Passau (electoral district)

228 Passau
228 Passau
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Passau in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	231,700 (2019)
Electorate	176,118 (2025)
Major settlements	Passau; Vilshofen an der Donau; Pocking
Area	1,503.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Johann Georg Koller
Elected	2025

StateBavaria

Population231,700 (2019)

Electorate176,118 (2025)

Major settlementsPassau
Vilshofen an der Donau
Pocking

Passau 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 228. It is located in southeastern Bavaria, comprising the city of Passau and most of the Landkreis Passau district.^[1]

Passau was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Johann Georg Koller of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	15	Passau	Passau city Landkreis Passau district Wegscheid district Wolfstein district
1953	210
1957
1961
1965	215		Passau city Landkreis Passau district Wegscheid district Wolfstein district Vilshofen district
1969
1972
1976			Passau city Landkreis Passau district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	230
2005	230
2009	229
2013
2017			Passau city Landkreis Passau district (excluding Aicha vorm Wald, Eging am See, Fürstenstein, and Hofkirchen municipalities)
2021
2025	228

	Member	Party	%
1949	Fritz Schäffer	CSU	33.0
1953			61.8
1957			70.4
1961	August Ramminger	CSU	68.3
1965	Franz Xaver Unertl	CSU	63.7
1969	Franz Xaver Unertl	CSU	66.1
1972	Karl Fuchs	CSU	66.4
1976	Karl Fuchs	CSU	66.9
1980	Klaus Rose	CSU	65.4
1983			68.9
1987			62.3
1990			56.7
1994			59.1
1998			52.8
2002			64.8
2005	Andreas Scheuer	CSU	58.5
2009			46.5
2013			59.8
2017			47.5
2021			30.7
2025	Johann Georg Koller	CSU	40.8

Federal election (2025): Passau^[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	Johann Georg Koller		58,538	40.8	10.1	55,447	38.6	6.1
	AfD	Erhard Josef Brucker		33,776	23.5	11.6	36,665	25.5	13.7
	SPD	Johannes Schätzl		20,120	14.0	6.9	13,904	9.7	7.9
	FW	Rupert Thomas Kreuzhuber		9,199	6.4	6.3	9,154	6.4	5.7
	Greens	Frederic-Alexej Müller		7,425	5.2	3.8	9,821	6.8	2.5
	Left	Luke Rolf Hoß		4,172	2.9	0.9	5,692	4.0	1.7
	BSW	Simone Ketterl		3,804	2.7		4,895	3.4
	FDP	Jan Christoph Alfred Ernst		3,072	2.1	5.6	4,706	3.3	6.1
	ÖDP	Johanna Maria Seitz		2,625	1.8	1.0	1,016	0.7	0.3
	APT						873	0.6	0.3
	Volt	Simon Josef Böldl		799	0.6		488	0.3	0.2
	PARTEI						355	0.2	0.2
	dieBasis						300	0.2	0.9
	BP						241	0.2	0.4
	BD						85	0.1
	Humanists						71	0.0
	MLPD						8	0.0
Informal votes				597			406
Total valid votes				143,530			143,721
Turnout				144,127	81.8	4.9
	CSU hold		Majority	24,762	17.3	7.5

Federal election (2021): Passau^[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 Andreas Scheuer		41,530	30.7	16.8	44,215	32.5	8.0
	SPD	Johannes Schätzl		28,341	20.9	2.0	23,892	17.6	2.5
	FW	Roswitha Toso		17,180	12.7		16,475	12.1	9.7
	AfD	Ralf Stadler		16,215	12.0	2.1	16,023	11.8	4.3
	Greens	Stefanie Auer		12,098	8.9	3.4	12,645	9.3	2.9
	FDP	Martin Probst		10,513	7.8	1.7	12,782	9.4	0.3
	ÖDP	Johanna Seitz		3,876	2.9	0.2	1,326	1.0	0.3
	Left	Josef Ilsanker		2,681	2.0	2.8	3,093	2.3	3.4
	dieBasis	Leo Frankl		1,567	1.2		1,485	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,233	0.9	0.1
	BP						750	0.6	0.4
	PARTEI	Christian Boiger		1,235	0.9		673	0.5	0.0
	Pirates						351	0.3	0.0
	Unabhängige						148	0.1
	Volt						138	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						136	0.1
	Humanists	Michael Ziegelmeir		244	0.2		134	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						131	0.1	0.0
	NPD						116	0.1	0.2
	V-Partei3						83	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						76	0.1
	du.						53	0.0
	The III. Path						50	0.0
	LKR						18	0.0
	DKP						16	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						10	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,145			573
Total valid votes				135,480			136,052
Turnout				136,625	76.9	2.9
	CSU hold		Majority	13,189	9.8	18.8

Federal election (2017): Passau^[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 Andreas Scheuer		61,835	47.5	12.2	52,937	40.5	13.4
	SPD	Christian Flisek		24,611	18.9	0.7	19,709	15.1	3.4
	AfD	Robert Schregle		18,328	14.1	10.9	20,967	16.1	12.1
	FDP	Armin Sedlmayr		7,900	6.1		11,918	9.1	4.6
	Greens	Boris Burkert		7,248	5.6	0.4	8,393	6.4	0.4
	Left	Josef Ilsanker		6,246	4.8	1.6	7,357	5.6	1.9
	FW						3,146	2.4	0.5
	ÖDP	Andreas Seitz		4,003	3.1	0.4	1,698	1.3	0.4
	BP						1,270	1.0	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,054	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						587	0.4
	NPD						394	0.3	0.6
	Pirates						318	0.2	1.3
	V-Partei³						185	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						170	0.1
	DM						151	0.1
	BGE						143	0.1
	DiB						131	0.1
	BüSo						15	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
	DKP						13	0.0
Informal votes				1,179			779
Total valid votes				130,171			130,571
Turnout				131,350	74.0	10.8
	CSU hold		Majority	37,224	28.6	11.5

Passau (electoral district)

History

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Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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228 Passau
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Passau in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	231,700 (2019)
Electorate	176,118 (2025)
Major settlements	Passau Vilshofen an der Donau Pocking
Area	1,503.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Johann Georg Koller
Elected	2025

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