Ostallgäu (electoral district)

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 cities of Kaufbeuren and Memmingen, the Ostallgäu district, and most of the Unterallgäu district.[1]

257 Ostallgäu
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Ostallgäu in 2017
StateBavaria
Population329,200 (2015)
Electorate247,539 (2017)
Major settlementsKaufbeuren
Memmingen
Marktoberdorf
Area2,328.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberStephan Stracke
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

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

Ostallgäu is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent cities of Kaufbeuren and Memmingen, the Ostallgäu district, and the entirety of the Unterallgäu district excluding the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Babenhausen, Boos, Erkheim, and Pfaffenhausen.[1]

History

Ostallgäu 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. It acquired its current borders in the 1994 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 45 Kaufbeuren
  • Kaufbeuren city
  • Landkreis Kaufbeuren district
  • Füssen district
  • Marktoberdorf district
  • Schwabmünchen district
1953 240
1957
1961
1965 242
  • Kaufbeuren city
  • Memmingen city
  • Landkreis Kaufbeuren district
  • Landkreis Memmingen district
  • Mindelheim district
  • Marktoberdorf district
1969
1972
1976 243 Ostallgäu
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 258
2005
2009 257
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) 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 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
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

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Ostallgäu[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 Stephan Stracke 93,430 49.2 10.6 79,932 42.0 13.1
AfD Christoph Maier 24,018 12.6 8.5 25,384 13.3 8.5
SPD Pascal André Lechler 21,610 11.4 3.7 23,044 12.1 2.9
Green Günter Claus Räder 16,537 8.7 2.7 16,214 8.5 1.4
FDP Jonas Flott 10,627 5.6 3.9 19,898 10.5 5.8
Left Susanne Ferschl 10,153 5.3 2.5 10,387 5.5 2.3
FW Susen Knabner 6,445 3.4 0.1 5,112 2.7 0.0
ÖDP Krimhilde Dornach 3,813 2.0 0.0 2,789 1.5 0.1
BP Jürgen Eißner 2,660 1.4 1.5 2,123 1.1 0.6
PARTEI   949 0.5
Pirates   629 0.3 1.4
Independent Werner Fischer 596 0.3
NPD   532 0.3 0.5
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 0.0
BüSo 24 0.0 0.0
DKP   24 0.0
Informal votes 1,692 1,412
Total Valid votes 189,889 190,169
Turnout 191,581 77.4 8.8
CSU hold Majority 69,412 36.6 8.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Ostallgäu[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 Stephan Stracke 99,333 59.8 8.7 91,664 55.1 8.7
SPD Rolf Spitz 25,009 15.0 1.4 24,971 15.0 2.8
Green Elfriede Klein 10,039 6.0 2.9 11,785 7.1 2.2
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 0.3 2,913 1.8 0.1
Left Paul Meichelböck 4,731 2.8 2.4 5,270 3.2 2.4
Pirates Anton Betzler 3,260 2.0 2,904 1.7 0.0
ÖDP Lucia Fischer 3,258 2.0 0.2 2,593 1.6 0.1
FDP René Müller 2,847 1.7 10.9 7,677 4.6 12.3
NPD   1,374 0.8 0.5
Tierschutzpartei   1,103 0.7 0.1
Independent Werner Fischer 660 0.4
REP   587 0.4 0.2
DIE FRAUEN 382 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 199 0.1 0.1
Party of Reason 176 0.1
PRO 114 0.1
RRP 42 0.0 0.5
MLPD   30 0.0 0.0
BüSo 28 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,456 1,328
Total Valid votes 166,212 166,340
Turnout 167,668 68.6 1.7
CSU hold Majority 74,324 44.8 7.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Ostallgäu[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 Stephan Stracke 85,429 51.1 9.9 77,911 46.4 10.1
SPD Rolf Spitz 22,859 13.7 5.3 20,544 12.2 6.6
FDP Bernd Rösel 21,115 12.6 5.7 28,362 16.9 6.6
Green Tobias Specht 15,030 9.0 2.3 15,668 9.3 2.7
Left Paul Meichelböck 8,822 5.3 2.5 9,369 5.6 2.8
Pirates   2,951 1.8
BP Peter Fendt 5,367 3.2 2,849 1.7 0.9
ÖDP Daniel Ansorge 3,671 2.2 2,728 1.6
NPD Kurt-Jürgen Blank 2,814 1.7 0.3 2,262 1.3 0.1
FAMILIE 1,196 0.7 0.1
Independent Werner Fischer 1,125 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,018 0.6
REP   1,010 0.6 0.3
RRP 803 0.5
Freie Union Frank Alfred Stengel 737 0.4
CM 397 0.2
PBC 390 0.2 0.1
DIE VIOLETTEN 334 0.2
Independent Margitta Gisela Stephan 263 0.2
DVU   119 0.1
BüSo 85 0.1 0.0
MLPD   34 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,992 2,194
Total Valid votes 167,232 168,030
Turnout 170,224 70.2 7.5
CSU hold Majority 62,570 37.4 4.6

References
  1. "Constituency Ostallgäu". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Ostallgäu". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Ostallgäu
  4. Results for Ostallgäu
  5. Results for Ostallgäu
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