Rhein-Neckar 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 277. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.[1]
277 Rhein-Neckar | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Rhein-Neckar in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 271,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 196,882 (2021) |
Major settlements | Sinsheim Wiesloch Walldorf |
Area | 724.8 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Moritz Oppelt |
Elected | 2021 |
Rhein-Neckar was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Moritz Oppelt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editRhein-Neckar is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district excluding the municipalities of Dossenheim, Edingen-Neckarhausen, Eppelheim, Heddesheim, Hemsbach, Hirschberg an der Bergstraße, Ilvesheim, Ladenburg, Laudenbach, Schriesheim, Weinheim, Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen.[1]
History
editRhein-Neckar was created in 1949, then known as Sinsheim. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Heidelberg-Land – Sinsheim. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 7 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 181. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 184. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 182. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 278. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 277.
Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Mosbach as well as the Sinsheim district excluding the municipalities of Kürnbach, Mühlbach, Sulzfeld, and Zaisenhausen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Sinsheim as well as the Landkreis Heidelberg district excluding the municipality of Eppelheim. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 7 | Sinsheim |
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1953 | 181 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 184 | Heidelberg-Land – Sinsheim |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 182 | Rhein-Neckar |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 278 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 277 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Eugen Leibfried from 1949 to 1957, followed by Fritz Baier from 1957 to 1976. Alfred Hubertus Neuhaus served from 1976 to 1983. Bernd Schmidbauer was representative from 1983 to 2009, a total of seven consecutive terms. Stephan Harbarth was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He resigned in November 2018 after being elected to the Federal Constitutional Court. He was succeeded by Moritz Oppelt in the 2021 federal election.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Eugen Leibfried | CDU | 37.8 | |
1953 | 48.5 | |||
1957 | Fritz Baier | CDU | 50.8 | |
1961 | 48.8 | |||
1965 | 54.4 | |||
1969 | 52.4 | |||
1972 | 51.4 | |||
1976 | Alfred Hubertus Neuhaus | CDU | 53.2 | |
1980 | 50.3 | |||
1983 | Bernd Schmidbauer | CDU | 55.5 | |
1987 | 50.0 | |||
1990 | 49.2 | |||
1994 | 49.3 | |||
1998 | 44.2 | |||
2002 | 46.5 | |||
2005 | 47.4 | |||
2009 | Stephan Harbarth | CDU | 42.3 | |
2013 | 49.7 | |||
2017 | 37.4 | |||
2021 | Moritz Oppelt | CDU | 28.5 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Rhein-Neckar[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Moritz Oppelt | 43,487 | 28.5 | 8.9 | 38,871 | 25.5 | 8.0 | ||
SPD | Lars Castellucci | 41,205 | 27.0 | 3.1 | 35,847 | 23.5 | 5.1 | ||
Greens | Jürgen Kretz | 22,696 | 14.9 | 5.3 | 24,072 | 15.8 | 4.3 | ||
FDP | Jens Brandenburg | 17,769 | 11.7 | 3.5 | 21,941 | 14.4 | 2.1 | ||
AfD | Stefan Holzmann | 15,296 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 15,701 | 10.3 | 3.3 | ||
Left | Ecevit Emre | 4,006 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4,320 | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
FW | Domenic Arnold | 3,979 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2,620 | 1.7 | 0.8 | ||
dieBasis | Michael Dietz | 3,238 | 2.1 | 2,436 | 1.6 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,033 | 1.3 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,362 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||||||
Independent | Daniel Schmitt | 821 | 0.5 | ||||||
Volt | 680 | 0.4 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 614 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 546 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 363 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 275 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 244 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 234 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 142 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 104 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
LKR | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,588 | 1,403 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,497 | 152,682 | |||||||
Turnout | 154,085 | 78.3 | 0.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,282 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Rhein-Neckar[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Stephan Harbarth | 57,788 | 37.4 | 12.2 | 51,797 | 33.5 | 10.3 | ||
SPD | Lars Castellucci | 36,886 | 23.9 | 2.0 | 28,486 | 18.4 | 3.8 | ||
AfD | Achim Köhler | 20,177 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 20,942 | 13.5 | 7.5 | ||
Greens | Memet Kiliç | 14,792 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 17,687 | 11.4 | 1.9 | ||
FDP | Jens Brandenburg | 12,571 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 18,933 | 12.2 | 5.8 | ||
Left | Heinrich Stürtz | 8,010 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 9,738 | 6.3 | 1.5 | ||
FW | Kay-Olaf Ballerstädt | 2,255 | 1.5 | 1,381 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |||
PARTEI | Simon Schäfer | 1,937 | 1.3 | 1,376 | 0.9 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,252 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
Pirates | 615 | 0.4 | 2.3 | ||||||
NPD | 534 | 0.3 | 1.0 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 362 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 327 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
DM | 259 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 241 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 183 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | 70 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,986 | 1,748 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 154,416 | 154,654 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,402 | 78.9 | 4.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 20,902 | 13.5 | 10.3 |
2013 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Stephan Harbarth | 72,271 | 49.7 | 7.4 | 63,876 | 43.8 | 8.7 | ||
SPD | Lars Castellucci | 37,724 | 25.9 | 0.8 | 32,456 | 22.3 | 1.6 | ||
Greens | Edith Wolber | 12,031 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 13,912 | 9.5 | 2.2 | ||
AfD | Sabine Knur | 6,675 | 4.6 | 8,786 | 6.0 | ||||
Left | Bernd Malmberg | 5,824 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 6,959 | 4.8 | 3.0 | ||
Pirates | Andreas Hahn | 3,866 | 2.7 | 3,909 | 2.7 | 0.6 | |||
FDP | Jens Brandenburg | 3,709 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 9,444 | 6.5 | 12.0 | ||
NPD | Reinhard Schätz | 2,040 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1,936 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,255 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||
FW | 932 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | Johannes Zimmerer | 759 | 0.5 | 421 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||
REP | Peter Herbold | 655 | 0.5 | 591 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||
RENTNER | 342 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 267 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
PBC | 264 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 146 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 125 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 72 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,228 | 2,035 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 145,554 | 145,747 | |||||||
Turnout | 147,782 | 74.9 | 1.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 34,997 | 23.8 | 6.6 |
2009 election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Stephan Harbarth | 59,755 | 42.3 | 5.1 | 49,922 | 35.2 | 4.5 | ||
SPD | Lars Castellucci | 35,426 | 25.1 | 11.8 | 29,356 | 20.7 | 10.1 | ||
FDP | Jörg Richter | 17,833 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 26,191 | 18.5 | 6.5 | ||
Greens | Charlotte Schneidewind-Hartnagel | 14,952 | 10.6 | 4.8 | 16,723 | 11.8 | 2.3 | ||
Left | Edgar Wunder | 10,596 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 11,078 | 7.8 | 3.7 | ||
Pirates | 2,970 | 2.1 | |||||||
NPD | Andreas Schäfer | 2,725 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1,894 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,060 | 0.7 | |||||||
REP | 979 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
PBC | 489 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 406 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 328 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 267 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 95 | 0.1 | |||||||
ADM | 66 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,928 | 2,277 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 141,287 | 141,938 | |||||||
Turnout | 144,215 | 73.6 | 7.0 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 24,329 | 17.2 | 6.7 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Rhein-Neckar". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Rhein-Neckar". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
- ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
- ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
- ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar