Ravensburg (electoral district)

294 Ravensburg
294 Ravensburg
Former electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Ravensburg in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	256,200 (2019)
Electorate	187,817 (2021)
Major settlements	Ravensburg; Wangen im Allgäu; Weingarten
Area	1,293.5 km2
Former electoral district
Created	1949; 2009 (re-established)
Abolished	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Axel Müller
Elected	2017, 2021

Ravensburg 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 294. It is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the district of Ravensburg.^[1]

Ravensburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 1980 and re-established in the 2009 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Axel Müller of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography[edit]

Ravensburg is located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Ravensburg excluding the municipalities of Aichstetten, Aitrach, Bad Wurzach, Kißlegg.^[1]

History[edit]

Ravensburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 195. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 199. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Ravensburg, Wangen, and Tettnang. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it also contained the municipality of Achberg from the Sigmaringen district and the Adelsreute municipality from the Überlingen district.

Ravensburg was abolished in the 1980 election. Its area was divided between the new constituency of Ravensburg – Bodensee and the redistributed constituency of Biberach.

Ravensburg was re-established in the 2009 election. Its constituency number and borders have not changed since its re-establishment.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	6	Ravensburg	Ravensburg district Wangen district Tettnang district
1953	195
1957
1961
1965	199		Ravensburg district Wangen district Tettnang district Sigmaringen district (only Achberg municipality) Überlingen district (only Adelsreute municipality)
1969
1972
1976
1980	Abolished
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002
2005
2009	294	Ravensburg	Ravensburg district (excluding Aichstetten, Aitrach, Bad Wurzach, Kißlegg municipalities)
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members[edit]

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) throughout both its incarnations. It was first represented by Kurt Georg Kiesinger from 1949 to 1961, followed by Eduard Adorno from 1961 to 1972. Claus Jäger was representative from 1972 until the constituency's abolition in 1980. After its re-establishment, it was represented by Andreas Schockenhoff from 2009 until his death in 2014. Axel Müller was elected in 2017.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	CDU	75.3
	1953			76.3
	1957			75.3
	1961	Eduard Adorno	CDU	66.8
	1965			66.1
	1969			66.2
	1972	Claus Jäger	CDU	64.3
	1976	Claus Jäger	CDU	66.9
Abolished (1980–2009)
	2009	Andreas Schockenhoff	CDU	44.8
	2013	Andreas Schockenhoff	CDU	51.6
	2017	Axel Müller	CDU	38.5
	2013	Axel Müller	CDU	30.6

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Ravensburg^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Axel Müller		44,597	30.6	8.0	38,927	26.7	12.2
	Greens	Agnieszka Brugger		30,743	21.1	0.9	25,536	17.5	2.5
	FDP	Benjamin Strasser		20,934	14.3	4.2	21,740	14.9	3.5
	SPD	Heike Engelhardt		20,128	13.8	1.4	27,750	19.0	5.6
	AfD	Christoph Högel		11,727	8.0	1.4	12,650	8.7	1.6
	dieBasis	Julian Aicher		4,710	3.2		4,156	2.8
	FW	Günter Ruchti		4,441	3.0	1.6	3,751	2.6	1.7
	Left	Jasmin Runge		4,365	3.0	2.4	4,735	3.2	2.9
	Tierschutzpartei						1,604	1.1	0.4
	PARTEI	Lukas Rein		1,913	1.3		1,373	0.9	0.4
	ÖDP	Siegfried Scharpf		1,904	1.3	0.4	1,091	0.7	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						570	0.4
	Pirates						536	0.4	0.0
	Volt						445	0.3
	Menschliche Welt	Sona Pietsch		351	0.2	0.2
	Bündnis C						238	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						183	0.1
	DiB						163	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						160	0.1
	Humanists						121	0.1
	NPD						93	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis 21						48	0.0
	MLPD	Karl-Heinz Pauli		127	0.1	0.0	46	0.0	0.0
	LKR						44	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,080			1,042
Total valid votes				145,940			145,978
Turnout				147,020	78.3	0.1
	CDU hold		Majority	13,854	9.5	8.9

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Ravensburg^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Axel Müller		55,758	38.5	13.1	56,264	38.9	11.1
	Greens	Agnieszka Brugger		29,216	20.2	6.6	21,770	15.0	2.7
	SPD	Heike Engelhardt		17,958	12.4	7.6	19,398	13.4	3.9
	FDP	Benjamin Strasser		14,672	10.1	7.7	16,441	11.4	6.1
	AfD	Helmut Dietz		13,668	9.4	6.7	14,901	10.3	6.4
	Left	Jasmin Runge		7,860	5.4	2.1	8,889	6.1	1.8
	ÖDP	Thomas Bergmann		2,483	1.7	0.4	1,618	1.1	0.4
	FW	Klaus Wirthwein		2,085	1.4	0.6	1,296	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,007	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						768	0.5
	Pirates						496	0.3	1.8
	Menschliche Welt	Sylvia Makowski		652	0.5		457	0.3
	Tierschutzallianz						289	0.2
	NPD						274	0.2	0.7
	BGE						254	0.2
	DM						217	0.1
	Independent	Stefan Weinert		174	0.1
	DiB						167	0.1
	V-Partei³						165	0.1
	MLPD	Karl-Heinz Pauli		131	0.1		56	0.0	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						41	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
Informal votes				1,517			1,387
Total valid votes				144,657			144,787
Turnout				146,174	78.2	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	26,542	18.3	13.3

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Ravensburg^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Andreas Schockenhoff		69,312	51.6	6.8	67,251	50.0	12.4
	SPD	Hannes Munzinger		26,909	20.0	2.3	23,266	17.3	1.7
	Greens	Agnieszka Brugger		18,298	13.6	1.0	16,571	12.3	2.0
	Left	Michael Konieczny		4,424	3.3	2.9	5,770	4.3	2.3
	AfD	Bernhard Russ		3,674	2.7		5,200	3.9
	FDP	Ralf Sauer		3,320	2.5	11.7	7,047	5.2	13.5
	ÖDP	Thomas Bergmann		2,782	2.1		1,982	1.5	0.1
	Pirates	Roman Brauchle		2,761	2.1		2,837	2.1	0.2
	NPD	Benjamin Hennes		1,252	0.9	0.6	1,164	0.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						951	0.7	0.0
	FW	Johannes Butscher		1,192	0.9		901	0.7
	REP						418	0.3	0.4
	Independent	Paul-Gerhard Kanis		323	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						320	0.2	0.1
	RENTNER						297	0.2
	PBC						231	0.2	0.2
	Party of Reason						103	0.1
	PRO						85	0.1
	MLPD						60	0.0	0.0
	BIG						29	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,630			1,371
Total valid votes				134,247			134,506
Turnout				135,877	73.4	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	42,403	31.6	4.5

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Ravensburg^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Andreas Schockenhoff		56,931	44.8	6.2	48,146	37.6	7.3
	SPD	Anne Jenter		22,530	17.7	8.4	19,969	15.6	9.2
	Greens	Agnieszka Malczak		18,639	14.7	2.9	18,408	14.3	3.0
	FDP	Marc-Ernst Oberscheid		17,946	14.1	8.4	23,997	18.7	7.0
	Left	Mirco Kolarczik		7,918	6.2	3.4	8,428	6.6	3.5
	Pirates						2,404	1.9
	ÖDP						1,965	1.5
	NPD	Jürgen Widder		2,006	1.6	0.3	1,250	1.0	0.2
	Independent	Katharina Scheinert		1,048	0.8
	REP						944	0.7	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						883	0.7
	PBC						493	0.4	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						480	0.4
	DIE VIOLETTEN						444	0.3
	ADM						115	0.1
	BüSo						86	0.1	0.0
	DVU						76	0.1
	MLPD						74	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,110			1,966
Total valid votes				127,018			128,162
Turnout				130,128	71.8	6.2
	CDU win new seat		Majority	34,401	27.1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Ravensburg". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Results for Ravensburg". Federal Returning Officer.
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[Area-1] "Constituency Ravensburg". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Ravensburg". Federal Returning Officer.

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