Rosenheim (electoral district)

Rosenheim 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 the city of Rosenheim and the Landkreis Rosenheim district.^[1]

221 Rosenheim
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rosenheim in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	324,900 (2019)
Electorate	237,390 (2021)
Major settlements	Rosenheim Bad Aibling Kolbermoor
Area	1,476.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Daniela Ludwig
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Rosenheim was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Daniela Ludwig of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Rosenheim is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Rosenheim and the district of Landkreis Rosenheim.^[1]

History

Rosenheim was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 10 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 205. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 210. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 209. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 224. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 223. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 222. From the 2025 election, it has been number 221.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Rosenheim and the districts of Landkreis Rosenheim, Bad Aibling, and Ebersberg. In the 1976 election, it comprised the city of Rosenheim and the districts of Landkreis Rosenheim and Ebersberg. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	10	Rosenheim	Rosenheim city Landkreis Rosenheim district Bad Aibling district Ebersberg district
1953	205
1957
1961
1965	210
1969
1972
1976			Rosenheim city Landkreis Rosenheim district Ebersberg district
1980	209		Rosenheim city Landkreis Rosenheim district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	224
2005
2009	223
2013
2017	222
2021
2025	221

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 Hugo Decker of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Ludwig Franz of the CSU won it in 1953 and served until 1976. He was succeeded by Hans Graf Huyn, who was representative until 1987. Wolfgang Zeitlmann then served from 1987 to 2005. Daniela Ludwig was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hugo Decker	BP	30.4
	1953	Ludwig Franz	CSU	41.9
	1957			53.9
	1961			55.9
	1965			59.0
	1969			55.6
	1972			57.9
	1976	Hans Graf Huyn	CSU	62.6
	1980			62.5
	1983			65.8
	1987	Wolfgang Zeitlmann	CSU	61.4
	1990			56.4
	1994			60.6
	1998			55.2
	2002			63.1
	2005	Daniela Ludwig	CSU	60.3
	2009			51.5
	2013			58.1
	2017			45.9
	2021			36.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Rosenheim[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 Daniela Ludwig		68,670	36.1	9.8	59,126	31.0	9.5
	Greens	Victoria Broßart		26,183	13.8	4.4	25,962	13.6	3.6
	SPD	Pankraz Schaberl		22,869	12.0	0.2	27,406	14.4	3.1
	FDP	Michael Linnerer		17,682	9.3	1.9	23,049	12.1	1.1
	FW	Gerhard Schloots		16,869	8.9	5.5	18,261	9.6	7.2
	AfD	Andreas Kohlberger		15,764	8.3	4.7	16,570	8.7	5.2
	dieBasis	Nino Kornhaß		9,069	4.8		6,075	3.2
	Left	Ates Gürpinar		4,091	2.2	1.7	4,607	2.4	2.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,882	1.0	0.1
	ÖDP	Ludwig Maier		3,698	1.9	0.2	1,633	0.9	0.3
	BP	Stephan Fröhlich		2,584	1.4	1.1	1,737	0.9	0.9
	PARTEI	Nikolaus Starkmeth		2,466	1.3		1,385	0.7	0.2
	Pirates						566	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						488	0.3
	Volt						486	0.3
	Unabhängige						287	0.1
	V-Partei3						213	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						198	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						162	0.1
	Bündnis C						129	0.1
	BüSo	Gerald Strickner		119	0.1	0.0
	NPD						95	0.1	0.1
	du.						94	0.1
	The III. Path						77	0.0
	DKP						29	0.0	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,346			849
Total valid votes				190,064			190,561
Turnout				191,410	80.6	1.3
	CSU hold		Majority	42,487	22.3	10.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rosenheim[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 Daniela Ludwig		84,981	45.9	12.2	75,178	40.5	13.6
	AfD	Andreas Winhart		23,988	13.0	8.9	25,697	13.9	9.0
	SPD	Abuzar Erdogan		21,890	11.8	0.7	20,967	11.3	3.5
	Greens	Korbinian Gall		17,307	9.4	0.0	18,571	10.0	1.6
	FDP	Michael Linnerer		13,750	7.4	4.8	20,311	11.0	6.0
	Left	Sebastian Misselhorn		7,036	3.8	1.4	9,449	5.1	2.2
	FW	Maria Fischer		6,177	3.3	0.6	4,426	2.4	0.1
	BP	Bernhard Neumann		4,495	2.4	0.2	3,425	1.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Ludwig Maier		4,053	2.2	0.2	2,157	1.2	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,643	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						1,041	0.6
	Pirates	Olaf Krueger		1,073	0.6	1.7	602	0.3	1.4
	DM						379	0.2
	V-Partei³						327	0.2
	DiB						322	0.2
	NPD						285	0.2	0.3
	BGE						277	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						227	0.1
	BüSo	Gerald Strickner		198	0.1	0.0	87	0.0	0.0
	DKP						50	0.0
	MLPD						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,544			1,035
Total valid votes				184,948			185,457
Turnout				186,492	79.3	8.8
	CSU hold		Majority	60,993	32.9	12.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rosenheim[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 Daniela Ludwig		93,964	58.1	6.6	87,569	54.1	7.4
	SPD	Abuzar Erdogan		20,229	12.5	1.9	23,966	14.8	2.1
	Greens	Ursula Zeitlmann		15,125	9.4	2.8	13,631	8.4	3.0
	AfD	Jürgen Gladigau		6,571	4.1		7,792	4.8
	FW	Robert Multrus		4,484	2.8		3,653	2.3
	FDP	Thomas Rauscher		4,272	2.6	6.6	8,040	5.0	9.5
	Left	Walter Mini		3,932	2.4	1.3	4,688	2.9	1.5
	BP	Bernhard Neumann		3,674	2.3	0.0	3,088	1.9	0.3
	Pirates	Hartmut Ernst		3,651	2.3		2,788	1.7	0.2
	ÖDP	Ludwig Maier		3,290	2.0	0.4	2,419	1.5	0.2
	REP	Peter Staudenhöchtl		2,015	1.2	0.9	1,368	0.8	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,111	0.7	0.1
	NPD						772	0.5	0.3
	DIE FRAUEN						269	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						241	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Bauer		226	0.1
	Party of Reason						167	0.1
	BüSo	Gerald Strickner		189	0.1	0.1	96	0.1	0.1
	PRO						93	0.1
	RRP						36	0.0	1.0
	MLPD						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,336			1,147
Total valid votes				161,622			161,811
Turnout				162,958	70.5	1.0
	CSU hold		Majority	73,735	45.6	8.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rosenheim[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 Daniela Ludwig		82,305	51.5	8.8	74,860	46.7	8.1
	SPD	Angelika Graf		23,041	14.4	7.5	20,380	12.7	8.0
	Greens	Anna Rutz		19,499	12.2	5.1	18,258	11.4	3.5
	FDP	Maximilian Leucht		14,745	9.2	5.1	23,226	14.5	5.1
	Left	Walter Mini		5,967	3.7	1.6	7,074	4.4	1.9
	ÖDP	Josef Fortner		3,905	2.4		2,669	1.7
	BP	Florian Weber		3,612	2.3		2,659	1.7	1.0
	REP	Gottfried Schubert		3,455	2.2	0.3	2,960	1.8	0.0
	Pirates						2,503	1.6
	RRP	Siegfried Pielsticker		1,749	1.1		1,602	1.0
	NPD	Elisabeth Götz		1,172	0.7	0.0	1,186	0.7	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						966	0.6
	FAMILIE						926	0.6	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						455	0.3
	CM						195	0.1
	BüSo	Gerald Strickner		375	0.2	0.0	193	0.1	0.1
	PBC						149	0.1	0.1
	DVU						73	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,087			1,544
Total valid votes				159,825			160,368
Turnout				161,912	71.5	6.5
	CSU hold		Majority	59,264	37.1	1.3

References

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