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223 Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	297,400 (2019)
Electorate	214,828 (2021)
Major settlements	Germering Landsberg am Lech Starnberg
Area	1,313.7 km
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CSU
Member	Michael Kießling
Elected	2017, 2021

Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech (English: Starnberg – Landsberg at the Lech) 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 223. It is located in southwestern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Landsberg and Starnberg.

Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Michael Kießling of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech is located in southwestern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Landsberg and Starnberg as well as the municipality of Germering from the Fürstenfeldbruck district.

History

Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech was created in 1980, then known as Starnberg. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 210 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 225. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 224. From the 2025 election, it has been number 223.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Miesbach, and Starnberg. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it lost the municipality of Krailling from Starnberg district. In the 2013 election, it regained Krailling while losing the Gauting municipality. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

Members

Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg from 1980 to 1987, followed by Wolfgang Gröbl from 1987 to 1998. Ilse Aigner was then representative from 1998 to 2013. Alexander Radwan served one term from 2013 to 2017. Michael Kießling was elected in 2017.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech
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 Michael Kießling		68,617	38.2	3.9	57,906	32.1	6.2
	Greens	Martina Neubauer		35,809	19.9	8.0	32,663	18.1	5.0
	SPD	Carmen Wegge		23,985	13.3	3.3	28,584	15.9	3.2
	FDP	Britta Hundesrügge		16,585	9.2	0.4	23,893	13.3	0.9
	AfD	Rainer Groß		10,715	6.0	2.9	11,066	6.1	3.8
	FW	Rasso von Ehrenwiesen		9,035	5.0	2.6	9,026	5.0	3.4
	Left	Simone Ketterl		3,701	2.1	1.9	4,446	2.5	3.0
	dieBasis	Manfred Heinlein		5,365	3.0		4,505	2.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,775	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI	Christoph Raab		2,333	1.3		1,299	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Stella Sadowsky		1,972	1.1	0.7	1,293	0.7	0.2
	BP						847	0.5	0.5
	Volt	Joachim Nibbe		982	0.5		688	0.4
	Pirates						600	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						442	0.2
	V-Partei3	Cornelia Fiegel		721	0.4		265	0.1	0.0
	Unabhängige						238	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						199	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						128	0.1
	Bündnis C						118	0.1
	du.						88	0.0
	NPD						81	0.0	0.1
	LKR						42	0.0
	The III. Path						36	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,158			714
Total valid votes				179,820			180,264
Turnout				180,978	84.2	1.4
	CSU hold		Majority	32,808	18.3	7.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech
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	Michael Kießling		73,948	42.1	10.8	67,512	38.3	10.4
	SPD	Christian Winklmeier		29,308	16.7	1.5	22,332	12.7	4.3
	Greens	Kerstin Täubner-Benicke		20,864	11.9	1.4	23,111	13.1	2.4
	FDP	Britta Hundesrügge		16,893	9.6	3.3	24,950	14.2	6.5
	AfD	Martin Hebner		15,607	8.9	8.1	17,460	9.9	4.9
	Left	Bernhard Feilzer		6,983	4.0	1.2	9,594	5.4	2.5
	FW	Harald von Herget		4,264	2.4	0.3	2,863	1.6	0.2
	ÖDP	Karin Boolzen		3,119	1.8	0.5	1,620	0.9	0.3
	BP	Heinz Thannheiser		2,253	1.3	0.4	1,792	1.0	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,531	0.9	0.1
	PARTEI						1,072	0.6
	Pirates	Tobias McFadden		2,024	1.2	1.1	601	0.3	1.5
	Independent	Claudia Ruthner		416	0.2
	DM						347	0.2
	DiB						343	0.2
	BGE						330	0.2
	V-Partei³						321	0.2
	NPD						242	0.1	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						178	0.1
	MLPD						25	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
Informal votes				1,334			747
Total valid votes				175,679			176,266
Turnout				177,013	82.9	6.7
	CSU hold		Majority	44,640	25.4	11.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Starnberg
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	Alexander Radwan		97,383	54.1	0.2	93,201	51.5	6.8
	SPD	Klaus Barthel		31,678	17.6	2.0	27,345	15.1	2.4
	Greens	Karl Bär		16,031	8.9	1.7	16,417	9.1	3.0
	FDP	Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger		13,381	7.4	6.9	13,346	7.4	11.6
	AfD						10,160	5.6
	FW	Konrad Specker		9,150	5.1		4,887	2.7
	Left	Andreas Wagner		5,041	2.8	1.0	4,796	2.6	1.4
	Pirates	Fabian Müller		4,011	2.2		2,804	1.5	0.1
	BP						2,609	1.4	0.4
	ÖDP	Helmut Jenne		3,429	1.9		1,985	1.1	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,322	0.7	0.1
	NPD						739	0.4	0.4
	REP						415	0.2	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						397	0.2	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						235	0.1
	Party of Reason						201	0.1
	PRO						123	0.1
	RRP						49	0.0	1.1
	BüSo						35	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,179			1,195
Total valid votes				180,104			181,088
Turnout				182,283	74.3	1.2
	CSU hold		Majority	65,705	36.5	1.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Starnberg
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 Ilse Aigner		101,261	54.0	5.7	83,545	44.3	8.0
	SPD	Klaus Barthel		29,651	15.8	6.2	24,158	12.8	6.4
	FDP	Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger		27,350	14.6	6.7	36,046	19.1	5.7
	Greens	Karl Bär		19,809	10.6	3.1	23,110	12.3	2.5
	Left	Sieglinde Knöchner		7,215	3.8	1.9	7,705	4.1	1.8
	Pirates						2,724	1.4
	RRP						2,081	1.1
	BP						1,995	1.1	0.4
	ÖDP						1,765	0.9
	NPD	Ron Appelt		2,283	1.2	0.1	1,455	0.8	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,214	0.6
	FAMILIE						946	0.5	0.0
	REP						804	0.4	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						531	0.3
	CM						164	0.1
	PBC						143	0.1	0.0
	DVU						106	0.1
	BüSo						73	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						33	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,523			1,494
Total valid votes				187,569			188,598
Turnout				190,092	75.7	5.8
	CSU hold		Majority	71,610	38.2	0.5

References

1. ^ "Constituency Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech
4. Results for Starnberg – Landsberg am Lech
5. Results for Starnberg
6. Results for Starnberg

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• Federal electoral districts in Bavaria
• 1980 establishments in West Germany
• Constituencies established in 1980
• Starnberg (district)
• Landsberg (district)
• Fürstenfeldbruck (district)