Bamberg 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 235. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bamberg, the southern part of the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the western part of the Forchheim district.
Bamberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Thomas Silberhorn of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
Geography Bamberg is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bamberg, the municipalities of Altendorf, Buttenheim, Frensdorf, Hallstadt, Hirschaid, Pettstadt, Pommersfelden, Schlüsselfeld, Stegaurach, Strullendorf, and Walsdorf and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Burgebrach, Ebrach, and Lisberg from the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the municipalities of Eggolsheim, Forchheim, Hallerndorf, Hausen, Heroldsbach, Igensdorf, Langensendelbach, and Neunkirchen am Brand and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Dormitz, Effeltrich, Gosberg, and Kirchehrenbach from the Forchheim district.
History Bamberg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 24 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 219. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 222. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 237. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 236. From the 2025 election, it has been number 235.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Bamberg and the districts of Landkreis Bamberg and Staffelstein. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Höchstadt an der Aisch district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bamberg, southern parts of the Landkreis Bamberg district, and the Forchheim district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election Name Borders 1949 Bamberg Bamberg city Landkreis Bamberg district Staffelstein district 1953 219 1957 1961 1965 222 Bamberg city Landkreis Bamberg district Staffelstein district Höchstadt an der Aisch district 1969 1972 1976 Bamberg city Landkreis Bamberg district (only southern parts) Forchheim district 1980 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 237 Bamberg city Landkreis Bamberg district (only Altendorf, Buttenheim, Frensdorf, Hallstadt, Hirschaid, Pettstadt, Pommersfelden, Schlüsselfeld, Stegaurach, Strullendorf, and Walsdorf municipalities and Burgebrach, Ebrach, and Lisberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) Forchheim district (only Eggolsheim, Forchheim, Hallerndorf, Hausen, Heroldsbach, Igensdorf, Langensendelbach, and Neunkirchen am Brand municipalities and Dormitz, Effeltrich, Gosberg, and Kirchehrenbach Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) 2005 2009 236 2013 2017 2021 2025 235
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 from 1949 to 1965, followed by from 1965 to 1983. Gerhard Scheu was then representative from 1983 to 2002. Thomas Silberhorn was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.
Election Member Party % 1949 CSU 33.0 1953 54.4 1957 63.1 1961 62.7 1965 CSU 63.0 1969 64.5 1972 65.2 1976 68.4 1980 66.7 1983 Gerhard Scheu CSU 67.3 1987 64.0 1990 59.3 1994 56.8 1998 54.6 2002 Thomas Silberhorn CSU 60.7 2005 57.4 2009 49.1 2013 52.2 2017 42.1 2021 37.0 2025 39.4
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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