Freiburg (electoral district)

281 Freiburg
281 Freiburg
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Freiburg in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	320,800 (2019)
Electorate	224,392 (2021)
Major settlements	Freiburg im Breisgau
Area	452.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Chantal Kopf
Elected	2021, 2025

Population320,800 (2019)

Electorate224,392 (2021)

Freiburg 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 281. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Freiburg im Breisgau and northwestern parts of the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.^[1]

Freiburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Chantal Kopf of the Alliance 90/The Greens.^[2]

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	4	Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau Landkreis Freiburg district
1953	186
1957
1961
1965	190
1969
1972
1976
1980	185		Freiburg im Breisgau Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district (only Au, Bötzingen, Bollschweil, Breisach am Rhein, Ebringen, Ehrenkirchen, Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, Gottenheim, Horben, Ihringen, March, Merdingen, Merzhausen, Pfaffenweiler, Schallstadt, Sölden, Umkirch, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Wittnau, Glottertal, Gundelfingen, Heuweiler, Kirchzarten, Oberried, Sankt Märgen, Sankt Peter, and Stegen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	282		Freiburg im Breisgau Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district (only Au, Bötzingen, Bollschweil, Breisach am Rhein, Ebringen, Ehrenkirchen, Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, Gottenheim, Horben, Ihringen, March, Merdingen, Merzhausen, Pfaffenweiler, Schallstadt, Sölden, Umkirch, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, and Wittnau municipalities)
2005	282
2009	281
2013
2017
2021
2025

	Member	Party	%
1949	Hermann Kopf	CDU	48.6
1953			57.6
1957			56.1
1961			48.2
1965			52.1
1969	Hans Evers	CDU	49.3
1972			47.1
1976			48.4
1980	Conrad Schroeder	CDU	43.5
1983			50.5
1987			43.2
1990			40.9
1994	Sigrun Löwisch	CDU	42.0
1998	Gernot Erler	SPD	41.5
2002			48.3
2005			45.1
2009			33.0
2013	Matern von Marschall	CDU	34.9
2017	Matern von Marschall	CDU	28.0
2021	Chantal Kopf	GRÜNE	28.8
2025	Chantal Kopf	GRÜNE	32.5

Federal election (2025): Freiburg^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Y Chantal Kopf		63,281	32.5	3.7	51,966	26.6	5.0
	CDU	Klaus Schüle		47,806	24.5	3.9	43,343	22.2	4.8
	SPD	N Ludwig Striet		30,485	15.7	10.6	29,933	15.3	5.9
	AfD	Martina Kempf		20,008	10.3	5.8	20,285	10.4	5.5
	Left	Vinzenz Glaser		19,518	10.0	4.7	27,165	13.9	7.0
	FDP	Ruben Schäfer		5,542	2.8	4.9	8,284	4.2	6.4
	BSW						6,856	3.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,092	1.2	0.1
	Volt	Adrian Nantscheff		3,469	1.8	1.2	2,140	1.1	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,649	0.8	0.3
	FW	Ulrich Kissel		2,574	1.3	0.2	1,400	07	0.3
	PARTEI			1,842	0.9	0.6	903	0.5	0.5
	MLPD	Elias Krieger		238	0.1	0.0	74	0.0	0.0
	ÖDP						373	0.2	0.1
	Bündnis C						275	0.1
	BD						156	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists					0.3			0.2
	Team Todenhöfer								0.3
Informal votes				1,297			795
Total valid votes				194,763			195,265
Turnout				196,060	85.9	5.2
	Greens hold		Majority			3.7

Federal election (2021): Freiburg^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Chantal Kopf		51,777	28.8	3.1	56,861	31.6	10.4
	SPD	Julia Söhne		47,198	26.3	3.6	38,183	21.2	3.7
	CDU	N Matern von Marschall		37,111	20.6	7.4	31,296	17.4	10.7
	FDP	Claudia Raffelhüschen^[a]		13,835	7.7	2.4	19,145	10.6	1.3
	Left	Tobias Pflüger		9,604	5.3	2.0	12,429	6.9	4.3
	AfD	Marco Näger		8,107	4.5	2.7	8,854	4.9	2.9
	dieBasis	Sabine Kropf		4,115	2.3		3,779	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						2,092	1.2	0.1
	FW	Anke Glenz		2,769	1.5		1,821	1.0	0.7
	PARTEI	Hanna Kohl		2,730	1.5	0.1	1,719	1.0	0.1
	Volt	Anna Rasputina		1,043	0.6		801	0.4
	KlimalisteBW	Alexander Grevel		785	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						610	0.3
	ÖDP						571	0.3	0.1
	Pirates						475	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C						281	0.2
	Humanists	Simon Grimm		561	0.3		280	0.2
	DiB						220	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						145	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						96	0.1
	MLPD	Mira Kaizl		134	0.1	0.1	74	0.0	0.0
	NPD						60	0.0	0.1
	Bündnis 21						35	0.0
	LKR						27	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,207			1,103
Total valid votes				179,769			179,873
Turnout				180,976	80.7	0.7
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	4,579	2.5

Federal election (2017): Freiburg^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Matern von Marschall		50,256	28.0	6.9	50,423	28.1	7.3
	Greens	Kerstin Andreae		46,115	25.7	4.8	38,002	21.2	1.3
	SPD	Julien Bender		40,647	22.7	7.4	31,452	17.5	4.6
	Left	Tobias Pflüger		13,172	7.3	2.5	20,168	11.2	3.4
	AfD	Volker Kempf		12,984	7.2	4.7	14,103	7.9	4.0
	FDP	Adrian Hurrle		9,546	5.3	3.4	16,725	9.3	4.5
	Tierschutzpartei	Sonia-Ellen Hösl		2,890	1.6		1,958	1.1	0.2
	PARTEI	Tim Jochmann		2,538	1.4		1,846	1.0
	BGE						871	0.5
	ÖDP						716	0.4	0.0
	Pirates						626	0.3	2.6
	FW						608	0.3	0.1
	Independent	Daniel Barski		583	0.3
	DiB						560	0.3
	Bündnis C	Peter Uhrmeister		406	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						275	0.2
	NPD						261	0.1	0.3
	DM						257	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						239	0.1
	V-Partei³						229	0.1
	MLPD	Martin Halbritter		237	0.1		137	0.1	0.0
	DKP						45	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						34	0.0
Informal votes				1,480			1,319
Total valid votes				179,374			179,535
Turnout				180,854	81.4	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	4,141	2.3	2.6

History

281 Freiburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Freiburg in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	320,800 (2019)
Electorate	224,392 (2021)
Major settlements	Freiburg im Breisgau
Area	452.8 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Chantal Kopf
Elected	2021, 2025

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