Amberg (electoral district)

Amberg is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five constituencies in Bavaria, it covers the city of Amberg and the districts of Amberg-Sulzbach and Neumarkt.[1] The district elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 232.

Location of constituency in Bavaria

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. After its creation, the first election in the district was won by the Bavaria Party. However the Christian Social Union (CSU) won the constituency at the 1949 election and have held the district since then.

The representative elected in the 2017 election was Alois Karl,[2] who was first elected in 2005.

2017 election result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate % share +/- % share +/-
Christian Social Union Alois Karl 47.7 -10.7 42.6 -10.8
Social Democratic Party of Germany Johannes Foitzik 15.2 -5.7 15.5 -3.9
Alliance '90/The Greens Yvonne Rösel 6.9 2.0 7.1 1.1
Alternative for Germany Peter Boehringer 11.2 N/A 12.8 9.3
Free Voters Manuel Werthner 6.1 2.2 4.2 0.4
Free Democratic Party Moritz Pöllath 5.0 2.9 7.6 3.9
The Left Dominic Lenz 4.4 1.2 5.3 1.9

Source:[3]

Representatives since 1949
Election Name Party Vote share
2017 Alois Karl CSU 47.7 %
2013 Alois Karl CSU 58,4 %
2009 Alois Karl CSU 47.3 %
2005 Alois Karl CSU
2002 Rudolf Kraus CSU
1998 Rudolf Kraus CSU
1994 Rudolf Kraus CSU
1990 Rudolf Kraus CSU
1987 Hermann Fellner CSU
1983 Hermann Fellner CSU
1980 Hermann Fellner CSU
1976 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1972 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1969 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1965 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1961 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1957 Heinrich Aigner CSU
1953 Anton Donhauser CSU
1949 Josef Schatz CSU

References
  1. Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 7 October 2017
  2. Lange Nacht der langen Gesichter, Onetz, 7 October 2017
  3. , accessed 7 October 2017

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