Heilbronn (electoral district)

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
267 Heilbronn
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Heilbronn in 2025
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population362,000 (2019)
Electorate240,951 (2021)
Major settlementsHeilbronn
Neckarsulm
Eppingen
Area904.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberAlexander Throm
Elected2017, 2021

Heilbronn 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 267. It is located in northern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Heilbronn and the northern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district.[1]

Heilbronn was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Alexander Throm of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography[edit]

Heilbronn is located in northern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Heilbronn and the municipalities of Bad Friedrichshall, Bad Rappenau, Bad Wimpfen, Eberstadt, Ellhofen, Eppingen, Erlenbach, Gemmingen, Gundelsheim, Hardthausen am Kocher, Ittlingen, Jagsthausen, Kirchardt, Langenbrettach, Lehrensteinsfeld, Löwenstein, Massenbachhausen, Möckmühl, Neckarsulm, Neudenau, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Obersulm, Oedheim, Offenau, Roigheim, Schwaigern, Siegelsbach, Untereisesheim, Weinsberg, Widdern, and Wüstenrot from the Landkreis Heilbronn district.[1]

History[edit]

Heilbronn was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 166. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 168. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 171. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 268. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 267.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Heilbronn and the district of Landkreis Heilbronn. In the 1976 election, it comprised the city of Heilbronn and the southern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 4 Heilbronn
1953 166
1957
1961
1965 168
1969
1972
1976
1980 171
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 268
2005
2009 267
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Georg Kohl of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 until his death in 1952. He was succeeded by fellow FDP member Adolf Mauk in a by-election. Mauk was re-elected in 1953 federal election. Karl Simpfendörfer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1957. Helmut Bazille of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961 and served until 1969, when he was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erhard Eppler from 1969 to 1976. Egon Susset of the CDU was then representative from 1976 to 1998, followed by Thomas Strobl from 1998 to 2017. Alexander Throm was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Georg Kohl FDP 28.2
1952 Adolf Mauk FDP 60.3
1953 32.6
1957 Karl Simpfendörfer CDU 35.2
1961 Helmut Bazille SPD 38.5
1965 38.1
1969 Erhard Eppler SPD 46.9
1972 50.5
1976 Egon Susset CDU 47.8
1980 46.3
1983 52.4
1987 46.8
1990 46.9
1994 45.1
1998 Thomas Strobl CDU 43.8
2002 49.2
2005 50.3
2009 44.2
2013 51.4
2017 Alexander Throm CDU 35.3
2021 27.8

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Heilbronn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Alexander Throm 50,299 27.8 Decrease 7.5 43,325 23.9 Decrease 8.1
SPD Josip Juratovic 43,887 24.3 Increase 1.1 40,961 22.6 Increase 4.9
FDP Michael Georg Link 24,748 13.7 Increase 4.1 29,386 16.2 Increase 3.2
AfD Franziska Gminder 23,093 12.8 Decrease 2.8 23,828 13.2 Decrease 3.3
Greens Isabell Steidel 23,018 12.7 Increase 4.6 23,476 13.0 Increase 2.6
FW Uwe Basler 4,595 2.5 Increase 1.5 3,278 1.8 Increase 1.1
Left Konrad Wanner 4,237 2.3 Decrease 2.3 5,137 2.8 Decrease 2.9
dieBasis Dirk Piper 3,354 1.9 2,857 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,076 1.1 Increase 0.5
PARTEI Milena Götz 2,988 1.7 Increase 0.5 2,041 1.1 Increase 0.3
Team Todenhöfer   1,145 0.6
Pirates   605 0.3 Decrease 0.1
Volt   529 0.3
ÖDP   527 0.3 Decrease 0.1
Bündnis C   437 0.2
NPD   314 0.2 Decrease 0.3
Humanists Markus Schneider 497 0.3 272 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   250 0.1
Bürgerbewegung 217 0.1
DiB   140 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Peter Rügner 225 0.1 Steady 0.0 106 0.1 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 73 0.0
LKR   46 0.0
DKP   28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,863 1,749
Total valid votes 180,941 181,055
Turnout 182,804 75.9 Decrease 0.7
CDU hold Majority 6,412 3.5 Decrease 8.6

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Heilbronn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Alexander Throm 64,591 35.3 Decrease 16.1 58,755 32.1 Decrease 13.7
SPD Josip Juratovic 42,455 23.2 Decrease 3.9 32,489 17.7 Decrease 4.4
AfD Jürgen Kögel 28,575 15.6 30,089 16.4 Increase 11.0
FDP Michael Georg Link 17,566 9.6 Increase 6.0 23,872 13.0 Increase 6.7
Greens Thomas Fick 14,920 8.1 Increase 0.7 19,016 10.4 Increase 1.8
Left Konrad Wanner 8,448 4.6 Increase 0.2 10,520 5.7 Increase 1.0
PARTEI Niclas Keicher 2,167 1.2 1,530 0.8
FW Alfred Burkhardt 1,896 1.0 1,281 0.7 Increase 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,236 0.7 Decrease 0.1
NPD   835 0.5 Decrease 1.1
ÖDP Bernhard Keil 1,210 0.7 Decrease 0.2 758 0.4 Steady 0.0
Pirates   728 0.4 Decrease 1.8
DM 470 0.3
Tierschutzallianz 442 0.2
Independent Werner Marquardt 405 0.2
Independent Eduard Martin 327 0.2
Menschliche Welt 271 0.1
V-Partei³ 226 0.1
DiB 222 0.1
BGE   200 0.1
MLPD Rita Renner 302 0.2 Decrease 0.1 181 0.1 Steady 0.0
DIE RECHTE Sascha Krolzig 248 0.1 141 0.1
DKP   24 0.0
Informal votes 2,595 2,419
Total valid votes 183,110 183,286
Turnout 185,705 76.6 Increase 4.7
CDU hold Majority 22,136 12.1 Decrease 12.2

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Heilbronn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Thomas Strobl 87,777 51.4 Increase 7.1 78,544 45.8 Increase 10.9
SPD Josip Juratovic 46,231 27.1 Increase 2.0 37,933 22.1 Increase 0.9
Greens Ulrich Schneider 12,771 7.5 Decrease 1.3 14,662 8.5 Decrease 1.6
Left Heinz Deininger 7,554 4.4 Decrease 2.0 8,138 4.7 Decrease 2.6
FDP Michael Georg Link 6,178 3.6 Decrease 8.4 10,927 6.4 Decrease 12.8
AfD   9,271 5.4
Pirates Remy Patzelt 4,599 2.7 3,789 2.2 Increase 0.3
NPD Matthias Brodbeck 3,905 2.3 Increase 0.1 2,672 1.6 Steady 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,250 0.7 Steady 0.0
FW   771 0.4
ÖDP Guido Klamt 1,469 0.9 Decrease 0.1 731 0.4 Decrease 0.2
REP   715 0.4 Decrease 0.7
RENTNER 544 0.3
PBC 432 0.3 Decrease 0.3
BIG 322 0.2
Volksabstimmung 308 0.2 Steady 0.0
PRO 261 0.2
Party of Reason 166 0.1
MLPD Peter Rügner 403 0.2 Steady 0.0 126 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,885 2,182
Total valid votes 170,887 171,590
Turnout 173,772 71.9 Increase 1.8
CDU hold Majority 41,546 24.3 Increase 5.1

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Heilbronn[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Thomas Strobl 73,308 44.2 Decrease 6.1 57,889 34.8 Decrease 4.7
SPD Josip Juratovic 41,484 25.0 Decrease 8.6 35,331 21.3 Decrease 11.1
FDP Michael Georg Link 19,924 12.0 Increase 7.6 31,932 19.2 Increase 7.6
Greens Ulrich Schneider 14,594 8.8 Increase 3.2 16,917 10.2 Increase 2.7
Left Hasso Ehinger 10,693 6.5 Increase 3.1 12,256 7.4 Increase 3.5
Pirates   3,246 2.0
NPD Alexander Scholl 3,657 2.2 Decrease 0.1 2,622 1.6 Decrease 0.1
REP   1,853 1.1 Decrease 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,131 0.7
ÖDP Rainer Graf 1,656 1.0 1,040 0.6
PBC 912 0.5 Steady 0.0
Volksabstimmung 358 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 264 0.2
MLPD Peter Rügner 372 0.2 Decrease 0.1 186 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   160 0.1
BüSo 70 0.0 Steady 0.0
ADM 62 0.0
Informal votes 3,239 2,698
Total valid votes 165,688 166,229
Turnout 168,927 70.1 Decrease 7.1
CDU hold Majority 31,824 19.2 Increase 2.5

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Heilbronn". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Heilbronn". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Heilbronn
  4. ^ Results for Heilbronn
  5. ^ Results for Heilbronn
  6. ^ Results for Heilbronn
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heilbronn_(electoral_district)&oldid=1220939425"