Weilheim (electoral district)
# Weilheim (electoral district)

Weilheim 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 226. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau.

Weilheim was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

## Geography

Weilheim is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau.

## History

Weilheim was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 12 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 207. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 212. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 227. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 226.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Bad Tölz, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Schongau, and Weilheim. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Weilheim-Schongau. In the 1980 through 2013 elections, it comprised the districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg, and Weilheim-Schongau. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 12 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1953 | 207 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1957 | 207 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1961 | 207 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1965 | 212 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1969 | 212 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1972 | 212 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Schongau district Weilheim district |
| 1976 | 212 | Weilheim | Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1980 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1983 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1987 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1990 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1994 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 1998 | 212 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2002 | 227 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2005 | 227 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2009 | 226 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2013 | 226 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Landsberg district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2017 | 226 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district |
| 2021 | 226 | Weilheim | Garmisch-Partenkirchen district Weilheim-Schongau district |

## Members

Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by long-time CSU leader Franz Josef Strauss from 1949 to 1987, a total of ten consecutive terms; however, he resigned from the Bundestag in 1978 to become Minister-President of Bavaria, and subsequently turned down his Bundestag mandate after the 1980 and 1983 elections. He was succeeded by Michaela Geiger, who was representative from 1987 to 2002. Alexander Dobrindt was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 28.8 |
| 1953 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 52.3 |
| 1957 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 57.6 |
| 1961 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 57.7 |
| 1965 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 58.9 |
| 1969 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 62.0 |
| 1972 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 62.3 |
| 1976 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 66.3 |
| 1980 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 65.4 |
| 1983 | Franz Josef Strauss | CSU | 68.8 |
| 1987 | Michaela Geiger | CSU | 67.1 |
| 1990 | Michaela Geiger | CSU | 61.8 |
| 1994 | Michaela Geiger | CSU | 62.0 |
| 1998 | Michaela Geiger | CSU | 58.0 |
| 2002 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 63.5 |
| 2005 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 59.4 |
| 2009 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 52.0 |
| 2013 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 57.2 |
| 2017 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 47.9 |
| 2021 | Alexander Dobrindt | CSU | 41.9 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Weilheim :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Alexander Dobrindt | Y Alexander Dobrindt | 57,179 | 41.9 | 6.1 | 48,178 | 35.1 | 7.7 |
| | SPD | Sigrid Meierhofer | Sigrid Meierhofer | 19,682 | 14.4 | 0.4 | 19,927 | 14.5 | 3.0 |
| | Greens | Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski | Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski | 16,300 | 11.9 | 2.9 | 18,397 | 13.4 | 3.9 |
| | FW | Arnold-Günther Reuss | Arnold-Günther Reuss | 10,100 | 7.4 | | 11,462 | 8.4 | 6.2 |
| | AfD | Gerrit Huy | Gerrit Huy | 9,686 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 10,873 | 7.9 | 4.2 |
| | FDP | Karl Sielmann | Karl Sielmann | 8,553 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 14,311 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| | dieBasis | Juina Wessel | Juina Wessel | 4,301 | 3.1 | | 3,717 | 2.7 | |
| | ÖDP | Maiken Winter | Maiken Winter | 4,205 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1,737 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| | Left | Rolf Walther | Rolf Walther | 2,718 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3,124 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,316 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | BP | Johann Gattinger | Johann Gattinger | 2,405 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1,229 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| | Independent | Ricard Ryssel | Ricard Ryssel | 966 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 905 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 375 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | Werner Knigge | Werner Knigge | 500 | 0.4 | | 339 | 0.2 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 296 | 0.2 | |
| | Unabhängige | | | | | | 256 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 136 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 120 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 85 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 83 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 76 | 0.1 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 67 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 61 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,444 | | | 879 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 136,595 | | | 137,160 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,039 | 81.9 | 1.6 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 37,497 | 27.5 | 5.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Weilheim :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Alexander Dobrindt | Y Alexander Dobrindt | 63,784 | 47.9 | 9.5 | 57,254 | 42.9 | 9.9 |
| | SPD | Enrico Corongiu | Enrico Corongiu | 19,722 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 15,402 | 11.5 | 3.7 |
| | AfD | Edeltraud Schwarz | Edeltraud Schwarz | 13,383 | 10.1 | | 16,145 | 12.1 | 6.5 |
| | Greens | Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann | Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann | 12,066 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 12,753 | 9.5 | 1.7 |
| | FDP | Karl-Martin Schröter | Karl-Martin Schröter | 9,370 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 13,909 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
| | Left | Reinhard Böttger | Reinhard Böttger | 6,229 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 7,214 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| | FW | | | | | | 2,876 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| | ÖDP | Maiken Winter | Maiken Winter | 4,629 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2,145 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| | BP | Siegfried Seelos | Siegfried Seelos | 3,855 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2,225 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,186 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 724 | 0.5 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 352 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| | DM | | | | | | 292 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 260 | 0.2 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 227 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 204 | 0.2 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 186 | 0.1 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 162 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,295 | | | 766 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 133,038 | | | 133,567 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,333 | 80.4 | 8.3 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 44,602 | 33.1 | 7.6 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Weilheim :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Alexander Dobrindt | Y Alexander Dobrindt | 104,236 | 57.2 | 5.2 | 95,885 | 52.5 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | Angelica Dullinger | Angelica Dullinger | 30,019 | 16.5 | 2.2 | 28,342 | 15.5 | 2.6 |
| | Greens | Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann | Gabriela Seitz-Hoffmann | 15,559 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 16,017 | 8.8 | 2.7 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 9,665 | 5.3 | |
| | FW | Susann Enders | Susann Enders | 6,429 | 3.5 | | 4,441 | 2.4 | |
| | BP | Klaus Jacobitz | Klaus Jacobitz | 5,599 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3,573 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| | FDP | Klaus Breil | Klaus Breil | 5,325 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 9,461 | 5.2 | 10.7 |
| | Left | Michaele Siebe | Michaele Siebe | 5,321 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 5,629 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| | ÖDP | Hanns-Dieter Schlierf | Hanns-Dieter Schlierf | 5,010 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 3,011 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | Alexander Lessmann | Alexander Lessmann | 3,137 | 1.7 | | 2,907 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,284 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Matthias Polt | Matthias Polt | 1,581 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1,062 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | REP | | | | | | 412 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | DIE FRAUEN | | | | | | 321 | 0.2 | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 271 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 196 | 0.1 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 79 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,951 | | | 1,397 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 182,216 | | | 182,770 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,167 | 72.9 | 0.9 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 74,220 | 40.7 | 3.0 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Weilheim :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Alexander Dobrindt | Y Alexander Dobrindt | 94,302 | 52.0 | 7.5 | 83,058 | 45.6 | 8.1 |
| | SPD | Angelica Dullinger | Angelica Dullinger | 25,894 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 23,512 | 12.9 | 7.3 |
| | Greens | Marcus Reichenberg | Marcus Reichenberg | 21,516 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 20,871 | 11.5 | 3.0 |
| | FDP | Klaus Breil | Klaus Breil | 19,076 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 28,911 | 15.9 | 5.2 |
| | Left | Werner Bäumler | Werner Bäumler | 7,568 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 8,897 | 4.9 | 2.0 |
| | ÖDP | Hanns-Dieter Schlierf | Hanns-Dieter Schlierf | 4,511 | 2.5 | | 3,277 | 1.8 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 3,098 | 1.7 | |
| | BP | Pauli Doll | Pauli Doll | 3,399 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2,740 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| | RRP | Klaus Blume | Klaus Blume | 1,921 | 1.1 | | 1,966 | 1.1 | |
| | NPD | Matthias Polt | Matthias Polt | 1,883 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1,501 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 1,257 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,128 | 0.6 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 835 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Monica Herz | Monica Herz | 725 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | Independent | Waltraud Siade | Waltraud Siade | 598 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 489 | 0.3 | |
| | PBC | | | | | | 219 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | CM | | | | | | 193 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 91 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,439 | | | 1,704 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 181,393 | | | 182,128 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183,832 | 73.8 | 6.3 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 68,408 | 37.7 | 0.4 | | | |
