Schwarzwald-Baar (electoral district)

Schwarzwald-Baar 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 286. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the district of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis and southeastern parts of the Ortenaukreis district.[1]

286 Schwarzwald-Baar
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Schwarzwald-Baar in 2009
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population230,300 (2015)
Electorate165,041 (2017)
Major settlementsVillingen-Schwenningen
Donaueschingen
Bad Dürrheim
Area1,266.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1980
PartyCDU
MemberThorsten Frei
Elected2013, 2017

Schwarzwald-Baar was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Thorsten Frei of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Schwarzwald-Baar is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis and the municipalities of Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, Wolfach from the Ortenaukreis district.[1]

History

Schwarzwald-Baar was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 190 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 287. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 286.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1980 190 Schwarzwald-Baar
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 287
2005
2009 286
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Hansjörg Häfele from 1980 to 1990, followed by Meinrad Belle from 1990 to 2002. Siegfried Kauder was representative from 2002 to 2013. Thorsten Frei was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1980 Hansjörg Häfele CDU 55.4
1983 62.9
1987 56.2
1990 Meinrad Belle CDU 53.6
1994 52.0
1998 44.9
2002 Siegfried Kauder CDU 49.7
2005 51.3
2009 47.4
2013 Thorsten Frei CDU 56.7
2017 47.0

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Thorsten Frei 58,149 47.0 9.7 46,812 37.8 11.5
SPD Jens Löw 20,672 16.7 2.2 19,337 15.6 3.5
AfD Joachim Senger 14,069 11.4 7.5 15,350 12.4 6.7
Green Volker Goerz 12,085 9.8 2.1 15,113 12.2 3.2
FDP Marcel Klinge 10,438 8.4 5.9 15,124 12.2 6.3
Left Patrick Bausch 5,347 4.3 0.8 6,608 5.3 1.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,028 0.8 0.0
FW Dursun Dayi 1,405 1.1 0.4 992 0.8 0.1
NPD Jürgen Schützinger 745 0.6 1.1 590 0.5 1.0
PARTEI   688 0.6
Independent Stefan Welte 579 0.5
Pirates   464 0.4 1.6
Tierschutzallianz 324 0.3
ÖDP   305 0.2 0.1
DM 236 0.2
Menschliche Welt 164 0.1
V-Partei³ 162 0.1
BGE   150 0.1
DiB 119 0.1
MLPD Helmut Kruse-Günter 201 0.2 99 0.1 0.0
DIE RECHTE 39 0.0
DKP   25 0.0
Informal votes 1,654 1,615
Total Valid votes 123,690 123,729
Turnout 125,344 75.9 4.2
CDU hold Majority 37,477 30.3 7.5

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Thorsten Frei 66,505 56.7 9.3 57,912 49.4 13.0
SPD Jens Löw 22,211 18.9 0.2 22,414 19.1 1.3
Green Cornelia Kunkis-Becker 8,984 7.7 3.7 10,613 9.0 2.6
AfD Dirk Caroli 4,603 3.9 6,697 5.7
Left Gotthilf Lorch 4,144 3.5 2.7 4,860 4.1 2.7
Independent Siegfried Kauder 3,579 3.0
FDP Marcel Klinge 2,946 2.5 10.9 6,933 5.9 14.8
Pirates   2,260 1.9 0.1
NPD Jürgen Schützinger 1,963 1.7 0.8 1,737 1.5 0.2
FW Christel Bächle-Blum 1,845 1.6 1,084 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   926 0.8 0.0
PBC 453 0.4 0.2
ÖDP Christof Stocker 586 0.5 375 0.3 0.1
RENTNER 339 0.3
REP   280 0.2 0.3
Volksabstimmung 229 0.2 0.1
Party of Reason 118 0.1
PRO 76 0.1
MLPD   57 0.0 0.0
BIG 37 0.0
BüSo 17 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,815 1,836
Total Valid votes 117,366 117,345
Turnout 119,181 71.7 1.6
CDU hold Majority 44,294 37.8 9.5

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Siegfried Kauder 54,172 47.4 4.0 41,694 36.3 5.7
SPD Friedrich Scheerer 21,835 19.1 11.8 20,374 17.8 10.0
FDP Marcel Klinge 15,292 13.4 7.2 23,812 20.8 7.9
Green Cornelia Kunkis-Becker 13,034 11.4 4.0 13,344 11.6 2.9
Left Tobias Stützer 7,158 6.3 7,837 6.8 3.3
Pirates   2,111 1.8
NPD Jürgen Schützinger 2,881 2.5 0.4 1,978 1.7 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   937 0.8
PBC 694 0.6 0.3
REP   553 0.5 0.3
ÖDP   455 0.4
Volksabstimmung 287 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 254 0.2
ADM 166 0.1
DVU   100 0.1
MLPD   80 0.1 0.1
BüSo 61 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,983 2,618
Total Valid votes 114,372 114,737
Turnout 117,355 70.1 7.1
CDU hold Majority 32,337 28.3 7.8

References
  1. "Constituency Schwarzwald-Baar". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Schwarzwald-Baar". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
  4. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
  5. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
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