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. The district elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 232.
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 won the constituency at the 1949 election and have held the district since then.
The representative elected in the 2017 election was Alois Karl, who was first elected in 2005.2017 election result
Source: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 | |