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216 Munich North
216 Munich North
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Munich North in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	372,800 (2019)
Electorate	223,683 (2021)
Major settlements	Munich (partial)
Area	87.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Bernhard Loos
Elected	2017, 2021

Munich North (German: München-Nord) 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 216. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the northern part of the city of Munich.^[1]

Munich North was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Bernhard Loos of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Munich North is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the boroughs of Maxvorstadt (3), Schwabing-West (4), Moosach (10), Milbertshofen-Am Hart (11), Schwabing-Freimann (12), and Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (24) from the independent city of Munich.^[1]

History

Munich North was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 5 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 200. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 205. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 204. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 219. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 218. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 217. From the 2025 election, it has been number 216.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Schwabing, Freimann, Milbertshofen, Moosach, Feldmoching, Hasenbergl, Maxvorstadt, and Lehel. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the boroughs of Schwabing-Ost, Freimann, Milbertshofen, Moosach, Feldmoching, Hasenbergl, and Neuhausen. In the 1976 election, it lost the Neuhausen borough. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	5	München-Nord	Munich city (only Schwabing, Freimann, Milbertshofen, Moosach, Feldmoching, Hasenbergl, Maxvorstadt, and Lehel boroughs)
1953	200
1957
1961
1965	205		Munich city (only Schwabing-Ost, Freimann, Milbertshofen, Moosach, Feldmoching, Hasenbergl, and Neuhausen boroughs)
1969
1972
1976			Munich city (only Schwabing-Ost, Freimann, Milbertshofen, Moosach, Feldmoching, and Hasenbergl boroughs)
1980	204
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	219		Munich city (only Maxvorstadt (3), Schwabing-West (4), Moosach (10), Milbertshofen-Am Hart (11), Schwabing-Freimann (12), and Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (24) boroughs)
2005	219
2009	218
2013	218
2017	217
2021	217
2025	216

Members

The constituency was first represented by Walter Seuffert of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Otto Gumrum of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served a single term. Siegfried Balke of the CSU then served from 1957 to 1965. Former member Seuffert won the constituency in 1965 and served one term. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Wenzel Bredl from 1969 to 1976. Former mayor of Munich Hans-Jochen Vogel of the SPD was representative from 1976 to 1983. Fritz Wittmann won the constituency for the CSU in 1983, and served until 1994. Johannes Singhammer of the CSU served one term from 1994 to 1998. Axel Berg of the SPD was elected in 1998, and was representative until 2009. Former member Singhammer of the CSU won the constituency for in 2009 and served until 2017. Bernhard Loos of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1949	Walter Seuffert	SPD	23.9
1953	Otto Gumrum	CSU	47.2
1957	Siegfried Balke	CSU	47.9
1961	Siegfried Balke	CSU	42.4
1965	Walter Seuffert	SPD	47.7
1969	Wenzel Bredl	SPD	51.2
1972	Wenzel Bredl	SPD	54.3
1976	Hans-Jochen Vogel	SPD	47.4
1980	Hans-Jochen Vogel	SPD	50.1
1983	Fritz Wittmann	CSU	45.8
1987			44.4
1990			38.9
1994	Johannes Singhammer	CSU	44.1
1998	Axel Berg	SPD	44.9
2002			43.5
2005			43.7
2009	Johannes Singhammer	CSU	36.5
2013	Johannes Singhammer	CSU	43.2
2017	Bernhard Loos	CSU	32.4
2021	Bernhard Loos	CSU	25.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Munich North^[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	%	±%
	CSU	Y Bernhard Loos		44,854	25.7	6.6	39,986	22.9	5.9
	Greens	Doris Wagner		42,319	24.2	11.1	44,861	25.6	8.7
	SPD	Florian Post		38,172	21.9	4.2	33,241	19.0	2.3
	FDP	Daniel Föst		19,477	11.2	1.5	25,953	14.8	0.3
	AfD	Petr Bystron		7,591	4.3	3.3	8,250	4.7	3.9
	Left	Christian Schwarzenberger		6,216	3.6	2.4	7,044	4.0	4.2
	FW	Linus Springer		3,969	2.3	0.7	4,396	2.5	1.4
	dieBasis	Andreas Sönnichsen		2,540	1.5		2,216	1.3
	Team Todenhöfer						1,603	0.9
	Volt	Julia Amtmann		2,410	1.4		1,555	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei	Thomas Kreidemeier		2,072	1.2		1,504	0.9	0.1
	ÖDP	Beate Merkel		1,862	1.1	0.6	1,143	0.7	0.2
	PARTEI	Philipp Rückel		1,562	0.9	0.4	1,157	0.7	0.3
	Pirates						488	0.3	0.2
	BP	Maximilian Langenecker		563	0.3	0.4	409	0.2	0.3
	Humanists						218	0.1
	du.	Achim Seger		402	0.2		139	0.1
	V-Partei3	Andreas Naumann		324	0.2		184	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Karl Hilz		237	0.1
	Unabhängige						175	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						141	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						60	0.0
	LKR						50	0.0
	DKP						36	0.0	0.0
	MLPD	Birgit Schiel-Zollner		60	0.0	0.1	35	0.0	0.0
	BüSo	Martin Hennig		41	0.0	0.0
	The Homeland						30	0.0	0.1
	The III. Path						28	0.0
Informal votes				880			649
Total valid votes				174,671			174,902
Turnout				175,551	78.5	1.6
	CSU hold		Majority	2,535	1.5	4.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Munich North^[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	Bernhard Loos		55,811	32.2	11.0	49,953	28.8	8.0
	SPD	Florian Post		45,068	26.0	5.4	28,903	16.7	8.0
	Greens	Doris Wagner		22,726	13.1	2.8	29,334	16.9	3.3
	FDP	Daniel Föst		16,669	9.6	5.9	26,241	15.1	6.9
	AfD	Petr Bystron		13,216	7.6		14,982	8.6	4.1
	Left	Ates Gürpinar		10,351	6.0	2.3	14,302	8.2	3.7
	ÖDP	Tobias Ruff		2,893	1.7	0.2	1,419	0.8	0.2
	FW	Horst Engler-Hamm		2,752	1.6	0.3	1,869	1.1	0.3
	PARTEI	Valentin Schwarze		2,188	1.3		1,590	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,354	0.8	0.1
	BP	Stephan Mannseicher		1,168	0.7		874	0.5	0.1
	Pirates						750	0.4	2.3
	DiB						541	0.3
	BGE						360	0.2
	V-Partei³						324	0.2
	DM						266	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						174	0.1
	The Homeland						135	0.1	0.3
	MLPD	Patrick Ziegler		160	0.1	0.0	79	0.0	0.0
	DKP						40	0.0
	BüSo	Martin Henning		119	0.1	0.1	38	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,075			668
Total valid votes				173,121			173,528
Turnout				174,196	76.9	7.8
	CSU hold		Majority	10,743	6.2	5.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Munich North^[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 Johannes Singhammer		66,930	43.2	6.7	57,100	36.8	5.8
	SPD	Florian Post		48,625	31.4	4.1	38,350	24.7	4.9
	Greens	Doris Wagner		15,962	10.3	0.5	21,174	13.6	3.8
	FDP	Ruth Hohenadl		5,749	3.7	6.4	12,778	8.2	9.7
	AfD						7,106	4.6
	Left	Roland Stigge		5,722	3.7	1.3	7,088	4.6	2.3
	Pirates	Alexander Bock		4,979	3.2		4,223	2.7	0.1
	FW	Gökhan Deger		2,936	1.9		2,193	1.4
	ÖDP	Michael Sandweg		2,320	1.5	0.4	1,544	1.0	0.2
	The Homeland	Detlef Wacker		1,142	0.7	0.2	654	0.4	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,071	0.7	0.0
	BP						900	0.6	0.1
	REP						262	0.2	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						209	0.1	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						196	0.1
	Party of Reason						128	0.1
	PRO						110	0.1
	BüSo	Martin Hennig		228	0.1	0.0	56	0.0	0.0
	MLPD	Klaus Dumberger		164	0.1	0.0	60	0.0	0.0
	RRP						42	0.0	0.6
Informal votes				1,185			698
Total valid votes				154,757			155,244
Turnout				155,942	69.1	2.4
	CSU hold		Majority	18,305	11.8	10.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Munich North^[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	Johannes Singhammer		57,161	36.5	4.5	48,622	31.0	5.2
	SPD	N Axel Berg		55,691	35.6	8.2	31,067	19.8	10.1
	FDP	Ruth Hohenadl		15,766	10.1	5.2	28,189	18.0	5.9
	Greens	Judith Greif		15,307	9.8	4.2	27,405	17.5	2.6
	Left	Nicole Fritsche		7,773	5.0	2.3	10,705	6.8	2.8
	Pirates						4,164	2.7
	Independent	Herbert Utz		1,285	0.8
	ÖDP	Leo Meyer-Giesow		1,732	1.1		1,283	0.8
	The Homeland	Heinz Rudolf		1,531	1.0	0.1	1,117	0.7	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,019	0.6
	RRP						932	0.6
	BP						751	0.5	0.1
	REP						482	0.3	0.1
	FAMILIE						461	0.3	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						306	0.2
	PBC						96	0.1	0.1
	BüSo	David Faku		217	0.1	0.0	95	0.1	0.0
	CM						85	0.1
	DVU						73	0.0
	MLPD	Klaus Dumberger		123	0.1		70	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,459			1,123
Total valid votes				156,586			156,922
Turnout				158,045	71.6	3.5
	CSU gain from SPD		Majority	1,470	0.9