Traunstein (electoral district)
224 Traunstein | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 283,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 208,815 (2021) |
Major settlements | Traunreut Traunstein Bad Reichenhall |
Area | 2,373.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Peter Ramsauer |
Elected | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Traunstein 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 224. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein.[1]
Traunstein was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 1990, it has been represented by Peter Ramsauer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Traunstein is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein.[1]
History
[edit]Traunstein was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 11 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 206. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 211. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 226. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 225. From the 2025 election, it has been number 224.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Traunstein and Bad Reichenhall and the districts of Landkreis Traunstein, Berchtesgaden, and Laufen. From 1976 through 1994, it comprised the districts of Traunstein and Berchtesgadener Land. In the 1998 and 2002 elections, it also contained the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Kirchweidach from the Altötting district. It acquired its current borders in the 2005 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 11 | Traunstein |
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1953 | 206 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 211 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 |
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2002 | 226 | ||
2005 |
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2009 | 225 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 224 |
Members
[edit]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 Sepp Parzinger of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Wolfgang Klausner of the CSU won it in 1953 and served until 1961. Heinz Brenck was then representative from 1961 to 1969. Matthias Engelsberger served from 1969 to 1990. Peter Ramsauer was elected in 1990, and re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Sepp Parzinger | BP | 33.6 | |
1953 | Wolfgang Klausner | CSU | 44.1 | |
1957 | 55.8 | |||
1961 | Heinz Brenck | CSU | 55.8 | |
1965 | 60.5 | |||
1969 | Matthias Engelsberger | CSU | 59.2 | |
1972 | 63.6 | |||
1976 | 68.4 | |||
1980 | 66.7 | |||
1983 | 68.6 | |||
1987 | 63.3 | |||
1990 | Peter Ramsauer | CSU | 57.4 | |
1994 | 61.1 | |||
1998 | 60.1 | |||
2002 | 69.0 | |||
2005 | 63.9 | |||
2009 | 54.6 | |||
2013 | 62.6 | |||
2017 | 50.3 | |||
2021 | 36.6 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Traunstein[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Peter Ramsauer | 59,555 | 36.6 | 13.7 | 51,421 | 31.5 | 13.1 | ||
SPD | Bärbel Kofler | 27,644 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 25,190 | 15.4 | 3.6 | ||
FW | Andrea Wittmann | 18,572 | 11.4 | 21,369 | 13.1 | 10.7 | |||
Greens | Wolfgang Ehrenlechner | 17,219 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 19,985 | 12.3 | 3.1 | ||
AfD | Horst Bernshausen | 12,671 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 14,027 | 8.6 | 3.4 | ||
FDP | Patrick Weiß | 12,268 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 15,747 | 9.7 | 0.5 | ||
dieBasis | Martin Hartmann | 4,115 | 2.5 | 3,669 | 2.3 | ||||
Left | Leon Buchwald | 3,537 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3,943 | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,619 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||
ÖDP | Bruno Siglreitmaier Jr. | 2,372 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1,417 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||
BP | Stefan Glas | 2,160 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1,448 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
PARTEI | Marie Stefan | 1,857 | 1.1 | 1,121 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |||
Pirates | 413 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
Independent | Felicitas Englisch | 329 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volt | 265 | 0.2 | |||||||
Unabhängige | 258 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 243 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 153 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 149 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 135 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 112 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 101 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
du. | 85 | 0.1 | |||||||
The III. Path | 64 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | Sebastian Oberholzner | 295 | 0.2 | 56 | 0.0 | ||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,282 | 817 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 162,594 | 163,059 | |||||||
Turnout | 163,876 | 78.5 | 1.4 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 31,911 | 19.6 | 14.6 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Traunstein[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Peter Ramsauer | 80,056 | 50.3 | 12.3 | 71,196 | 44.6 | 12.6 | ||
SPD | Bärbel Kofler | 25,659 | 16.1 | 1.4 | 18,916 | 11.9 | 3.0 | ||
AfD | Hansjörg Müller | 16,276 | 10.2 | 19,191 | 12.0 | 8.8 | |||
Greens | Andreas Herden | 12,972 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 14,680 | 9.2 | 0.4 | ||
FDP | Alexander Reich | 9,034 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 14,614 | 9.2 | 4.8 | ||
Left | Norbert Eberherr | 7,144 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 8,508 | 5.3 | 2.3 | ||
FW | 3,811 | 2.4 | 0.4 | ||||||
BP | Konrad Baueregger | 4,547 | 2.9 | 2,924 | 1.8 | 0.5 | |||
ÖDP | Agnes Thanbichler | 3,537 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1,690 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 1,212 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
PARTEI | 789 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 443 | 0.3 | 1.2 | ||||||
DM | 361 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 349 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 237 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 229 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 184 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 175 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,390 | 1,046 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 159,225 | 159,569 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,615 | 77.0 | 8.7 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 54,397 | 34.2 | 10.8 |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Traunstein[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Peter Ramsauer | 87,598 | 62.6 | 8.0 | 80,351 | 57.3 | 8.5 | ||
SPD | Bärbel Kofler | 24,570 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 20,875 | 14.9 | 2.3 | ||
Greens | Bernhard Zimmer | 11,973 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 12,334 | 8.8 | 2.8 | ||
Left | Franz Lindlacher | 4,117 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 4,193 | 3.0 | 2.1 | ||
ÖDP | Wilhelm Winkler | 3,390 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1,843 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||
FDP | Sandra Sonntag | 3,313 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 6,139 | 4.4 | 8.5 | ||
AfD | 4,597 | 3.3 | |||||||
FW | 2,843 | 2.0 | |||||||
Pirates | Christoph Matthias Schmid | 3,034 | 2.2 | 2,116 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |||
BP | 1,808 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Tierschutzpartei | 912 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 1,917 | 1.4 | 813 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||
NPD | 771 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 202 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 187 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 164 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 85 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 43 | 0.0 | 0.8 | ||||||
BüSo | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,544 | 1,126 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,912 | 140,330 | |||||||
Turnout | 141,456 | 68.4 | 1.1 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 63,028 | 45.0 | 5.6 |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Traunstein[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Peter Ramsauer | 76,741 | 54.6 | 9.3 | 68,886 | 48.8 | 8.7 | ||
SPD | Bärbel Kofler | 21,406 | 15.2 | 6.4 | 17,747 | 12.6 | 7.2 | ||
Greens | Bernhard Zimmer | 16,188 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 16,341 | 11.6 | 4.5 | ||
FDP | Alfred Pecha | 10,142 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 18,243 | 12.9 | 4.7 | ||
Left | Engelbert Wurm | 6,156 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 7,122 | 5.0 | 2.3 | ||
BP | Anna-Elisabeth Stefanutti-Bscheidl | 2,860 | 2.0 | 2,163 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |||
ÖDP | Hermann Hofstetter | 2,409 | 1.7 | 1,927 | 1.4 | ||||
Pirates | 1,868 | 1.3 | |||||||
NPD | Patrick Hermann Schröder | 2,063 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1,641 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
REP | 1,420 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
RRP | Roland Lohmeier | 1,296 | 0.9 | 1,188 | 0.8 | ||||
Tierschutzpartei | 864 | 0.6 | |||||||
Freie Union | Sebastian Lehrberger | 749 | 0.5 | ||||||
FAMILIE | 727 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 325 | 0.2 | |||||||
CM | 249 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 245 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
BüSo | Alois Krumbachner | 608 | 0.4 | 139 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
DVU | 71 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,966 | 1,402 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 140,618 | 141,182 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,584 | 69.5 | 8.2 | ||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 55,335 | 39.4 | 2.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Constituency Traunstein". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Traunstein". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Traunstein
- ^ Results for Traunstein
- ^ Results for Traunstein
- ^ Results for Traunstein