Weilheim (electoral district)

225 Weilheim
225 Weilheim
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Weilheim in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	223,900 (2019)
Electorate	168,473 (2021)
Major settlements	Weilheim in Oberbayern; Penzberg; Schongau
Area	1,978.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Alexander Dobrindt
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Population223,900 (2019)

Electorate168,473 (2021)

Weilheim 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 225. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau.^[1]

Weilheim was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	12	Weilheim	Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district
1953	207
1957
1961
1965	212
1969
1972
1976			Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district
1980			Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	227
2005	227
2009	226
2013
2017			Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district
2021
2025	225

Federal election (2025): Weilheim^[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 Alexander Dobrindt		65.407	45.8	3.9	59,685	41.6	6.5
	AfD	Gerrit Huy		22.082	15.5	8.4	24,240	16.9	9.0
	Greens	Christian King		18,129	12.7	0.8	17,098	11.9	1.5
	SPD	Clemens Meikis		13,488	9.4	5.0	13,888	9.7	4.8
	Left	Robert Wilska		5,698	4.0	2.0	6,870	4.8	2.5
	FDP	Jürgen Speer		6,356	4.4	1.8	6,760	4.7	5.7
	FW	Michael Marksteiner		8,023	5.6	1.8	6,333	4.4	3.9
	ÖDP	Gwendolin Simple		2,331	1.6	1.4	963	0.7	0.6
	Volt	Joachim Nibbe		1,400	1.0	0.6	692	0.5	0.2
	dieBasis					3.1	587	0.4	2.3
	BP					1.8	301	0.2	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,012	0.7	0.3
	PARTEI						667	0.5	0.2
	Pirates								0.3
	BSW						4,016	2.8
	Team Todenhöfer								0.2
	Unabhängige								0.5
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.01
	Bündnis C								0.1
	Humanists						82	0.1	0.0
	BD						118	0.1
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				801			388
Total valid votes				142,914			143,327
Turnout				143,715	85.4	3.5
	CSU hold		Majority			3.5

Federal election (2021): Weilheim^[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 Alexander Dobrindt		57,179	41.9	6.1	48,178	35.1	7.7
	SPD	Sigrid Meierhofer		19,682	14.4	0.4	19,927	14.5	3.0
	Greens	Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski		16,300	11.9	2.9	18,397	13.4	3.9
	FW	Arnold-Günther Reuss		10,100	7.4		11,462	8.4	6.2
	AfD	Gerrit Huy		9,686	7.1	3.0	10,873	7.9	4.2
	FDP	Karl Sielmann		8,553	6.3	0.8	14,311	10.4	0.0
	dieBasis	Juina Wessel		4,301	3.1		3,717	2.7
	ÖDP	Maiken Winter		4,205	3.1	0.4	1,737	1.3	0.3
	Left	Rolf Walther		2,718	2.0	2.7	3,124	2.3	3.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,316	1.0	0.1
	BP	Johann Gattinger		2,405	1.8	1.1	1,229	0.9	0.8
	Independent	Ricard Ryssel		966	0.7
	PARTEI						905	0.7	0.1
	Pirates						375	0.3	0.0
	Volt	Werner Knigge		500	0.4		339	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						296	0.2
	Unabhängige						256	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						136	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						120	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						85	0.1
	Humanists						83	0.1
	du.						76	0.1
	NPD						67	0.0	0.1
	The III. Path						61	0.0
	DKP						48	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,444			879
Total valid votes				136,595			137,160
Turnout				138,039	81.9	1.6
	CSU hold		Majority	37,497	27.5	5.7

Federal election (2017): Weilheim^[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 Alexander Dobrindt		63,784	47.9	9.5	57,254	42.9	9.9
	SPD	Enrico Corongiu		19,722	14.8	1.6	15,402	11.5	3.7
	AfD	Edeltraud Schwarz		13,383	10.1		16,145	12.1	6.5
	Greens	Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann		12,066	9.1	1.5	12,753	9.5	1.7
	FDP	Karl-Martin Schröter		9,370	7.0	3.9	13,909	10.4	5.2
	Left	Reinhard Böttger		6,229	4.7	1.9	7,214	5.4	2.4
	FW						2,876	2.2	0.6
	ÖDP	Maiken Winter		4,629	3.5	0.9	2,145	1.6	0.2
	BP	Siegfried Seelos		3,855	2.9	0.7	2,225	1.7	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,186	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						724	0.5
	Pirates						352	0.3	1.2
	DM						292	0.2
	V-Partei³						260	0.2
	NPD						227	0.2	0.4
	DiB						204	0.2
	BGE						186	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						162	0.1
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	BüSo						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,295			766
Total valid votes				133,038			133,567
Turnout				134,333	80.4	8.3
	CSU hold		Majority	44,602	33.1	7.6

History

225 Weilheim
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Weilheim in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	223,900 (2019)
Electorate	168,473 (2021)
Major settlements	Weilheim in Oberbayern Penzberg Schongau
Area	1,978.5 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Alexander Dobrindt
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany