Munich South (electoral district)

Munich South (German: München-Süd) 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 218. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the southern part of the city of Munich. Munich South 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 30.4%, the seat will remain vacant throughout the 21st Bundestag. Geography Munich South is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Sendling (6), Sendling-Westpark (7), Obergiesing (17), Untergiesing-Harlaching (18), Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln (19), and Hadern (20) from the independent city of Munich. History Munich South was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 202. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 207. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 206. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 221. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 220. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 219. From the 2025 election, it has been number 218. Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Altstadt, Au, Forstenried, Fürstenried, Hadern, Isarvorstadt, Ludwigsvorstadt, Obersendling, Sendling, Solln, and Thalkirchen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, comprised the boroughs of Forstenried, Fürstenried, Giesing, Hadern, Harlaching, Obersendling, Thalkirchen, Sendling, and Solln. In the 1976 election, it lost the borough of Sendling and gained the borough of Mittersendling. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election. Members The constituency was first represented by Max Wönner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Karl Wieninger of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served until 1965. Günther Müller of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rudolf Schöfberger from 1972 to 1976. Erich Riedl won the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1998. Christoph Moosbauer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and was representative for a single term. Peter Gauweiler regained it for the CSU in 2002 and served until 2017. Michael Kuffer of the CSU was elected in 2017. Jamila Schäfer won the constituency for the Greens in 2021. The seat became vacant as a result of the 2025 election. 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 Notes References