Waiblingen (electoral district)

Waiblingen 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 264. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Rems-Murr-Kreis district.

264 Waiblingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Waiblingen in 2009
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	322,400 (2019)
Electorate	221,775 (2021)
Major settlements	Waiblingen Fellbach Schorndorf
Area	513.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Christina Stumpp
Elected	2021

Waiblingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Christina Stumpp of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Waiblingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Alfdorf, Berglen, Fellbach, Kaisersbach, Kernen im Remstal, Korb, Leutenbach, Plüderhausen, Remshalden, Rudersberg, Schorndorf, Schwaikheim, Urbach, Waiblingen, Weinstadt, Welzheim, Winnenden, and Winterbach from the Rems-Murr-Kreis district.

History

Waiblingen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 12 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 174. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 177. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 168. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 265. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 264.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Waiblingen district. In the 1976 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Alfdorf. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	12	Waiblingen	Waiblingen district
1953	174
1957
1961
1965	178
1969
1972
1976			Rems-Murr-Kreis district (only Berglen, Fellbach, Kaisersbach, Kernen im Remstal, Korb, Leutenbach, Plüderhausen, Remshalden, Rudersberg, Schorndorf, Schwaikheim, Urbach, Waiblingen, Weinstadt, Welzheim, Winnenden, and Winterbach municipalities)
1980	168		Rems-Murr-Kreis district (only Alfdorf, Berglen, Fellbach, Kaisersbach, Kernen im Remstal, Korb, Leutenbach, Plüderhausen, Remshalden, Rudersberg, Schorndorf, Schwaikheim, Urbach, Waiblingen, Weinstadt, Welzheim, Winnenden, and Winterbach municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	265
2005
2009	264
2013
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was first represented by Karl Georg Pfleiderer of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1957, followed by Friedrich Fritz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1957 to 1961. Carl Roesch of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961 and served one term. Former member Fritz regained it in 1965, but Manfred Wende of the SPD won it in 1969. He served two terms. Paul Laufs of the CDU then served from 1976 to 2002, a total of seven consecutive terms. Joachim Pfeiffer was representative from 2002 to 2021. He was succeeded by Christina Stumpp in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Karl Georg Pfleiderer	FDP	40.3
	1953			32.9
	1957	Friedrich Fritz	CDU	44.0
	1961	Carl Roesch	SPD	36.6
	1965	Friedrich Fritz	CDU	42.8
	1969	Manfred Wende	SPD	42.7
	1972			42.6
	1976	Paul Laufs	CDU	48.6
	1980			47.0
	1983			54.2
	1987			42.5
	1990			47.5
	1994			44.2
	1998			42.8
	2002	Joachim Pfeiffer	CDU	45.1
	2005			46.9
	2009			43.0
	2013			51.5
	2017			36.8
	2021	Christina Stumpp	CDU	29.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Waiblingen
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	Christina Stumpp		50,566	29.0	7.8	44,987	25.7	7.3
	SPD	Urs Abelein		39,642	22.7	3.5	37,753	21.6	5.7
	FDP	Stephan Seiter		27,123	15.6	2.2	30,999	17.7	1.6
	Greens	Annedore Kowatsch		26,224	15.0	2.8	27,098	15.5	3.3
	AfD	Jürgen Braun		15,196	8.7	3.7	15,474	8.9	4.1
	Left	Luigi Pantisano		4,464	2.6	2.3	5,001	2.9	2.7
	dieBasis	Brigitte Aldinger		4,257	2.4		3,477	2.0
	FW	Volker Hepp		3,280	1.9		2,452	1.4	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,958	1.1	0.2
	PARTEI	Friedrich Häfner		2,381	1.4		1,495	0.9	0.3
	Pirates						902	0.5	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						768	0.4
	ÖDP						473	0.3	0.1
	Volt	Anna Schorn		658	0.4		454	0.3
	Bündnis C						402	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						201	0.1
	DiB	Kai Dorra		460	0.3		187	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						178	0.1
	Humanists						166	0.1
	NPD						121	0.1	0.2
	MLPD	Dieter Böttcher		156	0.1	0.1	77	0.0	0.0
	LKR						44	0.0
	Bündnis 21						43	0.0
	DKP						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,434			1,092
Total valid votes				174,407			174,749
Turnout				175,841	79.3	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	10,924	6.3	11.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Waiblingen
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 Joachim Pfeiffer		64,958	36.8	14.6	58,372	33.0	12.6
	SPD	Sybille Mack		33,898	19.2	3.8	28,146	15.9	4.2
	FDP	Lisa Walter		23,568	13.4	9.6	28,617	16.2	8.3
	AfD	Jürgen Braun		21,863	12.4	8.6	22,870	12.9	7.5
	Greens	Andrea Sieber		21,542	12.2	1.7	21,539	12.2	1.9
	Left	Reinhard Neudorfer		8,626	4.9	1.2	9,881	5.6	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,555	0.9	0.1
	Pirates						1,092	0.6	1.5
	FW						1,036	0.6	0.3
	PARTEI						963	0.5
	ÖDP	Uwe Olschenka		1,661	0.9		697	0.4	0.1
	Tierschutzallianz						431	0.2
	NPD						403	0.2	0.8
	DM						285	0.2
	DiB						240	0.1
	BGE						222	0.1
	V-Partei³						187	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						168	0.1
	MLPD	Dieter Böttcher		291	0.2		143	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						25	0.0
	DKP						21	0.0
Informal votes				1,933			1,447
Total valid votes				176,407			176,893
Turnout				178,340	80.0	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	31,060	17.6	11.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Waiblingen
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 Joachim Pfeiffer		87,082	51.4	8.4	77,461	45.6	12.4
	SPD	Alexander Bauer		38,908	23.0	4.2	34,086	20.1	0.7
	Greens	Andrea Sieber		17,838	10.5	1.0	17,511	10.3	3.8
	AfD	Dieter Bielang		6,503	3.8		9,160	5.4
	FDP	Hartfrid Wolff		6,354	3.8	8.5	13,327	7.8	12.9
	Left	Udo Rauhut		6,211	3.7	1.7	7,663	4.5	2.0
	Pirates	Volker Dyken		3,739	2.2		3,583	2.1	0.3
	NPD	Jürgen Wehner		2,244	1.3	0.4	1,783	1.0	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,359	0.8	0.2
	REP						665	0.4	0.5
	RENTNER						640	0.4
	PBC						625	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP						577	0.3	0.2
	FW						564	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Thomas Bezler		520	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						399	0.2	0.0
	Party of Reason						118	0.1
	MLPD						116	0.1	0.0
	PRO						104	0.1
	BIG						102	0.1
	BüSo						16	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,110			1,650
Total valid votes				169,399			169,859
Turnout				171,509	77.3	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	48,174	28.4	12.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Waiblingen
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 Joachim Pfeiffer		69,575	43.0	3.9	53,864	33.2	5.3
	SPD	Hermann Scheer		44,071	27.2	12.0	31,431	19.4	9.9
	FDP	Hartfrid Wolff		19,793	12.2	6.8	33,634	20.7	7.0
	Greens	Daniel Mouratidis		15,379	9.5	5.1	22,834	14.1	2.9
	Left	Reinhard Neudorfer		8,627	5.3	2.9	10,511	6.5	3.3
	Pirates						2,865	1.8
	NPD	Jürgen Wehner		2,720	1.7	0.2	1,775	1.1	0.1
	REP						1,503	0.9	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						934	0.6
	PBC						907	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP	Karl-Heinz Bok		1,477	0.9		881	0.5
	DIE VIOLETTEN						503	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						311	0.2
	MLPD	Angelika Göhner-Feller		319	0.2	0.0	140	0.1	0.0
	ADM						124	0.1
	DVU						94	0.1
	BüSo						70	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,560			2,140
Total valid votes				161,961			162,381
Turnout				164,521	74.7	6.4
	CDU hold		Majority	25,504	15.8	8.1