Aalen – Heidenheim 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 270. It is located in eastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Heidenheim district and the eastern part of the Ostalbkreis district.[1]
270 Aalen – Heidenheim | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Aalen – Heidenheim in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 305,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 220,686 (2021) |
Major settlements | Aalen Heidenheim an der Brenz Ellwangen |
Area | 1,644.6 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Roderich Kiesewetter |
Elected | 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Aalen – Heidenheim was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Roderich Kiesewetter of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editAalen – Heidenheim is located in eastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Heidenheim district and the municipalities of Aalen, Adelmannsfelden, Bopfingen, Ellenberg, Ellwangen, Essingen, Hüttlingen, Jagstzell, Kirchheim am Ries, Lauchheim, Neresheim, Neuler, Oberkochen, Rainau, Riesbürg, Rosenberg, Stödtlen, Tannhausen, Unterschneidheim, Westhausen, and Wört from the Ostalbkreis district.[1]
History
editAalen – Heidenheim was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 174 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 271. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 270.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Aalen and Heidenheim. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1965 | 174 | Aalen – Heidenheim |
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1980 |
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1987 | |||
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 271 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 270 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
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Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Manfred Abelein from 1965 to 1990, a total of seven consecutive terms. Georg Brunnhuber was representative from 1990 to 2009. Roderich Kiesewetter was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1965 | Manfred Abelein | CDU | 57.7 | |
1969 | 56.7 | |||
1972 | 53.1 | |||
1976 | 57.1 | |||
1980 | 53.5 | |||
1983 | 58.5 | |||
1987 | 52.9 | |||
1990 | Georg Brunnhuber | CDU | 49.5 | |
1994 | 49.5 | |||
1998 | 44.2 | |||
2002 | 49.3 | |||
2005 | 49.9 | |||
2009 | Roderich Kiesewetter | CDU | 45.0 | |
2013 | 57.6 | |||
2017 | 46.4 | |||
2021 | 37.0 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Aalen – Heidenheim[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Roderich Kiesewetter | 61,832 | 37.0 | 9.4 | 45,852 | 27.4 | 10.8 | ||
SPD | Leni Breymaier | 36,501 | 21.9 | 0.9 | 39,468 | 23.6 | 5.0 | ||
Greens | Margit Stumpp | 20,364 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 21,226 | 12.7 | 1.7 | ||
AfD | Jan-Hendrik Czada | 16,988 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 17,937 | 10.7 | 1.5 | ||
FDP | Arian Kriesch | 15,708 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 24,562 | 14.7 | 4.2 | ||
FW | Peter Koptisch | 4,477 | 2.7 | 3,610 | 2.2 | 1.5 | |||
dieBasis | Steffen Weller | 4,114 | 2.5 | 3,375 | 2.0 | ||||
Left | Tim Steckbauer | 3,905 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4,538 | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,770 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
PARTEI | Alexander Ortmann | 2,313 | 1.4 | 1,469 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 644 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 556 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 439 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volt | Pia Großer | 542 | 0.3 | 417 | 0.2 | ||||
Bündnis C | 274 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 226 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 210 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 170 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 141 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 138 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | Roland Maier | 189 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 87 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
DKP | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 43 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 37 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,722 | 1,410 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 166,933 | 167,245 | |||||||
Turnout | 168,655 | 76.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 25,331 | 15.1 | 10.2 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Aalen – Heidenheim[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Roderich Kiesewetter | 77,752 | 46.4 | 11.2 | 64,217 | 38.2 | 11.2 | ||
SPD | Leni Breymaier | 35,164 | 21.0 | 3.7 | 31,341 | 18.6 | 3.7 | ||
AfD | Ruben Rupp | 18,447 | 11.0 | 20,616 | 12.3 | 7.7 | |||
Greens | Margit Stumpp | 16,123 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 18,427 | 11.0 | 2.5 | ||
FDP | Silke Leber | 10,218 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 17,707 | 10.5 | 6.0 | ||
Left | Saskia Jürgens | 8,678 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 9,233 | 5.5 | 0.8 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,217 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
FW | 1,061 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,000 | 0.6 | |||||||
NPD | Dominik Stürmer | 822 | 0.5 | 655 | 0.4 | 1.0 | |||
Pirates | 609 | 0.4 | 1.6 | ||||||
ÖDP | 550 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 321 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 221 | 0.1 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 206 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 204 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 188 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 173 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Roland Maier | 382 | 0.2 | 125 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
DKP | 79 | 0.0 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | 66 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,605 | 1,975 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 167,586 | 168,216 | |||||||
Turnout | 170,191 | 76.7 | 3.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 42,588 | 25.4 | 7.6 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Aalen – Heidenheim[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Roderich Kiesewetter | 92,293 | 57.6 | 12.6 | 79,409 | 49.3 | 12.5 | ||
SPD | Claudia Sünder | 39,464 | 24.6 | 0.8 | 35,861 | 22.3 | 1.8 | ||
Greens | Margit Stumpp | 12,402 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 13,532 | 8.4 | 2.9 | ||
Left | Dieter Köhler | 7,929 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 7,483 | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
Pirates | Stefan Müller | 4,934 | 3.1 | 3,118 | 1.9 | 0.1 | |||
FDP | Wilfried Huber | 2,857 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 7,267 | 4.5 | 12.4 | ||
AfD | 7,255 | 4.5 | |||||||
NPD | 2,166 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,010 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 983 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||||
FW | 692 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 655 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
RENTNER | 450 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 324 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 282 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
DKP | Johann Holzheu | 231 | 0.1 | ||||||
PRO | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 124 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 96 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,859 | 2,036 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 160,110 | 160,933 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,969 | 73.1 | 1.8 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 52,829 | 33.0 | 13.5 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Aalen – Heidenheim[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Roderich Kiesewetter | 70,599 | 45.0 | 4.9 | 57,878 | 36.8 | 5.2 | ||
SPD | Claudia Sünder | 39,951 | 25.5 | 8.7 | 32,195 | 20.5 | 11.5 | ||
FDP | Jürgen Rieg | 15,604 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 26,534 | 16.9 | 7.0 | ||
Greens | Brian Krause | 14,226 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 17,732 | 11.3 | 3.7 | ||
Left | Veronika Stossun | 11,775 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 12,351 | 7.9 | 3.9 | ||
Pirates | 2,830 | 1.8 | |||||||
REP | 2,251 | 1.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | Reinhild Ufermann-Schützinger | 2,996 | 1.9 | 1,867 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | Jürgen Nass | 1,567 | 1.0 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 915 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | 827 | 0.5 | |||||||
PBC | 644 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 397 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 314 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 123 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 86 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ADM | 66 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 55 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,218 | 2,871 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 156,718 | 157,065 | |||||||
Turnout | 159,936 | 71.3 | 6.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 30,648 | 19.5 | 3.8 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Aalen – Heidenheim". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Aalen – Heidenheim". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Aalen – Heidenheim
- ^ Results for Aalen – Heidenheim
- ^ Results for Aalen – Heidenheim
- ^ Results for Aalen – Heidenheim