Rottal-Inn (electoral district)

229 Rottal-Inn
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rottal-Inn in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	231,100 (2019)
Electorate	173,632 (2021)
Major settlements	Dingolfing Landau an der Isar Eggenfelden
Area	2,331.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Max Straubinger
Elected	1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Rottal-Inn 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 229. It is located in southeastern Bavaria, comprising the Dingolfing-Landau district, Rottal-Inn district, and small parts of the Landkreis Landshut district.

Rottal-Inn was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 1994, it has been represented by Max Straubinger of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Rottal-Inn is located in southeastern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Dingolfing-Landau and Rottal-Inn as well as the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Gerzen and Wörth a.d.Isar from the Landkreis Landshut district.

History

Rottal-Inn was created in 1949, then known as Pfarrkirchen. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 16 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 211. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 217. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 216. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 231. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 230. From the 2025 election, it has been number 229.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Pfarrkirchen, Eggenfelden, and Vilsbiburg. From 1965 through 1972, it also contained the Griesbach district. From 1976 through 2013, it comprised the Rottal-Inn and Dingolfing-Landau districts. In the 2017 election, it acquired the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Gerzen from the Landkreis Landshut district. It further acquired the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Wörth a.d.Isar in the 2021 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	16	Pfarrkirchen	Pfarrkirchen district Eggenfelden district Vilsbiburg district
1953	211
1957
1961
1965	217		Pfarrkirchen district Eggenfelden district Vilsbiburg district Griesbach district
1969
1972
1976	216	Rottal-Inn	Dingolfing-Landau district Rottal-Inn
1980
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	231
2005
2009	230
2013
2017			Dingolfing-Landau district Rottal-Inn Landkreis Landshut (only Gerzen Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
2021			Dingolfing-Landau district Rottal-Inn Landkreis Landshut (only Gerzen and Wörth a.d.Isar Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2025	229

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Social Union (CSU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Conrad Fink from 1949 to 1953. He was elected for the Bavaria Party (BP), but joined the CSU in January 1952. Max Riederer von Paar of the CSU won the constituency in 1953 and served one term. Friedrich Kempfler was then representative from 1957 to 1976, followed by Günther Müller from 1976 to 1994. Max Straubinger was elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Conrad Fink	BP	39.2
			CSU
	1953	Max Riederer von Paar	CSU	54.1
	1957	Friedrich Kempfler	CSU	68.2
	1961			74.3
	1965			74.7
	1969			69.0
	1972			71.5
	1976	Günther Müller	CSU	70.1
	1980			69.7
	1983			71.1
	1987			65.6
	1990			60.3
	1994	Max Straubinger	CSU	61.9
	1998			59.3
	2002			73.0
	2005			65.0
	2009			53.6
	2013			61.1
	2017			45.0
	2021			35.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Rottal-Inn
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 Max Straubinger		46,493	35.1	9.7	45,687	34.3	8.3
	FW	Werner Schießl		22,158	16.7	11.7	19,910	14.9	11.1
	AfD	Stephan Protschka		16,808	12.7	2.4	16,384	12.3	4.3
	SPD	Severin Eder		15,794	11.9	2.4	19,108	14.3	1.6
	FDP	Claus Rothlehner		10,210	7.7	0.7	12,904	9.7	0.6
	Greens	Marlene Schönberger		10,188	7.7	2.8	9,495	7.1	1.9
	BP	Anton Maller		2,746	2.1	0.2	1,044	0.8	0.7
	ÖDP	Daniela Blankenburg		2,647	2.0	0.5	1,157	0.9	0.7
	dieBasis	Eva Maria Ströhm		2,385	1.8		1,764	1.3
	Left	Rudolf Schöberl		1,912	1.4	2.5	2,487	1.9	2.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,228	0.9	0.1
	PARTEI	Robert Tolksdorf		1,106	0.8		675	0.5	0.1
	Pirates						300	0.2	0.0
	Unabhängige						199	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						183	0.1
	Volt						156	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						115	0.1	0.0
	NPD						98	0.1	0.2
	V-Partei3						84	0.1	0.1
	The III. Path						74	0.1
	Humanists						56	0.0
	du.						49	0.0
	Bündnis C						47	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
	LKR						12	0.0
Informal votes				1,438			639
Total valid votes				132,447			133,246
Turnout				133,885	77.1	3.3
	CSU hold		Majority	24,335	18.4	11.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rottal-Inn
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 Max Straubinger		55,364	45.0	16.2	52,752	42.7	16.1
	AfD	Stephan Protschka		18,539	15.1	12.1	20,401	16.5	12.9
	SPD	Florian Pronold		17,683	14.4	1.7	15,765	12.8	2.3
	FDP	Christoph Zeitler		8,625	7.0	5.0	11,215	9.1	5.0
	Greens	Johann Feirer		6,061	4.9	0.2	6,478	5.2	0.3
	FW	Lorenz Fuchs		6,030	4.9	0.3	4,690	3.8	0.2
	Left	Marco Stöger		4,851	3.9	1.3	5,510	4.5	1.8
	ÖDP	Klaus Seufzger		3,131	2.5	0.2	2,004	1.6	0.1
	BP	Anton Maller		2,776	2.3		1,859	1.5	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,023	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						460	0.4
	NPD						363	0.3	0.9
	Pirates						277	0.2	1.2
	DM						160	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						156	0.1
	V-Partei³						144	0.1
	BGE						109	0.1
	DiB						99	0.1
	BüSo						19	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						11	0.0	0.0
	DKP						10	0.0
Informal votes				1,239			794
Total valid votes				123,060			123,505
Turnout				124,299	73.7	9.9
	CSU hold		Majority	36,825	29.9	15.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rottal-Inn
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 Max Straubinger		62,748	61.1	7.5	60,501	58.8	8.7
	SPD	Florian Pronold		16,619	16.2	1.3	15,626	15.2	1.5
	FW	Max Winkler		5,378	5.2		3,602	3.5
	Greens	Stefan Haug		4,773	4.7	1.0	4,996	4.9	1.7
	AfD	Stephan Protschka		3,129	3.0		3,723	3.6
	ÖDP	Jutta Ehrhardt		2,857	2.8	1.7	1,740	1.7	0.7
	Left	Marco Stöger		2,668	2.6	2.2	2,753	2.7	2.9
	FDP	Siegfried Seidl		2,070	2.0	8.0	4,195	4.1	9.8
	Pirates						1,434	1.4	0.0
	BP						1,346	1.3	0.2
	NPD	Franz Salzberger		1,627	1.6	0.1	1,296	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI			772	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						722	0.7	0.1
	REP						438	0.4	0.9
	DIE FRAUEN						185	0.2
	Party of Reason						131	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						113	0.1	0.1
	PRO						82	0.1
	RRP						40	0.0	0.4
	BüSo						32	0.0	0.1
	MLPD						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,233			902
Total valid votes				102,641			102,972
Turnout				103,874	63.6	0.8
	CSU hold		Majority	46,129	44.9	8.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rottal-Inn
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 Max Straubinger		54,904	53.6	11.4	51,702	50.1	10.4
	SPD	Florian Pronold		17,920	17.5	4.7	14,151	13.7	6.2
	FDP	Günther Kammerer		10,305	10.1	5.4	14,359	13.9	6.5
	Greens	Stefan Haug		5,828	5.7	1.7	6,786	6.6	2.5
	Left	Rudi Schöberl		4,868	4.8		5,742	5.6	3.0
	ÖDP	Alois Aigner		4,626	4.5		2,472	2.4
	NPD	Peter Haese		1,743	1.7	1.2	1,761	1.7	0.3
	Pirates						1,392	1.3
	REP	Patrick Alexander Korfmann		1,719	1.7		1,388	1.3	0.0
	BP						1,140	1.1	0.4
	FAMILIE						674	0.7	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						599	0.6
	RRP						486	0.5
	DIE VIOLETTEN						194	0.2
	CM						157	0.2
	BüSo	Reinhard Maßberg		522	0.5	0.8	124	0.1	0.1
	PBC						59	0.1	0.0
	DVU						54	0.1
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,052			1,227
Total valid votes				102,435			103,260
Turnout				104,487	64.5	9.6
	CSU hold		Majority	36,984	36.1	6.7