Hof (electoral district)

238 Hof
238 Hof
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Hof in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	210,600 (2019)
Electorate	157,915 (2025)
Major settlements	Hof; Marktredwitz; Selb
Area	1,541.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Heiko Hain
Elected	2025

StateBavaria

Population210,600 (2019)

Electorate157,915 (2025)

Major settlementsHof
Marktredwitz
Selb

Hof 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 238. It is located in northeastern Bavaria, comprising the city of Hof and the districts of Landkreis Hof and Wunsiedel.^[1]

Hof was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Heiko Hain of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	28	Hof	Hof city Selb city Landkreis Hof district Münchberg district Rehau district
1953	223
1957
1961
1965	225		Hof city Selb city Landkreis Hof district Münchberg district Rehau district Naila district
1969
1972
1976			Hof city Landkreis Hof district Wunsiedel district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	240
2005	240
2009	239
2013
2017			Hof city Landkreis Hof district (excluding Geroldsgrün municipality) Wunsiedel district
2021
2025	238

	Member	Party	%
1949	Arno Behrisch	SPD	35.0
1953	Heinz Starke	FDP	44.6
1957	Gerhard Wacher	CSU	46.5
1961	Martin Hirsch	SPD	44.0
1965			46.8
1969			45.8
1972	Hans Büchler	SPD	52.0
1976			48.7
1980			48.3
1983	Jürgen Warnke	CSU	54.2
1987			51.5
1990			52.1
1994			50.4
1998	Petra Ernstberger	SPD	49.5
2002	Hans-Peter Friedrich	CSU	53.6
2005			50.1
2009			46.5
2013			55.1
2017			47.0
2021			41.2
2025	Heiko Hain	CSU	40.4

Federal election (2025): Hof^[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	Heiko Hain		51,926	40.4	0.9	48,966	38.0	4.8
	AfD	Oliver Koller		30,614	23.8	12.0	31,308	24.3	12.6
	SPD	Jörg Mathias Nürnberger		22,966	17.8	6.1	17,420	13.5	10.9
	Greens	Dr. Harald Jürgen Schmalfuß		6,392	5.0	1.4	7,802	6.0	1.7
	FW	Thomas Schinner		6,174	4.8	1.0	4,773	3.7	2.7
	BSW						4,622	3.6
	Left	Janson Damasceno da Costa e Silva		5,790	4.5	2.4	6,848	5.3	2.9
	FDP	Stefan Heindl		3,165	2.5	2.8	4,031	3.1	5.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,173	0.9	0.5
	Volt	Manuel Jahn		997	0.8		547	0.4	0.3
	PARTEI						439	0.3	0.7
	dieBasis						382	0.3	0.8
	ÖDP						236	0.2	0.1
	BD	Michael Angles		638	0.5		219	0.2
	BP						130	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						81	0.1
	MLPD						23	0.0
Informal votes				790			452
Total valid votes				128,662			129,000
Turnout				129,452	82.0	5.0
	CSU hold		Majority	21,312	16.6	0.7

Federal election (2021): Hof^[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 Hans-Peter Friedrich		51,312	41.2	5.8	41,308	33.2	5.6
	SPD	Jörg Nürnberger		29,763	23.9	0.4	30,426	24.4	2.3
	AfD	Gerd Kögler		14,705	11.8	0.0	14,560	11.7	1.5
	Greens	Ralf Reusch		7,941	6.4	1.7	9,628	7.7	2.2
	FW	Thomas Schinner		7,202	5.8	3.1	7,955	6.4	3.8
	FDP	Gabriel Wölfel		6,493	5.2	1.5	10,552	8.5	0.6
	Left	Janson Damasceno da Costa e Silva		2,651	2.1	2.3	3,004	2.4	3.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,780	1.4	0.4
	PARTEI	Steffen Pokorny		1,969	1.6	0.6	1,268	1.0	0.0
	dieBasis	Walter Kunisch		1,498	1.2		1,339	1.1
	Team Todenhöfer						399	0.3
	Pirates						374	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP	Roland Müller		508	0.4		318	0.3	0.0
	BP						295	0.2	0.0
	Bündnis C	Verena Thümmel		314	0.3	0.0	255	0.2
	Unabhängige						228	0.2
	NPD						172	0.1	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						164	0.1	0.0
	Volt						115	0.1
	The III. Path						109	0.1
	Humanists						106	0.1
	Independent	Martin Löhnert		99	0.1
	V-Partei3						80	0.1	0.1
	du.						63	0.0
	LKR						30	0.0
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				879			775
Total valid votes				124,455			124,559
Turnout				125,334	77.0	1.2
	CSU hold		Majority	21,549	17.3	6.2

Federal election (2017): Hof^[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 Hans-Peter Friedrich		59,182	47.0	8.1	48,772	38.8	8.1
	SPD	Jörg Nürnberger		29,641	23.6	5.0	27,775	22.1	4.5
	AfD	Michael Wüst		14,893	11.8	8.3	16,605	13.2	8.8
	Greens	Klaus Schrader		5,936	4.7	0.8	6,989	5.6	0.2
	Left	Ulrike-Judith Dierkes-Morsy		5,560	4.4	0.1	7,185	5.7	0.9
	FDP	Klaus Horn		4,716	3.7	2.4	9,890	7.9	4.1
	FW	Hans Martin Grötsch		3,362	2.7		3,301	2.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,284	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI	Carsten Warnke		1,253	1.0		1,260	1.0
	NPD						565	0.4	0.8
	Pirates			957	0.8		498	0.4	1.5
	ÖDP						381	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C	Verena Thümmel		358	0.3
	BP						343	0.3	0.2
	V-Partei³						197	0.2
	BGE						184	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						176	0.1
	DM						172	0.1
	DiB						147	0.1
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						18	0.0	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0
Informal votes				1,060			1,126
Total valid votes				125,858			125,792
Turnout				126,918	75.7	7.7
	CSU hold		Majority	29,541	23.4	3.1

Hof (electoral district)

History

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2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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238 Hof
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Hof in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	210,600 (2019)
Electorate	157,915 (2025)
Major settlements	Hof Marktredwitz Selb
Area	1,541.3 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Heiko Hain
Elected	2025

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