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Balingen (electoral district)

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63: Balingen
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Balingen in 2026
DistrictZollernalbkreis and Tübingen
Electorate120,762 (2026)
Major settlementsAlbstadt, Balingen, Bisingen, Bitz, Dautmergen, Dormettingen, Dotternhausen, Geislingen, Grosselfingen, Haigerloch, Hausen am Tann, Meßstetten, Nusplingen, Obernheim, Rangendingen, Ratshausen, Rosenfeld, Schömberg, Straßberg, Weilen unter der Burg, Hirrlingen, and Starzach
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberNicole Hoffmeister-Kraut

Balingen 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 63. It is split between the districts of Zollernalbkreis and Tübingen.[1]

The constituency includes –

There were 120,762 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 Heinrich Haasis CDU
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2001 Günther-Martin Pauli
2006 50.1
2011 46.3
2016 Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut 29.5
2021 32.6
2026 42.9

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 Horst Kiesecker SPD
1980
1984
1988
1992 Horst Kiesecker SPD
1996
2001 Hans-Martin Haller SPD
2006
2011
2016 Stefan Herre AfD
Nov 2019 Ind
2021 Hans-Peter Hörner AfD

Election results

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