Rosenheim (electoral district)

Rosenheim is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five constituencies in Bavaria, it covers the city and county of Rosenheim.[1] The district elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 223.

Location of constituency in Bavaria

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. After its creation, the first election in the district was won by the Bavaria Party. However the Christian Social Union (CSU) won the constituency at the 1953 election and have held the district since then.

The representative elected in the 2013 election was Daniela Ludwig,[2] who was first elected in 2005.

2013 election result
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Social Union Daniela Ludwig 93,964 58.1 +6.6 87,569 54.1 +7.4
Social Democratic Party of Germany Abuzar Erdogan 20,229 12.5 -1.9 23,966 14.8 +2.1
Alliance '90/The Greens Ursula Zeitlmann 15,125 9.4 -2.8 13,631 8.4 -3.0
Alternative for Germany Jürgen Gladigau 6,571 4.1 N/A 7,792 4.8 N/A
Free Voters Robert Multrus 4,484 2.8 N/A 3,653 2.3 N/A
Free Democratic Party Thomas Rauscher 4,272 2.6 -6.6 8,040 5.0 -9.5
The Left Walter Mini 3,932 2.4 -1.3 4,688 2.9 -1.5

Source:[3]

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Hugo Decker BP
1953 Ludwig Franz CSU
1957 Ludwig Franz CSU
1961 Ludwig Franz CSU
1965 Ludwig Franz CSU
1969 Ludwig Franz CSU
1972 Ludwig Franz CSU
1976 Hans Graf Huyn CSU
1980 Hans Graf Huyn CSU
1983 Hans Graf Huyn CSU
1987 Wolfgang Zeitlmann CSU
1990 Wolfgang Zeitlmann CSU
1994 Wolfgang Zeitlmann CSU
1998 Wolfgang Zeitlmann CSU
2002 Wolfgang Zeitlmann CSU
2005 Daniela Ludwig CSU
2009 Daniela Ludwig CSU
2013 Daniela Ludwig CSU

References
  1. Constituency boundaries Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 4 July 2014
  2. Drei für Mühldorf, eines für Rosenheim, Oberbayerisches Volksblatt, 25 September 2013
  3. 2013 Election results, Bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 4 July 2014

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