Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd
269 Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd in 2025 | |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Population | 246,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 177,062 (2021) |
Major settlements | Schwäbisch Gmünd Backnang Murrhardt |
Area | 838.7 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Ingeborg Gräßle |
Elected | 2021 |
Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd 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 269. It is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the western part of the Ostalbkreis district and the northern part of the Rems-Murr-Kreis district.[1]
Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ingeborg Gräßle of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Abtsgmünd, Bartholomä, Böbingen an der Rems, Durlangen, Eschach, Göggingen, Gschwend, Heubach, Heuchlingen, Iggingen, Leinzell, Lorch, Mögglingen, Mutlangen, Obergröningen, Ruppertshofen, Schechingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Spraitbach, Täferrot, and Waldstetten from the Ostalbkreis district and the municipalities of Allmersbach im Tal, Althütte, Aspach, Auenwald, Backnang, Burgstetten, Großerlach, Kirchberg an der Murr, Murrhardt, Oppenweiler, Spiegelberg, Sulzbach an der Murr, and Weissach im Tal from the Rems-Murr-Kreis district.[1]
History
[edit]Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd was created in 1965, then known as Schwäbisch Gmünd – Backnang. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 175 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 173. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 270. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 269.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Backnang, and Schwäbisch Hall. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1965 | 175 | Schwäbisch Gmünd – Backnang |
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1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 173 | Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 270 | ||
2005 | |||
2009 | 269 | ||
2013 | |||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 |
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Eugen Gerstenmaier from 1965 to 1969, followed by Dieter Schulte from 1969 to 1998, a total of eight consecutive terms. Norbert Barthle was representative from 1998 to 2021. He was succeeded by Ingeborg Gräßle in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1965 | Eugen Gerstenmaier | CDU | 50.1 | |
1969 | Dieter Schulte | CDU | 48.6 | |
1972 | 51.7 | |||
1976 | 55.7 | |||
1980 | 54.0 | |||
1983 | 59.2 | |||
1987 | 53.8 | |||
1990 | 50.4 | |||
1994 | 49.6 | |||
1998 | Norbert Barthle | CDU | 41.8 | |
2002 | 47.7 | |||
2005 | 48.8 | |||
2009 | 44.7 | |||
2013 | 55.4 | |||
2017 | 41.2 | |||
2021 | Ingeborg Gräßle | CDU | 30.5 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Ingeborg Gräßle | 41,176 | 30.5 | ![]() |
34,991 | 25.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Tim-Luka Schwab | 32,904 | 24.4 | ![]() |
29,341 | 21.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | David-Sebastian Hamm | 16,198 | 12.0 | ![]() |
21,397 | 15.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Andreas Wörner | 15,802 | 11.7 | ![]() |
15,979 | 11.8 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ricarda Lang | 15,587 | 11.5 | ![]() |
18,579 | 13.7 | ![]() | ||
Left | Annette Keles | 3,929 | 2.9 | ![]() |
3,927 | 2.9 | ![]() | ||
dieBasis | Stefan Schmidt | 3,673 | 2.7 | 3,114 | 2.3 | ||||
FW | Gabriele Regele | 3,286 | 2.4 | 2,026 | 1.5 | ![]() | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,646 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Michael Schoder | 2,308 | 1.7 | 1,485 | 1.1 | ![]() | |||
Pirates | 576 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 477 | 0.4 | |||||||
Bündnis C | 370 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 338 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Volt | 271 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 188 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 178 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bürgerbewegung | 168 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 124 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 91 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Marianne Kolb | 138 | 0.1 | ![]() |
70 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
Bündnis 21 | 42 | 0.0 | |||||||
LKR | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,435 | 1,012 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 135,001 | 135,424 | |||||||
Turnout | 136,436 | 77.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 8,272 | 6.1 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
55,595 | 41.2 | ![]() |
47,588 | 35.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christian Lange | 26,971 | 20.0 | ![]() |
22,298 | 16.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Daniel Lindenschmid | 17,788 | 13.2 | 19,438 | 14.4 | ![]() | |||
Greens | Melanie Lang | 15,216 | 11.3 | ![]() |
15,482 | 11.4 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Gudrun Senta Wilhelm | 10,882 | 8.1 | ![]() |
16,717 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Alexander Relea-Linder | 7,581 | 5.6 | ![]() |
7,999 | 5.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,189 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 859 | 0.6 | |||||||
Pirates | 719 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 690 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 465 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Marina Djonovic | 489 | 0.4 | ![]() |
462 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
DM | 265 | 0.2 | |||||||
Tierschutzallianz | 248 | 0.2 | |||||||
BGE | 210 | 0.2 | |||||||
DiB | 205 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 161 | 0.1 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Marianne Kolb | 279 | 0.2 | 91 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
DIE RECHTE | 44 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,916 | 1,406 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 134,801 | 135,311 | |||||||
Turnout | 136,717 | 77.3 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 28,624 | 21.2 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
70,748 | 55.4 | ![]() |
62,236 | 48.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christian Lange | 31,673 | 24.8 | ![]() |
26,198 | 20.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Michael Straub | 10,439 | 8.2 | ![]() |
11,657 | 9.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jörg Drechsel | 5,079 | 4.0 | ![]() |
5,454 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Sebastian Staudenmaier | 3,856 | 3.0 | 2,761 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Lisa Strotbek | 3,541 | 2.8 | ![]() |
7,420 | 5.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 7,268 | 5.7 | |||||||
NPD | Benno Grunert | 2,451 | 1.9 | ![]() |
1,587 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,011 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 547 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
PBC | 514 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 433 | 0.3 | |||||||
ÖDP | 424 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
RENTNER | 402 | 0.3 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 245 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 169 | 0.1 | |||||||
PRO | 122 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 76 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 55 | 0.0 | |||||||
BüSo | 29 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,468 | 1,647 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 127,787 | 128,608 | |||||||
Turnout | 130,255 | 74.2 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 39,075 | 30.6 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
55,492 | 44.7 | ![]() |
44,068 | 35.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Christian Lange | 30,902 | 24.9 | ![]() |
24,289 | 19.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Markus Fischer | 12,822 | 10.3 | ![]() |
23,060 | 18.5 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Ulrike Sturm | 12,749 | 10.3 | ![]() |
15,606 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
Left | Manfred Steidle | 8,177 | 6.6 | ![]() |
8,840 | 7.1 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,229 | 1.8 | |||||||
REP | 1,608 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Torsten Ziegler | 2,404 | 1.9 | ![]() |
1,578 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
PBC | Markus Grammel | 1,240 | 1.0 | 909 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 777 | 0.6 | |||||||
ÖDP | 533 | 0.4 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 329 | 0.3 | |||||||
Independent | Matthias Riebesam | 311 | 0.3 | ||||||
Volksabstimmung | 276 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 92 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 83 | 0.1 | |||||||
BüSo | 79 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ADM | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,504 | 2,189 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 124,097 | 124,412 | |||||||
Turnout | 126,601 | 71.8 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 24,590 | 19.8 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd
- ^ Results for Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd
- ^ Results for Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd
- ^ Results for Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd