Bodensee (electoral district)

Bodensee 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 293. It is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Bodenseekreis district and southern parts of the Sigmaringen district.

293 Bodensee
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Bodensee in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	239,100 (2019)
Electorate	174,430 (2021)
Major settlements	Friedrichshafen Überlingen Tettnang
Area	860.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2009
Party	CDU
Member	Volker Mayer-Lay
Elected	2021

Bodensee was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Volker Mayer-Lay of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Bodensee is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Bodensee and the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district.

History

Bodensee was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituency of Ravensburg – Bodensee and the redistributed constituency of Zollernalb – Sigmaringen. Its constituency number and borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Lothar Riebsamen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. He was succeeded by Volker Mayer-Lay in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2009	Lothar Riebsamen	CDU	45.0
	2013			53.9
	2017			41.4
	2021	Volker Mayer-Lay	CDU	30.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bodensee
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	%	±%
	CDU	Volker Mayer-Lay		41,624	30.4	10.9	36,571	26.7	10.4
	SPD	Leon Hahn		28,501	20.8	2.8	26,989	19.7	5.5
	Greens	Maria Heubuch		23,385	17.1	3.2	23,635	17.3	2.5
	FDP	Christian Steffen-Stiehl		16,751	12.2	3.4	21,611	15.8	2.6
	AfD	Alice Weidel		12,584	9.2	1.2	11,916	8.7	1.7
	dieBasis	Johanna Findeisen-Juskowiak		4,045	3.0		3,862	2.8
	Left	Sander Frank		3,705	2.7	2.6	3,905	2.9	3.3
	FW	Thomas Brillisauer		3,047	2.2	1.2	2,526	1.8	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,433	1.0	0.4
	PARTEI	Dominik Steuer		2,079	1.5		1,345	1.0	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						563	0.4
	ÖDP	Annedore Schmid		931	0.7	0.4	555	0.4	0.1
	Pirates						490	0.4	0.0
	Volt						458	0.3
	Bündnis C						202	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						158	0.1
	DiB						133	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						125	0.1
	Humanists						117	0.1
	Independent	Franziska Schmidt		103	0.1
	NPD						94	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis 21						52	0.0
	LKR						49	0.0
	DKP						32	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,083			990
Total valid votes				136,755			136,848
Turnout				137,838	79.0	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	13,123	9.6	13.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bodensee
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Lothar Riebsamen		56,165	41.4	12.5	50,428	37.1	11.6
	SPD	Leon Hahn		24,451	18.0	2.6	19,321	14.2	4.0
	Greens	Markus Böhlen		18,811	13.9	2.6	20,015	14.7	3.0
	AfD	Alice Weidel		14,079	10.4		14,164	10.4	5.9
	FDP	Christian Steffen-Stiehl		11,999	8.8	4.9	17,954	13.2	6.8
	Left	Claudia Haydt		7,185	5.3	0.8	8,316	6.1	1.7
	ÖDP	Sylvia Hiß-Petrowitz		1,412	1.0	0.1	726	0.5	0.2
	FW	Antonio Falla		1,338	1.0	0.3	1,001	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						919	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						794	0.6
	Pirates						462	0.3	1.7
	BGE						286	0.2
	DM						278	0.2
	NPD						265	0.2	0.7
	Tierschutzallianz						260	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						239	0.2
	Independent	Martin Rosenacker		230	0.2
	DiB						208	0.2
	V-Partei³						199	0.1
	Independent	Elfriede Schuler		124	0.1
	MLPD						58	0.0	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						42	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0
Informal votes				1,352			1,195
Total valid votes				135,794			134,951
Turnout				137,146	79.4	4.1
	CDU hold		Majority	31,714	23.4	9.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bodensee
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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Lothar Riebsamen		68,333	53.9	8.9	61,961	48.7	12.1
	SPD	Jochen Jehle		26,105	20.6	1.0	23,125	18.2	1.6
	Greens	Alexander Gaus		14,224	11.2	3.2	14,955	11.8	2.3
	Left	Annette Groth		5,749	4.5	1.3	5,629	4.4	2.0
	FDP	Hans-Peter Wetzel		4,955	3.9	9.8	8,086	6.4	13.9
	AfD						5,689	4.5
	Pirates	Carsten Göpfert		2,825	2.2		2,594	2.0	0.0
	NPD	Tim Belz		1,594	1.3	0.2	1,091	0.9	0.2
	FW	Helmut Wolfer		1,566	1.2		863	0.7
	ÖDP	Franz Weber		1,415	1.1		902	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						950	0.7	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						362	0.3	0.0
	REP						303	0.2	0.3
	RENTNER						254	0.2
	PBC						163	0.1	0.2
	Party of Reason						98	0.1
	PRO						75	0.1
	MLPD						51	0.0	0.0
	BIG						37	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,930			1,487
Total valid votes				126,766			127,209
Turnout				128,696	75.3	2.2
	CDU hold		Majority	42,228	33.3	7.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bodensee
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	%	±%
	CDU	Lothar Riebsamen		54,169	45.0	4.7	44,205	36.6	5.3
	SPD	Jochen Jehle		23,587	19.6	9.3	20,080	16.6	11.0
	Greens	Petra Selg		17,349	14.4	3.4	16,962	14.0	2.7
	FDP	Alexander Reuter		16,521	13.7	8.3	24,483	20.3	7.9
	Left	Detlef Schönig		7,077	5.9	3.1	7,775	6.4	3.2
	Pirates						2,441	2.0
	NPD	Roland Müller		1,771	1.5	0.1	1,277	1.1	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						813	0.7
	ÖDP						705	0.6
	REP						628	0.5	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						444	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						402	0.3
	PBC						344	0.3	0.2
	ADM						148	0.1
	DVU						67	0.1
	BüSo						57	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						57	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,181			1,767
Total valid votes				120,474			120,888
Turnout				122,655	73.1	6.4
	CDU win new seat		Majority	30,582	25.4