Landshut (electoral district)

Last updated
227 Landshut
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 227-2025.svg
Landshut in 2025
State Bavaria
Population343,500 (2019)
Electorate246,854 (2021)
Major settlements Landshut
Kelheim
Mainburg
Area2,305.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
Party CSU
Member Florian Oßner
Elected 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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

Contents

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. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 228. From the 2025 election, it has been number 227.

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.

ElectionNo.NameBorders
1949 14Landshut
1953 209
1957
1961
1965 214
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 229
2005
2009 228
2013
2017
2021
2025 227

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 and 2021.

ElectionMemberParty %
1949 Elimar Freiherr von Fürstenberg [a] 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
2021 36.4
2025 34.2

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Florian Oßner 71,01434.2Decrease2.svg 2.275,25136.2Increase2.svg 3.2
AfD Elena Fritz42,14820.3Increase2.svg 10.446,43922.4Increase2.svg 12.1
FW Peter Dreier38,33618.5Increase2.svg 8.119,2799.3Decrease2.svg 2.9
SPD Anja König18,8199.1Decrease2.svg 2.519,6529.5Decrease2.svg 6.4
Greens Maria Krieger17,1368.3Decrease2.svg 3.018,0598.7Decrease2.svg 1.6
Left Mascha Buchwald7,5643.6Increase2.svg 1.69,6004.6Increase2.svg 2.5
FDP Nicole Anna Elisabeth Bauer6,4373.1Decrease2.svg 8.67,7283.7Decrease2.svg 6.7
BSW  6,0552.9
APT Gertraud Maria Magdalena Götz-Volkmann2,0911.0Decrease2.svg 0.91,5670.8Decrease2.svg 0.4
ÖDP Dr. Max Huber1,8950.9Decrease2.svg 0.61,0820.5Decrease2.svg 0.2
Volt Andreas Robert Janker1,0710.58320.4Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  6920.3Decrease2.svg 0.2
dieBasis  6030.3Decrease2.svg 1.1
BP Florian Geisenfelder8790.4Decrease2.svg 0.74640.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
BD  1680.1
Humanists  1270.1Steady2.svg
MLPD  330.0Steady2.svg
Informal votes874633
Total valid votes207,390207,631
Turnout 208,26484.6Increase2.svg 5.4
CSU holdMajority28,86613.9Decrease2.svg 10.8

2021 election

Federal election (2021): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Florian Oßner 70,68536.4Decrease2.svg 3.164,38333.1Decrease2.svg 6.4
FDP Nicole Bauer 22,77411.7Increase2.svg 3.220,20410.4Increase2.svg 0.3
SPD Vincent Hogenkamp22,46811.6Decrease2.svg 2.030,93115.9Increase2.svg 2.8
Greens Maria Krieger21,81111.2Increase2.svg 4.720,08710.3Increase2.svg 3.0
FW Kerstin Haimerl-Kunze20,07210.3Decrease2.svg 1.423,74712.2Increase2.svg 6.7
AfD Elena Fritz19,1849.9Decrease2.svg 2.619,97310.3Decrease2.svg 4.3
Left Veronika Lackerbauer3,9552.0Decrease2.svg 1.64,1862.1Decrease2.svg 2.7
Tierschutzpartei Gertraud Götz-Volkmann3,6151.92,2571.2Increase2.svg 0.2
ÖDP Bernd Wimmer2,8881.5Decrease2.svg 0.61,4250.7Decrease2.svg 0.4
dieBasis Marion Schmidt2,7961.42,7371.4
BP Robert Neuhauser2,2411.2Decrease2.svg 0.61,2370.6Decrease2.svg 0.7
PARTEI  1,0600.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Gerhard Pettenkoffer1,0610.5
Pirates  5590.3Steady2.svg 0.0
Team Todenhöfer  4580.2
Independent Robert Manz4000.2
Volt  2900.1
Unabhängige2530.1
Gesundheitsforschung  2090.1Steady2.svg 0.0
V-Partei3  1680.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
The Homeland  1270.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Humanists  1290.1
Bündnis C  990.1
du.  950.0
The III. Path  880.0
DKP  240.0Steady2.svg 0.0
LKR  230.0
MLPD  170.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,639823
Total valid votes193,950194,766
Turnout 195,58979.2Increase2.svg 2.0
CSU holdMajority47,91124.7Decrease2.svg 1.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Florian Oßner 75,70239.6Decrease2.svg 18.375,52139.4Decrease2.svg 14.5
SPD Anja König25,97013.6Decrease2.svg 2.725,09513.1Decrease2.svg 2.9
AfD Günter Straßberger24,08012.628,06114.6Increase2.svg 11.0
FW Hubert Aiwanger 22,37811.7Increase2.svg 5.810,6315.5Increase2.svg 0.2
FDP Nicole Bauer 16,2978.5Increase2.svg 5.519,36110.1Increase2.svg 5.4
Greens Petra Seifert12,5146.5Decrease2.svg 1.713,8567.2Increase2.svg 0.5
Left Dinar Erkan6,8693.6Increase2.svg 0.79,2704.8Increase2.svg 1.8
ÖDP Stefan Zellner3,9792.1Decrease2.svg 0.32,1331.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
BP Florian Geisenfelder3,4461.82,5571.3Decrease2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  1,7580.9Increase2.svg 0.1
PARTEI  9760.5
Pirates  6120.3Decrease2.svg 1.2
The Homeland  5040.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
V-Partei³ 3240.2
DiB 2600.1
Gesundheitsforschung 2390.1
BGE  2370.1
DM2240.1
MLPD  300.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  290.0
BüSo 220.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,7311,266
Total valid votes191,235191,700
Turnout 192,96677.2Increase2.svg 9.0
CSU holdMajority49,73226.0Decrease2.svg 15.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Landshut [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Florian Oßner 98,70358.1Increase2.svg 7.692,06954.0Increase2.svg 5.4
SPD Harald Unfried27,53716.2Increase2.svg 1.127,16015.9Increase2.svg 2.0
Greens Thomas Gambke 14,0858.3Decrease2.svg 1.911,4276.7Decrease2.svg 2.1
FW Christian Hanika10,0425.99,0385.3
FDP Markus Sponbrucker5,1473.0Decrease2.svg 10.67,9894.7Decrease2.svg 9.5
AfD  6,1113.6
Left Reinhard Zisler4,9202.9Decrease2.svg 2.75,1613.0Decrease2.svg 2.6
ÖDP Stefan Zellner4,0022.4Decrease2.svg 0.12,1761.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
Pirates Matthias Zehe3,3492.02,6421.6Decrease2.svg 0.1
BP  2,4641.4Increase2.svg 0.6
The Homeland Wolfgang Rochner2,2111.3Decrease2.svg 0.71,3780.8Decrease2.svg 0.6
Tierschutzpartei  1,3280.8Increase2.svg 0.1
REP  4890.3Decrease2.svg 0.5
DIE FRAUEN 3090.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 2740.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
Party of Reason 1810.1
PRO 1530.1
RRP400.0Decrease2.svg 0.4
BüSo 270.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  220.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,6481,206
Total valid votes169,996170,438
Turnout 171,64468.3Decrease2.svg 1.0
CSU holdMajority71,16641.9Increase2.svg 6.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Landshut [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CSU Green check.svgY Wolfgang Götzer84,95350.5Decrease2.svg 8.582,46648.7Decrease2.svg 6.8
SPD Harald Unfried25,33715.1Decrease2.svg 7.123,63413.9Decrease2.svg 7.7
FDP Christoph Zeitler22,94013.6Increase2.svg 6.624,03114.2Increase2.svg 4.9
Greens Thomas Gambke 17,13310.2Increase2.svg 3.515,0028.9Increase2.svg 2.9
Left Kornelia Möller 9,3625.6Increase2.svg 2.79,5545.6Increase2.svg 2.6
Pirates  2,8431.7
ÖDP Günter Miß4,0512.42,6351.6
The Homeland Wolfgang Rochner3,2952.0Decrease2.svg 0.32,3731.4Decrease2.svg 0.2
REP  1,3730.8Steady2.svg 0.0
BP  1,3970.8Increase2.svg 0.1
Tierschutzpartei  1,1720.7
FAMILIE 1,1520.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN Ingrid Hetz1,1760.77100.4
RRP7050.4
CM 1550.1
PBC1300.1Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  800.0
BüSo 410.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  280.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,8181,584
Total valid votes168,247169,481
Turnout 171,06569.3Decrease2.svg 7.6
CSU holdMajority59,61635.4Decrease2.svg 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. 1 2 "Constituency Landshut". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Landshut". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-9/wahlkreis-227.html
  4. Results for Landshut
  5. Results for Landshut
  6. Results for Landshut
  7. Results for Landshut