Traunstein (electoral district)

224 Traunstein
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Traunstein in 2025
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

Traunstein is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein. ^[1]

History

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
1949	11	Traunstein	Traunstein city Bad Reichenhall city Landkreis Traunstein district Berchtesgaden district Laufen district
1953	206
1957
1961
1965	211
1969
1972
1976			Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district Altötting district (only Kirchweidach Verwaltungsgemeinschaft )
2002	226
2005			Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district
2009	225
2013
2017
2021
2025	224

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 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	%
	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

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Traunstein [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 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

Federal election (2017): Traunstein [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 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

Federal election (2013): Traunstein [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 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

Federal election (2009): Traunstein [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 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

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