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Wangen (electoral district)

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Wangen 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 68. It is split between the districts of Ravensburg and Biberach.[1]

The constituency includes –

There were 129,673 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 Josef Siedler CDU
1980 Josef Dreier
1984
1988
1992
1996 Helmut Kiefl
2001
2006 Paul Locherer 57.6
2011 48.6
2016 Raimund Haser 35.1
2021 Petra Krebs Grüne 31.3
2026 Raimund Haser CDU 43.7

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.

Prior to 2016, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election Member Party
2016 Petra Krebs Grüne
2021 Raimund Haser CDU

Election results

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