Aalen (electoral district)

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Aalen is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2026, it has elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. Voters cast a second vote under which additional seats are allocated proportionally state-wide. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 26. It is wholly within the district of Ostalbkreis.[1]

The constituency includes the municipalities of Aalen, Adelmannsfelden, Bopfingen, Ellenberg, Ellwangen, Hüttlingen, Jagstzell, Kirchheim am Ries, Lauchheim, Neresheim, Neuler, Oberkochen, Rainau, Riesbürg, Rosenberg, Stödtlen, Tannhausen, Unterschneidheim, Westhausen, and Wört, within the district of Ostalbkreis.[2]

There were 123,249 eligible voters in 2026.

Members

First mandate

Both prior to and since the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the winner of the plurality of the vote (first-past-the-post) in every constituency won the first mandate.

Election Member Party %
1976 Eugen Volz CDU
1980
1984
1988
1992 Gustav Wabro
1996
2001 Winfried Mack
2006 49.1
2011 46.4
2016 35.4
2021 29.8
2026 42.6

Second mandate

Prior to the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the seats in the state parliament were allocated proportionately amongst parties which received more than 5% of valid votes across the state. The seats that were won proportionally for parties that did not win as many first mandates as seats they were entitled to, were allocated to their candidates which received the highest proportion of the vote in their respective constituencies. This meant that following some elections, a constituency would have one or more members elected under a second mandate.

Prior to 2011, these second mandates were allocated to the party candidates who got the greatest number of votes, whilst from 2011-2021, these were allocated according to percentage share of the vote.

Election Member Party
1976 Alfred Geisel SPD
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996 Ulrich Pfeifle
Nov 1997 Ursula Haußmann
2001
2006
2011
2016
2021

Election results

References

See also

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