Bruchsal – Schwetzingen

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen 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 278. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and western parts of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.[1]

278 Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bruchsal – Schwetzingen in 2025
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population272,100 (2019)
Electorate195,755 (2021)
Major settlementsBruchsal
Hockenheim
Schwetzingen
Area506.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberOlav Gutting
Elected2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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Bruchsal – Schwetzingen is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bad Schönborn, Bruchsal, Forst, Hambrücken, Karlsdorf-Neuthard, Kronau, Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Östringen, Philippsburg, Ubstadt-Weiher, and Waghäusel from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and the municipalities of Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen from the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.[1]

History

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Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created in 2002 and contained parts of the redistributed constituencies of Karlsruhe-Land and Heidelberg. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 279 in the numbering system. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 278. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

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The constituency has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.

Election Member Party %
2002 Olav Gutting CDU 48.1
2005 48.7
2009 46.9
2013 51.8
2017 41.5
2021 29.6

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen[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 Olav Gutting 44,465 29.6   11.9 38,866 25.8   9.0
SPD Nezaket Yildirim 32,836 21.9   2.4 34,434 22.8   5.4
Greens Nicole Heger 22,154 14.7   6.5 20,858 13.8   3.7
FDP Christopher Gohl 17,635 11.7   5.0 21,978 14.6   2.7
AfD Ruth Rickersfeld 17,352 11.6   2.9 17,462 11.6   3.3
FW Alexander Geyer 5,054 3.4   1.5 3,258 2.2   1.1
Left Alena Schmitt 3,854 2.6   2.0 4,125 2.7   2.9
Human Environment Animal Protection   2,726 1.8   0.5
dieBasis Frank Theis 2,878 1.9 2,416 1.6
PARTEI Gerd Wolf 2,553 1.7   0.7 1,527 1.0   0.2
Independent Jonas Fritsch 1,422 0.9
Team Todenhöfer   680 0.5
Volt   544 0.4
Pirates   457 0.3   0.1
Gesundheitsforschung   257 0.2
ÖDP   217 0.1   0.0
Bürgerbewegung 202 0.1
Bündnis C   198 0.1
NPD   193 0.1   0.2
Humanists   160 0.1
DiB   103 0.1   0.1
Bündnis 21 51 0.0
LKR   24 0.0
MLPD   20 0.0   0.0
DKP   20 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 2,028 1,455
Total valid votes 150,203 150,776
Turnout 152,231 77.8   1.0
CDU hold Majority 11,629 7.7   14.3

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen[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 Olav Gutting 63,166 41.5   10.4 53,147 34.8   11.8
SPD Nezaket Yildirim 29,684 19.5   5.2 26,560 17.4   4.2
AfD Dieter Amann 21,960 14.4   10.0 22,794 14.9   8.8
Greens Danyal Bayaz 12,641 8.3   1.5 15,500 10.2   2.0
FDP Hendrik Tzschaschel 10,255 6.7   4.0 18,180 11.9   6.2
Left Werner Zieger 7,016 4.6   0.9 8,674 5.7   1.2
Human Environment Animal Protection Nicola Zimmermann 2,991 2.0 2,045 1.3   0.3
FW Marianne Schammert 2,824 1.9   0.6 1,667 1.1   0.1
PARTEI Victor Gogröf 1,498 1.0 1,289 0.8
Pirates   543 0.4   2.1
NPD   470 0.3   0.8
Tierschutzallianz 354 0.2
ÖDP   235 0.2   0.0
Menschliche Welt 229 0.1
DiB 216 0.1
DM 214 0.1
V-Partei³ 192 0.1
BGE   176 0.1
DIE RECHTE Reinhard Schätz 240 0.2 114 0.1
MLPD   79 0.1   0.0
DKP   12 0.0
Informal votes 2,264 1,932
Total valid votes 152,358 152,690
Turnout 154,622 78.7   4.7
CDU hold Majority 33,482 22.0   5.1

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen[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 Olav Gutting 73,944 51.8   5.0 66,656 46.6   10.6
SPD Daniel Born 35,252 24.7   1.1 30,861 21.6   1.4
Greens Alexander Geiger 9,678 6.8   2.0 11,696 8.2   2.0
AfD Klaus Voigtmann 6,277 4.4 8,700 6.1
Left Heinrich Stürtz 5,345 3.7   3.5 6,357 4.4   3.3
FDP Lucia Biedermann 3,966 2.8   8.7 8,133 5.7   13.5
Pirates Harry Botzenhardt 3,396 2.4 3,556 2.5   0.3
FW Sven Nitsche 1,804 1.3 1,364 1.0
NPD Jörg Scheibler 1,716 1.2   0.9 1,628 1.1   0.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,416 1.0   0.1
REP Timo Weih 1,261 0.9 1,042 0.7   0.5
RENTNER 418 0.3
ÖDP   278 0.2   0.1
Volksabstimmung 272 0.2   0.1
Party of Reason 173 0.1
PRO 168 0.1
PBC 164 0.1   0.2
BIG 89 0.1
MLPD   42 0.0   0.0
BüSo 22 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 2,468 2,072
Total valid votes 142,639 143,035
Turnout 145,107 74.1   1.3
CDU hold Majority 38,692 27.1   3.8

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen[6]
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 Olav Gutting 64,659 46.9   1.9 50,031 36.0   4.7
SPD Werner Henn 32,525 23.6   11.3 27,934 20.1   10.8
FDP Steffen Schöps 15,785 11.4   6.6 26,626 19.2   7.4
Greens Christian Köpp 12,082 8.8   4.4 14,084 10.1   2.6
Left Heinrich Stürtz 9,995 7.2   4.0 10,723 7.7   3.7
Pirates   2,976 2.1
NPD Karl Däschner 2,903 2.1   0.1 1,825 1.3   0.1
REP   1,642 1.2   0.0
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,301 0.9
PBC 385 0.3   0.0
ÖDP   384 0.3
Volksabstimmung 357 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 254 0.2
DVU   85 0.1
BüSo 70 0.1   0.0
MLPD   65 0.0   0.0
ADM 48 0.0
Informal votes 3,452 2,611
Total valid votes 137,949 138,790
Turnout 141,401 72.8   7.1
CDU hold Majority 32,134 23.3   9.4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Bruchsal – Schwetzingen". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Bruchsal – Schwetzingen". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
  4. ^ Results for Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
  5. ^ Results for Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
  6. ^ Results for Bruchsal – Schwetzingen