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

227 Landshut
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Landshut in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	343,500 (2019)
Electorate	246,854 (2021)
Major settlements	Landshut Kelheim Mainburg
Area	2,305.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Florian Oßner
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

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.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	14	Landshut	Landshut city Landkreis Landshut district Kelheim district Mainburg district Rottenburg an der Laaber district
1953	209
1957
1961
1965	214
1969
1972
1976			Landshut city Landkreis Landshut district Kelheim district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	229
2005
2009	228
2013
2017			Landshut city Landkreis Landshut district (excluding Gerzen Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) Kelheim district
2021			Landshut city Landkreis Landshut district (excluding Gerzen and Wörth a.d.Isar Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) Kelheim district
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.

Election		Member	Party	%
	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

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): 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		70,685	36.4	3.1	64,383	33.1	6.4
	FDP	Nicole Bauer		22,774	11.7	3.2	20,204	10.4	0.3
	SPD	Vincent Hogenkamp		22,468	11.6	2.0	30,931	15.9	2.8
	Greens	Maria Krieger		21,811	11.2	4.7	20,087	10.3	3.0
	FW	Kerstin Haimerl-Kunze		20,072	10.3	1.4	23,747	12.2	6.7
	AfD	Elena Fritz		19,184	9.9	2.6	19,973	10.3	4.3
	Left	Veronika Lackerbauer		3,955	2.0	1.6	4,186	2.1	2.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Gertraud Götz-Volkmann		3,615	1.9		2,257	1.2	0.2
	ÖDP	Bernd Wimmer		2,888	1.5	0.6	1,425	0.7	0.4
	dieBasis	Marion Schmidt		2,796	1.4		2,737	1.4
	BP	Robert Neuhauser		2,241	1.2	0.6	1,237	0.6	0.7
	PARTEI						1,060	0.5	0.0
	Independent	Gerhard Pettenkoffer		1,061	0.5
	Pirates						559	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						458	0.2
	Independent	Robert Manz		400	0.2
	Volt						290	0.1
	Unabhängige						253	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						209	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						168	0.1	0.1
	NPD						127	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						129	0.1
	Bündnis C						99	0.1
	du.						95	0.0
	The III. Path						88	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
	LKR						23	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,639			823
Total valid votes				193,950			194,766
Turnout				195,589	79.2	2.0
	CSU hold		Majority	47,911	24.7	1.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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	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
	Greens	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
	Human Environment Animal Protection						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[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 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
	Greens	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
	Human Environment Animal Protection						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[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 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
	Greens	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
	Human Environment Animal Protection						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
6. Results for Landshut