Munich Land (electoral district)

Munich Land (German: München-Land) 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 221. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising Landkreis Munich district.[1]

221 Munich Land
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Munich Land in 2017
StateBavaria
Population340,000 (2015)
Electorate235,172 (2017)
Major settlementsUnterschleißheim
Garching
Area664.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberFlorian Hahn
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Munich Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Florian Hahn of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]

Geography

Munich Land is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district.[1]

History

Munich Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 9 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 204. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 209. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 208. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 223. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 222. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 221.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Freising and the districts of Landkreis Munich, Erding, and Freising. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Starnberg and Miesbach and the municipalities of Aying, Baierbrunn, Brunnthal, Gräfelfing, Grünwald, Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Neubiberg, Neuried, Oberhaching, Ottobrunn, Planegg, Pullach, Sauerlach, Schäftlarn, Straßlach-Dingharting, and Taufkirchen from the Landkreis Munich district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district. In the 1998 election, it acquired the municipalities of Finsing, Forstern, and Moosinning and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Hörlkofen, Oberding, Oberneuching, and Pastetten from the Erding district. In the 2002 election, it further gained the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, and Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Munich and the municipality of Kralling from the Starnberg district. In the 2013 election, it lost the municipality of Kralling and gained the municipality of Gauting. Since the 2017 election, it has been coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 9 München-Land
1953 204
1957
1961
1965 209
1969
1972
1976
1980 208
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 223
2005
2009 222
2013
2017 221
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 Anton Besold of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Franz Seidl of the CSU won it in 1953 and served until 1965. He was succeeded by former member Besold, now a member of the CSU, who served from 1965 to 1969. Albert Probst was representative from 1969 to 1976, followed by Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg for one term. Josef Linsmeier served from 1980 to 1990. Martin Mayer was representative from 1990 to 2005, followed by Georg Fahrenschon for one term. Florian Hahn was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
1949 Anton Besold BP 32.5
1953 Franz Seidl CSU 45.1
1957 61.7
1961 58.1
1965 Anton Besold CSU 55.8
1969 Albert Probst CSU 50.1
1972 54.8
1976 Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg CSU 58.3
1980 Josef Linsmeier CSU 50.4
1983 54.4
1987 51.1
1990 Martin Mayer CSU 47.4
1994 52.8
1998 52.3
2002 55.6
2005 Georg Fahrenschon CSU 52.7
2009 Florian Hahn CSU 45.7
2013 52.5
2017 43.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Munich Land[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 Hahn 85,347 43.5 9.0 73,189 37.3 9.8
SPD Bela Bach[lower-alpha 1] 31,943 16.3 4.2 27,490 14.0 5.8
Green Anton Hofreiter 26,890 13.7 2.6 24,837 12.6 2.8
FDP Jimmy Schulz 18,312 9.3 5.6 30,054 15.3 7.0
AfD Gerold Otten 16,458 8.4 4.4 18,470 9.4 4.5
Left Eva Schreiber 7,708 3.9 1.8 9,996 5.1 2.3
FW Ilse Ertl 6,250 3.2 0.2 3,705 1.9 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,903 1.0 0.3
ÖDP Katharina Graunke 3,228 1.6 0.6 1,630 0.8 0.0
PARTEI   1,295 0.7
BP   1,276 0.6 0.1
Pirates   742 0.4 1.5
DiB 423 0.2
V-Partei³ 298 0.2
BGE   268 0.1
DM 266 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 255 0.1
NPD   184 0.1 0.2
DKP   30 0.0
BüSo 28 0.0 0.0
MLPD   26 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,129 900
Total Valid votes 196,136 196,365
Turnout 197,265 83.9 6.5
CSU hold Majority 53,404 27.2 5.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Munich Land[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 Y Florian Hahn 100,176 52.5 6.8 89,504 46.9 7.3
SPD Bela Bach 38,786 20.3 0.7 37,497 19.6 3.0
Green Anton Hofreiter 21,279 11.1 2.0 18,960 9.9 2.9
AfD Ulrich Riediger 7,606 4.0 9,303 4.9
FDP Jimmy Schulz 7,429 3.9 9.8 16,300 8.5 11.3
FW Ilse Ertl 5,551 2.9 3,986 2.1
Left Wolfgang Seidel 3,996 2.1 1.7 5,380 2.8 1.7
Pirates Volker Kunze 3,299 1.7 3,546 1.9 0.0
ÖDP Christiane Lüst 2,211 1.2 0.1 1,661 0.9 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,346 0.7 0.1
BP   1,325 0.7 0.2
NPD   626 0.3 0.3
REP   533 0.3 0.1
DIE FRAUEN 237 0.1
Party of Reason 339 0.2 204 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN 189 0.1 0.1
PRO 112 0.1
RRP 200 0.1 0.7 92 0.0 0.7
MLPD   32 0.0 0.0
BüSo 27 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,161 1,173
Total Valid votes 190,872 190,860
Turnout 192,033 77.5 1.7
CSU hold Majority 61,390 32.2 6.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Munich Land[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 Florian Hahn 83,856 45.7 7.0 73,273 39.8 5.6
SPD Ingrid Lenz-Aktas 35,805 19.5 10.8 30,776 16.7 7.2
FDP Jimmy Schulz 24,634 13.4 7.2 36,208 19.7 5.1
Green Anton Hofreiter 24,386 13.3 5.5 23,433 12.7 2.1
Left Wolfgang Seidel 6,914 3.8 1.8 8,318 4.5 2.0
Pirates   3,358 1.8
ÖDP Ute Drothler 2,027 1.1 1,467 0.8
FAMILIE Raimund Enders 1,975 1.1 1,099 0.6 0.1
RRP Peter Lachmann 1,636 0.9 1,434 0.8
NPD Philipp Hasselbach 1,480 0.8 0.2 1,099 0.6 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,084 0.6
BP   1,016 0.6 0.1
REP   775 0.4 0.0
Freie Union Cornelia Kienzer 686 0.4
DIE VIOLETTEN 322 0.2
PBC 102 0.1 0.0
DVU   86 0.0
CM 78 0.0
BüSo 57 0.0 0.0
MLPD   20 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,716 1,110
Total Valid votes 183,399 184,005
Turnout 185,115 79.1 4.4
CSU hold Majority 48,051 26.2 3.8

Notes
  1. Bach entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Martin Burkert in February 2020.

References
  1. "Constituency München-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for München-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for München-Land
  4. Results for München-Land
  5. Results for München-Land
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