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Rastatt (Landtag electoral district)

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32: Rastatt
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Rastatt in 2026
DistrictRastatt
Electorate112,748 (2026)
Major settlementsAu am Rhein, Bietigheim, Bischweier, Durmersheim, Elchesheim-Illingen, Forbach, Gaggenau, Gernsbach, Iffezheim, Kuppenheim, Loffenau, Muggensturm, Ötigheim, Rastatt, Steinmauern, and Weisenbach
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberAlexander Becker

Rastatt 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 32.

It is wholly within the district of Rastatt.[1]

The constituency includes the municipalities of Au am Rhein, Bietigheim, Bischweier, Durmersheim, Elchesheim-Illingen, Forbach, Gaggenau, Gernsbach, Iffezheim, Kuppenheim, Loffenau, Muggensturm, Ötigheim, Rastatt, Steinmauern, and Weisenbach, within the district of Rastatt.[2]

There were 112,748 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 Roland Gerstner CDU
1980
1984
1988 Thomas Schäuble
1992
1996
2001 52.5
Oct 2004 Karl-Wolfgang Jägel
2006 46.0
2011 38.2
2016 Kirsten Lehnig Grüne 26.4
Aug 2016 Thomas Hentschel
2021 30.4
2026 Alexander Becker CDU 34.7

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
1980 Dieter Stoltz SPD
1984 Heinz Goll
1988
1992
1996
2001 Gunter Kaufmann
2006
2011 Ernst Kopp
2016 Sylvia Felder CDU
Sep 2018 Jonas Weber
Apr 2019 Alexander Becker
2021

Election results

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