Kulmbach (electoral district)

Kulmbach is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Kulmbach and Lichtenfels as well as the municipalities of Bischberg, Breitengüßbach, Gundelsheim, Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken, Kemmern, Litzendorf, Memmelsdorf, Oberhaid, Rattelsdorf, Scheßlitz, Viereth-Trunstadt, and Zapfendorf and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Baunach and Steinfeld from the Bamberg district.

Kulmbach was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 29 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 224. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 226. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 241. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 240. From the 2025 election, it has been number 239.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Kulmbach and the districts of Landkreis Kulmbach, Lichtenfels, Naila, and Stadtsteinach. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the independent cities of Kulmbach and Forchheim and the districts of Landkreis Kulmbach, Landkreis Forchheim, Lichtenfels, Stadtsteinach, and Ebermannstadt. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the districts of Kulmbach and Lichtenfels as well as the municipalities of Baunach, Scheßlitz, Gerach, Heiligenstadt, Königsfeld, Lauter, Rattelsdorf, Reckendorf, Stadelhofen, Wattendorf, and Zapfendorf from the Bamberg district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency has been held by the Christian Social Union (CSU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Friedrich Schönauer of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 until his death in 1950. Johannes Semler of the CSU won the resulting by-election. He was succeeded by Max Spörl in the 1953 federal election, followed by Gustav Sühler in 1957, and Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg in 1961. Lorenz Niegel was then representative from 1969 to 1990. Bernd Protzner served from 1990 to 2002, followed by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg from 2002 to 2013. Emmi Zeulner was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, 2021, and 2025.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|candidate = Emmi Zeulner

|votes = 69,446

|percentage = 49.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 56,803

|party percent = 40.3

|party change = {{increase}} 4.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Sebastian Johannes Görtler

|votes = 30,698

|percentage = 21.8

|change = {{increase}} 11.2

|party votes = 32,988

|party percent = 23.4

|party change = {{increase}} 11.8

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Ali-Cemil Sat

|votes = 13,210

|percentage = 9.4

|change = {{decrease}} 6.8

|party votes = 15,327

|party percent = 10.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Thomas Josef Ochs

|votes = 9,232

|percentage = 6.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 10,176

|party percent = 7.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jochen Sebastian Bergmann

|votes = 8,744

|percentage = 6.2

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 7,184

|party percent = 5.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Oswald Emil Greim

|votes = 5,361

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 6,210

|party percent = 4.4

|party change = {{increase}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Kevin Blechschmidt

|votes = 2,838

|percentage = 2.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

|party votes = 4,550

|party percent = 3.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 5.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht

|party votes = 4,183

|party percent = 3.0

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Action Party for Animal Welfare

|party votes = 1,133

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Benjamin Günter Eichelkraut

|votes = 1,237

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 719

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 538

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 439

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 424

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bavaria Party

|party votes = 172

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 129

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 75

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}}

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}}

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 771

|party votes = 462

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 140,766

|party votes = 141,075

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,537

|percentage = 85.5

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|votes = 38,748

|percent = 27.5

|change = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|candidate = Emmi Zeulner

|votes = 65,163

|percentage = 47.8

|change = {{decrease}} 7.7

|party votes = 49,389

|party percent = 36.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Simon Moritz

|votes = 22,103

|percentage = 16.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 27,009

|party percent = 19.8

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Theo Taubmann

|votes = 14,416

|percentage = 10.6

|change = {{decrease}} 1.0

|party votes = 15,774

|party percent = 11.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jochen Bergmann

|votes = 10,430

|percentage = 7.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.5

|party votes = 10,420

|party percent = 7.6

|party change = {{increase}} 5.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Martin Pfeiffer

|votes = 10,165

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

|party votes = 11,966

|party percent = 8.8

|party change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Claus Ehrhardt

|votes = 6,480

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 11,399

|party percent = 8.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Ludwig Baumgartner

|votes = 2,448

|percentage = 1.8

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 2,982

|party percent = 2.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Sven Goller

|votes = 1,954

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,199

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Otto Gebelein

|votes = 1,748

|percentage = 1.3

|change =

|party votes = 1,718

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,548

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Kay-Uwe Zenker

|votes = 871

|percentage = 0.6

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 605

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bavaria Party

|candidate = Gunther Sedlmeyer

|votes = 619

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

|party votes = 446

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 429

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Unabhängige

|color = #FF9900

|party votes = 242

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 214

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 207

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 203

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 185

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 126

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The III. Path

|party votes = 124

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 92

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 82

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 16

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 781

|party votes = 671

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 136,397

|party votes = 136,507

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 137,178

|percentage = 81.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|loser =

|votes = 43,060

|percent = 31.6

|change = {{decrease}} 7.8

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Kulmbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-240.html Results for Kulmbach]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|candidate = Emmi Zeulner

|votes = 74,105

|percentage = 55.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.5

|party votes = 58,112

|party percent = 43.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Thomas Bauske

|votes = 21,494

|percentage = 16.1

|change = {{decrease}} 6.7

|party votes = 23,675

|party percent = 17.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Georg Hock

|votes = 15,497

|percentage = 11.6

|change = {{increase}} 8.4

|party votes = 17,997

|party percent = 13.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Markus Tutsch

|votes = 5,880

|percentage = 4.4

|change = {{increase}} 0.4

|party votes = 7,966

|party percent = 5.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Wolf

|votes = 5,381

|percentage = 4.0

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

|party votes = 10,335

|party percent = 7.7

|party change = {{increase}} 4.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Oswald Greim

|votes = 5,057

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 6,431

|party percent = 4.8

|party change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Klaus Purucker

|votes = 4,199

|percentage = 3.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 3,560

|party percent = 2.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,203

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,006

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Thomas Müller

|votes = 2,064

|percentage = 1.5

|change = {{increase}} 0.4

|party votes = 932

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 742

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bavaria Party

|party votes = 514

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 421

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 247

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Gesundheitsforschung

|color = black

|party votes = 199

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 191

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 153

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 150

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 51

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 17

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 10

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,395

|party votes = 1,160

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 133,677

|party votes = 133,912

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 135,072

|percentage = 79.0

|change = {{increase}} 8.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|votes = 52,611

|percent = 39.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.2

}}

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|title=Federal election (2013): Kulmbach[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-240.html Results for Kulmbach]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|candidate = Emmi Zeulner

|votes = 68,903

|percentage = 56.9

|change = {{decrease}} 11.2

|party votes = 63,378

|party percent = 52.3

|party change = {{increase}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Simon Moritz

|votes = 27,587

|percentage = 22.8

|change = {{increase}} 8.1

|party votes = 26,030

|party percent = 21.5

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Valentin Motschmann

|votes = 4,845

|percentage = 4.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

|party votes = 6,396

|party percent = 5.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Georg Hock

|votes = 3,829

|percentage = 3.2

|change =

|party votes = 4,800

|party percent = 4.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Marko Müller

|votes = 3,616

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.2

|party votes = 4,392

|party percent = 3.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Philipp Goletz

|votes = 3,533

|percentage = 2.9

|change =

|party votes = 3,476

|party percent = 2.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Bruno Kramm

|votes = 2,212

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

|party votes = 2,316

|party percent = 1.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Johannes Hühnlein

|votes = 2,013

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

|party votes = 2,017

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stephan Otte

|votes = 1,996

|percentage = 1.6

|change = {{decrease}} 2.2

|party votes = 4,513

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.7

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 889

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Thomas Karl Müller

|votes = 1,430

|percentage = 1.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 856

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Bavaria Party

|candidate =

|votes = 1,118

|percentage = 0.9

|change =

|party votes = 758

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 554

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DIE FRAUEN

|party votes = 307

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DIE VIOLETTEN

|color = #EE82EE

|party votes = 122

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|party votes = 120

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 105

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 31

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,225

|party votes = 1,207

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 121,082

|party votes = 121,100

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 122,307

|percentage = 70.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|votes = 41,316

|percent = 34.1

|change = {{decrease}} 19.3

}}

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|title=Federal election (2009): Kulmbach[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617072407/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l09/wk240/ Results for Kulmbach]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|candidate = Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

|votes = 86,658

|percentage = 68.1

|change = {{increase}} 8.0

|party votes = 62,880

|party percent = 49.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Claus Stenglein

|votes = 18,717

|percentage = 14.7

|change = {{decrease}} 11.3

|party votes = 21,863

|party percent = 17.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Corinna Croy

|votes = 6,624

|percentage = 5.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 8,038

|party percent = 6.3

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Hans-Dieter Herold

|votes = 5,985

|percentage = 4.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

|party votes = 8,731

|party percent = 6.9

|party change = {{increase}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Joachim-Friedrich Unruh

|votes = 4,885

|percentage = 3.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 14,520

|party percent = 11.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Bernd Lorenz

|votes = 3,027

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{decrease}} 0.8

|party votes = 2,682

|party percent = 2.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,332

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 1,215

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Tanja Och

|votes = 1,407

|percentage = 1.1

|change =

|party votes = 1,091

|party percent = 0.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = FAMILIE

|color = orange

|party votes = 1,045

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 827

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RRP

|party votes = 659

|party percent = 0.5

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bavaria Party

|party votes = 546

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 259

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DIE VIOLETTEN

|color = #EE82EE

|party votes = 185

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = CM

|color = #00BFFF

|party votes = 112

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 59

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 48

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,198

|party votes = 1384

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 127,303

|party votes = 127,117

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 128,501

|percentage = 74.1

|change = {{decrease}} 5.2

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

|votes = 67,941

|percent = 53.4

|change = {{increase}} 19.3

}}

{{reflist}}

{{Electoral districts of Bavaria}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kulmbach (electoral district)}}

Category:Federal electoral districts in Bavaria

Category:1949 establishments in West Germany

Category:Constituencies established in 1949

Category:Kulmbach (district)

Category:Lichtenfels (district)

Category:Bamberg (district)