Karlsruhe-Stadt (electoral district)

271 Karlsruhe-Stadt
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Karlsruhe-Stadt in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	312,100 (2019)
Electorate	205,608 (2021)
Major settlements	Karlsruhe
Area	173.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Zoe Mayer
Elected	2021

Karlsruhe-Stadt (English: Karlsruhe City) 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 271. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Karlsruhe.

Karlsruhe-Stadt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Zoe Mayer of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Geography

Karlsruhe-Stadt is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the independent city of Karlsruhe.

History

Karlsruhe-Stadt was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Karlsruhe. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 1 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 175. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 178. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 175. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 272. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 271.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the independent city of Karlsruhe. In the 1998 election, it also included the municipality of Rheinstetten from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district. Since the 2002 election, it has again been coterminous with the city of Karlsruhe.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	1	Karlsruhe-Stadt	Karlsruhe city
1953	175
1957
1961
1965	178	Karlsruhe
1969
1972
1976
1980	175	Karlsruhe-Stadt
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998			Karlsruhe city Landkreis Karlsruhe district (only Rheinstetten municipality)
2002	272		Karlsruhe city
2005
2009	271
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hermann Veit of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. It was won by Friedrich Werber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, who served until 1961. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Max Güde from 1961 to 1969. Peter Corterier of the SPD was elected in 1969 and re-elected in 1972. Gerold Benz of the CDU won the constituency in 1976, but former member Corterier regained it in 1980. Rudolf Ruf of the CDU was representative from 1983 to 1990, followed by fellow CDU member Norbert Rieder from 1990 to 1998. Brigitte Wimmer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. Ingo Wellenreuther of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2021. Zoe Mayer won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Hermann Veit	SPD	37.0
	1953	Friedrich Werber	CDU	48.0
	1957			48.8
	1961	Max Güde	CDU	45.9
	1965			46.1
	1969	Peter Corterier	SPD	45.3
	1972			50.3
	1976	Gerold Benz	CDU	47.5
	1980	Peter Corterier	SPD	45.2
	1983	Rudolf Ruf	CDU	49.0
	1987			47.6
	1990	Norbert Rieder	CDU	44.9
	1994			41.5
	1998	Brigitte Wimmer	SPD	40.0
	2002			40.0
	2005	Ingo Wellenreuther	CDU	41.3
	2009			38.1
	2013			39.5
	2017			28.6
	2021	Zoe Mayer	GRÜNE	30.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Karlsruhe-Stadt
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	%	±%
	Greens	Zoe Mayer		47,473	30.0	12.4	44,011	27.8	9.5
	SPD	Parsa Marvi		33,630	21.3	2.4	33,828	21.3	4.5
	CDU	N Ingo Wellenreuther		30,921	19.5	9.0	27,998	17.7	10.2
	FDP	Michael Theurer		15,793	10.0	1.4	20,615	13.0	1.0
	AfD	Marc Bernhard		10,811	6.8	3.2	10,774	6.8	3.6
	Left	Michel Brandt		7,956	5.0	2.5	8,910	5.6	4.0
	dieBasis	Martin Buchfink		3,152	2.0		2,863	1.8
	PARTEI	Daniel Barth		2,811	1.8	0.0	1,851	1.2	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,608	1.0	0.0
	FW	Bernhard Barutta		1,723	1.1		1,438	0.9	0.5
	Volt	Tassi Giannikopoulos		1,547	1.0		1,313	0.8
	Team Todenhöfer						785	0.5
	Pirates						622	0.4	0.2
	Humanists	Andreas Schäfer		749	0.5		463	0.3
	ÖDP	Franz-Josef Behr		605	0.4		385	0.2	0.0
	KlimalisteBW	Markus Schmoll		456	0.3
	Bündnis C	Klaus-Jürgen Raphael		452	0.3		322	0.2
	DiB						182	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						138	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						101	0.1
	MLPD	Jonas Dachner		162	0.1	0.1	89	0.1	0.0
	NPD						71	0.0	0.1
	DKP						44	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						34	0.0
	LKR						23	0.0
Informal votes				1,350			1,123
Total valid votes				158,241			158,468
Turnout				159,591	77.6	0.0
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	13,843	8.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Karlsruhe-Stadt
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 Ingo Wellenreuther		45,821	28.5	10.9	44,776	27.8	9.7
	SPD	Parsa Marvi		37,924	23.6	6.0	27,044	16.8	5.9
	Greens	Sylvia Kotting-Uhl		28,268	17.6	3.9	29,408	18.3	3.3
	AfD	Marc Bernhard		16,073	10.0	6.0	16,741	10.4	4.8
	FDP	Michael Theurer		13,829	8.6	5.4	19,251	12.0	5.9
	Left	Michel Brandt		12,155	7.6	2.7	15,452	9.6	3.6
	PARTEI	Stefan Glause		2,899	1.8		2,179	1.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Robin Margic		2,412	1.5		1,595	1.0	0.2
	Pirates						999	0.6	3.4
	Independent	Bruno Mayer		724	0.5
	FW						600	0.4	0.1
	DiB						505	0.3
	BGE						442	0.3
	ÖDP						438	0.3	0.0
	Tierschutzallianz						346	0.2
	DM						263	0.2
	V-Partei³						240	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						191	0.1
	NPD						188	0.1	0.5
	MLPD	Jonas Dachner		250	0.2		142	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE	Uwe Kasper		151	0.1		78	0.0
	DKP						33	0.0
Informal votes				1,633			1,228
Total valid votes				160,506			160,911
Turnout				162,139	77.6	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	7,897	4.9	5.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Karlsruhe-Stadt
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 Ingo Wellenreuther		58,452	39.5	1.4	55,791	37.5	8.9
	SPD	Parsa Marvi		43,866	29.6	2.9	33,785	22.7	2.1
	Greens	Sylvia Kotting-Uhl		20,337	13.7	1.4	22,263	15.0	3.4
	Left	Karin Binder		7,254	4.9	2.2	8,933	6.0	2.3
	AfD	Marc Jongen		5,983	4.0		8,334	5.6
	Pirates	Martin Bartsch		5,149	3.5	0.4	6,009	4.0	0.9
	FDP	Heinz Golombeck		4,714	3.2	5.2	8,978	6.0	11.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,111	0.7	0.1
	FW	Peter Rapp		992	0.7		724	0.5
	NPD	Heiko Köhler		912	0.6	0.5	853	0.6	0.3
	ÖDP						423	0.3	0.0
	REP	Rainer Haag		452	0.3		352	0.2	0.1
	RENTNER						250	0.2
	PBC						205	0.1	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						185	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						116	0.1
	MLPD						93	0.1	0.0
	PRO						90	0.1
	BIG						77	0.1
	BüSo						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,939			1,444
Total valid votes				148,111			148,606
Turnout				150,050	72.9	1.8
	CDU hold		Majority	14,586	9.9	1.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Karlsruhe-Stadt
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 Ingo Wellenreuther		53,872	38.1	3.3	40,566	28.6	4.2
	SPD	Johannes Jung		37,845	26.7	12.7	29,227	20.6	11.4
	Greens	Sylvia Kotting-Uhl		21,452	15.2	6.0	26,051	18.4	3.7
	FDP	Heinz Golombeck		11,845	8.4	4.1	24,654	17.4	5.4
	Left	Karin Binder		10,034	7.1	2.8	11,807	8.3	3.4
	Pirates	Dennis Laurisch		4,359	3.1		5,008	3.5
	NPD	Siegfried Gärttner		1,534	1.1	0.4	1,295	0.9	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						894	0.6
	REP						544	0.4	0.2
	PBC						444	0.3	0.0
	ÖDP						405	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						254	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						205	0.1
	MLPD	Gabriele Maria Conrad		234	0.2		133	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Rainer Leyendecker		215	0.2
	Independent	Helmut Günther Ringger		101	0.1
	DVU						76	0.1
	BüSo						75	0.1	0.0
	ADM						28	0.0
Informal votes				2,030			1,855
Total valid votes				141,491			141,666
Turnout				143,521	71.1	5.0
	CDU hold		Majority	16,027	11.4	9.4