Ansbach (electoral district)

240 Ansbach
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ansbach in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	321,100 (2019)
Electorate	243,174 (2021)
Major settlements	Ansbach Weißenburg in Bayern Gunzenhausen
Area	3,042.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Artur Auernhammer
Elected	2017, 2021

Ansbach 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 240. It is located in western Bavaria, comprising the city of Ansbach and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.^[1]

Ansbach was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Artur Auernhammer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Ansbach is located in western Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Ansbach and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.^[1]

Ansbach was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 30 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 225. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 227. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 242. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 241. From the 2025 election, it has been number 240.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Ansbach and Rothenburg ob der Tauber and the districts of Landkreis Ansbach, Feuchtwangen, Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and Uffenheim. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Feuchtwangen district while gaining the independent city of Schwabach and Landkreis Schwabach district. In the 1976 through 1987 elections, it comprised the city of Ansbach and Landkreis Ansbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 1990 election.

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Bauereisen from 1949 to 1961, followed by Georg Ehnes from 1961 to 1972. Carl-Dieter Spranger was then representative from 1972 to 2002, a total of eight consecutive terms. Josef Göppel then served from 2002 to 2017. Artur Auernhammer was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Ansbach[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 Artur Auernhammer		73,312	38.4	5.9	63,299	33.1	7.3
	SPD	Harry Scheuenstuhl		33,819	17.7	0.6	37,642	19.7	2.6
	Greens	Herbert Sirois		21,343	11.2	3.6	22,325	11.7	2.9
	AfD	Daniel Lösch		18,418	9.6	0.9	19,142	10.0	1.8
	FW	Sylvia Bogenreuther		16,592	8.7	2.2	14,738	7.7	4.3
	FDP	Thomas Kestler		13,016	6.8	2.6	16,213	8.5	1.0
	dieBasis	Markus Engelhardt		5,167	2.7		4,052	2.1
	Left	Erkan Dinar		3,798	2.0	4.1	4,904	2.6	4.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,218	1.2	0.3
	ÖDP	Kilian Welser		2,902	1.5	0.8	1,518	0.8	0.4
	PARTEI						1,312	0.7	0.0
	Pirates	Markus Wanger		2,180	1.1		1,048	0.5	0.1
	BP						523	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						408	0.2
	Unabhängige						367	0.2
	NPD	Maik Langen		447	0.2		359	0.2	0.2
	Bündnis C						279	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						261	0.1	0.0
	Volt						249	0.1
	V-Partei3						197	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						145	0.1
	du.						101	0.1
	The III. Path						98	0.1
	DKP						42	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						24	0.0	0.0
	LKR						22	0.0
Informal votes				1,514			1,022
Total valid votes				190,994			191,486
Turnout				192,508	79.2	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	39,493	20.7	5.3

Federal election (2017): Ansbach[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	Artur Auernhammer		81,431	44.3	9.0	74,425	40.4	7.3
	SPD	Lutz Egerer		33,755	18.4	4.9	31,464	17.1	5.2
	AfD	Wolfgang Dörner		19,396	10.5		21,734	11.8	8.2
	Greens	Herbert Sirois		13,946	7.6	1.7	16,239	8.8	0.5
	FW	Marco Meier		11,980	6.5	2.4	6,252	3.4	0.2
	Left	Harald Weinberg		11,179	6.1	2.3	12,208	6.6	2.8
	FDP	Johannes Dallheimer		7,661	4.2	0.4	13,825	7.5	2.9
	ÖDP	Günther Brendle-Behnisch		4,244	2.3		2,131	1.2	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,585	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						1,209	0.7
	Pirates						812	0.4	1.5
	NPD						788	0.4	0.8
	BP						494	0.3	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Bruno Walter		311	0.2	0.1
	DM						292	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						291	0.2
	V-Partei³						233	0.1
	DiB						178	0.1
	BGE						176	0.1
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,052			1,537
Total valid votes				183,903			184,418
Turnout				185,955	76.3	7.9
	CSU hold		Majority	47,676	25.9	4.2

Federal election (2013): Ansbach[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 Josef Göppel		87,922	53.3	6.0	78,640	47.6	7.5
	SPD	Anette Pappler		38,331	23.2	1.3	36,690	22.2	2.9
	Greens	Sina Doughan		9,665	5.9	2.4	13,771	8.3	1.8
	FDP	Rainer Erdel		7,454	4.5	5.7	7,619	4.6	9.1
	FW	Otto Sparrer		6,705	4.1		5,208	3.2
	Left	Peter Schlegel		6,202	3.8	1.7	6,368	3.9	3.3
	AfD						5,950	3.6
	Pirates	Daniel Gruber		3,938	2.4	0.5	3,276	2.0	0.1
	NPD			2,496	1.5	0.7	2,008	1.2	0.6
	ÖDP						1,848	1.1	0.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,114	0.7	0.1
	BP			1,522	0.9		860	0.5	0.2
	REP						643	0.4	0.4
	DIE FRAUEN						351	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN			433	0.3		239	0.1	0.1
	PRO						177	0.1
	Party of Reason						156	0.1
	RRP			204	0.1		123	0.1	0.6
	BüSo						33	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,683			1,458
Total valid votes				164,872			165,097
Turnout				166,555	68.4	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	49,591	30.1	4.6

Federal election (2009): Ansbach[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 Josef Göppel		80,239	47.4	6.9	68,128	40.1	6.9
	SPD	Helga Koch		37,133	21.9	8.1	32,847	19.3	9.7
	FDP	Rainer Erdel		17,346	10.2	6.2	23,222	13.7	5.9
	Greens	Thomas Kestler		14,054	8.3	3.0	17,294	10.2	3.0
	Left	Erkan Dinar		9,231	5.4	2.6	12,176	7.2	3.6
	NPD	Doreen Langen		3,835	2.3	0.0	3,023	1.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Hermann Schweiger		3,658	2.2		2,662	1.6
	Pirates	Birger Schmidt		3,248	1.9		3,512	2.1
	FAMILIE						1,520	0.9	0.2
	REP						1,301	0.8	0.6
	RRP						1,159	0.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,061	0.6
	Independent	Bernd Dorst		692	0.4
	PBC						618	0.4	0.4
	BP						553	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						400	0.2
	CM						187	0.1
	DVU						128	0.1
	BüSo						42	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,553			2,119
Total valid votes				169,436			169,870
Turnout				171,989	70.5	6.8
	CSU hold		Majority	43,106	25.5	1.2

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