Schwetzingen (electoral district)

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40: Schwetzingen
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Schwetzingen in 2026
DistrictRhein-Neckar-Kreis
Electorate94,388 (2026)
Major settlementsAltlußheim, Brühl, Eppelheim, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberAndreas Sturm

Schwetzingen 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 40.

It is wholly within the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.[1]

The constituency includes the municipalities of Altlußheim, Brühl, Eppelheim, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen, within the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.[2]

There were 94,388 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 Lothar Gaa CDU
1980
1984 Michael Sieber
1988
1992 Gerhard Stratthaus
1996
2001 43.6
2006 43.9
2011 34.4
2016 Manfred Kern Grüne 26.6
2021 Andre Baumann 31.3
2026 Andreas Sturm 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.

Election Member Party Member Party
1976 Karl-Peter Wettstein SPD
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
Jan 2000 Rosa Grünstein
2001
2006
2011 Manfred Kern Grüne
2016 Daniel Born Klaus-Günther Voigtmann AfD
2021 Andreas Sturm CDU
Jul 2025 IND

Election results

References

See also

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