Munich West/Centre (electoral district)

220 Munich West/Centre
electoral district for the Bundestag
Munich West/Centre in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	370,000 (2015)
Electorate	241,282 (2017)
Major settlements	Munich (partial)
Area	90.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Stephan Pilsinger
Elected	2017

Munich West/Centre (German: München-West/Mitte) 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 220. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the western and central part of the city of Munich.^[1]

Munich West/Centre was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Stephan Pilsinger of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography[]

Munich West/Centre is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (2), Schwanthalerhöhe (8), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (9), Pasing-Obermenzing (21), Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied (22), Allach-Untermenzing (23), and Laim (25) from the independent city of Munich.^[1]

History[]

Munich West/Centre was created in 1949, then known as München-West. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 8 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 203. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 208. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 207. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 222. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 221. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 220.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Allach, Aubing, Laim, Langwied, Lochhausen, Neuhausen, Nymphenburg, Obermenzing, Pasing, Schwanthalerhöhe, and Untermenzing. In the 1965 election, it lost the borough of Neuhausen. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by Otto Graf of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served one term. Anton Besold of the CSU then served from 1957 to 1965. of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member from 1972 to 1976. Peter Schmidhuber won the constituency for the CSU in 1976 and served one term. He was succeeded by fellow CSU member Kurt Faltlhauser, who was representative from 1980 to 1998. Hans-Peter Uhl CSU then served from 1998 to 2017. Stephan Pilsinger of the CSU was elected in 2017.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Munich West/Centre[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 Stephan Pilsinger
	SPD	Seija Knorr-Köning
	Green	Dieter Janecek
	AfD	Paul Podolay
	FDP	Lukas Köhler
	Left	Nicole Gohlke
	FW	Andreas Staufenbiel
	ÖDP	Ben-Said Sharif Samani
	Tierschutzpartei	Susanne Wittmann
	BP
	PARTEI	Philipp Drabinski
	Pirates
	NPD
	V-Partei³	Angelika Selbmann
	Gesundheitsforschung
	MLPD
	DKP
	dieBasis	Claudia Roedel
	Bündnis C
	The III. Path
	du.	Pia Chojnacki
	LKR
	The Humanists
	Team Todenhöfer
	UNABHÄNGIGE
	Volt	Sophie Griesbacher
	BüSo	Werner Zuse
	Independent	Önder-Vedat Dönmez
	Independent	Oskar Sommerfeldt
Informal votes
Total Valid votes
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] hold		Majority

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Munich West/Centre[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	Stephan Pilsinger		64,014	33.3	9.2	57,322	29.8	7.2
	SPD	Bernhard Goodwin		44,283	23.1	5.5	30,617	15.9	7.8
	Green	Dieter Janecek		31,385	16.3	3.2	35,605	18.5	2.9
	FDP	Lukas Köhler		17,369	9.0	5.0	26,356	13.7	6.3
	Left	Dominik Lehmann		13,569	7.1	2.9	16,638	8.6	3.8
	AfD	Bernhard Zimniok		12,852	6.7		14,895	7.7	3.6
	FW	Ludwig Gebhard		3,450	1.8	0.3	1,956	1.0	0.4
	PARTEI						1,823	0.9
	ÖDP	Andreas Klauke		3,033	1.6	0.0	1,650	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,560	0.8	0.1
	BP	Norbert Seidl		1,690	0.9		1,073	0.6	0.0
	Pirates						797	0.4	2.1
	DiB						728	0.4
	BGE						417	0.2
	V-Partei³						388	0.2
	DM						266	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						179	0.1
	NPD						170	0.1	0.3
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		225	0.1	0.0	71	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Robert Mertel		207	0.1
	DKP						58	0.0
	MLPD						52	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,322			778
Total Valid votes				192,077			192,621
Turnout				193,399	80.2	7.4
	CSU hold		Majority	19,731	10.2	3.8

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Munich West/Centre[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 Uhl		73,661	42.6	5.8	64,221	37.0	5.7
	SPD	Roland Fischer		49,419	28.6	1.1	41,108	23.7	4.9
	Green	Dieter Janecek		22,743	13.1	1.4	27,068	15.6	3.8
	Left	Nicole Fritsche		7,135	4.1	1.5	8,312	4.8	1.9
	FDP	Daniel Volk		6,984	4.0	7.9	12,850	7.4	9.7
	AfD						7,249	4.2
	Pirates	Ronald Heinrich		4,420	2.6		4,313	2.5	0.1
	FW	Reinhold Herbert		3,713	2.1		2,387	1.4
	ÖDP	Mechthild von Walter		2,796	1.6	0.1	1,770	1.0	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,219	0.7	0.1
	BP						1,002	0.6	0.0
	NPD	Björn-Christopher Balbin		996	0.6	0.2	643	0.4	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						291	0.2
	REP						272	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						249	0.1	0.1
	PRO	Stefan Werner		735	0.4		201	0.1
	Independent	Mertel		232	0.1
	Party of Reason						142	0.1
	MLPD						125	0.1	0.1
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		185	0.1	0.1	60	0.0	0.0
	RRP						51	0.0	0.6
Informal votes				1,303			789
Total Valid votes				173,019			173,533
Turnout				174,322	72.7	2.0
	CSU hold		Majority	24,242	14.0	4.7

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Munich West/Centre[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 Hans-Peter Uhl		63,075	36.8	5.9	53,814	31.3	5.3
	SPD	Roland Fischer		47,101	27.5	11.8	32,308	18.8	9.7
	Green	Hermann Brem		24,967	14.6	6.7	33,340	19.4	3.1
	FDP	Daniel Volk		20,442	11.9	7.1	29,355	17.1	5.2
	Left	Henning Hintze		9,665	5.6	2.8	11,587	6.7	2.8
	Pirates						4,045	2.4
	ÖDP	Mechthild von Walter		2,623	1.5		1,550	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,120	0.7
	RRP						1,069	0.6
	NPD	Patrick Bernstein		1,413	0.8	0.1	1,029	0.6	0.1
	Independent	Thomas Blechschmidt		979	0.6
	BP						929	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Peter Landauer		652	0.4
	FAMILIE						528	0.3	0.2
	REP						498	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						361	0.2
	PBC						160	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Werner Zuse		412	0.2	0.0	140	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Robert Mertel		248	0.1
	CM						117	0.1
	DVU						69	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,561			1,086
Total Valid votes				171,577			172,052
Turnout				173,138	74.7	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	15,974	9.3	5.9

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