Bayreuth (electoral district)

236 Bayreuth
236 Bayreuth
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Bayreuth in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	206,600 (2019)
Electorate	158,660 (2025)
Major settlements	Bayreuth; Pegnitz; Pottenstein
Area	1,648.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Silke Launert
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

StateBavaria

Population206,600 (2019)

Electorate158,660 (2025)

Major settlementsBayreuth
Pegnitz
Pottenstein

Bayreuth 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 Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the eastern part of the Forchheim district.^[1]

Bayreuth was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Silke Launert of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	25	Bayreuth	Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district
1953	220
1957
1961
1965	223		Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district Pegnitz district
1969
1972
1976			Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	238		Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2005	238
2009	237
2013
2017
2021
2025	236

	Member	Party	%
1949	Matthäus Herrmann [de]	SPD	39.7
1953	Herbert Hauffe [de]	SPD	40.0
1957	Albrecht Schlee [de]	CSU	43.7
1961	Herbert Hauffe [de]	SPD	43.1
1965	Albrecht Schlee [de]	CSU	48.0
1969	Albrecht Schlee [de]	CSU	46.4
1972	Richard Müller [de]	SPD	48.6
1976	Heinz Starke	CSU	55.1
1980	Ortwin Lowack [de]	CSU	55.6
1983			61.6
1987			57.3
1990			54.9
1994	Hartmut Koschyk	CSU	46.0
1998			50.6
2002			60.7
2005			56.1
2009			50.9
2013			55.9
2017	Silke Launert	CSU	46.5
2021			42.4
2025			44.5

Federal election (2025): Bayreuth^[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	Silke Launert		59,366	44.5	2.0	51,467	38.5	4.4
	AfD	Tobias Matthias Peterka		25,068	18.8	10.4	26,682	20.0	10.9
	SPD	Anette Kramme		19,068	14.3	5.1	16,404	12.3	8.4
	Greens	Inken Bößert		11,000	8.2	2.7	13,155	9.8	2.3
	FW	Thomas Robert Schmid		6,741	5.1	1.0	5,969	4.5	2.4
	Left	Jannick Metz		6,113	4.6	2.6	7,605	5.7	3.1
	FDP	Thomas Hacker		3,728	2.8	4.4	4,987	3.7	5.6
	BSW						3,973	3.0
	APT						1,043	0.8	0.2
	Volt	Maximilian Markus Peter Diepold		1,398	1.0		845	0.6	0.4
	dieBasis	Erich Vornberger		984	0.7	0.8	473	0.4	0.9
	PARTEI						441	0.3	0.4
	ÖDP						314	0.2	0.2
	BP						112	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						95	0.1
	BD						94	0.1
	MLPD						22	0.0
Informal votes				614			399
Total valid votes				133,466			133,681
Turnout				134,080	84.5	5.0
	CSU hold		Majority	34,298	25.7	2.7

Federal election (2021): Bayreuth^[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 Silke Launert		54,465	42.4	4.1	43,768	34.1	7.9
	SPD	Anette Kramme		24,840	19.4	1.9	26,584	20.7	2.3
	Greens	Susanne Bauer		14,064	11.0	3.9	15,647	12.2	4.3
	AfD	Tobias Peterka		10,777	8.4	1.0	11,636	9.1	1.7
	FDP	Thomas Hacker		9,182	7.2	0.5	12,020	9.4	0.4
	FW	Corey Dressendörfer		7,754	6.0	2.5	8,857	6.9	4.2
	Left	Sven Schröder		2,577	2.0	2.3	3,294	2.6	3.0
	dieBasis	Markus Engel		2,028	1.6		1,642	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,306	1.0	0.2
	PARTEI	Florens Weiß		1,709	1.3	0.0	988	0.8	0.2
	ÖDP	Dominic Hopp		934	0.7		516	0.4	0.0
	Pirates						368	0.3	0.0
	Volt						321	0.3
	BP						269	0.2	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						241	0.2
	Unabhängige						210	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						166	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						142	0.1
	Humanists						131	0.1
	V-Partei3						120	0.1	0.2
	NPD						101	0.1	0.2
	The III. Path						82	0.1
	du.						71	0.1
	LKR						19	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				806			606
Total valid votes				128,330			128,530
Turnout				129,136	79.5	1.9
	CSU hold		Majority	29,625	23.0	2.2

Federal election (2017): Bayreuth^[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	Silke Launert		58,665	46.5	9.4	53,063	41.9	7.6
	SPD	Anette Kramme		26,785	21.2	4.4	23,198	18.3	4.9
	AfD	Tobias Peterka		11,845	9.4	6.3	13,566	10.7	6.9
	Greens	Susanne Bauer		8,936	7.1	0.8	9,994	7.9	1.1
	FDP	Thomas Hacker		8,368	6.6	3.9	11,369	9.0	4.2
	Left	Sebastian Sommerer		5,476	4.3	1.5	7,022	5.5	2.3
	FW	Thomas Mainusch		4,434	3.5		3,441	2.7	0.4
	PARTEI	Wolfgang Karl		1,662	1.3		1,194	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,015	0.8	0.1
	ÖDP						532	0.4	0.1
	NPD						386	0.3	0.7
	Pirates						373	0.3	1.6
	BP						347	0.3	0.1
	V-Partei³						318	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						189	0.1
	DM						177	0.1
	DiB						156	0.1
	BGE						138	0.1
	MLPD						24	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	BüSo						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,051			693
Total valid votes				126,171			126,529
Turnout				127,222	77.6	7.4
	CSU hold		Majority	31,880	25.3	5.0

Bayreuth (electoral district)

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236 Bayreuth
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Bayreuth in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	206,600 (2019)
Electorate	158,660 (2025)
Major settlements	Bayreuth Pegnitz Pottenstein
Area	1,648.0 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Silke Launert
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

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