# Bayreuth (electoral district)

Bayreuth 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 236. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the eastern part of the Forchheim district.
Bayreuth was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Silke Launert of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

## Geography

Bayreuth is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Bayreuth, the Landkreis Bayreuth district, and the municipalities of Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal and Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg from the Forchheim district.

## History

Bayreuth was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 25 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 220. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 223. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 238. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 237. From the 2025 election, it has been number 236.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Bayreuth and Marktredwitz and the districts of Landkreis Bayreuth and Wunsiedel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the Pegnitz district. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the city of Bayreuth and Landkreis Bayreuth district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1949 | 25 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district |
| 1953 | 220 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district |
| 1957 | 220 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district |
| 1961 | 220 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district |
| 1965 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district Pegnitz district |
| 1969 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district Pegnitz district |
| 1972 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Marktredwitz city Landkreis Bayreuth district Wunsiedel district Pegnitz district |
| 1976 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1980 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1983 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1987 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1990 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1994 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 1998 | 223 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district |
| 2002 | 238 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2005 | 238 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2009 | 237 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2013 | 237 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2017 | 237 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2021 | 237 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2025 | 236 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth city Landkreis Bayreuth district Forchheim district (only Egloffstein, Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Pretzfeld, and Wiesenttal municipalities and Ebermannstadt and Gräfenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Matthäus Herrmann [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow SPD member Herbert Hauffe [de] from 1953 to 1957. Albrecht Schlee [de] of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957, but former member Hauffe regained it for the SPD in 1961. Former member Schlee was then elected in 1965 and 1969. Richard Müller [de] of the SPD was elected in 1972 and served a single term. Heinz Starke of the CSU was representative from 1976 to 1980, followed by Ortwin Lowack [de] from 1980 to 1994. Hartmut Koschyk of the CSU then served from 1994 to 2017. Silke Launert of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021 and 2025.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1949 | Matthäus Herrmann [de] | SPD | 39.7 |
| 1953 | Herbert Hauffe [de] | SPD | 40.0 |
| 1957 | Albrecht Schlee [de] | CSU | 43.7 |
| 1961 | Herbert Hauffe [de] | SPD | 43.1 |
| 1965 | Albrecht Schlee [de] | CSU | 48.0 |
| 1969 | Albrecht Schlee [de] | CSU | 46.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Müller [de] | SPD | 48.6 |
| 1976 | Heinz Starke | CSU | 55.1 |
| 1980 | Ortwin Lowack [de] | CSU | 55.6 |
| 1983 | Ortwin Lowack [de] | CSU | 61.6 |
| 1987 | Ortwin Lowack [de] | CSU | 57.3 |
| 1990 | Ortwin Lowack [de] | CSU | 54.9 |
| 1994 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 46.0 |
| 1998 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 50.6 |
| 2002 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 60.7 |
| 2005 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 56.1 |
| 2009 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 50.9 |
| 2013 | Hartmut Koschyk | CSU | 55.9 |
| 2017 | Silke Launert | CSU | 46.5 |
| 2021 | Silke Launert | CSU | 42.4 |
| 2025 | Silke Launert | CSU | 44.5 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Bayreuth :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Silke Launert | Silke Launert | 59,366 | 44.5 | 2.0 | 51,467 | 38.5 | 4.4 |
| | AfD | Tobias Matthias Peterka | Tobias Matthias Peterka | 25,068 | 18.8 | 10.4 | 26,682 | 20.0 | 10.9 |
| | SPD | Anette Kramme | Anette Kramme | 19,068 | 14.3 | 5.1 | 16,404 | 12.3 | 8.4 |
| | Greens | Inken Bößert | Inken Bößert | 11,000 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 13,155 | 9.8 | 2.3 |
| | FW | Thomas Robert Schmid | Thomas Robert Schmid | 6,741 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 5,969 | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| | Left | Jannick Metz | Jannick Metz | 6,113 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 7,605 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
| | FDP | Thomas Hacker | Thomas Hacker | 3,728 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4,987 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 3,973 | 3.0 | |
| | APT | | | | | | 1,043 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | Volt | Maximilian Markus Peter Diepold | Maximilian Markus Peter Diepold | 1,398 | 1.0 | | 845 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| | dieBasis | Erich Vornberger | Erich Vornberger | 984 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 473 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 441 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 314 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | BP | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 95 | 0.1 | |
| | BD | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 614 | | | 399 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 133,466 | | | 133,681 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,080 | 84.5 | 5.0 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 34,298 | 25.7 | 2.7 | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bayreuth :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Silke Launert | Y Silke Launert | 54,465 | 42.4 | 4.1 | 43,768 | 34.1 | 7.9 |
| | SPD | Anette Kramme | Anette Kramme | 24,840 | 19.4 | 1.9 | 26,584 | 20.7 | 2.3 |
| | Greens | Susanne Bauer | Susanne Bauer | 14,064 | 11.0 | 3.9 | 15,647 | 12.2 | 4.3 |
| | AfD | Tobias Peterka | Tobias Peterka | 10,777 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 11,636 | 9.1 | 1.7 |
| | FDP | Thomas Hacker | Thomas Hacker | 9,182 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 12,020 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| | FW | Corey Dressendörfer | Corey Dressendörfer | 7,754 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 8,857 | 6.9 | 4.2 |
| | Left | Sven Schröder | Sven Schröder | 2,577 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3,294 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| | dieBasis | Markus Engel | Markus Engel | 2,028 | 1.6 | | 1,642 | 1.3 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,306 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | Florens Weiß | Florens Weiß | 1,709 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 988 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | Dominic Hopp | Dominic Hopp | 934 | 0.7 | | 516 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 368 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 321 | 0.3 | |
| | BP | | | | | | 269 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 241 | 0.2 | |
| | Unabhängige | | | | | | 210 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 142 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 131 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 120 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 101 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 82 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 71 | 0.1 | |
| | LKR | | | | | | 19 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 806 | | | 606 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 128,330 | | | 128,530 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,136 | 79.5 | 1.9 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 29,625 | 23.0 | 2.2 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bayreuth :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Silke Launert | Silke Launert | 58,665 | 46.5 | 9.4 | 53,063 | 41.9 | 7.6 |
| | SPD | Anette Kramme | Anette Kramme | 26,785 | 21.2 | 4.4 | 23,198 | 18.3 | 4.9 |
| | AfD | Tobias Peterka | Tobias Peterka | 11,845 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 13,566 | 10.7 | 6.9 |
| | Greens | Susanne Bauer | Susanne Bauer | 8,936 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 9,994 | 7.9 | 1.1 |
| | FDP | Thomas Hacker | Thomas Hacker | 8,368 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 11,369 | 9.0 | 4.2 |
| | Left | Sebastian Sommerer | Sebastian Sommerer | 5,476 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 7,022 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| | FW | Thomas Mainusch | Thomas Mainusch | 4,434 | 3.5 | | 3,441 | 2.7 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | Wolfgang Karl | Wolfgang Karl | 1,662 | 1.3 | | 1,194 | 0.9 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,015 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 532 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 386 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 373 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| | BP | | | | | | 347 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 318 | 0.3 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 189 | 0.1 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 156 | 0.1 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 138 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 15 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,051 | | | 693 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 126,171 | | | 126,529 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,222 | 77.6 | 7.4 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 31,880 | 25.3 | 5.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bayreuth :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Hartmut Koschyk | Y Hartmut Koschyk | 63,936 | 55.9 | 5.0 | 56,846 | 49.5 | 5.6 |
| | SPD | Anette Kramme | Anette Kramme | 29,344 | 25.6 | 4.9 | 26,676 | 23.2 | 4.3 |
| | Greens | Sabine Steininger | Sabine Steininger | 7,189 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 7,803 | 6.8 | 2.6 |
| | AfD | Tobias Matthias Peterka | Tobias Matthias Peterka | 3,569 | 3.1 | | 4,435 | 3.9 | |
| | Left | Tilmann Schiel | Tilmann Schiel | 3,246 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3,783 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| | FDP | Hermann Hiery | Hermann Hiery | 3,133 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 5,539 | 4.8 | 9.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 3,524 | 3.1 | |
| | Pirates | Dirk-Gernot Marky | Dirk-Gernot Marky | 2,663 | 2.3 | | 2,192 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| | The Homeland | Harald Bestehorn | Harald Bestehorn | 1,392 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1,104 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 796 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 556 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| | REP | | | | | | 530 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| | BP | | | | | | 398 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | DIE FRAUEN | | | | | | 245 | 0.2 | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Party of Reason | | | | | | 111 | 0.1 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 70 | 0.1 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 44 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,187 | | | 855 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 114,472 | | | 114,804 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,659 | 70.2 | 1.2 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 34,592 | 30.3 | 0.1 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bayreuth :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CSU | Y Hartmut Koschyk | Y Hartmut Koschyk | 58,848 | 50.9 | 5.2 | 51,124 | 44.0 | 4.1 |
| | SPD | Anette Kramme | Anette Kramme | 23,920 | 20.7 | 8.1 | 22,018 | 18.9 | 9.5 |
| | Greens | Gert Lowack | Gert Lowack | 13,096 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 10,937 | 9.4 | 3.3 |
| | FDP | Philipp Irmscher | Philipp Irmscher | 9,898 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 16,066 | 13.8 | 4.7 |
| | Left | Georg Böhner | Georg Böhner | 6,318 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 6,865 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,401 | 2.1 | |
| | REP | Franz Noffke | Franz Noffke | 1,855 | 1.6 | | 1,520 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| | The Homeland | Kai Limmer | Kai Limmer | 1,701 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1,593 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| | FAMILIE | | | | | | 818 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 690 | 0.6 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 595 | 0.5 | |
| | RRP | | | | | | 570 | 0.5 | |
| | BP | | | | | | 414 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| | PBC | | | | | | 293 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 181 | 0.2 | |
| | CM | | | | | | 131 | 0.1 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,654 | | | 974 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 115,636 | | | 116,316 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 117,290 | 71.4 | 6.2 | | | |
| | CSU hold | CSU hold | Majority | 34,928 | 30.2 | 2.9 | | | |