Karlsruhe-Stadt (electoral district)

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271 Karlsruhe-Stadt
electoral district
for the Bundestag
BWahlkreis 271.svg
Karlsruhe-Stadt in 2009
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population312,100 (2019)
Electorate205,608 (2021)
Major settlementsKarlsruhe
Area173.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyGRÜNE
MemberZoe Mayer
Elected2021

Karlsruhe-Stadt (English: Karlsruhe City) 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 271. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Karlsruhe.[1]

Karlsruhe-Stadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Zoe Mayer of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2]

Geography[]

Karlsruhe-Stadt is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Karlsruhe.[1]

History[]

Karlsruhe-Stadt was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Karlsruhe. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 1 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 175. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 178. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 175. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 272. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 271.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the independent city of Karlsruhe. In the 1998 election, it also included the municipality of Rheinstetten from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district. Since the 2002 election, it has again been coterminous with the city of Karlsruhe.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 1 Karlsruhe-Stadt
1953 175
1957
1961
1965 178 Karlsruhe
1969
1972
1976
1980 175 Karlsruhe-Stadt
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 272
2005
2009 271
2013
2017
2021

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. It was won by of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, who served until 1961. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member from 1961 to 1969. Peter Corterier of the SPD was elected in 1969 and re-elected in 1972. Gerold Benz of the CDU won the constituency in 1976, but former member Corterier regained it in 1980. of the CDU was representative from 1983 to 1990, followed by fellow CDU member from 1990 to 1998. of the SPD was elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. Ingo Wellenreuther of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2021. Zoe Mayer won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 SPD 37.0
1953 CDU 48.0
1957 48.8
1961 CDU 45.9
1965 46.1
1969 Peter Corterier SPD 45.3
1972 50.3
1976 Gerold Benz CDU 47.5
1980 Peter Corterier SPD 45.2
1983 CDU 49.0
1987 47.6
1990 CDU 44.9
1994 41.5
1998 SPD 40.0
2002 40.0
2005 Ingo Wellenreuther CDU 41.3
2009 38.1
2013 39.5
2017 28.6
2021 Zoe Mayer GRÜNE 30.0

Election results[]

2021 election[]

Federal election (2021): Karlsruhe-Stadt[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 % ±%
Green Zoe Mayer 47,473 30.0 Increase 12.4 44,011 27.8 Increase 9.5
SPD 33,630 21.3 Decrease 2.4 33,828 21.3 Increase 4.5
CDU Red XN Ingo Wellenreuther 30,921 19.5 Decrease 9.0 27,998 17.7 Decrease 10.2
FDP Michael Theurer 15,793 10.0 Increase 1.4 20,615 13.0 Increase 1.0
AfD Marc Bernhard 10,811 6.8 Decrease 3.2 10,774 6.8 Decrease 3.6
Left Michel Brandt 7,956 5.0 Decrease 2.5 8,910 5.6 Decrease 4.0
dieBasis Martin Buchfink 3,152 2.0 2,863 1.8
PARTEI Daniel Barth 2,811 1.8 Steady 0.0 1,851 1.2 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,608 1.0 Steady 0.0
FW Bernhard Barutta 1,723 1.1 1,438 0.9 Increase 0.5
Volt Tassi Giannikopoulos 1,547 1.0 1,313 0.8
Team Todenhöfer   785 0.5
Pirates   622 0.4 Decrease 0.2
Humanists Andreas Schäfer 749 0.5 463 0.3
ÖDP Franz-Josef Behr 605 0.4 385 0.2 Steady 0.0
KlimalisteBW Markus Schmoll 456 0.3
Bündnis C Klaus-Jürgen Raphael 452 0.3 322 0.2
DiB   182 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung   138 0.1
Bürgerbewegung 101 0.1
MLPD Jonas Dachner 162 0.1 Decrease 0.1 89 0.1 Steady 0.0
NPD   71 0.0 Decrease 0.1
DKP   44 0.0 Steady 0.0
Bündnis 21 34 0.0
LKR   23 0.0
Informal votes 1,350 1,123
Total Valid votes 158,241 158,468
Turnout 159,591 77.6 Steady 0.0
Green gain from CDU Majority 13,843 8.7

2017 election[]

Federal election (2017): Karlsruhe-Stadt[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 Green tickY Ingo Wellenreuther 45,821 28.5 Decrease 10.9 44,776 27.8 Decrease 9.7
SPD Parsa Marvi 37,924 23.6 Decrease 6.0 27,044 16.8 Decrease 5.9
Green Sylvia Kotting-Uhl 28,268 17.6 Increase 3.9 29,408 18.3 Increase 3.3
AfD Marc Bernhard 16,073 10.0 Increase 6.0 16,741 10.4 Increase 4.8
FDP Michael Theurer 13,829 8.6 Increase 5.4 19,251 12.0 Increase 5.9
Left Michel Brandt 12,155 7.6 Increase 2.7 15,452 9.6 Increase 3.6
PARTEI Stefan Glause 2,899 1.8 2,179 1.4
Tierschutzpartei Robin Margic 2,412 1.5 1,595 1.0 Increase 0.2
Pirates   999 0.6 Decrease 3.4
Independent Bruno Mayer 724 0.5
FW   600 0.4 Decrease 0.1
DiB 505 0.3
BGE   442 0.3
ÖDP   438 0.3 Steady 0.0
Tierschutzallianz 346 0.2
DM 263 0.2
V-Partei³ 240 0.1
Menschliche Welt 191 0.1
NPD   188 0.1 Decrease 0.5
MLPD Jonas Dachner 250 0.2 142 0.1 Steady 0.0
DIE RECHTE Uwe Kasper 151 0.1 78 0.0
DKP   33 0.0
Informal votes 1,633 1,228
Total Valid votes 160,506 160,911
Turnout 162,139 77.6 Increase 4.7
CDU hold Majority 7,897 4.9 Decrease 5.0

2013 election[]

Federal election (2013): Karlsruhe-Stadt[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 Ingo Wellenreuther 58,452 39.5 Increase 1.4 55,791 37.5 Increase 8.9
SPD Parsa Marvi 43,866 29.6 Increase 2.9 33,785 22.7 Increase 2.1
Green Sylvia Kotting-Uhl 20,337 13.7 Decrease 1.4 22,263 15.0 Decrease 3.4
Left Karin Binder 7,254 4.9 Decrease 2.2 8,933 6.0 Decrease 2.3
AfD Marc Jongen 5,983 4.0 8,334 5.6
Pirates Martin Bartsch 5,149 3.5 Increase 0.4 6,009 4.0 Increase 0.9
FDP Heinz Golombeck 4,714 3.2 Decrease 5.2 8,978 6.0 Decrease 11.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,111 0.7 Increase 0.1
FW Peter Rapp 992 0.7 724 0.5
NPD Heiko Köhler 912 0.6 Decrease 0.5 853 0.6 Decrease 0.3
ÖDP   423 0.3 Steady 0.0
REP Rainer Haag 452 0.3 352 0.2 Decrease 0.1
RENTNER 250 0.2
PBC 205 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Volksabstimmung 185 0.1 Steady 0.0
Party of Reason 116 0.1
MLPD   93 0.1 Steady 0.0
PRO 90 0.1
BIG 77 0.1
BüSo 34 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,939 1,444
Total Valid votes 148,111 148,606
Turnout 150,050 72.9 Increase 1.8
CDU hold Majority 14,586 9.9 Decrease 1.5

2009 election[]

Federal election (2009): Karlsruhe-Stadt[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 Ingo Wellenreuther 53,872 38.1 Decrease 3.3 40,566 28.6 Decrease 4.2
SPD Johannes Jung 37,845 26.7 Decrease 12.7 29,227 20.6 Decrease 11.4
Green Sylvia Kotting-Uhl 21,452 15.2 Increase 6.0 26,051 18.4 Increase 3.7
FDP Heinz Golombeck 11,845 8.4 Increase 4.1 24,654 17.4 Increase 5.4
Left Karin Binder 10,034 7.1 Increase 2.8 11,807 8.3 Increase 3.4
Pirates Dennis Laurisch 4,359 3.1 5,008 3.5
NPD Siegfried Gärttner 1,534 1.1 Decrease 0.4 1,295 0.9 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   894 0.6
REP   544 0.4 Decrease 0.2
PBC 444 0.3 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   405 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 254 0.2
Volksabstimmung 205 0.1
MLPD Gabriele Maria Conrad 234 0.2 133 0.1 Steady 0.0
Independent Rainer Leyendecker 215 0.2
Independent Helmut Günther Ringger 101 0.1
DVU   76 0.1
BüSo 75 0.1 Steady 0.0
ADM 28 0.0
Informal votes 2,030 1,855
Total Valid votes 141,491 141,666
Turnout 143,521 71.1 Decrease 5.0
CDU hold Majority 16,027 11.4 Increase 9.4

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Karlsruhe-Stadt". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Karlsruhe-Stadt". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Stadt
  4. ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Stadt
  5. ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Stadt
  6. ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Stadt
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