256 Oberallgäu
Electoral district for theBundestag
Oberallgäu in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	307,100 (2019)
Electorate	227,116 (2025)
Major settlements	Kempten Lindau Sonthofen
Area	1,914.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Mechthilde Wittmann
Elected	2021,2025

Oberallgäu is anelectoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 256. It is located in southwesternBavaria, comprising the city ofKempten and the districts ofLindau andOberallgäu.^[1]

Oberallgäu was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented byMechthilde Wittmann of theChristian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Oberallgäu is located in southwesternBavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Kempten and the districts of Lindau and Oberallgäu.^[1]

Oberallgäu was created in 1949, then known asKempten. It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 46 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 241. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it was number 243. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it was number 242. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 257. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 256.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent cities of Kempten andLindau and the districts of Landkreis Kempten, Landkreis Lindau, and Sonthofen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the district of Füssen. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.

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 byKarl von Spreti from 1949 to 1957, followed by [[Georg Krug|Georg Krug [de]]] from 1957 to 1969 and [[Wolfgang Pohle|Wolfgang Pohle [de]]] from 1969 to 1972.Ignaz Kiechle was representative from 1972 to 1994.Gerd Müller was elected in 1994 and served until 2021. He was succeeded byMechthilde Wittmann in 2021, who was re-elected in 2025.

Federal election (2025): Oberallgäu[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	YMechthilde Wittmann		70,228	36.8	7.1	72,528	38.0	7.5
	AfD	Dr. Rainer Rothfuß		31,804	16.7	8.6	33,444	17.5	9.6
	Greens	Andrea Wörle		23,667	12.4	3.0	23,602	12.4	2.8
	FW	Indra Anja Baier-Müller		16,474	8.6	0.3	9,775	5.1	3.2
	SPD	Konstantin Plappert		16,061	8.4	7.3	20,116	10.5	6.0
	partyless1968	Marc Alexander Wenz		9,779	5.1
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		8,116	4.3	8.8	8,216	4.3	7.3
	Left	Gabriel Bruckdorfer		7,461	3.9	1.2	10,016	5.2	2.5
	BSW						6,280	3.3
	APT	Christoph Meiler		2,980	1.6		1,825	1.0	0.1
	Volt	Daniel Torsten Maier		2,205	1.2		1,431	0.7	0.6
	dieBasis						1,225	0.6	2.2
	ÖDP	Franz Josef Natterer-Babych		1,559	0.8	0.4	988	0.5	0.2
	PARTEI						894	0.5	0.3
	BP						287	0.2	0.1
	BD						206	0.1
	Citizens for Justice	Alfred Dorn		375	0.2
	Humanists						110	0.1
	MLPD						45	0.0
Informal votes				999			720
Total valid votes				190,709			190,988
Turnout				191,708	84.4	5.0
	CSUhold		Majority	38,424	20.1	6.2

Federal election (2021): Oberallgäu[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Mechthilde Wittmann		53,566	29.7	20.7	55,017	30.4	11.1
	SPD	Martin Holderied		28,401	15.8	3.5	29,910	16.5	4.2
	Greens	Pius Bandte		27,817	15.4	6.2	27,393	15.2	3.9
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		23,604	13.1	6.1	20,953	11.6	0.8
	FW	Annette Hauser-Felberbaum		16,181	9.0	4.5	14,970	8.3	5.3
	AfD	Rainer Rothfuß		14,473	8.0	1.6	14,350	7.9	2.6
	dieBasis	Dietrich Busacker		5,508	3.1		5,209	2.9
	Left	Engelbert Blessing		4,911	2.7	2.0	5,043	2.8	3.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,959	1.1	0.2
	PARTEI	Tommy Schwellinger		2,269	1.3		1,371	0.8	0.2
	ÖDP	Franz Natterer-Babych		2,233	1.2	0.0	1,253	0.7	0.2
	BP						519	0.3	0.4
	Pirates						515	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						476	0.3
	Volt						357	0.2
	V-Partei3	Marcel Frey		731	0.4		306	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Alfred Dorn		444	0.2
	Unabhängige						285	0.2
	Bündnis C						186	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						184	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						136	0.1
	du.						104	0.1
	NPD						94	0.1	0.2
	The III. Path						76	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0	0.0
	LKR						30	0.0
	MLPD						15	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,617			1,014
Total valid votes				180,138			180,741
Turnout				181,755	79.4	1.6
	CSUhold		Majority	25,165	13.9	24.2

Federal election (2017): Oberallgäu[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	YGerd Müller		88,357	50.4	10.2	72,855	41.5	10.8
	SPD	Katharina Schrader		21,451	12.2	5.1	21,725	12.4	3.6
	AfD	Peter Felser		16,825	9.6		18,529	10.6	6.2
	Greens	Erna-Kathrein Groll		16,162	9.2	0.8	19,792	11.3	2.0
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		12,262	7.0	3.4	18,935	10.8	5.1
	Left	Franz Xaver Merk		8,264	4.7	1.1	10,130	5.8	2.2
	FW	Hugo Wirthensohn		7,805	4.5		5,156	2.9	0.4
	ÖDP	Lucia Fischer		2,233	1.3	1.4	1,607	0.9	0.4
	BP	Josef Kirchmann		1,838	1.0		1,289	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						929	0.5
	Pirates						577	0.3	1.2
	BGE						559	0.3
	DM						431	0.2
	NPD						365	0.2	0.3
	V-Partei³						326	0.2
	DiB						229	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						211	0.1
	MLPD						40	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
	DKP						18	0.0
Informal votes				1,240			1,092
Total valid votes				175,197			175,345
Turnout				176,437	77.9	8.5
	CSUhold		Majority	66,906	38.2	5.2

Federal election (2013): Oberallgäu[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	YGerd Müller		93,494	60.7	7.6	80,902	52.3	7.5
	SPD	Katharina Schrader		26,722	17.3	5.2	24,776	16.0	3.1
	Greens	Michael Schropp		13,011	8.4	4.4	14,329	9.3	2.0
	Left	Stefan Albanesi		5,530	3.6	1.4	5,574	3.6	1.9
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		5,501	3.6	7.6	8,749	5.7	10.9
	AfD						6,695	4.3
	FW						3,918	2.5
	ÖDP	Wilhelm Vachenauer		4,127	2.7	0.7	2,089	1.4	0.1
	Pirates	Ralph Osterkamp		3,072	2.0		2,431	1.6	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,201	0.8	0.1
	REP	Ludwig Streitle		2,236	1.5	0.1	1,052	0.7	0.5
	BP						976	0.6	0.3
	NPD						861	0.6	0.2
	DIE FRAUEN						290	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						230	0.1	0.1
	RRP	Maximilian Schönberger		411	0.3		161	0.1	0.5
	Party of Reason						153	0.1
	PRO						99	0.1
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,531			1,084
Total valid votes				154,104			154,551
Turnout				155,635	69.4	2.3
	CSUhold		Majority	66,772	43.4	3.2

Federal election (2009): Oberallgäu[7]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	YGerd Müller		83,181	53.0	8.5	70,559	44.9	8.1
	Greens	Thomas Hartmann		20,093	12.8	4.4	17,753	11.3	3.1
	SPD	Reinhard Strehlke		19,107	12.2	8.3	20,392	13.0	8.0
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		17,464	11.1	5.8	26,018	16.5	5.7
	Left	Stefan Albanesi		7,842	5.0	2.2	8,735	5.6	2.6
	Pirates						2,635	1.7
	ÖDP	Wilhelm Vachenauer		3,150	2.0		2,299	1.5
	BP	Josef Kirchmann		2,606	1.7		1,507	1.0	0.5
	REP	Konrad Huber		2,092	1.3		1,800	1.1	0.1
	NPD	Alexander Kreidemann		1,314	0.8	0.5	1,202	0.8	0.1
	FAMILIE						1,200	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,039	0.7
	RRP						983	0.6
	CM						357	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						353	0.2
	PBC						242	0.2	0.1
	DVU						71	0.0
	BüSo						53	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						41	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,008			1,618
Total valid votes				156,849			157,239
Turnout				158,857	71.7	6.5
	CSUhold		Majority	63,088	40.2	0.8

Federal election (2005):Oberallgäu[8]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	YGerd Müller		103,030	61.5	3.2	88,875	52.9	7.9
	SPD	Reinhard Strehlke		34,349	20.5	2.1	35,163	20.9	1.9
	Greens	Thomas Gehring		14,162	8.5	0.8	13,712	8.2	0.6
	FDP	Stephan Thomae		8,943	5.3	0.4	18,144	10.8	5.5
	Left	Markus Högg		4,707	2.8		5,030	3.0	2.4
	NPD	Alexander Kreidemann		2,212	1.3		1,404	0.8	0.7
	REP						1,747	1.0	0.2
	Familie						1,425	0.8
	BP						705	0.4	0.3
	GRAUEN						609	0.4	0.2
	PBC						477	0.3	0.2
	Feminist						463	0.3	0.1
	BüSo						103	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						73	0.1
Informal votes				2,240			1,713
Total valid votes				167,403			167,930
Turnout				169,643	78.1	2.9
	CSUhold		Majority	68,681	41

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