Karlsruhe-Stadt (electoral district)

Karlsruhe-Stadt 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]

271 Karlsruhe-Stadt
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Karlsruhe-Stadt in 2009
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population307,800 (2015)
Electorate208,868 (2017)
Major settlementsKarlsruhe
Area173.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberIngo Wellenreuther
Elected2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Karlsruhe-Stadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Ingo Wellenreuther of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[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 Hermann Veit of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. It was won by Friedrich Werber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, who served until 1961. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Max Güde 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. Rudolf Ruf of the CDU was representative from 1983 to 1990, followed by fellow CDU member Norbert Rieder from 1990 to 1998. Brigitte Wimmer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. Ingo Wellenreuther of the CDU has been representative since 2005.

Election Member Party %
1949 Hermann Veit SPD 37.0
1953 Friedrich Werber CDU 48.0
1957 48.8
1961 Max Güde 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 Rudolf Ruf CDU 49.0
1987 47.6
1990 Norbert Rieder CDU 44.9
1994 41.5
1998 Brigitte Wimmer SPD 40.0
2002 40.0
2005 Ingo Wellenreuther CDU 41.3
2009 38.1
2013 39.5
2017 28.6

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Ingo Wellenreuther 45,821 28.5 10.9 44,776 27.8 9.7
SPD Parsa Marvi 37,924 23.6 6.0 27,044 16.8 5.9
Green Sylvia Kotting-Uhl 28,268 17.6 3.9 29,408 18.3 3.3
AfD Marc Bernhard 16,073 10.0 6.0 16,741 10.4 4.8
FDP Michael Theurer 13,829 8.6 5.4 19,251 12.0 5.9
Left Michel Brandt 12,155 7.6 2.7 15,452 9.6 3.6
PARTEI Stefan Glause 2,899 1.8 2,179 1.4
Tierschutzpartei Robin Margic 2,412 1.5 1,595 1.0 0.2
Pirates   999 0.6 3.4
Independent Bruno Mayer 724 0.5
FW   600 0.4 0.1
DiB 505 0.3
BGE   442 0.3
ÖDP   438 0.3 0.0
Tierschutzallianz 346 0.2
DM 263 0.2
V-Partei³ 240 0.1
Menschliche Welt 191 0.1
NPD   188 0.1 0.5
MLPD Jonas Dachner 250 0.2 142 0.1 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 4.7
CDU hold Majority 7,897 4.9 5.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

2009 election
Federal election (2009): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Ingo Wellenreuther 53,872 38.1 3.3 40,566 28.6 4.2
SPD Johannes Jung 37,845 26.7 12.7 29,227 20.6 11.4
Green Sylvia Kotting-Uhl 21,452 15.2 6.0 26,051 18.4 3.7
FDP Heinz Golombeck 11,845 8.4 4.1 24,654 17.4 5.4
Left Karin Binder 10,034 7.1 2.8 11,807 8.3 3.4
Pirates Dennis Laurisch 4,359 3.1 5,008 3.5
NPD Siegfried Gärttner 1,534 1.1 0.4 1,295 0.9 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   894 0.6
REP   544 0.4 0.2
PBC 444 0.3 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 0.0
Independent Rainer Leyendecker 215 0.2
Independent Helmut Günther Ringger 101 0.1
DVU   76 0.1
BüSo 75 0.1 0.0
ADM 28 0.0
Informal votes 2,030 1,855
Total Valid votes 141,491 141,666
Turnout 143,521 71.1 5.0
CDU hold Majority 16,027 11.4 9.4

References
  1. "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
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