Constituency 231 Amberg: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 231 Amberg went to CSU with 44.5% of the first votes, 23.3 points ahead of AfD (21.2%).
- Second votes: leading
- CSU 40.1%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +11.7 · SPD −7.6
- Turnout
- 84.9% · 2021: 80.2%
- Voters
- 181,941 of 214,379 eligible voters
- State
- Bavaria
Second votes compared with 2021
Shares in percent, change from the 2021 federal election in points. Parties below one percent are grouped as Others.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election published by the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), second votes per constituency, compared with the 2021 result in the same area boundaries.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
If the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to this constituency. A rough estimate, not a forecast for individual candidates.
First votes: CSU ahead with 33.0%, a margin of 3.1 points over AfD. CSU would hold the constituency. The margin lies within the usual polling error, the constituency is close.
- AfD30.9%+8.8
- CSU29.4%-10.7
- Grüne10.5%+2.8
- SPD9.3%-1.4
- Freie Wähler6.6%+0.3
- Linke5.6%+1.2
- FDP3.1%-0.2
- BSW1.8%-1.0
- Tierschutzpartei0.7%
- ÖDP0.4%
- Volt0.4%
- Die PARTEI0.3%
- Bayernpartei0.2%
- BD0.1%
- Others0.5%-2.1
Change compared with 2025 election.
First votes and constituency seat
Since the 2025 electoral reform, the candidate with the most first votes only takes the seat if it is covered by their party's second-vote result in the state.
| Party | Votes | 2025 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSUConstituency seat | 80,626 | 44.5% | 40.3% | +4.2 |
| AfD | 38,359 | 21.2% | 10.4% | +10.8 |
| SPD | 19,705 | 10.9% | 16.0% | -5.1 |
| Freie Wähler | 12,883 | 7.1% | 12.1% | -5.0 |
| Grüne | 12,177 | 6.7% | 8.1% | -1.4 |
| Linke | 7,316 | 4.0% | 2.4% | +1.6 |
| FDP | 4,698 | 2.6% | 5.9% | -3.3 |
| ÖDP | 1,748 | 1.0% | 1.9% | -0.9 |
| dieBasis | 1,607 | 0.9% | 1.7% | -0.8 |
| Volt | 1,402 | 0.8% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 231 lies in Bavaria
Constituency 231 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 47 municipalities in constituency 231
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Neumarkt i.d.OPf., Amberg, Amberg-Sulzbach.
- Neumarkt i.d.OPf.CSU 39.7%
- AmbergCSU 34.8%
- Sulzbach-Rosenberg, StCSU 31.6%
- KümmersbruckCSU 39.2%
- Freystadt, StCSU 45.4%
- Berching, StCSU 46.4%
- Berg b.Neumarkt i.d.OPf.CSU 44.1%
- Auerbach i.d.OPf., StCSU 40.4%
- Postbauer-Heng, MCSU 39.3%
- Parsberg, StCSU 41.2%
- Dietfurt a.d.Altmühl, StCSU 45.6%
- Pyrbaum, MCSU 39.5%
- Hirschau, StCSU 38.3%
- Velburg, StCSU 43.9%
- DeiningCSU 44.7%
- Seubersdorf i.d.OPf.CSU 48.4%
- Hahnbach, MCSU 45.5%
- Vilseck, StCSU 39.5%
- MühlhausenCSU 38.1%
- FreudenbergCSU 45.6%
- Schnaittenbach, StCSU 39.3%
- UrsensollenCSU 44.2%
- Lauterhofen, MCSU 46.9%
- Breitenbrunn, MCSU 45.4%
- PoppenrichtCSU 38.6%
- SengenthalCSU 44.9%
- PilsachCSU 41.4%
- BerngauCSU 49.8%
- Rieden, MCSU 38.6%
- Neukirchen b.Sulzbach-RosenbergCSU 34.0%
- Freihung, MCSU 38.1%
- Kastl, MCSU 40.6%
- Lupburg, MCSU 46.2%
- EbermannsdorfCSU 42.4%
- Schmidmühlen, MCSU 41.8%
- IllschwangCSU 39.6%
The 36 largest of 47 municipalities; all of them via the district pages.
Neighbours and context
Source: Federal Returning Officer, results by constituency, federal election of 23 February 2025, final (as of 14 March 2025), Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0.. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.