Tübingen (electoral district)

Tübingen 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 290. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Tübingen district and the northeastern part of the Zollernalbkreis district.[1]

290 Tübingen
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Tübingen in 2009
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population270,900 (2015)
Electorate196,488 (2017)
Major settlementsTübingen
Rottenburg am Neckar
Mössingen
Area789.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1980
PartyCDU
MemberAnnette Widmann-Mauz
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Tübingen was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Annette Widmann-Mauz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Tübingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Tübingen district and the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen from the Zollernalbkreis district.[1]

History

Tübingen was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 194 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 291. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 290. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Election No. Name Borders
1980 194 Tübingen
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 291
2005
2009 290
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency has been held by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Jürgen Todenhöfer from 1980 to 1990, followed by Claus-Peter Grotz from 1990 to 1998. Herta Däubler-Gmelin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served one term. Annette Widmann-Mauz has been representative since 2002.

Election Member Party %
1980 Jürgen Todenhöfer CDU 52.7
1983 57.1
1987 50.2
1990 Claus-Peter Grotz CDU 42.5
1994 42.4
1998 Herta Däubler-Gmelin SPD 47.2
2002 Annette Widmann-Mauz CDU 43.4
2005 42.9
2009 38.9
2013 46.9
2017 35.7

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz 56,446 35.7 11.2 48,828 30.8 10.9
Green Christian Kühn 30,197 19.1 2.5 28,521 18.0 3.2
SPD Martin Rosemann 27,325 17.3 3.1 24,865 15.7 4.8
Left Heike Hänsel 13,862 8.8 2.3 15,096 9.5 2.9
AfD Dubravko Mandic 13,684 8.7 5.2 15,887 10.0 5.4
FDP Christopher Gohl 12,504 7.9 5.6 18,718 11.8 6.3
PARTEI Ina Mecke 2,293 1.4 1,307 0.8
Independent Jens Martin Rohrbach 1,590 1.0
Tierschutzpartei   994 0.6 0.1
FW   758 0.5 0.1
Pirates   715 0.5 2.2
ÖDP   629 0.4 0.0
DiB 376 0.2
NPD   326 0.2 0.7
BGE   282 0.2
Tierschutzallianz 281 0.2
V-Partei³ 216 0.1
DM 212 0.1
Menschliche Welt 171 0.1
MLPD Claudia Lenger-Atan 285 0.2 142 0.1 0.0
DKP   52 0.0
DIE RECHTE 34 0.0
Informal votes 1,615 1,391
Total Valid votes 158,186 158,410
Turnout 159,801 81.3 3.8
CDU hold Majority 26,249 16.6 9.9

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz 69,354 46.9 7.9 61,889 41.7 11.0
SPD Martin Rosemann 30,160 20.4 0.3 30,417 20.5 1.6
Green Christian Kühn 24,477 16.5 5.0 21,978 14.8 4.1
Left Heike Hänsel 9,589 6.5 0.4 9,820 6.6 1.3
AfD Horst Speichert 5,081 3.4 6,815 4.6
Pirates Sebastian Nerz 4,402 3.0 3,979 2.7 0.1
FDP Christopher Gohl 3,358 2.3 7.4 8,208 5.5 11.5
NPD Edda Schmidt 1,558 1.1 0.4 1,297 0.9 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,053 0.7 0.1
ÖDP   589 0.4 0.0
FW   509 0.3
REP   439 0.3 0.5
PBC 340 0.2 0.1
RENTNER 276 0.2
Volksabstimmung 267 0.2 0.1
Party of Reason 113 0.1
MLPD   95 0.1 0.0
PRO 94 0.1
BIG 73 0.0
BüSo 30 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,789 1,487
Total Valid votes 147,979 148,281
Turnout 149,768 77.5 1.6
CDU hold Majority 39,194 26.5 9.2

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz 55,188 38.9 4.0 43,603 30.7 4.6
Green Winfried Hermann 30,560 21.6 11.8 26,939 19.0 2.8
SPD Martin Rosemann 28,501 20.1 18.1 26,823 18.9 10.2
FDP Klaus Bucher 13,680 9.7 5.9 24,233 17.1 5.8
Left Heike Hänsel 9,801 6.9 3.6 11,185 7.9 3.6
Pirates   3,648 2.6
NPD Edda Schmidt 2,078 1.5 0.0 1,452 1.0 0.1
REP   1,122 0.8 0.5
Independent Stefan Schade 1,075 0.8
Tierschutzpartei   870 0.6
ÖDP Matthias Dietrich 814 0.6 633 0.4
PBC 525 0.4 0.2
Volksabstimmung 372 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 318 0.2
MLPD   140 0.1 0.0
DVU   73 0.1
BüSo 63 0.0 0.0
ADM 42 0.0
Informal votes 2,199 1,855
Total Valid votes 141,697 142,041
Turnout 143,896 75.9 5.0
CDU hold Majority 24,628 17.3 12.6

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