Ulm (electoral district)

291 Ulm
291 Ulm
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Ulm in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	323,900 (2019)
Electorate	223,376 (2021)
Major settlements	Ulm; Ehingen; Langenau
Area	1,477.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Ronja Kemmer
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

StateBaden-Württemberg

Population323,900 (2019)

Electorate223,376 (2021)

Major settlementsUlm
Ehingen
Langenau

Ulm 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 291. It is located in eastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Ulm and the district of Alb-Donau-Kreis.^[1]

Ulm was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Ronja Kemmer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

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Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	8	Ulm	Ulm city Landkreis Ulm district Heidenheim district
1953	170
1957
1961
1965	173		Ulm city Landkreis Ulm district
1969
1972
1976
1980	195		Ulm city Alb-Donau-Kreis district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	292
2005	292
2009	291
2013
2017
2021
2025

	Member	Party	%
1949	Ludwig Erhard	CDU	40.1
1953			60.6
1957			58.4
1961			53.2
1965			58.2
1969			53.1
1972	Herbert Werner	CDU	51.0
1976			52.5
1980			53.7
1983			61.5
1987			54.1
1990			51.3
1994	Heinz Seiffert	CDU	50.8
1998			46.6
2002			51.7
2005	Annette Schavan	CDU	48.7
2009			42.8
2013			52.1
2017	Ronja Kemmer	CDU	42.7
2021			32.7
2025			38.8

Federal election (2025): Ulm^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ronja Kemmer		73,229	38.8	6.1	64,118	33.9	7.3
	AfD	Daniel Rottmann		34,984	18.5	9.5	36,440	19.3	10.2
	Greens	Marcel Emmerich		29,343	15.5	3.2	25,669	13.6	4.2
	SPD	Sebastian Gillmeister		25,216	13.4	4.9	25,474	13.5	7.2
	Left	Leopold Hurst		9,376	5.0	2.4	12,210	6.5	3.4
	BSW						7,377	3.9
	FDP	Anke Hillmann-Richter		6,700	3.5	7.7	9,748	5.2	9.3
	FW	Thomas Walcher		3,799	2.0	0.8	2,556	1.4	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei	Bastian Röhm		2,962	1.6	0.3	1,751	0.9	0.5
	Volt	Michael Bauersfeld		1,717	0.9		1,289	0.7	0.4
	BD	Manfred Spähn		1,226	0.6		439	0.2
	PARTEI					1.1	737	0.4	0.5
	dieBasis						530	0.3	1.2
	ÖDP						409	0.2	0.1
	Bündnis C						297	0.2
	MLPD	Gisela Schwalb		218	0.1	0.0	76	0.0	0.0
	Pirates					0.9			0.5
	Team Todenhöfer								0.5
	Humanists	Andreas Steinau				0.3			0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
Informal votes				1,539			1,372
Total valid votes				175,998			176,165
Turnout				177,537	79.5	0.2
	CDU hold		Majority	38,245	20.3	2.9

Federal election (2021): Ulm^[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Ronja Kemmer		57,608	32.7	9.9	46,805	26.6	10.4
	Greens	Marcel Emmerich		33,012	18.8	6.8	31,238	17.7	4.0
	SPD	Jan Rothenbacher		32,176	18.3	1.9	36,418	20.7	4.8
	FDP	Alexander Kulitz		19,745	11.2	3.1	25,389	14.4	2.9
	AfD	Kristoff Heitmann		15,932	9.1	1.6	16,046	9.1	2.5
	FW	Oliver Lang		4,961	2.8		3,808	2.2	1.4
	Left	David Rizzotto		4,604	2.6	2.0	5,377	3.1	2.6
	dieBasis						2,566	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei	Miriam Broux		3,303	1.9		2,491	1.4	0.6
	PARTEI	Paul Eberhardt		2,002	1.1		1,529	0.9	0.2
	Pirates	Anja Hirschel		1,669	0.9	0.7	914	0.5	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						820	0.5
	Volt						552	0.3
	ÖDP						515	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C						353	0.2
	Humanists	Andreas Steinau		481	0.3		310	0.2
	KlimalisteBW	Daniel Wagner		369	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						252	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						212	0.1
	NPD						173	0.1	0.2
	DiB						143	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Gülay Öztoprak		136	0.1	0.1	87	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						68	0.0
	LKR						63	0.0
	DKP						36	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,539			1,372
Total valid votes				175,998			176,165
Turnout				177,537	79.5	0.2
	CDU hold		Majority	24,596	13.9	8.6

Federal election (2017): Ulm^[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	Ronja Kemmer		74,849	42.7	9.4	64,988	37.0	11.6
	SPD	Hilde Mattheis		35,456	20.2	3.6	27,889	15.9	4.3
	Greens	Marcel Emmerich		20,990	12.0	2.2	24,160	13.7	3.5
	AfD	Eugen Ciresa		18,734	10.7	7.0	20,432	11.6	6.9
	FDP	Alexander Kulitz		14,173	8.1	5.4	20,277	11.5	6.3
	Left	Eva-Maria Glathe-Braun		8,105	4.6	1.0	9,976	5.7	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,412	0.8	0.1
	FW						1,275	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						1,258	0.7
	Pirates	Anja Hirschel		2,837	1.6	1.0	1,048	0.6	1.9
	ÖDP						672	0.4	0.1
	NPD						499	0.3	0.8
	Tierschutzallianz						385	0.2
	DM						370	0.2
	BGE						309	0.2
	DiB						274	0.2
	V-Partei³						257	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						217	0.1
	MLPD	Gülay Öztoprak		300	0.2		102	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						44	0.0
	DKP						19	0.0
Informal votes				2,016			1,597
Total valid votes				175,444			175,863
Turnout				177,460	79.7	3.9
	CDU hold		Majority	39,393	22.5	5.8

Ulm (electoral district)

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291 Ulm
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ulm in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	323,900 (2019)
Electorate	223,376 (2021)
Major settlements	Ulm Ehingen Langenau
Area	1,477.2 km²
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Ronja Kemmer
Elected	2017, 2021, 2025

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