase 3.0
Pirates   3,041 2.4
REP Joseph Lorenz 2,213 1.7 1,937 1.5 Decrease 0.2
The Homeland Axel Michaelis 1,899 1.5 Decrease 1.7 1,759 1.4 Decrease 0.3
FAMILIE 1,061 0.8 Increase 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   790 0.6
BP Thomas Dotzler 1,562 1.2 770 0.6 Increase 0.2
ÖDP   754 0.6
RRP 714 0.6
Independent Monika Lamprecht 303 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 244 0.2
PBC 188 0.1 Decrease 0.1
CM 138 0.1
MLPD   58 0.0 Steady 0.0
DVU   55 0.0
BüSo 33 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,563 1,170
Total valid votes 127,486 127,879
Turnout 129,049 72.8 Decrease 5.5
CSU hold Majority 36,504 28.7 Decrease 4.9

References

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