Munich East (electoral district)

218 Munich East
electoral district for the Bundestag
Munich East in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	377,400 (2015)
Electorate	239,169 (2017)
Major settlements	Munich (partial)
Area	79.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Wolfgang Stefinger
Elected	2013, 2017

Munich East (German: München-Ost) 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 218. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the eastern part of the city of Munich.^[1]

Munich East was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Wolfgang Stefinger of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography[]

Munich East is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Altstadt-Lehel (1), Au-Haidhausen (5), Bogenhausen (13), Berg am Laim (14), Trudering-Riem (15), and Ramersdorf-Perlach (16) from the independent city of Munich.^[1]

History[]

Munich East was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 201. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 206. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 205. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 220. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 219. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 218.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Berg am Laim, Bogenhausen, Giesing, Haidhausen, Harlaching, Perlach, Ramersdorf, Riem, and Trudering. In the 1965 through 1990 elections, it lost the boroughs of Giesing and Harlaching while gaining the borough of Au. In the 1994 election, it lost the boroughs of Au and Haidhausen. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by Franz Marx of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served a single term. of the CSU then served from 1957 to 1961. Former member Marx won the constituency in 1961 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member from 1972 to 1976. Rudolf Kraus won the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1990. Herbert Frankenhauser of the CSU was then representative from 1990 to 2013. Wolfgang Stefinger of the CSU was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Munich East[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 Wolfgang Stefinger
	SPD	Claudia Tausend
	Green	Vaniessa Rashid
	AfD	Wilfried Biedermann
	FDP	Daniela Hauck
	Left	Julian Zieglmaier
	FW	Martin Blasi
	ÖDP	Rosa Marghescu
	Tierschutzpartei	Kathrin Schmid
	BP	Mario Gafus
	PARTEI	Oliver-Steve Skerlec
	Pirates
	NPD
	V-Partei³
	Gesundheitsforschung
	MLPD
	DKP
	dieBasis	Roland Görög
	Bündnis C	Horst-Jürgen Wodarz
	The III. Path
	du.
	LKR
	The Humanists
	Team Todenhöfer	Jürgen Todenhöfer
	UNABHÄNGIGE
	Volt	Lisa Meurer
	BüSo	Sabine Zuse
	Independent	Simon Klopstock
Informal votes
Total Valid votes
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] hold		Majority

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Munich East[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 Wolfgang Stefinger		68,255	36.8	7.9	58,483	31.4	8.1
	SPD	Claudia Tausend		39,621	21.3	7.4	29,744	16.0	7.3
	Green	Margarete Bause		28,278	15.2	5.0	29,866	16.0	3.1
	FDP	Manfred Krönauer		16,451	8.9	4.7	27,459	14.7	6.6
	AfD	Wilfried Biedermann		13,822	7.4		15,959	8.6	3.9
	Left	Brigitte Wolf		11,655	6.3	2.9	14,124	7.6	3.3
	FW	Rudolf Schabl		3,223	1.7	1.2	2,111	1.1	0.4
	PARTEI						1,576	0.8
	ÖDP	Glenn Giera		2,693	1.5	0.2	1,546	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,530	0.8	0.2
	BP	Richard Progl		1,390	0.7	0.5	942	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						787	0.4	1.8
	DiB						563	0.3
	BGE						366	0.2
	V-Partei³						355	0.2
	DM						262	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						159	0.1
	NPD						158	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						79	0.0	0.0
	DKP						56	0.0
	BüSo	Erich Kaisersberger		299	0.2	0.0	43	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,226			745
Total Valid votes				185,687			186,168
Turnout				186,913	78.2	6.8
	CSU hold		Majority	28,634	15.5	0.4

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Munich East[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	Wolfgang Stefinger		74,745	44.6	8.3	66,349	39.5	6.5
	SPD	Claudia Tausend		48,051	28.7	2.1	39,187	23.3	4.4
	Green	Ulrike Goldstein		17,100	10.2	2.7	21,719	12.9	3.3
	FDP	Manfred Krönauer		6,920	4.1	10.1	13,775	8.2	10.4
	AfD						7,807	4.6
	Left	Oguz Lüle		5,713	3.4	2.0	7,131	4.2	2.3
	FW	Stephanie Hentschel		4,978	3.0		2,600	1.5
	Pirates	Holger van Lengerich		3,757	2.2		3,814	2.3	0.1
	ÖDP	Klaus Buchner		2,702	1.6	0.3	1,575	0.9	0.2
	BP	Christa Philipp		2,080	1.2	0.3	1,235	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,124	0.7	0.0
	NPD	Karl Richter		1,145	0.7	0.1	621	0.4	0.2
	REP						297	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						210	0.1	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						206	0.1
	Party of Reason						146	0.1
	PRO						113	0.1
	RRP						47	0.0	0.8
	BüSo	Erich Kaisersberger		249	0.1	0.0	45	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,355			753
Total Valid votes				167,440			168,042
Turnout				168,795	71.4	2.4
	CSU hold		Majority	26,694	15.9	6.1

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Munich East[6]
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 Herbert Frankenhauser		61,412	36.4	7.0	55,854	33.0	5.5
	SPD	Claudia Tausend		44,917	26.6	9.7	32,109	19.0	9.6
	FDP	Rainer Stinner		24,022	14.2	6.7	31,531	18.6	5.6
	Green	Ulrike Goldstein		21,722	12.9	4.5	27,466	16.2	2.6
	Left	Nicole Gohlke		9,109	5.4	2.5	10,996	6.5	2.9
	Pirates						3,715	2.2
	ÖDP	Günther Hartmann		2,147	1.3		1,283	0.8
	RRP	Joachim Ullrich		1,616	1.0		1,358	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,099	0.6
	BP	Caroline Schwarz		1,574	0.9		1,079	0.6	0.3
	NPD	Walter Böhm		1,286	0.8	0.2	1,038	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Thomas Karcher		839	0.5
	FAMILIE						546	0.3	0.0
	REP						439	0.3	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						352	0.2
	BüSo	Martin Hennig		221	0.1	0.5	127	0.1	0.1
	PBC						106	0.1	0.0
	CM						83	0.0
	DVU						74	0.0
	MLPD						51	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,469			1,028
Total Valid votes				168,865			169,306
Turnout				170,334	73.7	3.9
	CSU hold		Majority	16,495	9.8	2.7

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