Karlsruhe-Land 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 272. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the central and southern parts of the Landkreis Karlsruhe district.[1]
272 Karlsruhe-Land | |
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Former electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Karlsruhe-Land in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 287,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 209,147 (2021) |
Major settlements | Ettlingen Bretten Stutensee |
Area | 718.4 km2 |
Former electoral district | |
Created | 1949 1980 (re-established) |
Abolished | 1965 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Nicolas Zippelius |
Elected | 2021 |
Karlsruhe-Land was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. It was abolished in 1965 and re-established in the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Nicolas Zippelius of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editKarlsruhe-Land is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Landkreis Karlsruhe district excluding the municipalities of Bad Schönborn, Bruchsal, Forst, Hambrücken, Karlsdorf-Neuthard, Kronau, Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Östringen, Philippsburg, Ubstadt-Weiher, and Waghäusel.[1]
History
editKarlsruhe-Land was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 4 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 178. Originally, it comprised the independent city of Pforzheim, the Landkreis Pforzheim district, and the Landkreis Karlsruhe district excluding the municipalities of Bretten, Oberderdingen, and Walzbachtal.
Karlsruhe-Land was abolished in the 1965 election. Its area was divided between the new constituencies of Pforzheim – Karlsruhe-Land I and Bruchsal – Karlsruhe-Land II.
Karlsruhe-Land was re-established in the 1980 election. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 176. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 273. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 272. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Landkreis Karlsruhe district excluding the municipalities of Ettlingen, Malsch, Oberderdingen, and Rheinstetten. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 4 | Karlsruhe-Land |
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1953 | 178 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | Abolished | ||
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 176 | Karlsruhe-Land |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 273 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | 272 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) throughout both its incarnations. It was first represented by Gottfried Leonhard from 1949 until its abolition in 1965. After its re-establishment, it was represented by Klaus Bühler from 1980 to 2002. Axel Fischer was representative from 2002 to 2021. He was succeeded by Nicolas Zippelius in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Gottfried Leonhard | CDU | 34.5 | |
1953 | 52.9 | |||
1957 | 53.8 | |||
1961 | 45.1 | |||
Abolished (1965–1980) | ||||
1980 | Klaus Bühler | CDU | 54.5 | |
1983 | 51.4 | |||
1987 | 58.4 | |||
1990 | 54.7 | |||
1994 | 53.2 | |||
1998 | 46.7 | |||
2002 | Axel Fischer | CDU | 47.0 | |
2005 | 48.3 | |||
2009 | 45.2 | |||
2013 | 53.3 | |||
2017 | 40.5 | |||
2021 | Nicolas Zippelius | CDU | 30.4 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Karlsruhe-Land[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Nicolas Zippelius | 50,581 | 30.4 | 10.0 | 42,831 | 25.7 | 9.7 | ||
SPD | Patrick Diebold | 37,948 | 22.8 | 3.1 | 38,474 | 23.1 | 6.0 | ||
Greens | Sebastian Grässer | 27,755 | 16.7 | 5.3 | 26,969 | 16.2 | 3.9 | ||
FDP | Hans-Günther Lohr | 19,066 | 11.5 | 2.4 | 24,660 | 14.8 | 2.0 | ||
AfD | René Rotzinger | 14,963 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 15,869 | 9.5 | 3.0 | ||
FW | Steffen Schmid | 4,358 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 3,001 | 1.8 | 0.9 | ||
Left | Jörg Rupp | 4,040 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 4,483 | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
dieBasis | Ralf Baßler | 3,505 | 2.1 | 2,991 | 1.8 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,287 | 1.4 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | David Braitmaier | 2,437 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1,478 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||
Team Todenhöfer | 569 | 0.3 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 548 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volt | 532 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 525 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | Georg Austermann | 562 | 0.3 | 330 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
Independent | Heidemarie Mund | 548 | 0.3 | ||||||
Humanists | Niklas Goerke | 496 | 0.3 | 245 | 0.1 | ||||
Bürgerbewegung | 198 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 197 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 143 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DiB | 128 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 69 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 60 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,687 | 1,313 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 166,259 | 166,633 | |||||||
Turnout | 167,946 | 80.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 12,633 | 7.6 | 13.1 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Karlsruhe-Land[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Axel Fischer | 67,396 | 40.4 | 12.9 | 59,137 | 35.4 | 11.3 | ||
SPD | Patrick Diebold | 32,886 | 19.7 | 6.2 | 28,591 | 17.1 | 4.0 | ||
AfD | Alexander Arpaschi | 19,512 | 11.7 | 20,887 | 12.5 | 6.5 | |||
Greens | Pascal Haggenmüller | 19,076 | 11.4 | 3.6 | 20,489 | 12.3 | 2.7 | ||
FDP | Christian Jung | 15,138 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 21,441 | 12.8 | 6.8 | ||
Left | Klaus Huska | 7,627 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 9,119 | 5.5 | 1.4 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,479 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||
FW | Heinz Schammert | 2,657 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1,475 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||
PARTEI | Lars Hannemann | 2,261 | 1.4 | 1,420 | 0.8 | ||||
Pirates | 660 | 0.4 | 2.0 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 429 | 0.3 | |||||||
NPD | 309 | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
ÖDP | 297 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
BGE | 275 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 261 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 244 | 0.1 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 207 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 185 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | Christian Worch | 187 | 0.1 | 120 | 0.1 | ||||
MLPD | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,061 | 1,675 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 166,740 | 167,126 | |||||||
Turnout | 168,801 | 70.5 | 4.2 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 34,510 | 20.7 | 6.7 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Karlsruhe-Land[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Axel Fischer | 83,848 | 53.3 | 8.1 | 73,805 | 46.7 | 10.6 | ||
SPD | Vanessa Rieß | 40,735 | 25.9 | 0.3 | 33,416 | 21.1 | 0.8 | ||
Greens | Danyal Bayaz | 12,298 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 15,175 | 9.6 | 2.2 | ||
Left | Heinz-Peter Schwertges | 5,896 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 6,461 | 4.1 | 2.4 | ||
FDP | Patrick Meinhardt | 4,490 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 9,553 | 6.0 | 13.1 | ||
AfD | 9,473 | 6.0 | |||||||
Pirates | Christian Alkemper | 4,374 | 2.8 | 3,761 | 2.4 | 0.2 | |||
FW | Henning Gaus | 2,537 | 1.6 | 1,205 | 0.8 | ||||
NPD | Karl Däschner | 1,853 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1,301 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,278 | 0.8 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | Ursula Holzwarth | 1,224 | 0.8 | 730 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
PBC | 491 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
RENTNER | 386 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 346 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 258 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
PRO | 196 | 0.1 | |||||||
Party of Reason | 151 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 62 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,737 | 1,887 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 157,255 | 158,105 | |||||||
Turnout | 159,992 | 76.3 | 1.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 43,113 | 27.4 | 7.8 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Karlsruhe-Land[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Axel Fischer | 68,951 | 45.2 | 3.1 | 55,285 | 36.1 | 4.6 | ||
SPD | Ingo Juchler | 39,021 | 25.6 | 10.0 | 31,160 | 20.3 | 10.3 | ||
FDP | Patrick Meinhardt | 17,668 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 29,292 | 19.1 | 7.1 | ||
Greens | Jörg Rupp | 15,506 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 18,066 | 11.8 | 2.6 | ||
Left | Thurid Feldmann | 8,569 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 9,935 | 6.5 | 3.0 | ||
Pirates | 3,307 | 2.2 | |||||||
NPD | Nico Schiemann | 2,310 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1,567 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
REP | 1,228 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,107 | 0.7 | |||||||
PBC | 896 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
Independent | Paul Zundel | 506 | 0.3 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 406 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 390 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 263 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 95 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
ADM | 48 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,991 | 2,339 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,531 | 153,183 | |||||||
Turnout | 155,522 | 74.5 | 6.3 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 29,930 | 19.6 | 6.9 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Karlsruhe-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Karlsruhe-Land". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Land
- ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Land
- ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Land
- ^ Results for Karlsruhe-Land