Calw 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 280. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.[1]
280 Calw | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Calw in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 277,400 (2019) |
Electorate | 199,092 (2021) |
Major settlements | Horb am Neckar Freudenstadt Calw |
Area | 1,667.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Klaus Mack |
Elected | 2021 |
Calw was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Klaus Mack of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editCalw is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.[1]
History
editCalw was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 191. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 195. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 184. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 281. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 280.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Calw, Freudenstadt, and Horb. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 2 | Calw |
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1953 | 191 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 195 | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 184 |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 281 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 280 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Schuler from 1949 to 1957, followed by Arved Deringer from 1957 to 1965. Helmut Prassler was representative from 1965 to 1976, followed by Haimo George from 1976 to 1987. Hans-Joachim Fuchtel was representative from 1987 to 2021, a total of nine consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Klaus Mack in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Fritz Schuler | CDU | 46.6 | |
1953 | 43.2 | |||
1957 | Arved Deringer | CDU | 44.7 | |
1961 | 36.2 | |||
1965 | Helmut Prassler | CDU | 46.2 | |
1969 | 53.0 | |||
1972 | 54.1 | |||
1976 | Haimo George | CDU | 56.7 | |
1980 | 55.2 | |||
1983 | 62.2 | |||
1987 | Hans-Joachim Fuchtel | CDU | 54.9 | |
1990 | 53.8 | |||
1994 | 53.0 | |||
1998 | 47.6 | |||
2002 | 49.3 | |||
2005 | 49.2 | |||
2009 | 46.3 | |||
2013 | 58.5 | |||
2017 | 43.3 | |||
2021 | Klaus Mack | CDU | 33.8 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Calw[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Klaus Mack | 51,208 | 33.8 | 9.5 | 42,841 | 28.3 | 8.9 | ||
SPD | Saskia Esken | 26,111 | 17.2 | 0.4 | 28,571 | 18.8 | 4.4 | ||
FDP | Michael König | 22,685 | 15.0 | 5.6 | 26,770 | 17.7 | 3.4 | ||
AfD | Marcus Lotzin | 18,668 | 12.3 | 1.8 | 19,473 | 12.8 | 2.1 | ||
Greens | Sara Haug | 17,712 | 11.7 | 2.9 | 17,301 | 11.4 | 1.5 | ||
FW | Markus Mast | 4,202 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 3,076 | 2.0 | 1.3 | ||
dieBasis | Egon Nagel | 3,083 | 2.0 | 2,992 | 2.0 | ||||
Left | Thomas Hanser | 2,998 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3,656 | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | Dirk Witzelmaier | 2,749 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2,232 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||
PARTEI | Yvonne Vogler | 1,526 | 1.0 | 1,155 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |||
Bündnis C | 795 | 0.5 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 529 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 477 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | 451 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
KlimalisteBW | Tina Frey | 391 | 0.3 | ||||||
Volt | 253 | 0.2 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 202 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 197 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 189 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 109 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
LKR | Frank Negwer | 180 | 0.1 | 98 | 0.1 | ||||
Bündnis 21 | 48 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,350 | 1,275 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 151,513 | 151,588 | |||||||
Turnout | 152,863 | 76.8 | 0.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 25,097 | 16.6 | 9.9 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Calw[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Joachim Fuchtel | 65,676 | 43.3 | 15.2 | 56,330 | 37.2 | 14.0 | ||
SPD | Saskia Esken | 25,601 | 16.9 | 3.4 | 21,832 | 14.4 | 3.2 | ||
AfD | Uwe Burkart | 21,431 | 14.1 | 22,715 | 15.0 | 8.7 | |||
FDP | Lutz Hermann | 14,154 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 21,646 | 14.3 | 7.9 | ||
Greens | Andreas Kubesch | 13,284 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 14,989 | 9.9 | 2.2 | ||
Left | Lorena Müllner | 6,832 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 7,759 | 5.1 | 1.0 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | Dirk Witzelmaier | 2,008 | 1.3 | 1,391 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |||
FW | Wolfgang Maurer | 1,596 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1,137 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
PARTEI | 725 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | Heiko Eisenbrückner | 969 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 610 | 0.4 | 1.4 | ||
NPD | 496 | 0.3 | 0.9 | ||||||
ÖDP | 451 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
DM | 323 | 0.2 | |||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 287 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 242 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 181 | 0.1 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Roberto Kyas | 173 | 0.1 | 90 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
DIE RECHTE | 67 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,739 | 1,858 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 151,724 | 151,605 | |||||||
Turnout | 153,463 | 77.5 | 4.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 40,075 | 26.4 | 11.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Calw[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Joachim Fuchtel | 83,514 | 58.5 | 12.2 | 73,263 | 51.1 | 13.1 | ||
SPD | Saskia Esken | 28,892 | 20.2 | 0.1 | 25,285 | 17.6 | 0.2 | ||
Greens | Dietmar Lust | 10,036 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 10,946 | 7.6 | 2.7 | ||
Left | Franz Groll | 6,094 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 5,948 | 4.2 | 2.6 | ||
FDP | Reinhard Günther | 4,072 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 9,194 | 6.4 | 13.7 | ||
AfD | 9,013 | 6.3 | |||||||
Pirates | Adrian Friese | 3,038 | 2.1 | 2,642 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |||
FW | Wolfgang Maurer | 2,270 | 1.6 | 1,017 | 0.7 | ||||
NPD | Rudolf Schützinger | 2,107 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1,689 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 995 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | Lothar Seidemann | 1,522 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 904 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
PBC | 796 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||||||
ÖDP | Verena Föttinger | 1,164 | 0.8 | 524 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |||
RENTNER | 410 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 257 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
PRO | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 117 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 88 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,442 | 1,881 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,709 | 143,270 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,151 | 73.4 | 1.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 54,622 | 38.3 | 12.2 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Calw[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Hans-Joachim Fuchtel | 64,808 | 46.3 | 2.9 | 53,358 | 38.0 | 5.1 | ||
SPD | Saskia Esken | 28,255 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 24,450 | 17.4 | 9.2 | ||
FDP | Reinhard Freitag | 17,528 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 28,260 | 20.1 | 7.3 | ||
Greens | Charlotte Michel-Biegel | 13,460 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 14,464 | 10.3 | 2.3 | ||
Left | Franz Groll | 9,136 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 9,537 | 6.8 | 3.5 | ||
Pirates | 2,390 | 1.7 | |||||||
PBC | Walter Robbe | 2,661 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1,698 | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||
REP | Lothar Seidemann | 2,172 | 1.6 | 1,955 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |||
NPD | Rudolf Schützinger | 1,915 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1,813 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,023 | 0.7 | |||||||
ÖDP | 464 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 325 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 277 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 72 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
DVU | 70 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
ADM | 51 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,877 | 2,537 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 139,935 | 140,275 | |||||||
Turnout | 142,812 | 71.8 | 5.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 36,553 | 26.1 | 7.2 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Calw". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Calw". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Calw
- ^ Results for Calw
- ^ Results for Calw
- ^ Results for Calw