Electromagnetic switch for a starting device of an internal combustion engine , - having a coil carrier which has a carrier wall which extends in an axial direction and which encloses a cavity in the coil carrier , - having a coil winding which has a coil wire wound on the side, averted from the cavity , of the carrier wall and which, during operation, is flowed through by an electrical current and thus generates a magnetic field within the cavity , - having a piston which is axially adjustable in the cavity and which, when the coil winding is not in operation, is situated in a passive position and, during operation of the coil winding , is adjusted axially in the direction of a core , - wherein, in the passive position of the piston , an axial gap is formed, in the cavity , between the piston and the core , - wherein the coil wire is, in an axially extending first winding section , wound in a first winding direction around the carrier wall , - wherein the coil wire is, in an axially extending second winding section , wound in a second winding direction , which is opposite to the first winding direction , around the carrier wall , - having a ferromagnetic bypass body which surrounds the cavity and which is arranged radially between the cavity and the coil winding , - wherein, in the passive position of the piston , the bypass body axially overlaps the axial gap , characterized - in that , at least one winding of the second winding section axially overlaps the bypass body , - in that the coil wire is, in a third axial winding section , wound in the first winding direction around the carrier wall , wherein the second winding section is arranged axially between the first winding section and the third winding section . - having a coil carrier which has a carrier wall which extends in an axial direction and which encloses a cavity in the coil carrier , - having a coil winding which has a coil wire wound on the side, averted from the cavity , of the carrier wall and which, during operation, is flowed through by an electrical current and thus generates a magnetic field within the cavity , - having a piston which is axially adjustable in the cavity and which, when the coil winding is not in operation, is situated in a passive position and, during operation of the coil winding , is adjusted axially in the direction of a core , - wherein, in the passive position of the piston , an axial gap is formed, in the cavity , between the piston and the core , - wherein the coil wire is, in an axially extending first winding section , wound in a first winding direction around the carrier wall , - wherein the coil wire is, in an axially extending second winding section , wound in a second winding direction , which is opposite to the first winding direction , around the carrier wall , - having a ferromagnetic bypass body which surrounds the cavity and which is arranged radially between the cavity and the coil winding , - wherein, in the passive position of the piston , the bypass body axially overlaps the axial gap , - in that , at least one winding of the second winding section axially overlaps the bypass body , - in that the coil wire is, in a third axial winding section , wound in the first winding direction around the carrier wall , wherein the second winding section is arranged axially between the first winding section and the third winding section . <EOS>