Neckar-Zaber (electoral district)

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266 Neckar-Zaber
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Neckar-Zaber in 2025
StateBaden-Württemberg
Population331,600 (2019)
Electorate230,738 (2021)
Major settlementsBietigheim-Bissingen
Remseck
Sachsenheim
Area642.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created1980
PartyCDU
MemberFabian Gramling
Elected2021

Neckar-Zaber 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 266. It is located in northern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district and the northern part of the Ludwigsburg district.[1]

Neckar-Zaber was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Fabian Gramling of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography[edit]

Neckar-Zaber is located in northern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Abstatt, Beilstein, Brackenheim, Cleebronn, Flein, Güglingen, Ilsfeld, Lauffen am Neckar, Leingarten, Neckarwestheim, Nordheim, Pfaffenhofen, Talheim, Untergruppenbach, and Zaberfeld from the Landkreis Heilbronn district, as well as the municipalities of Affalterbach, Benningen am Neckar, Besigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bönnigheim, Erdmannhausen, Erligheim, Freiberg am Neckar, Freudental, Gemmrigheim, Großbottwar, Hessigheim, Ingersheim, Kirchheim am Neckar, Löchgau, Marbach am Neckar, Mundelsheim, Murr, Oberstenfeld, Pleidelsheim, Sachsenheim, Steinheim an der Murr, Tamm, and Walheim from the Ludwigsburg district.[1]

History[edit]

Neckar-Zaber was created in 1980 and contained parts of the redistributed constituencies of Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 170 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 267. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 266.

Originally, the constituency had a configuration similar to its current borders, but lacking the municipalities of Flein, Talheim, and Leingarten from the Landkreis Heilbronn district. In the 1998 election, it acquired the Flein and Talheim municipalities. In the 2005 election, it acquired the Leingarten municipality.

Election No. Name Borders
1980 170 Neckar-Zaber
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 267
2005
2009 266
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members[edit]

The constituency was first represented by Renate Hellwig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1980 to 1998. Hans Martin Bury of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served one term. Eberhard Gienger of the CDU was representative from 2002 to 2021. He was succeeded by Fabian Gramling in 2021.

Election Member Party %
1980 Renate Hellwig CDU 46.0
1983 53.6
1987 48.3
1990 44.5
1994 43.6
1998 Hans Martin Bury SPD 42.5
2002 Eberhard Gienger CDU 44.5
2005 46.4
2009 42.0
2013 53.2
2017 40.0
2021 Fabian Gramling CDU 30.4

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Neckar-Zaber[3]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Fabian Gramling 56,249 30.4 Decrease 9.6 46,315 25.0 Decrease 8.0
SPD Thomas Utz 41,708 22.5 Increase 2.8 41,369 22.3 Increase 5.8
Greens Lars Schweizer 29,015 15.7 Increase 3.2 29,048 15.7 Increase 2.5
FDP Marcel Distl 22,792 12.3 Increase 3.5 30,783 16.6 Increase 1.9
AfD Marc Jongen 18,478 10.0 Decrease 2.6 18,702 10.1 Decrease 3.0
Left Emma Weber 4,357 2.4 Decrease 2.2 4,851 2.6 Decrease 2.6
FW Jan Rittaler 4,218 2.3 Increase 0.6 3,248 1.8 Increase 0.8
dieBasis Sven Kerzel 3,655 2.0 3,078 1.7
Tierschutzpartei   2,054 1.1 Increase 0.3
PARTEI Alexander Wezel 2,601 1.4 1,719 0.9 Increase 0.3
Team Todenhöfer   809 0.4
Pirates   619 0.3 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP Gerd Bogisch 1,058 0.6 592 0.3 Steady 0.0
Volt   561 0.3
Bündnis C   384 0.2
Bürgerbewegung 283 0.2
DiB Wolfgang Schaible 610 0.3 250 0.1 Steady 0.0
Independent Werner Hartmann 310 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung   223 0.1
NPD   220 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Humanists   174 0.1
Bündnis 21 57 0.0
LKR   46 0.0
MLPD   30 0.0 Decrease 0.1
DKP   21 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,622 1,237
Total valid votes 185,051 185,436
Turnout 186,673 80.9 Decrease 0.4
CDU hold Majority 14,541 7.9 Decrease 12.4

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Neckar-Zaber[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Eberhard Gienger 73,689 40.0 Decrease 13.2 60,898 32.9 Decrease 12.3
SPD Thomas Utz 36,327 19.7 Decrease 6.7 30,472 16.5 Decrease 4.5
AfD Marc Jongen 23,215 12.6 24,212 13.1 Increase 7.6
Greens Catherine Kern 23,092 12.5 Increase 3.1 24,282 13.1 Increase 2.6
FDP Marcel Distl 16,191 8.8 Increase 5.7 27,145 14.7 Increase 8.0
Left Walter Kubach 8,453 4.6 Increase 0.2 9,719 5.3 Increase 1.1
FW Harald Kubitzki 3,128 1.7 1,818 1.0 Increase 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,444 0.8 Steady 0.0
PARTEI   1,197 0.6
Pirates   771 0.4 Decrease 1.8
NPD   574 0.3 Decrease 0.8
ÖDP   555 0.3 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzallianz 425 0.2
DM 260 0.1
BGE   222 0.1
DiB 219 0.1
Menschliche Welt 212 0.1
V-Partei³ 209 0.1
MLPD Siegmar Herrlinger 287 0.2 125 0.1 Steady 0.0
DIE RECHTE 66 0.0
DKP   12 0.0
Informal votes 1,980 1,525
Total valid votes 184,382 184,837
Turnout 186,362 81.3 Increase 3.2
CDU hold Majority 37,362 20.3 Decrease 6.5

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Neckar-Zaber[5]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Eberhard Gienger 92,693 53.2 Increase 11.1 79,372 45.3 Increase 12.3
SPD Thorsten Majer 45,962 26.4 Increase 2.9 36,849 21.0 Increase 1.0
Greens Andreas Roll 16,474 9.5 Decrease 1.6 18,551 10.6 Decrease 2.9
Left Walter Kubach 7,697 4.4 Decrease 1.0 7,271 4.1 Decrease 2.3
FDP Christian Meyer 5,404 3.1 Decrease 11.6 11,799 6.7 Decrease 13.8
AfD   9,703 5.5
Pirates   3,810 2.2 Increase 0.4
NPD Daniel Reiß 3,442 2.0 Increase 0.3 1,921 1.1 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,350 0.8 Increase 0.1
FW   1,051 0.6
REP   738 0.4 Decrease 0.7
ÖDP Walter Frölich 2,608 1.5 Increase 0.8 705 0.4 Decrease 0.1
RENTNER 645 0.4
PBC 474 0.3 Decrease 0.3
Volksabstimmung 299 0.2 Steady 0.0
PRO 190 0.1
BIG 186 0.1
Party of Reason 179 0.1
MLPD   86 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 79 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,854 1,876
Total valid votes 174,280 175,258
Turnout 177,134 78.1 Increase 2.0
CDU hold Majority 47,001 26.8 Increase 8.3

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Neckar-Zaber[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Eberhard Gienger 70,606 42.0 Decrease 4.4 55,618 33.0 Decrease 4.9
SPD Thorsten Majer 39,430 23.5 Decrease 10.7 33,711 20.0 Decrease 11.9
FDP Harald Leibrecht 24,682 14.7 Increase 7.6 34,641 20.6 Increase 7.7
Greens Andreas Roll 18,626 11.1 Increase 4.5 22,773 13.5 Increase 4.1
Left Walter Kubach 9,169 5.5 Increase 2.8 10,852 6.4 Increase 3.2
Pirates   3,041 1.8
REP   1,954 1.2 Decrease 0.2
NPD Martin Krämer 2,798 1.7 Decrease 0.2 1,941 1.2 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   1,161 0.7
PBC 905 0.5 Steady 0.0
ÖDP Armin Demele 1,177 0.7 785 0.5
Independent Roland Mackert 1,095 0.7
DIE VIOLETTEN 353 0.2
Independent Manfred Egon Winkler 346 0.2
Volksabstimmung 318 0.2
DVU   108 0.1
BüSo 85 0.1 Steady 0.0
ADM 68 0.0
MLPD   60 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,745 2,300
Total valid votes 167,929 168,374
Turnout 170,674 76.2 Decrease 5.8
CDU hold Majority 31,176 18.5 Increase 6.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Neckar-Zaber". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Neckar-Zaber". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Neckar-Zaber
  4. ^ Results for Neckar-Zaber
  5. ^ Results for Neckar-Zaber
  6. ^ Results for Neckar-Zaber