Amberg (electoral district)
{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 231 Amberg
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Amberg (electoral district)
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 231-2025.svg
|caption = Amberg in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = Bavaria
|population = 279,800 (2019)
|electorate = 213,946 (2025)
|towns = Amberg
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Sulzbach-Rosenberg
|area = 2,649.9 km2
|year = 1949
|party = CSU
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Susanne Hierl
|blank1_name = Elected
}}
Amberg 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 231. It is located in central northern Bavaria, comprising the city of Amberg and the districts of Amberg-Sulzbach and Neumarkt.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-231.html|title=Constituency Amberg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Amberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Susanne Hierl of the Christian Social Union (CSU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-232.html|title=Results for Amberg|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Geography
Amberg is located in central northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Amberg and the districts of Amberg-Sulzbach and Neumarkt.
History
Amberg was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was known as Amberg – Neumarkt. Since the 1976 election, it has again been named Amberg. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 19 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 214. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 218. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 233. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 232. From the 2025 election, it has been number 231.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Amberg and Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and the districts of Landkreis Amberg, Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and Sulzbach-Rosenberg. From 1965 through 1972, it also contained the districts of Beilngries, Riedenburg, and Parsberg. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.
class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Election ! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}} ! width=125px| Name ! width=300px| Borders |
1949
| {{abbr|19|Bavaria 19}} | rowspan=4| Amberg | rowspan=4|
|
---|
1953
| rowspan=3| 214 |
1957 |
1961 |
1965
| rowspan=10| 218 | rowspan=3| Amberg – Neumarkt | rowspan=3|
|
1969 |
1972 |
1976
| rowspan=14| Amberg | rowspan=14|
|
1980 |
1983 |
1987 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002
| rowspan=2| 233 |
2005 |
2009
| rowspan=4| 232 |
2013 |
2017 |
2021 |
2025
| 231 |
Members
The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Schatz from 1949 to 1953, followed by Anton Donhauser from 1953 to 1957. Heinrich Aigner then served from 1957 to 1980. Hermann Fellner was representative for three terms from 1980 to 1990. He was succeeded by Rudolf Kraus from 1990 to 2005. Alois Karl was elected in 2005 and served until 2021. He was succeeded by Susanne Hierl in 2021, who was re-elected in 2025.
class=wikitable
! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 1949 | CSU | align=right| 33.5 |
bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 1953 | CSU | align=right| 64.5 |
rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 1957 | rowspan=6| Heinrich Aigner | rowspan=6| CSU | align=right| 65.0 |
1961
| align=right| 64.1 |
1965
| align=right| 67.8 |
1969
| align=right| 66.6 |
1972
| align=right| 65.2 |
1976
| align=right| 66.9 |
rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 1980 | rowspan=3| Hermann Fellner | rowspan=3| CSU | align=right| 64.4 |
1983
| align=right| 68.3 |
1987
| align=right| 62.7 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 1990 | rowspan=4| Rudolf Kraus | rowspan=4| CSU | align=right| 58.4 |
1994
| align=right| 56.6 |
1998
| align=right| 52.6 |
2002
| align=right| 60.4 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 2005 | rowspan=4| Alois Karl | rowspan=4| CSU | align=right| 58.8 |
2009
| align=right| 47.3 |
2013
| align=right| 58.4 |
2017
| align=right| 47.7 |
rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|
| 2021 | rowspan=2| Susanne Hierl | rowspan=2| CSU | align=right| 40.3 |
2025
| align=right| 44.5 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Amberg https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-231.html
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = Susanne Hierl
|votes = 80,626
|percentage = 44.5
|change = {{increase}} 4.2
|party votes = 72,724
|party percent = 40.1
|party change = {{increase}} 5.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Peter Christian Pascal Boehringer
|votes = 38,359
|percentage = 21.2
|change = {{increase}} 10.8
|party votes = 40,019
|party percent = 22.1
|party change = {{increase}} 11.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = David Tobias Mandrella
|votes = 19,705
|percentage = 10.9
|change = {{decrease}} 5.1
|party votes = 19,333
|party percent = 10.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Hans Martin Grötsch
|votes = 12,883
|percentage = 7.1
|change = {{decrease}} 5.0
|party votes = 11,310
|party percent = 6.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Peter Gerhard Gürtler
|votes = 12,177
|percentage = 6.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
|party votes = 13,961
|party percent = 7.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Marco Winkler
|votes = 7,316
|percentage = 4.0
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
|party votes = 7,977
|party percent = 4.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Nils Jan Gründer
|votes = 4,699
|percentage = 2.6
|change = {{decrease}} 3.3
|party votes = 5,968
|party percent = 3.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 5.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
|party votes = 5,055
|party percent = 2.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare
|party votes = 1,323
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Susanne Maria Witt
|votes = 1,746
|percentage =1.0
|change = {{decrease}} 0.9
|party votes = 795
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Hans Josef Märkl
|votes = 1,609
|percentage = 0.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
|party votes = 784
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Markus Meier
|votes = 1,403
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
|party votes = 810
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 580
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bavaria Party
|party votes = 337
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|candidate = Johannes Heinz Kotzbauer
|votes = 610
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
|party votes = 212
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 107
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}}
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 33
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}}
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 865
|party votes = 670
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 181,133
|party votes = 181,328
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 181,998
|percentage = 85.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 42,267
|percent = 23.3
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Amberg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-232.html Results for Amberg]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = Susanne Hierl
|votes = 69,278
|percentage = 40.3
|change = {{decrease}} 7.4
|party votes = 60,430
|party percent = 35.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Johannes Foitzik
|votes = 27,476
|percentage = 16.0
|change = {{increase}} 0.7
|party votes = 31,547
|party percent = 18.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Daisy Miranda
|votes = 20,855
|percentage = 12.1
|change = {{increase}} 6.1
|party votes = 16,332
|party percent = 9.5
|party change = {{increase}} 5.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Peter Boehringer
|votes = 17,822
|percentage = 10.4
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
|party votes = 17,958
|party percent = 10.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Karl-Heinz Herbst
|votes = 13,908
|percentage = 8.1
|change = {{increase}} 1.2
|party votes = 16,191
|party percent = 9.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Nils Gründer{{efn|Gründer entered the Bundestag on the FDP list after the resignation of Thomas Sattelberger in August 2022.}}
|votes = 10,213
|percentage = 5.9
|change = {{increase}} 0.9
|party votes = 15,067
|party percent = 8.7
|party change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Markus Sendelbeck
|votes = 4,158
|percentage = 2.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
|party votes = 4,095
|party percent = 2.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Susanne Witt
|votes = 3,247
|percentage = 1.9
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 1,298
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Alwin Baumert
|votes = 2,902
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
|party votes = 2,917
|party percent = 1.7
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Nikolaus Gradl
|votes = 2,138
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,938
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 991
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bavaria Party
|party votes = 872
|party percent = 0.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 755
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Unabhängige
|color = #FF9900
|party votes = 438
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Volt Germany
|party votes = 275
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 253
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 221
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 166
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = V-Partei3
|party votes = 128
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 121
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 101
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The III. Path
|party votes = 98
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei
|party votes = 89
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 31
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 26
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 20
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,300
|party votes = 939
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 171,997
|party votes = 172,358
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 173,297
|percentage = 80.2
|change = {{increase}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|loser =
|votes = 41,802
|percent = 24.3
|change = {{decrease}} 8.2
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Amberg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-232.html Results for Amberg]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = Alois Karl
|votes = 80,075
|percentage = 47.7
|change = {{decrease}} 10.7
|party votes = 71,720
|party percent = 42.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Johannes Foitzik
|votes = 25,580
|percentage = 15.2
|change = {{decrease}} 5.7
|party votes = 26,080
|party percent = 15.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Peter Boehringer
|votes = 18,790
|percentage = 11.2
|change =
|party votes = 21,550
|party percent = 12.8
|party change = {{increase}} 9.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Yvonne Rösel
|votes = 11,612
|percentage = 6.9
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
|party votes = 11,997
|party percent = 7.1
|party change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Manuel Werthner
|votes = 10,184
|percentage = 6.1
|change = {{increase}} 2.2
|party votes = 7,103
|party percent = 4.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Moritz Pöllath
|votes = 8,388
|percentage = 5.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.9
|party votes = 12,854
|party percent = 7.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Dominic Lenz
|votes = 7,461
|percentage = 4.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.2
|party votes = 8,948
|party percent = 5.3
|party change = {{increase}} 1.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Norbert Peter
|votes = 2,851
|percentage = 1.7
|change = {{decrease}} 0.9
|party votes = 1,747
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,536
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Bavaria Party
|candidate = Michael Prensky
|votes = 1,835
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
|party votes = 1,450
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Elmar Richard Widder
|votes = 1,074
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 928
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 666
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 475
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 242
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 229
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Gesundheitsforschung
|color = black
|party votes = 222
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 187
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 184
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 48
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 21
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 18
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,657
|party votes = 1,302
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 167,850
|party votes = 168,205
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 169,507
|percentage = 78.5
|change = {{increase}} 8.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 54,495
|percent = 32.5
|change = {{decrease}} 5.0
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Amberg[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-232.html Results for Amberg]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = Alois Karl
|votes = 87,248
|percentage = 58.4
|change = {{increase}} 11.0
|party votes = 80,073
|party percent = 53.5
|party change = {{increase}} 8.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Brigitte Bachmann
|votes = 31,253
|percentage = 20.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.6
|party votes = 29,036
|party percent = 19.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Stefan Schmidt
|votes = 7,365
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 4.3
|party votes = 8,997
|party percent = 6.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Matthias Penkala
|votes = 5,722
|percentage = 3.8
|change =
|party votes = 5,681
|party percent = 3.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Wolfgang Berndt
|votes = 4,909
|percentage = 3.3
|change = {{decrease}} 3.7
|party votes = 5,052
|party percent = 3.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|candidate = Klaus Karl Peter
|votes = 3,824
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
|party votes = 1,959
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Stefan Körner
|votes = 3,781
|percentage = 2.5
|change =
|party votes = 2,920
|party percent = 2.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Moritz Pöllath
|votes = 3,148
|percentage = 2.1
|change = {{decrease}} 10.5
|party votes = 5,633
|party percent = 3.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|party votes = 5,273
|party percent = 3.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Heidrich Klenhart
|votes = 2,229
|percentage = 1.5
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
|party votes = 1,586
|party percent = 1.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bavaria Party
|party votes = 1,375
|party percent = 0.9
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 981
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 372
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DIE FRAUEN
|party votes = 280
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Party of Reason
|color = #005488
|party votes = 152
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DIE VIOLETTEN
|color = #EE82EE
|party votes = 142
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 109
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RRP
|party votes = 53
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 32
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 30
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,542
|party votes = 1,285
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 149,479
|party votes = 149,736
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 151,021
|percentage = 70.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 55,995
|percent = 37.5
|change = {{increase}} 10.5
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Amberg[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617073345/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l09/wk232/ Results for Amberg]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|candidate = Alois Karl
|votes = 71,148
|percentage = 47.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.5
|party votes = 68,586
|party percent = 45.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 7.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Christian Beyer
|votes = 30,587
|percentage = 20.3
|change = {{decrease}} 4.9
|party votes = 25,606
|party percent = 16.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Edgar Meixner
|votes = 18,922
|percentage = 12.6
|change = {{increase}} 8.2
|party votes = 19,418
|party percent = 12.8
|party change = {{increase}} 5.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Jörg Schümann
|votes = 13,833
|percentage = 9.2
|change = {{increase}} 4.2
|party votes = 12,807
|party percent = 8.4
|party change = {{increase}} 3.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Wolfgang Berndt
|votes = 10,544
|percentage = 7.0
|change = {{increase}} 3.9
|party votes = 10,629
|party percent = 7.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.5
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 3,686
|party percent = 2.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Heidrich Klenhart
|votes = 3,818
|percentage = 2.5
|change = {{increase}} 0.3
|party votes = 2,839
|party percent = 1.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 2,083
|party percent = 1.4
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|party = RRP
|candidate = Peter Hans Riedl
|votes = 1,493
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
|party votes = 1,288
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = FAMILIE
|color = orange
|party votes = 1,284
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bavaria Party
|party votes = 1,026
|party percent = 0.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 965
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 913
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PBC
|party votes = 234
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DIE VIOLETTEN
|color = #EE82EE
|party votes = 213
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = CM
|color = #00BFFF
|party votes = 198
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 105
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 62
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 37
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 3,314
|party votes = 1,680
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 150,345
|party votes = 151,979
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 153,659
|percentage = 71.6
|change = {{decrease}} 6.5
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
|votes = 40,561
|percent = 27.0
|change = {{decrease}} 6.6
}}
Notes
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References
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{{Electoral districts of Bavaria}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amberg (electoral district)}}
Category:Federal electoral districts in Bavaria
Category:1949 establishments in West Germany