Nürtingen (electoral district)

Nürtingen 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 262. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Esslingen district.[1]

262 Nürtingen
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Nürtingen in 2009
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population293,300 (2015)
Electorate207,044 (2017)
Major settlementsFilderstadt
Kirchheim unter Teck
Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Area465.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created1965
PartyCDU
MemberMichael Hennrich
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Nürtingen was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Michael Hennrich of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Nürtingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises entirety of the Esslingen district excluding the municipalities of Aichwald, Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Deizisau, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Hochdorf, Köngen, Lichtenwald, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, Plochingen, Reichenbach an der Fils, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau. It also contains the municipalities of Steinenbronn and Waldenbuch from the Böblingen district.[1]

History

Nürtingen was created in 1965, then known as Nürtingen – Böblingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 170 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 166. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 263. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 262.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Nürtingen district and the Böblingen district excluding the municipalities of Dätzingen, Döffingen, Magstadt, and Sindelfingen. In the 1976 election, it gained the municipalities of Dätzingen and Döffingen while losing the municipalities of Böblingen, Grafenau, Leonberg, Renningen, Rutesheim, Weil der Stadt, and Weissach. In the 1980 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipalities of Steinenbronn und Waldenbuch from the Böblingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2005 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1965 170 Nürtingen – Böblingen
1969
1972
1976
1980 166 Nürtingen
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 263
2005
2009 262
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Anton Stark from 1965 to 1990, a total of seven consecutive terms. Elmar Müller was representative from 1990 to 2002. Michael Hennrich has been representative since 2002.

Election Member Party %
1965 Anton Stark CDU 50.1
1969 51.3
1972 50.8
1976 54.3
1980 49.2
1983 56.9
1987 50.1
1990 Elmar Müller CDU 46.9
1994 48.0
1998 42.9
2002 Michael Hennrich CDU 45.6
2005 47.9
2009 43.3
2013 51.0
2017 39.4

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich 65,566 39.4 11.5 56,105 33.7 12.3
SPD Nils Schmid 31,655 19.0 6.2 25,190 15.1 4.8
Green Matthias Gastel 24,540 14.8 4.9 23,673 14.2 2.6
AfD Vera Kosova 19,833 11.9 8.7 20,544 12.3 7.5
FDP Renata Alt 16,390 9.9 7.3 24,922 15.0 8.1
Left Heinrich Brinker 7,978 4.8 1.5 9,132 5.5 1.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,544 0.9 0.1
FW   1,189 0.7 0.1
PARTEI   1,107 0.7
Pirates   811 0.5 1.8
ÖDP   411 0.2 0.1
NPD   373 0.2 0.5
Tierschutzallianz 317 0.2
DiB 293 0.2
DM 259 0.2
BGE   226 0.1
V-Partei³ 161 0.1
Menschliche Welt 148 0.1
MLPD Joachim Bauerle 325 0.2 121 0.1 0.0
DIE RECHTE 68 0.0
DKP   15 0.0
Informal votes 1,765 1,443
Total Valid votes 166,287 166,609
Turnout 168,052 81.2 3.4
CDU hold Majority 33,911 20.4 5.3

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich 80,710 51.0 7.6 72,844 46.0 12.5
SPD Rainer Arnold 40,013 25.3 1.1 31,499 19.9 1.0
Green Matthias Gastel 15,685 9.9 3.9 18,435 11.6 3.3
Left Claudia Haydt 5,205 3.3 1.9 6,533 4.1 1.5
AfD Peter Friedrich 5,055 3.2 7,599 4.8
FDP Renata Alt 3,997 2.5 9.1 10,880 6.9 13.8
Pirates Jan Lüdtke-Reißmann 3,238 2.0 3,602 2.3 0.6
REP Ulrich Deuschle 2,127 1.3 1,744 1.1 0.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,233 0.8 0.3
NPD René Schrade 1,201 0.8 1.0 1,181 0.7 0.2
FW Emmerich Benkowitsch 1,142 0.7 915 0.6
ÖDP   476 0.3 0.0
RENTNER 387 0.2
PBC 370 0.2 0.2
Volksabstimmung 320 0.2 0.1
PRO 128 0.1
BIG 112 0.1
Party of Reason 99 0.1
MLPD   59 0.0 0.0
BüSo 10 0.0 0.1
Informal votes 1,680 1,627
Total Valid votes 158,373 158,426
Turnout 160,053 77.8 1.9
CDU hold Majority 40,697 25.7 6.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich 66,116 43.3 4.6 51,146 33.4 5.4
SPD Rainer Arnold 36,910 24.2 9.7 28,943 18.9 10.2
Green Andreas Schwarz 21,104 13.8 4.8 22,902 15.0 3.8
FDP Judith Skudelny 17,768 11.6 6.6 31,686 20.7 7.4
Left Jochen Findeisen 7,973 5.2 2.6 8,661 5.7 2.8
REP   2,651 1.7 0.2
Pirates   2,552 1.7
NPD Heidi Drinkard 2,647 1.7 0.2 1,411 0.9 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   787 0.5
PBC 701 0.5 0.2
Volksabstimmung 502 0.3
ÖDP   413 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 275 0.2
ADM 100 0.1
BüSo 94 0.1 0.0
MLPD   88 0.1 0.0
DVU   59 0.0
Informal votes 2,431 1,978
Total Valid votes 152,518 152,971
Turnout 154,949 75.9 6.0
CDU hold Majority 29,206 19.1 5.1

References
  1. "Constituency Nürtingen". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Nürtingen". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Nürtingen
  4. Results for Nürtingen
  5. Results for Nürtingen
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