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Schorndorf (electoral district)

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DistrictRems-Murr
Electorate95,999 (2026)
PartyCDU
16: Schorndorf
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Schorndorf in 2026
DistrictRems-Murr
Electorate95,999 (2026)
Major settlementsKernen im Remstal, Plüderhausen, Remshalden, Rudersberg, Schorndorf, Urbach, Weinstadt, and Winterbach
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberChristian Gehring


Schorndorf 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 16. It is wholly within the district of Rems-Murr. [1]

The constituency includes the municipalities of Kernen im Remstal, Plüderhausen, Remshalden, Rudersberg, Schorndorf, Urbach, Weinstadt, and Winterbach, within the district of Rems-Murr.

There were 95,999 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 Günther Steeb CDU
1980 Guntram Martin Palm
1984
1988
Apr 1992 Karl Walter Ziegler
1992 Hans Heinz
1996
2001
2006 44.8
2011 Claus Paal 39.2
2016 Petra Häffner Grüne 27.1
2021 29.7
2026 Christian Gehring CDU 34.1

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, no second mandate members were elected in this constituency.

Election Member Party Member Party
1992 Rudolf Bühler REP
1996 Jürgen Hofer FDP
2001
2006
2011 Jochen Haußmann FDP Petra Häffner Grüne
2016 Claus Paal CDU
2021 Christian Gehring

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