Schwandorf (electoral district)

233 Schwandorf
233 Schwandorf
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Schwandorf in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	282,800 (2019)
Electorate	222,424 (2021)
Major settlements	Schwandorf; Cham; Burglengenfeld
Area	3,067.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Martina Englhardt-Kopf
Elected	2021, 2025

StateBavaria

Population282,800 (2019)

Electorate222,424 (2021)

Major settlementsSchwandorf
Cham
Burglengenfeld

Schwandorf 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 233. It is located in eastern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Cham and Schwandorf.^[1]

Schwandorf was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Martina Englhardt-Kopf of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	20	Burglengenfeld	Schwandorf city Burglengenfeld district Roding district Beilngries district Parsberg district Riedenburg district
1953	215
1957
1961
1965	219		Schwandorf city Cham district Burglengenfeld district Nabburg district Oberviechtach district Roding district Waldmünchen district Vohenstrauß district Neunburg vorm Wald district
1969
1972
1976	220	Schwandorf	Cham district Schwandorf district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	235
2005	235
2009	234
2013
2017
2021			Cham district Schwandorf district Landkreis Regensburg district (only Wörth a.d.Donau Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
2025	233

	Member	Party	%
1949	Karl Kahn [de]	CSU	37.0
1953	Karl Kahn [de]	CSU	60.4
1957	Hans Drachsler	CSU	66.4
1961	Hans Drachsler	CSU	67.2
1965	Alois Niederalt [de]	CSU	68.4
1969	Dionys Jobst [de]	CSU	65.1
1972			64.7
1976			66.5
1980			65.6
1983			65.3
1987			55.9
1990			58.9
1994			54.5
1998	Klaus Hofbauer [de]	CSU	53.8
2002			66.9
2005			58.1
2009	Karl Holmeier	CSU	51.3
2013			57.7
2017			48.5
2021	Martina Englhardt-Kopf	CSU	35.1
2025	Martina Englhardt-Kopf	CSU	42.2

Federal election (2025): Schwandorf^[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 Martina Englhardt-Kopf		77,716	42.2	7.1	72,443	39.3	5.1
	AfD	Reinhard Wilhelm Mixl		49,700	27.0	13.7	51,974	28.2	14.7
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		25,536	13.9	8.9	17,112	9.3	8.6
	FW	Fabian Georg Schmid		13,593	7.4	8.4	14,477	7.8	6.6
	Greens	Tina Winklmann		7,512	4.1	0.5	9,172	5.0	1.4
	Left	Tobias Mainka		4,913	2.7	0.9	6,052	3.3	1.3
	FDP	Ileana-Valeria Pößl		3,426	1.9	2.4	4,927	2.7	4.6
	BSW						4,543	2.5
	APT						1,061	0.6	0.3
	ÖDP	Bianca Heistrüvers		1,233	0.7	0.3	681	0.4	0.2
	dieBasis						509	0.3	0.6
	Volt						483	0.3	0.2
	PARTEI						423	0.2	0.2
	BP						336	0.2	0.3
	BD	Armin Arnold Bachl		520	0.3		206	0.1
	Humanists						79	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0
Informal votes				915			557
Total valid votes				184,149			184,507
Turnout				185,064	83.8	5.1
	CSU hold		Majority	28,016	15.2	2.9

Federal election (2021): Schwandorf^[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	Martina Englhardt-Kopf		60,924	35.1	13.2	59,430	34.1	7.3
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		39,615	22.8	1.1	31,209	17.9	1.8
	FW	Christian Schindler		27,381	15.8	6.0	25,114	14.4	9.2
	AfD	Wolfgang Pöschl		23,142	13.3	13.0	23,508	13.5	3.9
	Greens	Tina Winklmann		7,934	4.6	0.7	11,179	6.4	1.9
	FDP	Ines Tegtmeier		7,341	4.2	0.5	12,650	7.3	0.7
	Left	Manfred Preischl		3,043	1.8	3.2	3,394	1.9	2.6
	dieBasis	Andreas Duschinger		1,846	1.1		1,538	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,494	0.9	0.1
	ÖDP	Sönke Siebold		1,747	1.0	1.3	1,034	0.6	0.3
	BP						877	0.5	0.5
	PARTEI						782	0.4	0.1
	Pirates						368	0.2	0.1
	Unabhängige						253	0.1
	Volt						181	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						174	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3	Constanze Beck		515	0.3		165	0.1	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						161	0.1
	NPD						161	0.1	0.3
	The III. Path						101	0.1
	Humanists						98	0.1
	Bündnis C						91	0.1
	LKR	Thomas Faltermeier		267	0.2		83	0.0
	du.						77	0.0
	DKP						13	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,202			812
Total valid votes				173,755			174,145
Turnout				174,957	78.7	3.5
	CSU hold		Majority	21,309	12.3	12.0

Federal election (2017): Schwandorf^[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 Karl Holmeier		77,092	48.5	9.2	66,827	41.4	13.3
	AfD						28,006	17.4	10.1
	SPD	Marianne Schieder		38,461	24.2	0.6	26,122	16.2	3.2
	FW	Frank Aumeier		15,496	9.7	5.1	8,278	5.1	0.2
	Left	Marius J. Brey		7,929	5.0	2.3	7,339	4.6	1.3
	FDP	Ines Tegtmeier		7,392	4.6	2.9	10,608	6.6	3.2
	Greens	Tina Winklmann		6,172	3.9	0.7	7,302	4.5	0.3
	ÖDP	Stefan Scheingraber		3,624	2.3	0.7	1,388	0.9	0.2
	Independent	Ewald Ehrl		2,920	1.8
	BP						1,592	1.0	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,280	0.8	0.1
	NPD						646	0.4	0.8
	PARTEI						594	0.4
	Pirates						444	0.3	1.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						195	0.1
	V-Partei³						191	0.1
	DM						162	0.1
	DiB						141	0.1
	BGE						104	0.1
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0
	BüSo						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,463			1,268
Total valid votes				159,086			161,281
Turnout				162,549	75.1	9.8
	CSU hold		Majority	38,631	24.3	8.6

Schwandorf (electoral district)

History

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2013 election

2009 election

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233 Schwandorf
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Schwandorf in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	282,800 (2019)
Electorate	222,424 (2021)
Major settlements	Schwandorf Cham Burglengenfeld
Area	3,067.9 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Martina Englhardt-Kopf
Elected	2021, 2025

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