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

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Representatives since 1949

ElectionNamePartyVote share
2017Alois KarlCSU47.7 %
2013Alois KarlCSU58,4 %
2009Alois KarlCSU47.3 %
2005Alois KarlCSU
2002Rudolf KrausCSU
1998Rudolf KrausCSU
1994Rudolf KrausCSU
1990Rudolf KrausCSU
1987Hermann FellnerCSU
1983Hermann FellnerCSU
1980Hermann FellnerCSU
1976Heinrich AignerCSU
1972Heinrich AignerCSU
1969Heinrich AignerCSU
1965Heinrich AignerCSU
1961Heinrich AignerCSU
1957Heinrich AignerCSU
1953Anton DonhauserCSU
1949Josef SchatzCSU