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Waldshut (Landtag electoral district)

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Waldshut 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 59. It is split between the districts of Waldshut) and Lörrach.[1]

The constituency includes the –

There were 123,115 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 Rudolf Eberle CDU
1980
1984
Nov 1984 Peter Straub
1988
1992
1996
2001 46.6
2006 44.3
2011 Felix Schreiner 39.2
2016 30.8
Oct 2017 Sabine Hartmann-Müller
2021 Niklas Nüssle Grüne 37.1
2026 Simon Herzog CDU 33.3

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
1976 Kurt Bantle SPD
1980
1984
1988 Dieter Puchta
1992
1996 Dieter Puchta SPD
2001
Aug 2002 Alfred Winkler
2006
2011
Jan 2014 Hidir Gürakar
2016
2021 Sabine Hartmann-Müller CDU

Election results

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