Munich Land (electoral district)

220 Munich Land
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Munich Land in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	350,500 (2019)
Electorate	234,912 (2021)
Major settlements	Unterschleißheim Garching
Area	664.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Florian Hahn
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Munich Land (German: München-Land) 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 220. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising Landkreis Munich district.

Munich Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Florian Hahn of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Geography

Munich Land is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district.

History

Munich Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 9 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 204. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 209. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 208. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 223. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 222. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 221. From the 2025 election, it has been number 220.

Originally, the constituency comprised the city of Freising and the districts of Landkreis Munich, Erding, and Freising. In the 1976 election, it comprised the districts of Starnberg and Miesbach and the municipalities of Aying, Baierbrunn, Brunnthal, Gräfelfing, Grünwald, Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Neubiberg, Neuried, Oberhaching, Ottobrunn, Planegg, Pullach, Sauerlach, Schäftlarn, Straßlach-Dingharting, and Taufkirchen from the Landkreis Munich district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it was coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district. In the 1998 election, it acquired the municipalities of Finsing, Forstern, and Moosinning and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Hörlkofen, Oberding, Oberneuching, and Pastetten from the Erding district. In the 2002 election, it further gained the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, and Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Munich and the municipality of Kralling from the Starnberg district. In the 2013 election, it lost the municipality of Kralling and gained the municipality of Gauting. Since the 2017 election, it has been coterminous with the Landkreis Munich district.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	9	München-Land	Landkreis Munich district Freising city Freising district Erding district
1953	204
1957
1961
1965	209
1969
1972
1976			Landkreis Munich district (only Aying, Baierbrunn, Brunnthal, Gräfelfing, Grünwald, Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Neubiberg, Neuried, Oberhaching, Ottobrunn, Planegg, Pullach, Sauerlach, Schäftlarn, Straßlach-Dingharting, and Taufkirchen municipalities) Starnberg district Miesbach district
1980	208		Landkreis Munich district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Landkreis Munich district Erding district (only Finsing, Forstern, and Moosinning municipalities and Hörlkofen, Oberding, Oberneuching, and Pastetten Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2002	223		Landkreis Munich district Erding district (only Finsing, Forstern, Isen, Lengdorf, Moosinning, and Sankt Wolfgang municipalities and Hörlkofen, Oberding, Oberneuching, and Pastetten Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)
2005			Landkreis Munich district Starnberg district (only Krailling municipality)
2009	222
2013			Landkreis Munich district Starnberg district (only Gauting municipality)
2017	221		Landkreis Munich district
2021
2025	220

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 Anton Besold of the Bavaria Party (BP) from 1949 to 1953. Franz Seidl of the CSU won it in 1953 and served until 1965. He was succeeded by former member Besold, now a member of the CSU, who served from 1965 to 1969. Albert Probst was representative from 1969 to 1976, followed by Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg for one term. Josef Linsmeier served from 1980 to 1990. Martin Mayer was representative from 1990 to 2005, followed by Georg Fahrenschon for one term. Florian Hahn was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Anton Besold	BP	32.5
	1953	Franz Seidl	CSU	45.1
	1957			61.7
	1961			58.1
	1965	Anton Besold	CSU	55.8
	1969	Albert Probst	CSU	50.1
	1972			54.8
	1976	Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg	CSU	58.3
	1980	Josef Linsmeier	CSU	50.4
	1983			54.4
	1987			51.1
	1990	Martin Mayer	CSU	47.4
	1994			52.8
	1998			52.3
	2002			55.6
	2005	Georg Fahrenschon	CSU	52.7
	2009	Florian Hahn	CSU	45.7
	2013			52.5
	2017			43.5
	2021			39.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Munich Land
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 Florian Hahn		77,523	39.1	4.4	64,669	32.6	4.7
	Greens	Anton Hofreiter		40,475	20.4	6.7	36,817	18.5	5.9
	SPD	Korbinian Rüger		30,237	15.2	1.0	34,189	17.2	3.2
	FDP	Axel Schmidt		18,180	9.2	0.2	28,696	14.4	0.9
	AfD	Gerold Otten		9,816	5.0	3.4	10,489	5.3	4.1
	FW	Gerhard Kißlinger		7,791	3.9	0.7	7,612	3.8	1.9
	Left	Katinka Burz		3,685	1.9	2.1	4,449	2.2	2.9
	dieBasis	Stefan Rode		2,880	1.5		2,805	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Manfred Kellberger		2,555	1.3		2,054	1.0	0.1
	ÖDP	Yannick Rouault		2,086	1.1	0.6	1,332	0.7	0.2
	PARTEI	Bernhard Senft		1,928	1.0		1,254	0.6	0.0
	Volt						910	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						808	0.4
	BP	Stefanie Ruck		1,136	0.6		719	0.4	0.3
	Pirates						659	0.3	0.0
	Unabhängige						261	0.1
	Humanists						196	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						173	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						127	0.1	0.1
	du.						94	0.0
	Bündnis C						87	0.0
	NPD						54	0.0	0.1
	The III. Path						51	0.0
	LKR						44	0.0
	DKP						32	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,041			723
Total valid votes				198,292			198,610
Turnout				199,333	84.9	1.0
	CSU hold		Majority	37,048	18.7	8.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Munich Land
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 Florian Hahn		85,347	43.5	9.0	73,189	37.3	9.8
	SPD	Bela Bach		31,943	16.3	4.2	27,490	14.0	5.8
	Greens	Anton Hofreiter		26,890	13.7	2.6	24,837	12.6	2.8
	FDP	Jimmy Schulz		18,312	9.3	5.6	30,054	15.3	7.0
	AfD	Gerold Otten		16,458	8.4	4.4	18,470	9.4	4.5
	Left	Eva Schreiber		7,708	3.9	1.8	9,996	5.1	2.3
	FW	Ilse Ertl		6,250	3.2	0.2	3,705	1.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,903	1.0	0.3
	ÖDP	Katharina Graunke		3,228	1.6	0.6	1,630	0.8	0.0
	PARTEI						1,295	0.7
	BP						1,276	0.6	0.1
	Pirates						742	0.4	1.5
	DiB						423	0.2
	V-Partei³						298	0.2
	BGE						268	0.1
	DM						266	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						255	0.1
	NPD						184	0.1	0.2
	DKP						30	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,129			900
Total valid votes				196,136			196,365
Turnout				197,265	83.9	6.5
	CSU hold		Majority	53,404	27.2	5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Munich Land
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 Florian Hahn		100,176	52.5	6.8	89,504	46.9	7.3
	SPD	Bela Bach		38,786	20.3	0.7	37,497	19.6	3.0
	Greens	Anton Hofreiter		21,279	11.1	2.0	18,960	9.9	2.9
	AfD	Ulrich Riediger		7,606	4.0		9,303	4.9
	FDP	Jimmy Schulz		7,429	3.9	9.8	16,300	8.5	11.3
	FW	Ilse Ertl		5,551	2.9		3,986	2.1
	Left	Wolfgang Seidel		3,996	2.1	1.7	5,380	2.8	1.7
	Pirates	Volker Kunze		3,299	1.7		3,546	1.9	0.0
	ÖDP	Christiane Lüst		2,211	1.2	0.1	1,661	0.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,346	0.7	0.1
	BP						1,325	0.7	0.2
	NPD						626	0.3	0.3
	REP						533	0.3	0.1
	DIE FRAUEN						237	0.1
	Party of Reason			339	0.2		204	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						189	0.1	0.1
	PRO						112	0.1
	RRP			200	0.1	0.7	92	0.0	0.7
	MLPD						32	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						27	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,161			1,173
Total valid votes				190,872			190,860
Turnout				192,033	77.5	1.7
	CSU hold		Majority	61,390	32.2	6.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Munich Land
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	Florian Hahn		83,856	45.7	7.0	73,273	39.8	5.6
	SPD	Ingrid Lenz-Aktas		35,805	19.5	10.8	30,776	16.7	7.2
	FDP	Jimmy Schulz		24,634	13.4	7.2	36,208	19.7	5.1
	Greens	Anton Hofreiter		24,386	13.3	5.5	23,433	12.7	2.1
	Left	Wolfgang Seidel		6,914	3.8	1.8	8,318	4.5	2.0
	Pirates						3,358	1.8
	ÖDP	Ute Drothler		2,027	1.1		1,467	0.8
	FAMILIE	Raimund Enders		1,975	1.1		1,099	0.6	0.1
	RRP	Peter Lachmann		1,636	0.9		1,434	0.8
	NPD	Philipp Hasselbach		1,480	0.8	0.2	1,099	0.6	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,084	0.6
	BP						1,016	0.6	0.1
	REP						775	0.4	0.0
	Freie Union	Cornelia Kienzer		686	0.4
	DIE VIOLETTEN						322	0.2
	PBC						102	0.1	0.0
	DVU						86	0.0
	CM						78	0.0
	BüSo						57	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,716			1,110
Total valid votes				183,399			184,005
Turnout				185,115	79.1	4.4
	CSU hold		Majority	48,051	26.2	3.8