Straubing (electoral district)

230 Straubing
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Straubing in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	226,300 (2019)
Electorate	173,772 (2021)
Major settlements	Straubing Regen Bogen
Area	2,244.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Alois Rainer
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Straubing 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 230. It is located in southeastern Bavaria, comprising the city of Straubing and the districts of Regen and Straubing-Bogen. ^[1]

Straubing was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Alois Rainer of the Christian Social Union (CSU). ^[2]

Geography

Straubing is located in southeastern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Straubing and the districts of Regen and Straubing-Bogen. ^[1]

History

Straubing was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 17 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 212. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 216. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 217. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 232. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 231. From the 2025 election, it has been number 230.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Straubing and the districts of Landkreis Straubing, Bogen, Dingolfing, and Mallersdorf. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the district of Landau an der Isar. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	17	Straubing	Straubing city Landkreis Straubing district Bogen district Dingolfing district Mallersdorf district
1953	212
1957
1961
1965	216		Straubing city Landkreis Straubing district Bogen district Dingolfing district Mallersdorf district Landau an der Isar district
1969
1972
1976	217		Straubing city Regen district Straubing-Bogen district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	232
2005
2009	231
2013
2017
2021
2025	230

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 Johann Wartner of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Josef Lermer of the CSU won it in 1953 and served until 1965. Alois Rainer (born 1921) was then representative from 1965 to 1983. Ernst Hinsken then served from 1983 to 2013, a total of eight consecutive terms. Alois Georg Rainer, son of former representative Alois Rainer, was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Johann Wartner	BP	33.8
	1953	Josef Lermer	CSU	52.2
	1957			60.4
	1961			67.3
	1965	Alois Rainer	CSU	68.8
	1969			66.6
	1972			64.7
	1976			69.2
	1980			67.2
	1983	Ernst Hinsken	CSU	71.3
	1987			68.0
	1990			63.6
	1994			63.6
	1998			63.0
	2002			74.6
	2005			68.0
	2009			55.4
	2013	Alois Rainer	CSU	61.2
	2017			47.6
	2021			44.3

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Straubing [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 Alois Rainer		58,487	44.3	3.3	46,742	35.3	6.5
	AfD	Corinna Miazga		16,794	12.7	2.3	17,402	13.2	5.2
	SPD	Dennis Schötz		16,312	12.4	4.5	19,938	15.1	1.4
	FW	Helmut Muhr		15,115	11.4	6.9	17,869	13.5	9.3
	Greens	Erhard Grundl		8,613	6.5	2.9	8,964	6.8	2.2
	FDP	Klaus Herpel		6,895	5.2	0.8	11,603	8.8	0.7
	ÖDP	Michael Hirtreiter		2,467	1.9	0.3	1,271	1.0	0.3
	Left	Maximilian Spielbauer		1,936	1.5	2.3	2,468	1.9	2.5
	PARTEI	Marco Schmipfhauser		1,506	1.1		892	0.7	0.3
	dieBasis	Tobias Huf		1,503	1.1		1,397	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,214	0.9	0.2
	BP	Thomas Schmid		1,294	1.0	1.1	958	0.7	0.6
	Independent	Thomas Knott		586	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer	Johann Janik		570	0.4		275	0.2
	Pirates						250	0.2	0.0
	Unabhängige						212	0.2
	NPD						160	0.1	0.3
	Volt						123	0.1
	V-Partei3						111	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						104	0.1	0.0
	The III. Path						97	0.1
	Humanists						70	0.1
	Bündnis C						41	0.0
	du.						36	0.0
	LKR						25	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						6	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				877			712
Total valid votes				132,078			132,243
Turnout				132,955	76.5	2.1
	CSU hold		Majority	41,693	31.6	0.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Straubing [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 Alois Rainer		60,976	47.6	13.6	53,712	41.9	15.9
	SPD	Johanna Ueckermann		21,525	16.8	0.8	17,512	13.7	2.4
	AfD	Manfred Kleinschwärzer		19,261	15.1	11.7	23,576	18.4	14.4
	FW	Tobias Beck		5,875	4.6	1.1	5,410	4.2	0.4
	FDP	Mathias Baur		5,670	4.4	2.1	10,308	8.0	3.8
	Left	Tobias Beck		4,766	3.7	1.2	5,590	4.4	1.4
	Greens	Erhard Grundl		4,602	3.6	0.3	5,846	4.6	0.6
	ÖDP	Michael Klaus		2,749	2.1	0.8	1,647	1.3	0.5
	BP	Manuel Schindlbeck		2,626	2.1		1,700	1.3	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						946	0.7	0.1
	NPD						583	0.5	0.9
	PARTEI						441	0.3
	Pirates						281	0.2	1.3
	DM						164	0.1
	V-Partei³						149	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						122	0.1
	DiB						95	0.1
	BGE						86	0.1
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
	BüSo						7	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,374			1,215
Total valid votes				128,050			128,209
Turnout				129,424	74.4	10.2
	CSU hold		Majority	39,451	30.8	12.8

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Straubing [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	Alois Rainer		67,579	61.2	5.8	63,887	57.8	7.6
	SPD	Johanna Uekermann		19,400	17.6	4.9	17,790	16.1	1.9
	FW	Markus Achatz		3,820	3.5		4,171	3.8
	AfD	Markus Arthur Hesse		3,662	3.3		4,375	4.0
	Greens	Gaby Englmeier		3,582	3.2	0.7	4,324	3.9	1.4
	ÖDP	Michael Klaus Röder		3,201	2.9	0.2	1,939	1.8	0.8
	Left	Dietmar Kuschke		2,757	2.5	2.4	3,297	3.0	3.5
	FDP	Florian Weinzierl		2,596	2.4	5.4	4,653	4.2	9.5
	Pirates	Walter Weber		1,915	1.7		1,627	1.5	0.1
	NPD	Sascha Roßmüller		1,858	1.7	0.6	1,513	1.4	0.5
	BP						1,390	1.3	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						688	0.6	0.1
	REP						377	0.3	0.8
	DIE FRAUEN						191	0.2
	Party of Reason						138	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						81	0.1	0.1
	PRO						59	0.1
	RRP						19	0.0	0.5
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						14	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,167			988
Total valid votes				110,370			110,549
Turnout				111,537	64.2	0.9
	CSU hold		Majority	48,179	43.6	10.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Straubing [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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Ernst Hinsken		61,572	55.4	12.6	55,844	50.1	9.4
	SPD	Michael Adam		24,922	22.4	2.5	15,817	14.2	6.4
	FDP	Philipp Frankenfeld		8,650	7.8	4.4	15,232	13.7	6.3
	Left	Dietmar Kuschke		5,410	4.9	1.9	7,257	6.5	3.1
	Greens	Erhard Grundl		4,372	3.9	0.9	5,925	5.3	2.0
	ÖDP	Florian Fahrner		3,040	2.7		2,831	2.5
	NPD	Sascha Roßmüller		2,519	2.3	0.4	2,085	1.9	0.2
	Pirates						1,526	1.4
	REP						1,258	1.1	0.2
	BP						1,232	1.1	0.3
	FAMILIE						772	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						629	0.6
	Independent	Harald Kanneder		602	0.5
	RRP						534	0.5
	DIE VIOLETTEN						171	0.2
	CM						93	0.1
	PBC						69	0.1	0.0
	DVU						47	0.1
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,621			1,345
Total valid votes				111,087			111,363
Turnout				112,708	65.1	8.6
	CSU hold		Majority	36,650	33.0	15.1

References

1. "Constituency Straubing". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Straubing". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Straubing
4. Results for Straubing
5. Results for Straubing
6. Results for Straubing