Augsburg-Stadt (English: Augsburg City) 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 251. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Augsburg.
Augsburg-Stadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Whilst the Christian Social Union won the plurality in the 2025 election, under the new voting system, their candidate did not actually win a seat in the Bundestag. This was due to the distribution of seats won by the CSU being decided by the first (direct) vote percentage of each winning CSU candidate, determining who took the seats. As the CSU candidate got a low vote of 31.1%, the seat will remain vacant throughout the 21st Bundestag.
Geography Augsburg-Stadt is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Augsburg-Stadt.
History Augsburg-Stadt was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was named Augsburg. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 41 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 236. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 238. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 253. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 252. From the 2025 election, it has been number 251.
Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the independent city of Augsburg. It gained the municipality of Königsbrunn from the district of Landkreis Augsburg in 1998. From 2025, it has again been coterminous with the city of Augsburg.
Election Name Borders 1949 Augsburg-Stadt Augsburg city 1953 236 1957 1961 1965 238 Augsburg 1969 1972 1976 Augsburg-Stadt 1980 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 Augsburg city Landkreis Augsburg district (only Königsbrunn municipality) 2002 253 2005 2009 252 2013 2017 2021 2025 251 Augsburg city
Members The constituency has been held by the Christian Social Union (CSU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst from 1949 to 1957, followed by Otto Weinkamm from 1957 to 1965. Anton Ott was representative from 1965 to 1972. Max Amling of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972 and served one term. Stefan Höpfinger regained the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1990. Christian Ruck was then representative from 1990 to 2013. Volker Ullrich was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. The seat became vacant as a result of the 2025 election.
Election Member Party % 1949 Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst CSU 29.0 1953 54.3 1957 Otto Weinkamm CSU 53.4 1961 44.0 1965 Anton Ott CSU 46.3 1969 47.6 1972 Max Amling SPD 48.6 1976 Stefan Höpfinger CSU 51.0 1980 50.6 1983 55.6 1987 53.1 1990 Christian Ruck CSU 47.6 1994 49.5 1998 47.2 2002 53.6 2005 49.2 2009 42.2 2013 Volker Ullrich CSU 44.4 2017 34.8 2021 28.1 2025Vacant
Election results 2025 election Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CSU candidate won the most votes in this constituency, due to the low winning percentage, the constituency seat will remain vacant as not enough second (party) votes were won to be allocated this seat.
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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