Odenwald – Tauber

Odenwald – Tauber 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 276. It is located in northern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Main-Tauber-Kreis and Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis.

276 Odenwald – Tauber
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Odenwald – Tauber in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	276,000 (2019)
Electorate	209,418 (2021)
Major settlements	Bad Mergentheim Mosbach Wertheim am Main
Area	2,430.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Nina Warken
Elected	2021

Odenwald – Tauber was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Nina Warken of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Odenwald – Tauber is located in northern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Main-Tauber-Kreis and Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis.

History

Odenwald – Tauber was created in 1949, then known as Tauberbischofsheim. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 8 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 182. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 185. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 181. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 277. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 276.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Tauberbischofsheim and Buchen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Tauberbischofsheim, Buchen, and Mosbach. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	8	Tauberbischofsheim	Tauberbischofsheim district Buchen district
1953	182
1957
1961
1965	185		Tauberbischofsheim district Buchen district Mosbach district
1969
1972
1976
1980	181	Odenwald – Tauber	Main-Tauber-Kreis district Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	277
2005
2009	276
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Oskar Wacker from 1949 to 1957, followed by August Berberich from 1957 to 1969. Karl Miltner was representative from 1969 to 1990. Siegfried Hornung then served from 1990 to 2002. He was succeeded by Kurt Segner from 2002 to 2009. Alois Gerig was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Nina Warken in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Oskar Wacker	CDU	48.9
	1953			63.4
	1957	August Berberich	CDU	71.4
	1961			67.1
	1965			65.6
	1969	Karl Miltner	CDU	60.7
	1972			61.5
	1976			63.5
	1980			60.8
	1983			65.6
	1987			60.1
	1990	Siegfried Hornung	CDU	58.0
	1994			54.8
	1998			49.9
	2002	Kurt Segner	CDU	53.3
	2005			53.9
	2009	Alois Gerig	CDU	50.3
	2013			59.1
	2017			46.9
	2009	Nina Warken	CDU	35.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Odenwald – Tauber
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	Nina Warken		57,391	35.8	11.0	48,866	30.4	9.4
	SPD	Anja Lotz		33,083	20.6	1.5	35,578	22.2	5.3
	AfD	Christina Baum		19,374	12.1	1.5	19,208	12.0	1.9
	Greens	Charlotte Schneidewind-Hartnagel		17,695	11.0	4.2	17,748	11.1	2.6
	FDP	Timo Breuninger		15,549	9.7	2.6	20,943	13.0	2.2
	FW	Stefan Grimm		7,329	4.6		4,701	2.9	2.1
	Left	Robert Binder		3,722	2.3	2.9	4,084	2.5	3.0
	dieBasis	Dieter Schwarz		3,473	2.2		2,724	1.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,911	1.2	0.4
	PARTEI	Dominik Leuser		2,636	1.6		1,563	1.0	0.4
	ÖDP						590	0.4	0.3
	Pirates						510	0.3	0.0
	Volt						388	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						345	0.2
	Bündnis C						270	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						260	0.2
	NPD						246	0.2	0.3
	Bürgerbewegung						195	0.1
	Humanists						127	0.1
	DiB						99	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						60	0.0
	LKR						42	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
	DKP						13	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,806			1,564
Total valid votes				160,252			160,494
Turnout				162,058	77.4	0.1
	CDU hold		Majority	24,308	15.2	12.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Odenwald – Tauber
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 Alois Gerig		75,531	46.8	12.3	64,208	39.8	12.1
	SPD	Dorothee Schlegel		30,849	19.1	2.2	27,175	16.9	2.9
	AfD	Christina Baum		21,849	13.6	9.5	22,289	13.8	8.6
	FDP	Carina Schmidt		11,419	7.1	5.3	17,564	10.9	5.7
	Greens	Charlotte Schneidewind-Hartnagel		11,090	6.9	1.0	13,642	8.5	1.3
	Left	Rolf Grüning		8,422	5.2	1.9	8,907	5.5	1.4
	FW						1,300	0.8	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,282	0.8	0.0
	ÖDP	Herbert Gebhardt		2,063	1.3	0.3	1,102	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						984	0.6
	NPD						654	0.4	0.9
	Pirates						564	0.3	1.6
	Tierschutzallianz						387	0.2
	DM						323	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						214	0.1
	V-Partei³						193	0.1
	BGE						190	0.1
	DiB						140	0.1
	MLPD						43	0.0	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						42	0.0
	DKP						22	0.0
Informal votes				2,116			2,114
Total valid votes				161,223			161,225
Turnout				163,339	77.5	4.6
	CDU hold		Majority	44,682	27.7	10.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Odenwald – Tauber
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 Alois Gerig		90,624	59.1	8.9	79,516	51.9	9.9
	SPD	Dorothee Schlegel		32,696	21.3	1.3	30,269	19.8	1.3
	Greens	Hans-Detlef Ott		9,019	5.9	2.9	10,984	7.2	2.0
	AfD	Uwe Wanke		6,280	4.1		7,994	5.2
	Left	Volker Bohn		5,158	3.4	3.2	6,379	4.2	2.7
	Pirates	Susanna von Dewitz		2,968	1.9		3,049	2.0	0.2
	FDP	Ulrike Quoos		2,807	1.8	9.6	7,956	5.2	11.7
	NPD	Tobias Erdmann		2,177	1.4	0.5	2,023	1.3	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,199	0.8	0.0
	ÖDP	Johannes Zimmerer		1,556	1.0	0.0	1,030	0.7	0.1
	FW						911	0.6
	REP						615	0.4	0.5
	RENTNER						386	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						299	0.2	0.0
	PBC						213	0.1	0.2
	PRO						149	0.1
	Party of Reason						141	0.1
	BIG						75	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						24	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,300			2,339
Total valid votes				153,285			153,246
Turnout				155,585	72.9	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	57,928	37.8	7.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Odenwald – Tauber
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	Alois Gerig		75,337	50.3	3.6	63,120	42.0	4.7
	SPD	Gabriele Teichmann		29,977	20.0	9.9	27,740	18.5	9.0
	FDP	Carina Schmidt		17,199	11.5	7.5	25,455	16.9	6.3
	Greens	Christine Denz		13,173	8.8	3.8	13,770	9.2	2.4
	Left	Rolf Grüning		9,821	6.6	3.5	10,357	6.9	3.3
	Pirates						2,648	1.8
	NPD	Wolfgang Wüst		2,876	1.9	0.1	2,015	1.3	0.1
	REP						1,415	0.9	0.2
	ÖDP	Anita Spinner		1,538	1.0		1,156	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,139	0.8
	PBC						502	0.3	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						332	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						274	0.2
	DVU						125	0.1
	BüSo						98	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						59	0.0	0.0
	ADM						51	0.0
Informal votes				3,375			3,040
Total valid votes				149,921			150,256
Turnout				153,296	71.0	6.9
	CDU hold		Majority	45,360	30.3	6.3