Rosenheim (electoral district)

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StateBavaria
Population324,900 (2019)
Electorate238,400 (2025)
221 Rosenheim
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Rosenheim in 2025
StateBavaria
Population324,900 (2019)
Electorate238,400 (2025)
Major settlementsRosenheim
Bad Aibling
Kolbermoor
Area1,476.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCSU
MemberDaniela Ludwig
Elected2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

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]

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]

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
1953 205
1957
1961
1965 210
1969
1972
1976
1980 209
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 224
2005
2009 223
2013
2017 222
2021
2025 221

Members

Election results

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