Neu-Ulm (electoral district)

255 Neu-Ulm
electoral district for the Bundestag
Neu-Ulm in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	337,500 (2019)
Electorate	241,919 (2021)
Major settlements	Neu-Ulm Senden Günzburg
Area	1,684.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member
Elected	2021

Neu-Ulm 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 255. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the Günzburg district, Neu-Ulm district, and the northwestern part of the Unterallgäu district.^[1]

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

Geography[]

Neu-Ulm is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Günzburg and Neu-Ulm as well as the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Babenhausen, Boos, Erkheim, and Pfaffenhausen from the Unterallgäu district.^[1]

History[]

Neu-Ulm was created in 1949, then known as Dillingen. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 43 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 238. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 241. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 256. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 255.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Neu-Ulm, Dillingen an der Donau, and Günzburg and the districts of Landkreis Neu-Ulm, Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau, and Landkreis Günzburg. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the city and district of Dillingen an der Donau while gaining the districts of Illertissen and Krumbach. In the 1976 through 1990 elections, it comprised the districts of Neu-Ulm and Günzburg. It acquired its current borders in the 1994 election.

Members[]

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by from 1949 to 1965, followed by from 1965 to 1976. Theo Waigel, leader of the CSU from 1988 to 1999, was representative from 1976 to 2002. Georg Nüßlein was representative from 2002 to 2021. Nüßlein resigned from the CSU in March 2021 and served as an independent for the remainder of his term. He was succeeded by Alexander Engelhard in 2021.

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Neu-Ulm[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			69,676	37.2	7.4	59,028	31.4	8.4
	SPD	Karl-Heinz Brunner		29,960	16.0	1.3	31,900	17.0	3.3
	AfD	Gerd Mannes		22,517	12.0	1.6	22,293	11.9	3.2
	Green	Ekin Deligöz		20,621	11.0	1.8	20,764	11.1	2.8
	FDP	Anke Hillmann-Richter		14,542	7.8	1.8	22,019	11.7	1.4
	FW	Daniel Mayer		13,964	7.5	2.3	13,772	7.3	4.5
	Tierschutzpartei	Bastian Röhm		3,980	2.1		2,716	1.4	0.5
	dieBasis	Roman Albrecht		3,782	2.0		3,308	1.8
	Left	Xaver Merk		3,466	1.9	2.5	4,410	2.3	2.8
	PARTEI						1,274	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Krimhilde Dornach		1,776	0.9	0.4	1,212	0.6	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						915	0.5
	Pirates	Philipp Meier		1,707	0.9	0.2	927	0.5	0.0
	BP						715	0.4	0.1
	Volt	Martin Lipp		900	0.5		526	0.3
	Unabhängige						487	0.3
	Independent	Martin Langhans		443	0.2
	NPD						276	0.1	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						256	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						249	0.1
	V-Partei3						193	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						170	0.1
	The Third Path						114	0.1
	du.						89	0.0
	LKR						48	0.0
	DKP						31	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,479			1,099
Total Valid votes				187,334			187,714
Turnout				188,813	78.0	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	39,716	21.2	8.7

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Neu-Ulm[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 Georg Nüßlein		80,503	44.6	12.9	72,104	39.9	12.2
	SPD	Karl-Heinz Brunner		26,419	14.6	3.8	24,828	13.7	4.4
	AfD	Gerhard Großkurth		24,612	13.6	8.9	27,327	15.1	9.5
	Green	Ekin Deligöz		16,519	9.2	1.3	14,898	8.2	1.7
	FDP	Richard Böhringer		10,780	6.0	3.2	18,627	10.3	5.6
	FW	Wolfgang Schrapp		9,222	5.1		5,142	2.8	1.0
	Left	Elmar Heim		7,855	4.4	0.9	9,274	5.1	1.4
	ÖDP	Gabriela Schimmer-Göresz		2,391	1.3	0.2	1,652	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						1,007	0.6
	BP						871	0.5	0.1
	Pirates	Rudolf Ristl		1,287	0.7	1.2	858	0.5	1.4
	NPD						853	0.5	1.1
	Independent	Andreas Beier		788	0.4
	DM						377	0.2
	V-Partei³						337	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						285	0.2
	BGE						268	0.1
	DiB						217	0.1
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						33	0.0	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
Informal votes				1,669			1,270
Total Valid votes				180,376			180,775
Turnout				182,045	76.0	8.0
	CSU hold		Majority	54,084	30.0	9.1

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Neu-Ulm[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 Georg Nüßlein		91,961	57.5	6.8	84,598	52.8	8.5
	SPD	Karl-Heinz Brunner		29,420	18.4	3.0	29,023	18.1	3.4
	Green	Ekin Deligöz		12,505	7.8	2.9	10,417	6.5	2.3
	AfD	Dietrich Jaser		7,521	4.7		8,986	5.6
	Left	Elmar Heim		5,546	3.5	2.9	5,958	3.7	2.6
	FDP	Ralf Peter		4,377	2.7	8.6	7,485	4.7	11.5
	ÖDP	Gabriela Schimmer-Göresz		2,493	2.6	1.1	1,732	1.1	0.4
	Pirates	Rudolf Ristl		3,085	1.9		2,990	1.9	0.3
	FW						2,985	1.9
	NPD	Achim Kast		3,009	1.9	0.9	2,444	1.5	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,187	0.7	0.1
	BP						986	0.6	0.0
	REP						580	0.4	0.3
	DIE FRAUEN						355	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						185	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						174	0.1
	PRO						139	0.1
	RRP						57	0.0	0.5
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,697			1,248
Total Valid votes				159,917			160,366
Turnout				161,614	68.0	1.8
	CSU hold		Majority	62,541	39.1	3.8

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Neu-Ulm[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 Georg Nüßlein		82,046	50.7	6.1	72,060	44.2	7.4
	SPD	Karl-Heinz Brunner		24,977	15.4	9.3	23,937	14.7	8.8
	FDP	Frank Berger		18,406	11.4	5.2	26,391	16.2	6.1
	Green	Ekin Deligöz		17,398	10.7	4.0	14,310	8.8	2.4
	Left	Sylvia Mang		10,245	6.3	3.2	10,341	6.3	3.1
	NPD	Frank Hartwig		4,483	2.8	0.3	3,499	2.1	0.3
	Pirates						3,496	2.1
	ÖDP	Maximilian Wegele		4,291	2.7		2,387	1.5
	FAMILIE						1,283	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,040	0.6
	REP						1,013	0.6	0.4
	BP						1,005	0.6	0.3
	RRP						938	0.6
	PBC						344	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						331	0.2
	CM						250	0.2
	DVU						131	0.1
	BüSo						96	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,832			1,790
Total Valid votes				161,846			162,888
Turnout				164,678	69.8	7.1
	CSU hold		Majority	57,069	35.3	3.3

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