Landshut (electoral district)

Landshut 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 228. It is located in southeastern Bavaria, comprising the city of Landshut, the Kelheim district, and most of the Landkreis Landshut district.[1]

228 Landshut
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Landshut in 2017
StateBavaria
Population336,100 (2015)
Electorate249,836 (2017)
Major settlementsLandshut
Kelheim
Mainburg
Area2,362.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberFlorian Oßner
Elected2013, 2017

Landshut was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Florian Oßner of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Landshut is located in southeastern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Landshut, the Kelheim district, and the Landkreis Landshut district excluding the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Gerzen and Wörth a.d.Isar.[1]

History

Landshut was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 14 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 209. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 214. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 229. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 228.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Landshut and the districts of Landkreis Landshut, Kelheim, Mainburg, and Rottenburg an der Laaber. In the 1976 through 2013 elections, it comprised the city of Landshut and the districts of Landkreis Landshut and Kelheim. In the 2017 election, it lost the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Gerzen from the Landkreis Landshut district. In the 2021 election, it lost the Wörth a.d.Isar Verwaltungsgemeinschaft.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 14 Landshut
1953 209
1957
1961
1965 214
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 229
2005
2009 228
2013
2017
2021

Members

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 Elimar Freiherr von Fürstenberg from 1949 to 1953. He was elected for the Bavaria Party (BP), but joined the CSU in January 1951. Hans Schuberth won it for the CSU in 1953 and served one term. He was succeeded by Friedrich Zimmermann, who was representative from 1957 to 1990, a total of nine consecutive terms. Wolfgang Götzer served from 1990 to 2013. Florian Oßner was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Elimar Freiherr von Fürstenberg[lower-alpha 1] BP 32.9
CSU
1953 Hans Schuberth CSU 49.7
1957 Friedrich Zimmermann CSU 59.8
1961 60.3
1965 63.9
1969 58.6
1972 61.1
1976 66.1
1980 63.1
1983 66.3
1987 57.4
1990 Wolfgang Götzer CSU 55.6
1994 57.8
1998 56.0
2002 65.7
2005 59.0
2009 50.5
2013 Florian Oßner CSU 58.1
2017 39.6

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Landshut[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 Florian Oßner 75,702 39.6 18.3 75,521 39.4 14.5
SPD Anja König 25,970 13.6 2.7 25,095 13.1 2.9
AfD Günter Straßberger 24,080 12.6 28,061 14.6 11.0
FW Hubert Aiwanger 22,378 11.7 5.8 10,631 5.5 0.2
FDP Nicole Bauer 16,297 8.5 5.5 19,361 10.1 5.4
Green Petra Seifert 12,514 6.5 1.7 13,856 7.2 0.5
Left Dinar Erkan 6,869 3.6 0.7 9,270 4.8 1.8
ÖDP Stefan Zellner 3,979 2.1 0.3 2,133 1.1 0.2
BP Florian Geisenfelder 3,446 1.8 2,557 1.3 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,758 0.9 0.1
PARTEI   976 0.5
Pirates   612 0.3 1.2
NPD   504 0.3 0.5
V-Partei³ 324 0.2
DiB 260 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 239 0.1
BGE   237 0.1
DM 224 0.1
MLPD   30 0.0 0.0
DKP   29 0.0
BüSo 22 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,731 1,266
Total Valid votes 191,235 191,700
Turnout 192,966 77.2 9.0
CSU hold Majority 49,732 26.0 15.9

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Landshut[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 Florian Oßner 98,703 58.1 7.6 92,069 54.0 5.4
SPD Harald Unfried 27,537 16.2 1.1 27,160 15.9 2.0
Green Thomas Gambke 14,085 8.3 1.9 11,427 6.7 2.1
FW Christian Hanika 10,042 5.9 9,038 5.3
FDP Markus Sponbrucker 5,147 3.0 10.6 7,989 4.7 9.5
AfD   6,111 3.6
Left Reinhard Zisler 4,920 2.9 2.7 5,161 3.0 2.6
ÖDP Stefan Zellner 4,002 2.4 0.1 2,176 1.3 0.3
Pirates Matthias Zehe 3,349 2.0 2,642 1.6 0.1
BP   2,464 1.4 0.6
NPD Wolfgang Rochner 2,211 1.3 0.7 1,378 0.8 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,328 0.8 0.1
REP   489 0.3 0.5
DIE FRAUEN 309 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 274 0.2 0.3
Party of Reason 181 0.1
PRO 153 0.1
RRP 40 0.0 0.4
BüSo 27 0.0 0.0
MLPD   22 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,648 1,206
Total Valid votes 169,996 170,438
Turnout 171,644 68.3 1.0
CSU hold Majority 71,166 41.9 6.5

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Landshut[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 Wolfgang Götzer 84,953 50.5 8.5 82,466 48.7 6.8
SPD Harald Unfried 25,337 15.1 7.1 23,634 13.9 7.7
FDP Christoph Zeitler 22,940 13.6 6.6 24,031 14.2 4.9
Green Thomas Gambke 17,133 10.2 3.5 15,002 8.9 2.9
Left Kornelia Möller 9,362 5.6 2.7 9,554 5.6 2.6
Pirates   2,843 1.7
ÖDP Günter Miß 4,051 2.4 2,635 1.6
NPD Wolfgang Rochner 3,295 2.0 0.3 2,373 1.4 0.2
REP   1,373 0.8 0.0
BP   1,397 0.8 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,172 0.7
FAMILIE 1,152 0.7 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN Ingrid Hetz 1,176 0.7 710 0.4
RRP 705 0.4
CM 155 0.1
PBC 130 0.1 0.0
DVU   80 0.0
BüSo 41 0.0 0.0
MLPD   28 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,818 1,584
Total Valid votes 168,247 169,481
Turnout 171,065 69.3 7.6
CSU hold Majority 59,616 35.4 1.4

Notes
  1. Freiherr von Fürstenberg was elected for the Bavaria Party, but left the party in November 1950 and joined the CSU in January 1951.

References
  1. "Constituency Landshut". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Landshut". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Landshut
  4. Results for Landshut
  5. Results for Landshut
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