Esslingen (Landtag electoral district)
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| 7: Esslingen | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
Esslingen in 2026 | |
| District | Esslingen |
| Electorate | 112,378 (2026) |
| Major settlements | Aichwald, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, and Wolfschlugen |
| Current electoral district | |
| Party | CDU |
| Member | Andreas Deuschle |
Esslingen 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 7. It is wholly within the district of Esslingen. [1]
The constituency includes the municipalities of Aichwald, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, and Wolfschlugen, within the district of Esslingen.
There were 112,378 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 | Theo Balle | CDU | ||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1988 | Martin Herzog | |||
| Oct 1989 | Christa Vossschulte | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2006 | 40.1 | |||
| 2011 | Andreas Deuschle | 36.5 | ||
| 2016 | Andrea Lindlohr | Green | 32.3 | |
| 2021 | 35.7 | |||
| 2026 | Andreas Deuschle | CDU | 34.2 | |
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 | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Elisabeth Nill | SPD | ||||
| 1980 | ||||||
| 1984 | Ernst Waldemar Bauer | FDP | ||||
| 1988 | Wolfgang Drexler | |||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2011 | Andrea Lindlohr | Grüne | ||||
| 2016 | Andreas Deuschle | CDU | ||||
| Jan 2019 | Nicolas Fink | |||||
| 2021 | Andreas Deuschle | CDU | ||||