Esslingen 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 261. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Esslingen district.[1]
261 Esslingen | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Esslingen in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 251,600 (2019) |
Electorate | 166,628 (2021) |
Major settlements | Esslingen am Neckar Ostfildern Plochingen |
Area | 208.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Markus Grübel |
Elected | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Esslingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Markus Grübel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editEsslingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises municipalities of Aichwald, Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Deizisau, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Hochdorf, Köngen, Lichtenwald, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, Plochingen, Reichenbach an der Fils, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau from the Esslingen district.[1]
History
editEsslingen was created in 1949, then known as Eßlingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 168. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 171. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 165. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 262. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 261.
Originally, the constituency comprised the Eßlingen district and the municipalities of Aichtal, Altdorf, Altenriet, Bempflingen, Beuren, Erkenbrechtsweiler, Frickenhausen, Grafenberg, Großbettlingen, Nürtingen, Neuffen, Kohlberg, Neckartailfingen, Neckartenzlingen, Oberboihingen, Schlaitdorf, and Unterensingen from the Nürtingen district. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was coterminous with the Eßlingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 6 | Eßlingen |
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1953 | 168 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 171 |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 165 | Esslingen |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 262 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 261 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but four Bundestag terms since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Ott from 1949 to 1953; Ott was one of three independents elected to the first Bundestag. Thomas Ruf of the CDU won it in 1953 and served until 1972, when Volker Hauff of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected. Gerd Langguth regained it for the CDU in 1976, but Hauff was elected again in 1980. Otto Hauser won it for the CDU in 1983 and served until 1998, when Siegmar Mosdorf of the SPD was elected. Markus Grübel of the CDU has been representative since 2002.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Franz Ott | Ind. | 28.0 | |
1953 | Thomas Ruf | CDU | 43.2 | |
1957 | 49.6 | |||
1961 | 39.0 | |||
1965 | 48.8 | |||
1969 | 46.6 | |||
1972 | Volker Hauff | SPD | 49.1 | |
1976 | Gerd Langguth | CDU | 48.7 | |
1980 | Volker Hauff | SPD | 47.6 | |
1983 | Otto Hauser | CDU | 50.7 | |
1987 | 50.8 | |||
1990 | 49.3 | |||
1994 | 47.3 | |||
1998 | Siegmar Mosdorf | SPD | 45.9 | |
2002 | Markus Grübel | CDU | 45.0 | |
2005 | 46.8 | |||
2009 | 43.5 | |||
2013 | 51.3 | |||
2017 | 40.0 | |||
2021 | 32.0 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Esslingen[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Markus Grübel | 41,976 | 32.0 | 8.0 | 33,175 | 25.3 | 8.0 | ||
SPD | Argyri Paraschaki | 28,501 | 21.8 | 2.6 | 29,852 | 22.8 | 6.0 | ||
Greens | Sebastian Schäfer | 24,058 | 18.4 | 3.1 | 23,902 | 18.2 | 3.7 | ||
FDP | Robert Langer | 16,011 | 12.2 | 3.5 | 20,901 | 15.9 | 2.2 | ||
AfD | Boris Malewski | 9,123 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 9,733 | 7.4 | 3.5 | ||
Left | Anil Beşli | 3,477 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4,063 | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
FW | Holger Fritz | 2,844 | 2.2 | 1,969 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |||
dieBasis | Stefan Zweifel | 2,256 | 1.7 | 1,928 | 1.5 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,457 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | Daniela Negt | 1,758 | 1.3 | 1,113 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 943 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 395 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volt | Andreas Jakobi | 504 | 0.4 | 366 | 0.3 | ||||
ÖDP | 329 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis C | 185 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | Wolfgang Hamberger | 306 | 0.2 | 186 | 0.1 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 120 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 91 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
MLPD | Hubert Bauer | 206 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 95 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
NPD | 82 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
LKR | 29 | 0.0 | |||||||
Bündnis 21 | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 868 | 767 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 131,020 | 131,121 | |||||||
Turnout | 131,888 | 79.2 | 1.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 13,475 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Esslingen[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Markus Grübel | 53,665 | 40.0 | 11.2 | 44,748 | 33.3 | 11.5 | ||
SPD | Regina Rapp | 25,697 | 19.2 | 6.1 | 22,579 | 16.8 | 5.1 | ||
Greens | Stephanie Reinhold | 20,501 | 15.3 | 4.2 | 19,565 | 14.6 | 2.5 | ||
AfD | Stephan Köthe | 14,390 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 14,692 | 10.9 | 6.4 | ||
FDP | Sven Kobbelt | 11,657 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 18,512 | 13.8 | 7.7 | ||
Left | Martin Auerbach | 7,853 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 8,361 | 6.2 | 1.7 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,243 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||
FW | 992 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | 979 | 0.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 708 | 0.5 | 1.7 | ||||||
ÖDP | 314 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 290 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 266 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 223 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 202 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 187 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 178 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Gabriele Conrad | 355 | 0.3 | 171 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
Menschliche Welt | 140 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,361 | 1,094 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 134,118 | 134,385 | |||||||
Turnout | 135,479 | 80.3 | 2.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 27,968 | 20.8 | 5.3 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Esslingen[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Markus Grübel | 65,825 | 51.3 | 7.8 | 57,598 | 44.8 | 11.2 | ||
SPD | Michael Wechsler | 32,379 | 25.2 | 3.4 | 28,205 | 21.9 | 1.2 | ||
Greens | Jürgen Menzel | 14,236 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 15,483 | 12.0 | 3.6 | ||
Left | Stefan Dreher | 4,788 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 5,862 | 4.6 | 1.6 | ||
AfD | Anna Schupeck | 3,871 | 3.0 | 5,835 | 4.5 | ||||
Pirates | Marco Hauke | 2,936 | 2.3 | 2,871 | 2.2 | 0.6 | |||
FDP | Stefan Schreckenbauer | 2,474 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 7,859 | 6.1 | 12.3 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,110 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||
REP | Eberhard Köhler | 1,004 | 0.8 | 873 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||
NPD | Martin Krämer | 912 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 880 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||
FW | 647 | 0.5 | |||||||
ÖDP | 302 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
RENTNER | 245 | 0.2 | |||||||
PBC | 165 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 152 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
BIG | 143 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 111 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Party of Reason | 89 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 88 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,275 | 1,164 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 128,425 | 128,536 | |||||||
Turnout | 129,700 | 77.7 | 1.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 33,446 | 26.1 | 11.2 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Esslingen[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Markus Grübel | 53,829 | 43.5 | 3.4 | 41,672 | 33.6 | 4.4 | ||
SPD | Karin Roth | 35,396 | 28.6 | 10.6 | 25,797 | 20.8 | 10.9 | ||
Greens | Andrea Lindlohr | 15,511 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 19,402 | 15.6 | 4.1 | ||
FDP | Rena Farquhar | 10,819 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 22,873 | 18.4 | 6.6 | ||
Left | Rainer Hauenschild | 6,225 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 7,680 | 6.2 | 3.0 | ||
Pirates | 2,051 | 1.7 | |||||||
REP | 1,601 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
NPD | Karin Feindt | 1,768 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1,069 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 582 | 0.5 | |||||||
ÖDP | 351 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 275 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 239 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 210 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | Dorothea Jauernig | 299 | 0.2 | 148 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
BüSo | 68 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
ADM | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
DVU | 40 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,711 | 1,450 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 123,847 | 124,108 | |||||||
Turnout | 125,558 | 76.0 | 5.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 18,433 | 14.9 | 7.2 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Esslingen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Esslingen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Esslingen
- ^ Results for Esslingen
- ^ Results for Esslingen
- ^ Results for Esslingen