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Breisgau (electoral district)

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Breisgau 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 48. It is split between the districts of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Lörrach.[1]

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 Gundolf Fleischer CDU
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2001 44.6
2006 44.9
2011 Patrick Rapp 33.5
2016 Bärbl Mielich Grüne 35.1
2021 Reinhold Pix 37.7
2026 Patrick Rapp CDU 36.4

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.

Prior to 1984, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election Member Party Member Party
1984 Ulrich Brinkmann SPD
1988
1992
1996 Stephanie Günther Grüne
Dec 2000 Walter Krögner
2001 Christoph Bayer
2006 Bärbl Mielich Grüne
2011
2016 Patrick Rapp CDU
2021

Election results

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