Zollernalb – Sigmaringen 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 295. It is located in southern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the district of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis districts.[1]
295 Zollernalb – Sigmaringen | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Zollernalb – Sigmaringen in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 248,800 (2019) |
Electorate | 182,648 (2021) |
Major settlements | Albstadt Balingen Bad Saulgau |
Area | 1,656.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Thomas Bareiß |
Elected | 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Thomas Bareiß of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editZollernalb – Sigmaringen is located in southern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald as well as the district of Zollernalbkreis excluding the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen.[1]
History
editZollernalb – Sigmaringen was created in 1949, then known as Balingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 193. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 197. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 198. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 295.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Balingen, Sigmaringen, Hechingen, and Münsingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Balingen, Münsingen, Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Igelswies, Thalheim, Bärenthal, Beuron, Billafingen, Burgau, Langenenslingen and Achberg, and Hechingen excluding the municipality of Wilflingen, as well as the municipalities of St. Johann, Dettingen an der Erms, Grabenstetten, Hülben, and Bad Urach from the Reutlingen district and the municipality of Wangen from the Überlingen district.
In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but including the entirety of the Sigmaringen district. In the 2002 election, it also contained the municipalities of Altshausen, Boms, Ebenweiler, Ebersbach-Musbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen, Guggenhausen, Hoßkirch, Königseggwald, Riedhausen, and Unterwaldhausen from the Ravensburg district. In the 2009 election, it lost its area in the Ravensburg district as well as the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district.
Members
editThe constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Weiß from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gebhard Müller from 1953 to 1957 and Walter Gaßmann from 1957 to 1965. Hermann Schwörer was representative from 1965 to 1994, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dietmar Schlee served from 1994 to 2002, followed by Tanja Gönner from 2002 to 2005. Thomas Bareiß has been representative since 2005.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Franz Weiß | CDU | 59.3 | |
1953 | Gebhard Müller | CDU | 61.2 | |
1957 | Walter Gaßmann | CDU | 59.5 | |
1961 | 53.6 | |||
1965 | Hermann Schwörer | CDU | 59.9 | |
1969 | 63.0 | |||
1972 | 62.1 | |||
1976 | 64.1 | |||
1980 | 63.6 | |||
1983 | 69.8 | |||
1987 | 62.7 | |||
1990 | 59.6 | |||
1994 | Dietmar Schlee | CDU | 56.5 | |
1998 | 49.8 | |||
2002 | Tanja Gönner | CDU | 54.9 | |
2005 | Thomas Bareiß | CDU | 55.3 | |
2009 | 49.4 | |||
2013 | 60.7 | |||
2017 | 45.0 | |||
2021 | 30.1 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Bareiß | 41,106 | 30.1 | 14.8 | 39,332 | 28.8 | 9.2 | ||
SPD | Robin Mesarosch | 24,970 | 18.3 | 3.9 | 26,716 | 19.6 | 5.4 | ||
Greens | Johannes Kretschmann | 23,118 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 15,503 | 11.4 | 0.1 | ||
FDP | Stephan Link | 18,678 | 13.7 | 4.4 | 23,200 | 17.0 | 3.6 | ||
AfD | Nicolas Gregg | 15,554 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 16,477 | 12.1 | 1.6 | ||
dieBasis | Volker Beil | 3,906 | 2.9 | 2,980 | 2.2 | ||||
FW | Jürgen Schiller | 3,359 | 2.5 | 2,617 | 1.9 | 1.2 | |||
Left | Marco Hausner | 2,848 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3,540 | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,883 | 1.4 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | Dominik Ochs | 1,887 | 1.4 | 1,335 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 545 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 510 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
ÖDP | Christine Koch-Kuhring | 758 | 0.6 | 429 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||
Bündnis C | 258 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 258 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 206 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 182 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 167 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Renate Schmidt | 212 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 114 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Humanists | 111 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 83 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Bündnis 21 | 47 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,688 | 1,544 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 136,396 | 136,540 | |||||||
Turnout | 138,084 | 75.6 | 0.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 16,136 | 11.8 | 18.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Bareiß | 61,694 | 45.0 | 15.7 | 52,284 | 38.0 | 14.8 | ||
SPD | Stiliani Kirgiane-Efremidou | 19,716 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 19,446 | 14.1 | 3.0 | ||
AfD | Hans-Peter Hörner | 18,609 | 13.6 | 18,814 | 13.7 | 9.0 | |||
Greens | Erwin Feucht | 17,489 | 12.7 | 4.5 | 15,798 | 11.5 | 3.1 | ||
FDP | Dirk Mrotzek | 12,695 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 18,394 | 13.4 | 7.7 | ||
Left | Claudio Wellington | 6,450 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 7,061 | 5.1 | 1.0 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,182 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||
FW | 1,018 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||
PARTEI | 722 | 0.5 | |||||||
Pirates | 590 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||||||
NPD | 519 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||
ÖDP | 378 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 326 | 0.2 | |||||||
DM | 245 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 222 | 0.2 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 206 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 176 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Renate Schmidt | 541 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 173 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
DiB | 118 | 0.1 | |||||||
DIE RECHTE | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,354 | 1,821 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 137,194 | 137,727 | |||||||
Turnout | 139,548 | 76.0 | 3.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 41,978 | 30.6 | 11.9 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Bareiß | 78,966 | 60.7 | 11.2 | 69,176 | 52.8 | 13.8 | ||
SPD | Stella Kirgiane-Efremidis | 23,684 | 18.2 | 1.1 | 22,447 | 17.1 | 1.5 | ||
Greens | Roman-Hartmut Wauer | 10,802 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11,008 | 8.4 | 1.4 | ||
Left | Daniel Morteza Ghazvini | 5,460 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 5,359 | 4.1 | 2.8 | ||
FW | Günther Schunder | 3,716 | 2.9 | 1,222 | 0.9 | ||||
FDP | Dirk Mrotzeck | 3,069 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 7,393 | 5.6 | 15.8 | ||
AfD | 6,161 | 4.7 | |||||||
Pirates | 2,746 | 2.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
NPD | Hans Schmidt | 2,756 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1,854 | 1.4 | 0.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,012 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||||||
REP | 668 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||||
ÖDP | Hubert Rothfeld | 1,194 | 0.9 | 543 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |||
RENTNER | 328 | 0.3 | |||||||
PBC | 289 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 282 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
MLPD | Renate Schmidt | 544 | 0.4 | 198 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
Party of Reason | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 132 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,714 | 1,844 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 130,191 | 131,061 | |||||||
Turnout | 132,905 | 72.1 | 1.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 55,282 | 42.5 | 10.2 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Thomas Bareiß | 62,858 | 49.4 | 5.9 | 49,774 | 38.9 | 8.3 | ||
SPD | Angela Godawa | 21,695 | 17.1 | 9.2 | 20,001 | 15.6 | 9.5 | ||
FDP | Wolfgang Dobler | 17,220 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 27,454 | 21.5 | 9.6 | ||
Greens | Susanne Kieckbusch | 11,802 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 12,571 | 9.8 | 3.0 | ||
Left | Antje Claaßen | 8,292 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 8,763 | 6.9 | 3.6 | ||
Pirates | 2,477 | 1.9 | |||||||
NPD | Hans Schmidt | 2,895 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2,036 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Oskar Löffler | 2,431 | 1.9 | ||||||
REP | 1,527 | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 956 | 0.7 | |||||||
PBC | 600 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||||||
ÖDP | 572 | 0.4 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 385 | 0.3 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 297 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DVU | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
ADM | 86 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 65 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
Informal votes | 3,243 | 2,621 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 127,193 | 127,815 | |||||||
Turnout | 130,436 | 70.2 | 6.4 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 41,163 | 32.3 | 3.3 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Zollernalb – Sigmaringen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
- ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
- ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
- ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen