Ostallgäu 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 257. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the city of Kaufbeuren, the Ostallgäu district, and southern parts of the Landkreis Augsburg district.[1]
257 Ostallgäu | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
Ostallgäu in 2025 | |
State | Bavaria |
Population | 339,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 250,767 (2017) |
Major settlements | Kaufbeuren Marktoberdorf Füssen |
Area | 2,328.1 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CSU |
Member | Stephan Stracke |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Ostallgäu was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Stephan Stracke of the Christian Social Union (CSU).[2]
Geography
editOstallgäu is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2025 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Kaufbeuren, the Ostallgäu district, and the municipality of Graben and Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Großaitingen, Langerringen, and Lechfeld from the Landkreis Augsburg district.[1]
History
editOstallgäu was created in 1949, then known as Kaufbeuren. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 45 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 240. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 242. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 243. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 258. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 257.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Kaufbeuren and the districts of Landkreis Kaufbeuren, Füssen, Marktoberdorf, and Schwabmünchen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the independent cities of Kaufbeuren and Memmingen and the districts of Landkreis Kaufbeuren, Landkreis Memmingen, Mindelheim, and Marktoberdorf. In the 1976 through 1990 elections, it comprised the cities of Kaufbeuren and Memmingen and the districts of Ostallgäu and Unterallgäu. In 1994, several municipalities of Untergallgäu were transferred out of the constituency. It was reconfigured to its current borders ahead of the 2025 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 45 | Kaufbeuren |
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1953 | 240 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 242 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | 243 | Ostallgäu |
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1980 | |||
1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 |
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1998 | |||
2002 | 258 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 257 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
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2025 |
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Members
editLike most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Josef Spies from 1949 to 1965, followed by Hans August Lücker from 1965 to 1980. Kurt Rossmanith was representative from 1980 to 2009, a total of eight consecutive terms. Stephan Stracke was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Josef Spies | CSU | 31.3 | |
1953 | 57.7 | |||
1957 | 62.6 | |||
1961 | 60.5 | |||
1965 | Hans August Lücker | CSU | 64.0 | |
1969 | 64.0 | |||
1972 | 65.7 | |||
1976 | 69.9 | |||
1980 | Kurt Rossmanith | CSU | 68.6 | |
1983 | 71.5 | |||
1987 | 66.8 | |||
1990 | 60.8 | |||
1994 | 60.2 | |||
1998 | 56.9 | |||
2002 | 64.9 | |||
2005 | 60.9 | |||
2009 | Stephan Stracke | CSU | 51.1 | |
2013 | 59.8 | |||
2017 | 49.2 | |||
2021 | 38.8 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Ostallgäu[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 76,399 | 38.8 | 62,635 | 31.7 | |||||
SPD | Regina Leenders | 24,288 | 12.3 | 30,914 | 15.6 | ||||
Greens | Daniel Pflügl | 24,128 | 12.2 | 23,712 | 12.0 | ||||
AfD | Christian Sedlmeir | 20,021 | 10.2 | 19,779 | 10.0 | ||||
FW | Mariana Braunmiller | 17,819 | 9.0 | 17,985 | 9.1 | ||||
FDP | Kai Fackler | 14,258 | 7.2 | 21,561 | 10.9 | ||||
dieBasis | Florian Mayr | 7,303 | 3.7 | 5,832 | 3.0 | ||||
Left | Susanne Ferschl | 6,667 | 3.4 | 5,007 | 2.5 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,086 | 1.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | Alexander Abt | 3,120 | 1.6 | 1,948 | 1.0 | ||||
PARTEI | Christian Armster | 2,340 | 1.2 | 1,416 | 0.7 | ||||
BP | 1,033 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 767 | 0.4 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 685 | 0.3 | |||||||
Unabhängige | 407 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 347 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 334 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | Christiana Hofer | 782 | 0.4 | 307 | 0.2 | ||||
NPD | 214 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 208 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 163 | 0.1 | |||||||
du. | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
The III. Path | 100 | 0.1 | |||||||
LKR | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,542 | 1,024 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 197,125 | 197,643 | |||||||
Turnout | 198,667 | 79.3 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 52,111 | 26.5 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Ostallgäu[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 93,430 | 49.2 | 79,932 | 42.0 | |||||
AfD | Christoph Maier | 24,018 | 12.6 | 25,384 | 13.3 | ||||
SPD | Pascal André Lechler | 21,610 | 11.4 | 23,044 | 12.1 | ||||
Greens | Günter Claus Räder | 16,537 | 8.7 | 16,214 | 8.5 | ||||
FDP | Jonas Flott | 10,627 | 5.6 | 19,898 | 10.5 | ||||
Left | Susanne Ferschl | 10,153 | 5.3 | 10,387 | 5.5 | ||||
FW | Susen Knabner | 6,445 | 3.4 | 5,112 | 2.7 | ||||
ÖDP | Krimhilde Dornach | 3,813 | 2.0 | 2,789 | 1.5 | ||||
BP | Jürgen Eißner | 2,660 | 1.4 | 2,123 | 1.1 | ||||
PARTEI | 949 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 629 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Werner Fischer | 596 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | 532 | 0.3 | |||||||
DM | 424 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 345 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 325 | 0.2 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 227 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 219 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,692 | 1,412 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 189,889 | 190,169 | |||||||
Turnout | 191,581 | 77.4 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 69,412 | 36.6 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Ostallgäu[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | 99,333 | 59.8 | 91,664 | 55.1 | |||||
SPD | Rolf Spitz | 25,009 | 15.0 | 24,971 | 15.0 | ||||
Greens | Elfriede Klein | 10,039 | 6.0 | 11,785 | 7.1 | ||||
AfD | Franz Knapp | 6,842 | 4.1 | 7,991 | 4.8 | ||||
FW | Hermann Zelt | 5,425 | 3.3 | 4,537 | 2.7 | ||||
BP | Thomas Hilscher | 4,808 | 2.9 | 2,913 | 1.8 | ||||
Left | Paul Meichelböck | 4,731 | 2.8 | 5,270 | 3.2 | ||||
Pirates | Anton Betzler | 3,260 | 2.0 | 2,904 | 1.7 | ||||
ÖDP | Lucia Fischer | 3,258 | 2.0 | 2,593 | 1.6 | ||||
FDP | René Müller | 2,847 | 1.7 | 7,677 | 4.6 | ||||
NPD | 1,374 | 0.8 | |||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,103 | 0.7 | |||||||
Independent | Werner Fischer | 660 | 0.4 | ||||||
REP | 587 | 0.4 | |||||||
DIE FRAUEN | 382 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 199 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 176 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
RRP | 42 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,456 | 1,328 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 166,212 | 166,340 | |||||||
Turnout | 167,668 | 68.6 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 74,324 | 44.8 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Ostallgäu[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CSU | Stephan Stracke | 85,429 | 51.1 | 77,911 | 46.4 | ||||
SPD | Rolf Spitz | 22,859 | 13.7 | 20,544 | 12.2 | ||||
FDP | Bernd Rösel | 21,115 | 12.6 | 28,362 | 16.9 | ||||
Greens | Tobias Specht | 15,030 | 9.0 | 15,668 | 9.3 | ||||
Left | Paul Meichelböck | 8,822 | 5.3 | 9,369 | 5.6 | ||||
Pirates | 2,951 | 1.8 | |||||||
BP | Peter Fendt | 5,367 | 3.2 | 2,849 | 1.7 | ||||
ÖDP | Daniel Ansorge | 3,671 | 2.2 | 2,728 | 1.6 | ||||
NPD | Kurt-Jürgen Blank | 2,814 | 1.7 | 2,262 | 1.3 | ||||
FAMILIE | 1,196 | 0.7 | |||||||
Independent | Werner Fischer | 1,125 | 0.7 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,018 | 0.6 | |||||||
REP | 1,010 | 0.6 | |||||||
RRP | 803 | 0.5 | |||||||
Freie Union | Frank Alfred Stengel | 737 | 0.4 | ||||||
CM | 397 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 390 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 334 | 0.2 | |||||||
Independent | Margitta Gisela Stephan | 263 | 0.2 | ||||||
DVU | 119 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 85 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,992 | 2,194 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 167,232 | 168,030 | |||||||
Turnout | 170,224 | 70.2 | |||||||
CSU hold | Majority | 62,570 | 37.4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Ostallgäu". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Ostallgäu". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Ostallgäu
- ^ Results for Ostallgäu
- ^ Results for Ostallgäu
- ^ Results for Ostallgäu