Deggendorf (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Bavaria

Deggendorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of forty five districts in Bavaria, it covers the districts of Deggendorf and Freyung-Grafenau.[1]

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. With the exception of the first election in 1949, which was won by the Bavaria Party, all elections in the district have been won by the Christian Social Union (CSU). Bartholomäus Kalb of the CSU, who has represented the district since 1987 was re-elected at the 2013 election.[2]

Boundaries

Election District number and name Areas covered
1949 13 Deggendorf Deggendorf town; the districts of Deggendorf, Kötzting, Regen and Viechtach
1953–1961 208 Deggendorf
1965–1972 213 Deggendorf Deggendorf town; the districts of Deggendorf, Kötzting, Regen, Viechtach and Grafenau
1976-1998 The districts of Deggendorf and Freyung-Grafenau
2002–2005 228 Deggendorf
2009-2013 22 Deggendorf

List of district representatives

Election Name Party
1949 Ludwig Volkholz BP
1953 Stefan Dittrich CSU
1957 Stefan Dittrich CSU
1961 Stefan Dittrich CSU
1965 Stefan Dittrich CSU
1969 Stefan Dittrich CSU
1972 Franz Handlos CSU
1976 Franz Handlos CSU
1980 Franz Handlos CSU
1983 Franz Handlos CSU
1987 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
1990 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
1994 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
1998 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
2002 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
2005 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
2009 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU
2013 Bartholomäus Kalb CSU

References

  1. ↑ Constituency boundaries, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 16 June 2014
  2. ↑ An Merkel führt kein Weg vorbei, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, 23 September 2013

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