Munich South (electoral district)

Munich South is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Sendling (6), Sendling-Westpark (7), Obergiesing (17), Untergiesing-Harlaching (18), Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln (19), and Hadern (20) from the independent city of Munich.^[1]

Munich South was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 202. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 207. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 206. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 221. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 220. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 219. From the 2025 election, it has been number 218.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Altstadt, Au, Forstenried, Fürstenried, Hadern, Isarvorstadt, Ludwigsvorstadt, Obersendling, Sendling, Solln, and Thalkirchen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, comprised the boroughs of Forstenried, Fürstenried, Giesing, Hadern, Harlaching, Obersendling, Thalkirchen, Sendling, and Solln. In the 1976 election, it lost the borough of Sendling and gained the borough of Mittersendling. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was first represented by Max Wönner of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Karl Wieninger of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served until 1965. Günther Müller of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rudolf Schöfberger from 1972 to 1976. Erich Riedl won the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1998. Christoph Moosbauer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and was representative for a single term. Peter Gauweiler regained it for the CSU in 2002 and served until 2017. Michael Kuffer of the CSU was elected in 2017. Jamila Schäfer won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

2021 election edit

Federal election (2021): Munich South[3]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Jamila Schäfer		47,256	27.5	13.7	45,562	26.4	9.0
	CSU	N Michael Kuffer		46,059	26.8	6.2	40,585	23.5	6.3
	SPD	Sebastian Roloff		33,924	19.7	3.8	33,117	19.2	3.0
	FDP	Thomas Sattelberger		16,437	9.6	0.5	21,495	12.5	0.8
	AfD	Wolfgang Wiehle		7,641	4.4	3.2	7,910	4.6	4.0
	Left	Kerem Schamberger		6,236	3.6	3.8	7,669	4.4	4.2
	FW	Loraine Bender-Schwering		4,464	2.6	0.9	4,724	2.7	1.6
	dieBasis	Anna Petukova		2,668	1.6		2,388	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Stephanie Weiser		2,610	1.5		1,711	1.0	0.1
	Volt						1,497	0.9
	ÖDP	Martina Bonertz		2,532	1.5	0.1	1,306	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI	Anja Mebes		2,060	1.2	0.2	1,299	0.8	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,000	0.6
	Pirates						608	0.4	0.1
	BP						357	0.2	0.3
	V-Partei3						197	0.1	0.1
	Unabhängige						184	0.1
	Humanists						172	0.1
	du.						165	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						145	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Christa Kaiser		133	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						83	0.0
	DKP						45	0.0	0.0
	MLPD	Patrick Ziegler		109	0.1	0.0	44	0.0	0.0
	NPD						40	0.0	0.1
	LKR						36	0.0
	The III. Path						32	0.0
Informal votes				841			599
Total valid votes				172,129			172,371
Turnout				172,970	80.6	1.9
	Greens gain from CSU		Majority	1,197	0.7

2017 election edit

Federal election (2017): Munich South[4]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Michael Kuffer		55,894	33.0	10.4	50,686	29.8	8.0
	SPD	Sebastian Roloff		39,873	23.5	4.9	27,500	16.2	7.8
	Greens	Peter Heilrath		23,343	13.8	2.4	29,560	17.4	3.4
	FDP	Thomas Sattelberger		15,332	9.1	6.0	22,587	13.3	6.3
	AfD	Wolfgang Wiehle		12,921	7.6	4.6	14,578	8.6	4.0
	Left	Nicole Gohlke		12,611	7.4	3.5	14,694	8.7	3.9
	FW	Günther Görlich		2,803	1.7	0.2	1,982	1.2	0.5
	ÖDP	Michael Schabl		2,679	1.6	0.1	1,458	0.9	0.1
	PARTEI	Gerhard Bruckner		2,415	1.4		1,655	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,467	0.9	0.2
	BP	Alexander Müller		1,190	0.7		890	0.5	0.2
	Pirates						719	0.4	2.2
	DiB						625	0.4
	BGE						378	0.2
	V-Partei³						344	0.2
	DM						241	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						157	0.1
	NPD						144	0.1	0.3
	MLPD	Marion Schmidt		164	0.1		79	0.0	0.0
	BüSo	Christa Kaiser		172	0.1	0.0	50	0.0	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0
Informal votes				1,086			659
Total valid votes				169,397			169,824
Turnout				170,483	78.7	7.1
	CSU hold		Majority	16,021	9.5	5.5

2013 election edit

Federal election (2013): Munich South[5]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Peter Gauweiler		66,513	43.4	5.2	58,097	37.9	4.9
	SPD	Christian Vorländer		43,571	28.4	0.0	36,877	24.0	4.4
	Greens	Jerzy Montag		17,407	11.4	1.9	21,440	14.0	3.0
	Left	Nicole Gohlke		6,027	3.9	1.4	7,341	4.8	2.1
	AfD	Andre Röhm		4,661	3.0		7,082	4.6
	FDP	Randhir Dindoyal		4,650	3.0	8.0	10,727	7.0	9.6
	Pirates	Nikolaus Jaroslawsky		3,950	2.6		4,003	2.6	0.3
	FW	Martin Blasi		2,912	1.9		2,493	1.6
	ÖDP	Sebastian Frankenberger		2,598	1.7	0.3	1,418	0.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,092	0.7	0.1
	BP						1,088	0.7	0.2
	NPD	Renate Werlberger		744	0.5	0.4	632	0.4	0.3
	REP						283	0.2	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						256	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						224	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						125	0.1
	PRO						82	0.1
	BüSo	Christa Kaiser		138	0.1	0.2	49	0.0	0.1
	RRP						46	0.0	0.7
	MLPD						42	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				975			749
Total valid votes				153,171			153,397
Turnout				154,146	71.6	2.0
	CSU hold		Majority	22,942	15.0	5.2

2009 election edit

Federal election (2009): Munich South[6]
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.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Peter Gauweiler		58,849	38.2	5.8	51,064	33.0	5.5
	SPD	Christian Vorländer		43,835	28.4	8.6	30,403	19.7	9.5
	Greens	Jerzy Montag		20,507	13.3	5.1	26,219	17.0	3.4
	FDP	Richard Ladewig		17,033	11.1	5.1	25,600	15.6	4.6
	Left	Michael Wendl		8,266	5.4	2.7	10,603	6.9	3.0
	Pirates						3,624	2.3
	ÖDP	Conrad Lausberg		2,097	1.4		1,236	0.8
	RRP						1,176	0.8
	NPD	Renate Werlberger		1,289	0.8	0.1	1,073	0.7	0.1
	Independent	Sven Steinmeyer		1,167	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,005	0.6
	BP						813	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Maria Frank		617	0.4
	REP						503	0.3	0.1
	FAMILIE						493	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						325	0.2
	PBC						153	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Christa Kaiser		460	0.3	0.0	148	0.1	0.0
	CM						111	0.1
	DVU						63	0.0
	MLPD						54	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,546			1,000
Total valid votes				154,120			154,666
Turnout				155,666	73.6	3.4
	CSU hold		Majority	15,014	9.8	2.8