Main-Spessart (electoral district)
# Main-Spessart (electoral district)

Main-Spessart 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 249. It is located in northwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Main-Spessart and Miltenberg.

Main-Spessart was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Alexander Hoffmann of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

## Geography

Main-Spessart is located in northwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Main-Spessart and Miltenberg.

## History

Main-Spessart was created in 1949, then known as Karlstadt. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 38 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 233. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 235. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 250. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 249.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Karlstadt, Bad Brückenau, Gemünden am Main, Hammelburg, Lohr am Main, and Bad Neustadt an der Saale. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it lost the Bad Neustadt an der Saale district while gaining the Alzenau in Unterfranken and Marktheidenfeld districts. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | 38 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district |
| 1953 | 233 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district |
| 1957 | 233 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district |
| 1961 | 233 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Bad Neustadt an der Saale district |
| 1965 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Alzenau in Unterfranken district Marktheidenfeld district |
| 1969 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Alzenau in Unterfranken district Marktheidenfeld district |
| 1972 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Karlstadt district Bad Brückenau district Gemünden am Main district Hammelburg district Lohr am Main district Alzenau in Unterfranken district Marktheidenfeld district |
| 1976 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1980 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1983 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1987 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1990 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1994 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 1998 | 235 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2002 | 250 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2005 | 250 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2009 | 249 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2013 | 249 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2017 | 249 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg district |
| 2021 | 249 | Bad Kissingen | Main-Spessart district Miltenberg 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 Maria Probst from 1949 to 1969, followed by Alfred Biehle from 1969 to 1990. Wolfgang Zöller was representative from 1990 to 2013. Alexander Hoffmann was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Maria Probst | CSU | 54.0 |
| 1953 | Maria Probst | CSU | 68.5 |
| 1957 | Maria Probst | CSU | 70.4 |
| 1961 | Maria Probst | CSU | 68.7 |
| 1965 | Maria Probst | CSU | 67.5 |
| 1969 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 64.1 |
| 1972 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 64.6 |
| 1976 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 63.5 |
| 1980 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 62.3 |
| 1983 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 65.6 |
| 1987 | Alfred Biehle | CSU | 61.6 |
| 1990 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 57.7 |
| 1994 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 55.4 |
| 1998 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 53.4 |
| 2002 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 59.0 |
| 2005 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 56.8 |
| 2009 | Wolfgang Zöller | CSU | 52.4 |
| 2013 | Alexander Hoffmann | CSU | 51.7 |
| 2017 | Alexander Hoffmann | CSU | 46.6 |
| 2021 | Alexander Hoffmann | CSU | 38.6 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Main-Spessart :

| 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 Hoffmann | Y Alexander Hoffmann | 60,489 | 38.6 | 8.0 | 54,097 | 34.4 | 7.4 |
| | SPD | Bernd Rützel | Bernd Rützel | 33,700 | 21.5 | 1.1 | 32,771 | 20.9 | 2.3 |
| | Greens | Armin Beck | Armin Beck | 15,813 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 17,806 | 11.3 | 3.7 |
| | FW | Jessica Klug | Jessica Klug | 15,774 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 10,496 | 6.7 | 3.8 |
| | AfD | René Jentzsch | René Jentzsch | 12,576 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 13,918 | 8.9 | 1.9 |
| | FDP | Werner Jannek | Werner Jannek | 9,514 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 14,151 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| | Left | Andreas Adrian | Andreas Adrian | 4,070 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3,685 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| | dieBasis | Sabine Schmitt | Sabine Schmitt | 3,195 | 2.0 | | 2,895 | 1.8 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,042 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,157 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | Wolfgang Winter | Wolfgang Winter | 1,414 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 772 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 528 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 487 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Unabhängige | | | | | | 386 | 0.2 | |
| | BP | | | | | | 379 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 322 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 240 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 184 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 129 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 122 | 0.1 | |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 116 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 98 | 0.1 | |
| | LKR | Daniel Roth | Daniel Roth | 240 | 0.2 | | 96 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,348 | | | 1,066 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 156,785 | | | 157,067 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,133 | 81.3 | 1.2 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 26,789 | 17.1 | 6.9 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Main-Spessart :

| 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 Hoffmann | Y Alexander Hoffmann | 72,406 | 46.6 | 5.1 | 65,245 | 41.8 | 7.6 |
| | SPD | Bernd Rützel | Bernd Rützel | 35,148 | 22.6 | 0.6 | 28,903 | 18.5 | 3.0 |
| | AfD | Gottfried Walter | Gottfried Walter | 14,075 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 16,856 | 10.8 | 6.9 |
| | Greens | Sabine Stellrecht-Schmidt | Sabine Stellrecht-Schmidt | 11,050 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 11,939 | 7.7 | 0.6 |
| | FDP | Helge Ziegler | Helge Ziegler | 7,708 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 13,720 | 8.8 | 4.3 |
| | Left | Antje Clemens | Antje Clemens | 7,515 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 8,562 | 5.5 | 2.1 |
| | FW | Robert Starosta | Robert Starosta | 5,488 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 4,511 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,055 | 0.7 | |
| | ÖDP | Wolfgang-Franz Winter | Wolfgang-Franz Winter | 1,987 | 1.3 | | 951 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 515 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 491 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 453 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| | BP | | | | | | 344 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | DM | | | | | | 343 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 255 | 0.2 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 184 | 0.1 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 170 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,829 | | | 1,238 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 155,377 | | | 155,968 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,206 | 80.1 | 7.8 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 37,258 | 24.0 | 4.4 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Main-Spessart :

| 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 | Alexander Hoffmann | Alexander Hoffmann | 73,001 | 51.7 | 0.6 | 69,953 | 49.5 | 5.7 |
| | SPD | Bernd Rützel | Bernd Rützel | 32,812 | 23.3 | 3.4 | 30,486 | 21.6 | 3.7 |
| | Greens | Heiko Schmidt | Heiko Schmidt | 8,810 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 9,972 | 7.1 | 2.8 |
| | FW | Simson Hipp | Simson Hipp | 8,045 | 5.7 | | 5,619 | 4.0 | |
| | AfD | Nadja Stafl | Nadja Stafl | 4,652 | 3.3 | | 5,583 | 3.9 | |
| | Left | Georg Liebl | Georg Liebl | 4,426 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4,839 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| | FDP | Uwe Probst | Uwe Probst | 3,632 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 6,413 | 4.5 | 9.5 |
| | Pirates | Thomas Büttner | Thomas Büttner | 2,822 | 2.0 | | 2,670 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,119 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Markus Mang | Markus Mang | 1,360 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1,404 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | 1,223 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1,001 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 915 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| | BP | | | | | | 525 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | DIE FRAUEN | | | | | | 301 | 0.2 | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | 330 | 0.2 | | 151 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 90 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,024 | | | 1,707 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 141,113 | | | 141,430 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,137 | 72.4 | 1.7 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 40,189 | 28.4 | 4.1 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Main-Spessart :

| 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 Wolfgang Zöller | Y Wolfgang Zöller | 75,542 | 52.4 | 4.4 | 63,513 | 43.7 | 6.4 |
| | SPD | Bernd Rützel | Bernd Rützel | 28,659 | 19.9 | 8.9 | 25,872 | 17.8 | 9.0 |
| | Greens | Heiko Schmidt | Heiko Schmidt | 13,649 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 14,285 | 9.8 | 3.2 |
| | FDP | Laszlo Riedl | Laszlo Riedl | 12,858 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 20,360 | 14.0 | 5.5 |
| | Left | Thomas Endres | Thomas Endres | 8,817 | 6.1 | | 9,346 | 6.4 | 3.3 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,888 | 2.0 | |
| | REP | Jürgen Langanki | Jürgen Langanki | 2,230 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1,826 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| | NPD | Volker Cigelski | Volker Cigelski | 1,620 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1,575 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 1,205 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 1,087 | 0.7 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,067 | 0.7 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 986 | 0.7 | |
| | BP | | | | | | 379 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 307 | 0.2 | |
| | PBC | Erich Freudenberger | Erich Freudenberger | 921 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 232 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | CM | | | | | | 113 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,186 | | | 2,289 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 144,296 | | | 145,193 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,482 | 74.1 | 6.0 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 46,883 | 32.5 | 4.5 | | | |
