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Pforzheim (Landtag electoral district)

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DistrictPforzheim and Enzkreis (partial)
Electorate90,963 (2026)
PartyCDU
42: Pforzheim
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Pforzheim in 2026
DistrictPforzheim and Enzkreis (partial)
Electorate90,963 (2026)
Major settlementsPforzheim, Birkenfeld, Engelsbrand, Ispringen, and Kieselbronn
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberAndreas Renner

Pforzheim 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 42.

It is split between the city of Pforzheim and the district of Enzkreis.[1]

The constituency incorporates the entirety of the city of Pforzheim, and the districts of Birkenfeld, Engelsbrand, Ispringen, and Kieselbronn within the district of Enzkreis.[2]

There were 90,963 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 Hugo Leicht CDU
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996 Stefan Mappus
2001
2006 45.9
2011 44.5
Sep 2011 Marianne Engeser
2016 Bernd Grimmer AfD 24.2
2021 Felix Herkens Grüne 26.2
2026 Andreas Renner CDU 31.0

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 1992, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election Member Party Member Party
1992 Willi Auer REP
Sep 1993
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016 Hans-Ulrich Rülke FDP
2021 Bernd Grimmer AfD
Jan 2022 Alfred Bamberger

Election results

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