Calw (electoral district)

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280 Calw
electoral district
for the Bundestag
File:Bundestagswahlkreis 280-2025.svg
Calw in 2025
State Baden-Württemberg
Population 277,400 (2019)
Electorate 199,092 (2021)
Major settlements Horb am Neckar
Freudenstadt
Calw
Area 1,667.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created 1949
Party CDU
Member Klaus Mack
Elected 2021

Calw 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 280. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.[1]

Calw was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Klaus Mack of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Calw is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.[1]

History

Calw was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 191. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 195. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 184. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 281. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 280.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Calw, Freudenstadt, and Horb. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 2 Calw
1953 191
1957
1961
1965 195
1969
1972
1976
1980 184
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 281
2005
2009 280
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Schuler from 1949 to 1957, followed by Arved Deringer from 1957 to 1965. Helmut Prassler was representative from 1965 to 1976, followed by Haimo George from 1976 to 1987. Hans-Joachim Fuchtel was representative from 1987 to 2021, a total of nine consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Klaus Mack in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1949 Fritz Schuler CDU 46.6
1953 43.2
1957 Arved Deringer CDU 44.7
1961 36.2
1965 Helmut Prassler CDU 46.2
1969 53.0
1972 54.1
1976 Haimo George CDU 56.7
1980 55.2
1983 62.2
1987 Hans-Joachim Fuchtel CDU 54.9
1990 53.8
1994 53.0
1998 47.6
2002 49.3
2005 49.2
2009 46.3
2013 58.5
2017 43.3
2021 Klaus Mack CDU 33.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Calw[3]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Klaus Mack 51,208 33.8 Decrease 9.5 42,841 28.3 Decrease 8.9
SPD Saskia Esken 26,111 17.2 Increase 0.4 28,571 18.8 Increase 4.4
FDP Michael König 22,685 15.0 Increase 5.6 26,770 17.7 Increase 3.4
AfD Marcus Lotzin 18,668 12.3 Decrease 1.8 19,473 12.8 Decrease 2.1
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Sara Haug 17,712 11.7 Increase 2.9 17,301 11.4 Increase 1.5
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Markus Mast 4,202 2.8 Increase 1.7 3,076 2.0 Increase 1.3
style="background-color: Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|Template:Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Egon Nagel 3,083 2.0 2,992 2.0
Left Thomas Hanser 2,998 2.0 Decrease 2.5 3,656 2.4 Decrease 2.7
Tierschutzpartei Dirk Witzelmaier 2,749 1.8 Increase 0.5 2,232 1.5 Increase 0.6
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]] Yvonne Vogler 1,526 1.0 1,155 0.8 Increase 0.3
style="background-color: Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance C – Christians for Germany|Template:Alliance C – Christians for Germany/meta/shortname]]   795 0.5
style="background-color: Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Team Todenhöfer|Template:Team Todenhöfer/meta/shortname]]   529 0.3
Pirates   477 0.3 Decrease 0.1
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   451 0.3 Steady 0.0
KlimalisteBW Tina Frey 391 0.3
style="background-color: Template:Volt Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Volt Germany|Template:Volt Germany/meta/shortname]]   253 0.2
Bürgerbewegung 202 0.1
NPD   197 0.1 Decrease 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Partei für Gesundheitsforschung|Template:Partei für Gesundheitsforschung/meta/shortname]]   189 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Party of Humanists/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party of Humanists|Template:Party of Humanists/meta/shortname]]   116 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Democracy in Motion|Template:Democracy in Motion/meta/shortname]]   109 0.1 Steady 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Liberal Conservative Reformers|Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/shortname]] Frank Negwer 180 0.1 98 0.1
Bündnis 21 48 0.0
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   29 0.0 Steady 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,350 1,275
Total Valid votes 151,513 151,588
Turnout 152,863 76.8 Decrease 0.7
CDU hold Majority 25,097 16.6 Decrease 9.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Calw[4]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Hans-Joachim Fuchtel 65,676 43.3 Decrease 15.2 56,330 37.2 Decrease 14.0
SPD Saskia Esken 25,601 16.9 Decrease 3.4 21,832 14.4 Decrease 3.2
AfD Uwe Burkart 21,431 14.1 22,715 15.0 Increase 8.7
FDP Lutz Hermann 14,154 9.3 Increase 6.5 21,646 14.3 Increase 7.9
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Andreas Kubesch 13,284 8.8 Increase 1.7 14,989 9.9 Increase 2.2
Left Lorena Müllner 6,832 4.5 Increase 0.2 7,759 5.1 Increase 1.0
Tierschutzpartei Dirk Witzelmaier 2,008 1.3 1,391 0.9 Increase 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Wolfgang Maurer 1,596 1.1 Decrease 0.5 1,137 0.7 Steady 0.0
[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]   725 0.5
Pirates Heiko Eisenbrückner 969 0.6 Decrease 1.5 610 0.4 Decrease 1.4
NPD   496 0.3 Decrease 0.9
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   451 0.3 Decrease 0.1
DM 323 0.2
Tierschutzallianz 287 0.2
[[Basic Income Alliance|Template:Basic Income Alliance/meta/shortname]]   242 0.2
V-Partei³ 181 0.1
Menschliche Welt 161 0.1
DiB 159 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]] Roberto Kyas 173 0.1 90 0.1 Steady 0.0
DIE RECHTE 67 0.0
[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]   14 0.0
Informal votes 1,739 1,858
Total Valid votes 151,724 151,605
Turnout 153,463 77.5 Increase 4.1
CDU hold Majority 40,075 26.4 Decrease 11.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Calw[5]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Hans-Joachim Fuchtel 83,514 58.5 Increase 12.2 73,263 51.1 Increase 13.1
SPD Saskia Esken 28,892 20.2 Increase 0.1 25,285 17.6 Increase 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Dietmar Lust 10,036 7.0 Decrease 2.6 10,946 7.6 Decrease 2.7
Left Franz Groll 6,094 4.3 Decrease 2.3 5,948 4.2 Decrease 2.6
FDP Reinhard Günther 4,072 2.9 Decrease 9.7 9,194 6.4 Decrease 13.7
AfD   9,013 6.3
Pirates Adrian Friese 3,038 2.1 2,642 1.8 Increase 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" | FW Wolfgang Maurer 2,270 1.6 1,017 0.7
NPD Rudolf Schützinger 2,107 1.5 Increase 0.1 1,689 1.2 Decrease 0.1
Tierschutzpartei   995 0.7 Steady 0.0
REP Lothar Seidemann 1,522 1.1 Decrease 0.5 904 0.6 Decrease 0.8
PBC 796 0.6 Decrease 0.7
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] Verena Föttinger 1,164 0.8 524 0.4 Steady 0.0
RENTNER 410 0.3
Volksabstimmung 257 0.2 Decrease 0.1
PRO 122 0.1
Party of Reason 117 0.1
BIG 88 0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   39 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 21 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,442 1,881
Total Valid votes 142,709 143,270
Turnout 145,151 73.4 Increase 1.6
CDU hold Majority 54,622 38.3 Increase 12.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Calw[6]

Notes: Green 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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Hans-Joachim Fuchtel 64,808 46.3 Decrease 2.9 53,358 38.0 Decrease 5.1
SPD Saskia Esken 28,255 20.2 Decrease 10.1 24,450 17.4 Decrease 9.2
FDP Reinhard Freitag 17,528 12.5 Increase 5.0 28,260 20.1 Increase 7.3
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]] Charlotte Michel-Biegel 13,460 9.6 Increase 4.3 14,464 10.3 Increase 2.3
Left Franz Groll 9,136 6.5 Increase 3.3 9,537 6.8 Increase 3.5
Pirates   2,390 1.7
PBC Walter Robbe 2,661 1.9 Decrease 0.5 1,698 1.2 Decrease 0.5
REP Lothar Seidemann 2,172 1.6 1,955 1.4 Decrease 0.1
NPD Rudolf Schützinger 1,915 1.4 Decrease 0.7 1,813 1.3 Decrease 0.2
Tierschutzpartei   1,023 0.7
[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]   464 0.3
Volksabstimmung 325 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 277 0.2
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]   72 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   70 0.0
BüSo 68 0.0 Steady 0.0
ADM 51 0.0
Informal votes 2,877 2,537
Total Valid votes 139,935 140,275
Turnout 142,812 71.8 Decrease 5.7
CDU hold Majority 36,553 26.1 Increase 7.2

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