Traunstein (electoral district)

224 Traunstein
224 Traunstein
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Traunstein in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	283,200 (2019)
Electorate	208,678 (2025)
Major settlements	Traunreut; Traunstein; Bad Reichenhall
Area	2,373.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Siegfried Walch
Elected	2025

StateBavaria

Population283,200 (2019)

Electorate208,678 (2025)

Major settlementsTraunreut
Traunstein
Bad Reichenhall

Traunstein 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 224. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein.^[1]

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

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	11	Traunstein	Traunstein city Bad Reichenhall city Landkreis Traunstein district Berchtesgaden district Laufen district
1953	206
1957
1961
1965	211
1969
1972
1976			Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district Altötting district (only Kirchweidach Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
2002	226
2005	226		Traunstein district Berchtesgadener Land district
2009	225
2013
2017
2021
2025	224

	Member	Party	%
1949	Sepp Parzinger	BP	33.6
1953	Wolfgang Klausner	CSU	44.1
1957	Wolfgang Klausner	CSU	55.8
1961	Heinz Brenck	CSU	55.8
1965	Heinz Brenck	CSU	60.5
1969	Matthias Engelsberger	CSU	59.2
1972			63.6
1976			68.4
1980			66.7
1983			68.6
1987			63.3
1990	Peter Ramsauer	CSU	57.4
1994			61.1
1998			60.1
2002			69.0
2005			63.9
2009			54.6
2013			62.6
2017			50.3
2021			36.6
2025	Siegfried Walch	CSU	46.9

Federal election (2025): Traunstein ^[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	Siegfried Walch		80,507	46.9	10.2	66,829	38.8	7.3
	AfD	Dr. Christoph Birghan		30,995	18.0	10.3	34,619	20.1	11.5
	SPD	Dr. Bärbel Kofler		20,845	12.1	4.9	16,925	9.8	5.6
	Greens	Ulrike Barbara Schweiger		14,985	8.7	1.9	17,677	10.3	2.0
	FW	Hans Jürgen Reiner		10,689	6.2	5.2	11,217	6.5	6.6
	Left	Rudolf Kreuzeder		6,885	4.0	1.8	7,515	4.4	2.0
	BSW						5,905	3.4
	FDP	Albert Walter Duin		3,270	1.9	5.6	5,891	3.4	6.2
	APT						1,450	0.8	0.1
	dieBasis	Veronika Franziska Herwegh		1,796	1.0	1.5	976	0.6	1.7
	ÖDP	Helmut Kauer		1,782	1.0	0.4	1,001	0.6	0.3
	PARTEI						668	0.4	0.3
	Volt						662	0.4	0.2
	BP						441	0.3	0.6
	BD						134	0.1
	Humanists						86	0.0
	MLPD						28	0.0
Informal votes				818			548
Total valid votes				171,754			172,024
Turnout				172,572	82.7	4.2
	CSU hold		Majority	49,512	28.9	9.3

Federal election (2021): Traunstein^[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 Peter Ramsauer		59,555	36.6	13.7	51,421	31.5	13.1
	SPD	Bärbel Kofler		27,644	17.0	0.9	25,190	15.4	3.6
	FW	Andrea Wittmann		18,572	11.4		21,369	13.1	10.7
	Greens	Wolfgang Ehrenlechner		17,219	10.6	2.4	19,985	12.3	3.1
	AfD	Horst Bernshausen		12,671	7.8	2.4	14,027	8.6	3.4
	FDP	Patrick Weiß		12,268	7.5	1.9	15,747	9.7	0.5
	dieBasis	Martin Hartmann		4,115	2.5		3,669	2.3
	Left	Leon Buchwald		3,537	2.2	2.3	3,943	2.4	2.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,619	1.0	0.2
	ÖDP	Bruno Siglreitmaier Jr.		2,372	1.5	0.8	1,417	0.9	0.2
	BP	Stefan Glas		2,160	1.3	1.5	1,448	0.9	0.9
	PARTEI	Marie Stefan		1,857	1.1		1,121	0.7	0.2
	Pirates						413	0.3	0.0
	Independent	Felicitas Englisch		329	0.2
	Volt						265	0.2
	Unabhängige						258	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						243	0.1
	V-Partei3						153	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						149	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis C						135	0.1
	Humanists						112	0.1
	NPD						101	0.1	0.2
	du.						85	0.1
	The III. Path						64	0.0
	LKR	Sebastian Oberholzner		295	0.2		56	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,282			817
Total valid votes				162,594			163,059
Turnout				163,876	78.5	1.4
	CSU hold		Majority	31,911	19.6	14.6

Federal election (2017): Traunstein^[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 Peter Ramsauer		80,056	50.3	12.3	71,196	44.6	12.6
	SPD	Bärbel Kofler		25,659	16.1	1.4	18,916	11.9	3.0
	AfD	Hansjörg Müller		16,276	10.2		19,191	12.0	8.8
	Greens	Andreas Herden		12,972	8.1	0.4	14,680	9.2	0.4
	FDP	Alexander Reich		9,034	5.7	3.3	14,614	9.2	4.8
	Left	Norbert Eberherr		7,144	4.5	1.5	8,508	5.3	2.3
	FW						3,811	2.4	0.4
	BP	Konrad Baueregger		4,547	2.9		2,924	1.8	0.5
	ÖDP	Agnes Thanbichler		3,537	2.2	0.2	1,690	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,212	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						789	0.5
	Pirates						443	0.3	1.2
	DM						361	0.2
	NPD						349	0.2	0.3
	V-Partei³						237	0.1
	DiB						229	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						184	0.1
	BGE						175	0.1
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0
	MLPD						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,390			1,046
Total valid votes				159,225			159,569
Turnout				160,615	77.0	8.7
	CSU hold		Majority	54,397	34.2	10.8

Traunstein (electoral district)

History

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2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

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224 Traunstein
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Traunstein in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	283,200 (2019)
Electorate	208,678 (2025)
Major settlements	Traunreut Traunstein Bad Reichenhall
Area	2,373.6 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Siegfried Walch
Elected	2025

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