212 Altötting
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Altötting in 2017
State	Bavaria
Population	227,400 (2019)
Electorate	168,656 (2021)
Major settlements	Waldkraiburg Mühldorf Burghausen
Area	1,374.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Stephan Mayer
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Altötting 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 212. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Altötting and Mühldorf.^[1]

Altötting was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Stephan Mayer of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Altötting is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Altötting and Mühldorf.^[1]

History

Altötting was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 196. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 200. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 199. In the 2002 election, it was number 215. In the 2005 election, it was number 214. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 213. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 212.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Altötting, Mühldorf, and Wasserburg am Inn. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Altötting, Mühldorf, and Erding. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Altötting, Mühldorf, and Ebersberg. In the 1998 and 2002 elections, it comprised the districts of Altötting (excluding the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Kirchweidach), Mühldorf, and Ebersberg. It acquired its current borders in the 2005 election.

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Georg Mayerhofer of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Josef Bauer of the CSU was elected in 1953 and served until 1969. Valentin Dasch then served a single term. Karl-Heinz Spilker was representative from 1972 to 1994, followed by Josef Hollerith from 1994 to 2002. Stephan Mayer was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Altötting[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 Mayer		55,693	43.3	11.2	44,060	34.2	9.8
	SPD	Annette Heidrich		14,620	11.4	1.0	18,309	14.2	1.9
	AfD	Klaus Lang		14,220	11.1	2.1	13,940	10.8	3.7
	FW	Ilse Ertl		13,049	10.1		14,857	11.5	9.0
	Greens	Christoph Arz		11,145	8.7	2.6	12,248	9.5	2.7
	FDP	Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht		9,245	7.2	1.6	13,298	10.3	1.4
	dieBasis	Edgar Siemund		3,509	2.7		3,003	2.3
	Left	Sebastian Misselhorn		3,155	2.5	2.4	2,769	2.1	3.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,395	1.1	0.2
	ÖDP	Bernhard Suttner		2,509	2.0	0.9	1,302	1.0	0.3
	BP	Simon Wahl		1,416	1.1		881	0.7	0.7
	PARTEI						872	0.7	0.0
	Pirates						389	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						334	0.3
	Unabhängige						222	0.2
	Volt						196	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						165	0.1	0.0
	NPD						103	0.1	0.2
	V-Partei3						106	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						94	0.1
	Bündnis C						55	0.0
	du.						53	0.0
	The III. Path						50	0.0
	LKR						24	0.0
	MLPD						19	0.0	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				880			681
Total Valid votes				128,561			128,760
Turnout				129,441	76.7	1.4
	CSU hold		Majority	41,073	31.9	9.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Altötting[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 Mayer		68,435	54.5	11.3	55,417	44.0	14.6
	AfD	Oliver Multusch		16,486	13.1	9.8	18,330	14.6	10.5
	SPD	Annette Heidrich		15,479	12.3	2.0	15,511	12.3	2.8
	Greens	Peter Uldahl		7,584	6.0	0.6	8,608	6.8	1.1
	FDP	Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht[lower-alpha 1]		7,070	5.6	3.6	11,209	8.9	5.0
	Left	Erich Utz		6,060	4.8	2.3	6,659	5.3	2.4
	FW						3,172	2.5	0.1
	BP						1,718	1.4	0.0
	ÖDP	Elisabeth Sieber		3,637	2.9		1,685	1.3	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,078	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI						814	0.6
	Pirates						422	0.3	1.4
	NPD						295	0.2	0.4
	DM						216	0.2
	V-Partei³						185	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						176	0.1
	BüSo	Franz Maier		787	0.6	0.3	136	0.1	0.0
	BGE						130	0.1
	DiB						127	0.1
	MLPD						13	0.0	0.0
	DKP						9	0.0
Informal votes				1,248			876
Total Valid votes				125,538			125,910
Turnout				126,786	75.4	8.5
	CSU hold		Majority	51,949	41.4	10.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Altötting[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 Stephan Mayer		72,915	65.8	5.0	64,998	58.6	6.8
	SPD	Annette Heidrich		15,921	14.4	0.7	16,797	15.2	1.8
	Greens	Sofie Voit		6,030	5.4	2.2	6,394	5.8	2.3
	FW	Andreas Altmann		3,841	3.5		2,884	2.6
	AfD	Lorenz Kreft		3,669	3.3		4,496	4.1
	Left	Alexander Lebedew		2,832	2.6	2.3	3,241	2.9	2.1
	Pirates	Frank Zimmermann		2,318	2.1		1,902	1.7	0.0
	FDP	Ullrich Kastner		2,293	2.1	6.5	4,365	3.9	8.6
	REP						541	1.5	0.5
	BP						1,485	1.3	0.2
	ÖDP						1,349	1.2	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						759	0.7	0.1
	NPD						702	0.6	0.6
	DIE VIOLETTEN			654	0.6		350	0.3	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						213	0.2
	Party of Reason						136	0.1
	BüSo			388	0.3	0.9	116	0.1	0.2
	PRO						79	0.1
	RRP						39	0.0	0.6
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				985			985
Total Valid votes				110,861			110,861
Turnout				111,846	66.9	0.6
	CSU hold		Majority	56,994	51.4	5.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Altötting[6]
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 Mayer		67,284	60.7	4.0	57,712	51.9	6.4
	SPD	Werner Groß		16,724	15.1	5.3	14,831	13.3	6.8
	FDP	Raffaela Bubendorfer		9,508	8.6	4.1	13,992	12.6	4.1
	Greens	Peter Uldahl		8,477	7.7	2.4	8,923	8.0	2.4
	Left	Christian Peiker		5,362	4.8	2.4	5,641	5.1	2.4
	Pirates						1,896	1.7
	ÖDP						1,517	1.4
	NPD	Markus Fridgen		2,045	1.8	0.0	1,347	1.2	0.1
	BP						1,297	1.2	0.4
	REP						1,086	1.0	0.3
	FAMILIE						789	0.7	0.1
	RRP						720	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						650	0.6
	BüSo	Franz Maier		1,369	1.2	0.4	309	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						251	0.2
	CM						143	0.1
	PBC						99	0.1	0.0
	DVU						63	0.1
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,738			1,221
Total Valid votes				110,769			111,286
Turnout				112,507	67.5	7.7
	CSU hold		Majority	50,560	45.6	1.3

Notes

References

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