Ingolstadt (electoral district)

215 Ingolstadt
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ingolstadt in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	338,000 (2019)
Electorate	238,384 (2021)
Major settlements	Ingolstadt Neuburg an der Donau Eichstätt
Area	1,845.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Reinhard Brandl
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Ingolstadt 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 215. It is located in central Bavaria, comprising the city of Ingolstadt, the district of Eichstätt, and the northern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district.

Ingolstadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Reinhard Brandl of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Ingolstadt is located in central Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Ingolstadt, the district of Eichstätt, and the municipalities of Bergheim, Burgheim, Ehekirchen, Karlshuld, Karlskron, Königsmoos, Neuburg an der Donau, Oberhausen, Rennertshofen, Rohrenfels, and Weichering from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.

History

Ingolstadt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 198. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 202. In the 1976 election, it was number 203. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 202. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 218. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 217. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 216. From the 2025 election, it has been number 215.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Ingolstadt and the districts of Landkreis Ingolstadt, Aichach, Pfaffenhofen, and Schrobenhausen. In the 1976 through 2009 elections, it comprised the city of Ingolstadt and the districts of Eichstätt and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen. In the 2013 election, it lost the municipality of Aresing from the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	3	Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt city Landkreis Ingolstadt district Aichach district Pfaffenhofen district Schrobenhausen district
1953	198
1957
1961
1965	202
1969
1972
1976	203		Ingolstadt city Eichstätt district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district
1980	202
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	218
2005
2009	217
2013			Ingolstadt city Eichstätt district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (excluding Aresing municipality)
2017	216		Ingolstadt city Eichstätt district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Bergheim, Burgheim, Ehekirchen, Karlshuld, Karlskron, Königsmoos, Neuburg an der Donau, Oberhausen, Rennertshofen, Rohrenfels, and Weichering municipalities)
2021
2025	215

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 Hermann Aumer from 1949 to 1953. He was elected for the Bavaria Party (BP), expelled in 1950, and served the remainder of the term as an independent. Hans Demmelmeier won it for the CSU in 1953 and served until 1961. Paul Weinzierl then served one term. Karl Heinz Gierenstein was representative from 1965 to 1980. Horst Seehofer was elected in 1980 and served until 2008, a total of eight consecutive terms. He resigned in 2008 to become Minister-President of Bavaria. Reinhard Brandl was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hermann Aumer	BP	29.8
			Ind.
	1953	Hans Demmelmeier	CSU	49.0
	1957			63.6
	1961	Paul Weinzierl	CSU	66.0
	1965	Karl Heinz Gierenstein	CSU	64.2
	1969			62.1
	1972			62.5
	1976			66.1
	1980	Horst Seehofer	CSU	65.5
	1983			68.8
	1987			64.6
	1990			62.6
	1994			62.7
	1998			55.0
	2002			65.3
	2005			65.9
	2009	Reinhard Brandl	CSU	57.2
	2013			61.5
	2017			49.5
	2021			44.9

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Ingolstadt
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 Reinhard Brandl		83,663	44.9	4.6	64,577	34.6	7.1
	SPD	Jessica Meier		25,954	13.9	0.3	31,592	16.9	3.6
	Greens	Joachim Siebler		18,182	9.8	3.5	20,833	11.2	3.9
	AfD	Lukas Rehm		17,806	9.6	3.4	18,694	10.0	5.1
	FW	Christian Ponzer		15,515	8.3	4.4	15,580	8.4	5.3
	FDP	Theresa Ley		10,877	5.8	0.7	19,797	10.6	1.2
	Left	Roland Meier		4,648	2.5	2.3	4,450	2.4	3.0
	dieBasis	Helmut Groß		2,969	1.6		2,890	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,652	0.9	0.2
	ÖDP	Jakob Sedlmeier		2,438	1.3	0.1	1,231	0.7	0.3
	PARTEI	Sebastian Zahn		2,315	1.2	0.2	1,295	0.7	0.0
	BP	Wolfgang Distler		1,861	1.0	0.2	1,111	0.6	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						643	0.3
	Pirates						533	0.3	0.1
	Volt						362	0.2
	Unabhängige						294	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						216	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						165	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						142	0.1
	NPD						129	0.1	0.2
	Bündnis C						97	0.1
	du.						86	0.0
	The III. Path						77	0.0
	MLPD						31	0.0	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,167			856
Total valid votes				186,229			186,539
Turnout				187,395	78.6	1.5
	CSU hold		Majority	57,709	31.0	4.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Ingolstadt
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 Reinhard Brandl		90,383	49.5	11.6	76,236	41.7	13.9
	SPD	Werner Widuckel		24,799	13.6	3.1	24,424	13.4	4.1
	AfD	Christina Wilhelm		23,720	13.0	10.2	27,673	15.1	11.6
	Greens	Agnes Krumwiede		11,515	6.3	0.3	13,205	7.2	1.0
	FDP	Jakob Schäuble		9,310	5.1	3.1	17,154	9.4	5.1
	Left	Roland Meier		8,817	4.8	0.8	9,830	5.4	1.7
	FW	Angela Mayr		7,093	3.9	0.9	5,562	3.0	0.1
	ÖDP	Jakob Sedlmeier		2,656	1.5	0.1	1,755	1.0	0.2
	BP	Wolfgang Distler		2,200	1.2		1,898	1.0	0.0
	PARTEI	Bernd Sandner		1,859	1.0	0.7	1,294	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,278	0.7	0.1
	Pirates						631	0.3	1.4
	NPD						520	0.3	0.6
	V-Partei³						397	0.2
	DM						270	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						248	0.1
	DiB						202	0.1
	BGE						165	0.1
	MLPD	Arnold Aschenbrenner		120	0.1		61	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
Informal votes				1,587			1,214
Total valid votes				182,472			182,845
Turnout				184,059	77.1	8.7
	CSU hold		Majority	65,584	35.9	9.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Ingolstadt
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 Reinhard Brandl		106,668	61.5	4.4	96,804	55.9	5.3
	SPD	Stefan Schieren		28,561	16.5	1.0	29,880	17.3	1.8
	Greens	Agnes Krumwiede		11,340	6.5	1.6	10,752	6.2	2.0
	Left	Eva Bulling-Schröter		6,755	3.9	2.4	6,163	3.6	2.6
	FW	Christoph Kalkowski		5,205	3.0		5,114	3.0
	AfD	Christiane Boruzs		4,878	2.8		6,089	3.5
	Pirates	Andreas Popp		3,615	2.1		3,095	1.8	0.2
	FDP	Anton Brandl		3,471	2.0	6.1	7,407	4.3	8.1
	ÖDP	Christian Tischler		2,224	1.3	1.0	1,986	1.1	0.2
	BP						1,796	1.0	0.3
	NPD						1,472	0.8	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,061	0.6	0.0
	REP						727	0.4	0.3
	PARTEI			615	0.4
	DIE FRAUEN						266	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						194	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						176	0.1
	PRO						104	0.1
	RRP						63	0.0	0.3
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,378			1,511
Total valid votes				173,332			173,199
Turnout				174,710	68.6	1.2
	CSU hold		Majority	78,107	45.0	3.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Ingolstadt
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	Reinhard Brandl		99,482	57.2	8.7	86,686	49.6	3.0
	SPD	Ursula Engelen-Kefer		26,825	15.4	6.6	26,877	15.4	10.9
	Greens	Agnes Krumwiede		14,174	8.2	4.0	14,283	8.2	2.4
	FDP	Franz Schmidt		14,151	8.1	5.6	21,566	12.3	4.7
	Left	Eva Bulling-Schröter		10,936	6.3	3.5	10,717	6.1	3.0
	Pirates						3,448	2.0
	ÖDP	Elisabeth Winkler		3,874	2.2		2,327	1.3
	NPD	Stefan Faber		3,308	1.9	0.4	2,588	1.5	0.2
	BP						1,351	0.8	0.2
	REP						1,269	0.7	0.3
	FAMILIE						1,157	0.7	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						999	0.6
	RRP						592	0.3
	Independent	Manfred Franzke		466	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						228	0.1
	PBC						227	0.1	0.1
	CM						146	0.1
	BüSo	Alois Schieber		661	0.4		120	0.1	0.0
	DVU						86	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,441			1,617
Total valid votes				173,877			174,701
Turnout				176,318	69.8	6.4
	CSU hold		Majority	72,657	41.8	2.1