Waldshut (electoral district)

288 Waldshut
288 Waldshut
Electoral district; for the Bundestag
	Waldshut in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	249,500 (2019)
Electorate	177,275 (2021)
Major settlements	Waldshut-Tiengen; Bad Säckingen; Wehr
Area	1,861.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1965
Party	CDU
Member	Felix Schreiner
Elected	2017, 2021

Waldshut 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 288. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Waldshut district and the eastern part of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district.^[1]

Waldshut was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Felix Schreiner of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Waldshut is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Waldshut and the municipalities of Breitnau, Buchenbach, Eisenbach (Hochschwarzwald), Feldberg (Schwarzwald), Friedenweiler, Glottertal, Gundelfingen, Heuweiler, Hinterzarten, Kirchzarten, Lenzkirch, Löffingen, Oberried, St. Märgen, St. Peter, Schluchsee, Stegen, and Titisee-Neustadt from the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district.^[1]

History

Waldshut was created in 1965. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 188 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 192. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 289. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 288.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Waldshut, Hochschwarzwald, and Säckingen. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the district of Waldshut and the municipalities of Breitnau, Eisenbach, Feldberg, Friedenweiler, Hinterzarten, Lenzkirch, Löffingen, Schluchsee, and Titisee-Neustadt from the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1965	188	Waldshut	Waldshut district Hochschwarzwald district Säckingen district
1969
1972
1976
1980	192		Waldshut district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district (only Breitnau, Eisenbach, Feldberg, Friedenweiler, Hinterzarten, Lenzkirch, Löffingen, Schluchsee, and Titisee-Neustadt municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	289		Waldshut district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district (only Breitnau, Buchenbach, Eisenbach (Hochschwarzwald), Feldberg (Schwarzwald), Friedenweiler, Glottertal, Gundelfingen, Heuweiler, Hinterzarten, Kirchzarten, Lenzkirch, Löffingen, Oberried, St. Märgen, St. Peter, Schluchsee, Stegen, and Titisee-Neustadt municipalities)
2005	289
2009	288
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Anton Hilbert from 1965 to 1969. Former Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger was representative from 1969 to 1976. Norbert Nothhelfer served from 1976 to 1980, followed by Werner Dörflinger from 1980 to 1998. Thomas Dörflinger was representative from 1998 to 2017. Felix Schreiner was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

	Member	Party	%
1965	Anton Hilbert	CDU	56.3
1969	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	CDU	62.6
1972	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	CDU	55.7
1976	Norbert Nothhelfer	CDU	57.2
1980	Werner Dörflinger	CDU	54.4
1983			62.7
1987			57.4
1990			56.4
1994			52.6
1998	Thomas Dörflinger	CDU	45.3
2002			45.9
2005			46.7
2009			41.5
2013			51.4
2017	Felix Schreiner	CDU	41.9
2021	Felix Schreiner	CDU	33.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Waldshut^[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 Felix Schreiner		45,335	33.6	8.2	35,595	26.4	12.9
	SPD	Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter		34,449	25.5	1.5	30,782	22.8	6.4
	Greens	Jan-Lukas Schmitt		20,679	15.3	3.5	23,294	17.3	3.3
	AfD	Andrea Zürcher		11,420	8.5	0.7	11,265	8.3	1.5
	FDP	Jareem Khawaja		10,217	7.6	1.4	18,422	13.6	2.8
	dieBasis	Ursula Halfmann		3,975	2.9		3,634	2.7
	Left	Robert Kuhlmann		3,606	2.7	2.3	3,895	2.9	2.6
	FW	Dominik Brox		3,482	2.6	1.5	2,534	1.9	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,732	1.3	0.4
	PARTEI						894	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Kilian Kronimus		895	0.7	0.1	469	0.3	0.0
	Volt	Domenic Gehrmann		819	0.6		656	0.5
	Pirates						471	0.3	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						391	0.3
	Bündnis C						216	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						160	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						155	0.1
	DiB						113	0.1	0.1
	NPD						110	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						102	0.1
	Bündnis 21						53	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
	LKR						28	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,318			1,173
Total valid votes				134,877			135,022
Turnout				136,195	76.8	0.0
	CDU hold		Majority	10,886	8.1	9.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Waldshut^[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	Felix Schreiner		56,528	41.9	9.6	53,066	39.3	10.0
	SPD	Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter		32,522	24.1	3.9	22,122	16.4	2.6
	Greens	Ulrich Martin Drescher		16,030	11.9	1.8	18,842	13.9	2.9
	AfD	Martina Nicola Böswald		12,388	9.2		13,299	9.8	5.1
	FDP	Daniel Poznanski		8,402	6.2	2.9	14,647	10.8	5.1
	Left	Lothar Schuchmann		6,767	5.0	0.6	7,369	5.5	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,235	0.9	0.2
	FW	Hans Dieter Ruby		1,414	1.0		1,117	0.8	0.1
	PARTEI						781	0.6
	ÖDP	Kilian Kronimus		1,008	0.7	0.7	534	0.4	0.1
	Pirates						432	0.3	1.5
	Tierschutzallianz						309	0.2
	NPD						305	0.2	0.5
	BGE						270	0.2
	DM						219	0.2
	DiB						188	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						183	0.1
	V-Partei³						144	0.1
	DIE RECHTE						35	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
	DKP						10	0.0
Informal votes				1,536			1,466
Total valid votes				135,059			135,129
Turnout				136,595	76.8	4.2
	CDU hold		Majority	24,006	17.8	5.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Waldshut^[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	Y Thomas Dörflinger		65,009	51.4	9.9	62,610	49.3	12.6
	SPD	Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter		35,359	28.0	0.6	24,130	19.0	0.3
	Greens	Peter Schanz		12,768	10.1	0.6	13,987	11.0	2.7
	Left	Nicole Stadler		5,613	4.4	1.3	5,482	4.3	2.0
	FDP	Karsten Jung		4,184	3.3	7.8	7,307	5.8	12.9
	AfD						5,979	4.7
	Pirates						2,335	1.8	0.0
	ÖDP	Mike Schinkel		1,814	1.4	0.7	683	0.5	0.0
	NPD	Philip-Mario Hallasch		1,694	1.3	0.0	947	0.7	0.0
	FW						890	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						876	0.7	0.0
	REP						635	0.5	0.5
	Volksabstimmung						344	0.3	0.0
	RENTNER						314	0.2
	PBC						228	0.2	0.3
	PRO						97	0.1
	Party of Reason						95	0.1
	BIG						46	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,367			1,772
Total valid votes				126,441			127,036
Turnout				128,808	72.6	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	29,650	23.4	10.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Waldshut^[6]
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 Thomas Dörflinger		50,967	41.5	5.1	45,201	36.6	4.7
	SPD	Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter^[a]		35,026	28.5	8.9	23,058	18.7	11.1
	FDP	Michael Klotzbücher		13,686	11.2	5.2	22,993	18.6	7.8
	Greens	Ruth Cremer-Ricken		13,091	10.7	3.5	16,971	13.8	2.9
	Left	Lothar Schuchmann		7,100	5.8		7,765	6.3	3.1
	Pirates						2,244	1.8
	REP						1,190	1.0	0.1
	NPD	Günther Ragg		1,667	1.4	0.3	941	0.8	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						869	0.7
	ÖDP	Bernd Topka		843	0.7		611	0.5
	PBC						574	0.5	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						370	0.3
	Independent	Gero Greb		349	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						338	0.3
	DVU						74	0.1
	BüSo						67	0.1	0.0
	ADM						48	0.0
	MLPD						38	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,689			2,066
Total valid votes				122,729			123,352
Turnout				125,418	70.5	6.7
	CDU hold		Majority	15,941	13.0	3.8

Notes

^ Schwarzelühr-Sutter entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Hermann Scheer in October 2010.

References

^ ^a ^b "Constituency Waldshut". Federal Returning Officer.
^ "Results for Waldshut". Federal Returning Officer.
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[7] Schwarzelühr-Sutter entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Hermann Scheer in October 2010.

[Area-1] "Constituency Waldshut". Federal Returning Officer.

[2] "Results for Waldshut". Federal Returning Officer.

[3] Results for Waldshut

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