Nürtingen (electoral district)

Nürtingen 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 262. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Esslingen district.^[1]

262 Nürtingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Nürtingen in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	298,700 (2019)
Electorate	205,967 (2021)
Major settlements	Filderstadt Kirchheim unter Teck Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Area	465.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1965
Party	CDU
Member	Michael Hennrich
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Nürtingen was created for the 1965 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Michael Hennrich of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Nürtingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises entirety of the Esslingen district excluding the municipalities of Aichwald, Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Deizisau, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Hochdorf, Köngen, Lichtenwald, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, Plochingen, Reichenbach an der Fils, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau. It also contains the municipalities of Steinenbronn and Waldenbuch from the Böblingen district.^[1]

History

Nürtingen was created in 1965, then known as Nürtingen – Böblingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was constituency 170 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 166. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 263. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 262.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Nürtingen district and the Böblingen district excluding the municipalities of Dätzingen, Döffingen, Magstadt, and Sindelfingen. In the 1976 election, it gained the municipalities of Dätzingen and Döffingen while losing the municipalities of Böblingen, Grafenau, Leonberg, Renningen, Rutesheim, Weil der Stadt, and Weissach. In the 1980 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipalities of Steinenbronn und Waldenbuch from the Böblingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2005 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1965	170	Nürtingen – Böblingen	Nürtingen district Böblingen district (excluding Dätzingen, Döffingen, Magstadt, and Sindelfingen municipalities)
1969
1972
1976			Nürtingen district Böblingen district (excluding Böblingen, Grafenau, Leonberg, Magstadt, Renningen, Rutesheim, Sindelfingen, Weil der Stadt, and Weissach municipalities)
1980	166	Nürtingen	Esslingen district (excluding Aichwald, Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Deizisau, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Hochdorf, Köngen, Lichtenwald, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, Plochingen, Reichenbach an der Fils, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	263
2005			Esslingen district (excluding Aichwald, Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Deizisau, Denkendorf, Esslingen am Neckar, Hochdorf, Köngen, Lichtenwald, Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Ostfildern, Plochingen, Reichenbach an der Fils, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau municipalities) Böblingen district (only Steinenbronn and Waldenbuch municipalities)
2009	262
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Anton Stark from 1965 to 1990, a total of seven consecutive terms. Elmar Müller was representative from 1990 to 2002. Michael Hennrich has been representative since 2002.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1965	Anton Stark	CDU	50.1
	1969			51.3
	1972			50.8
	1976			54.3
	1980			49.2
	1983			56.9
	1987			50.1
	1990	Elmar Müller	CDU	46.9
	1994			48.0
	1998			42.9
	2002	Michael Hennrich	CDU	45.6
	2005			47.9
	2009			43.3
	2013			51.0
	2017			39.4
	2021			30.1

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich		49,506	30.1	9.3	42,826	26.0	7.7
	SPD	Nils Schmid		34,617	21.0	2.0	33,995	20.7	5.5
	Greens	Matthias Gastel		29,619	18.0	3.3	27,702	16.8	2.6
	FDP	Renata Alt		22,765	13.8	4.0	28,807	17.5	2.5
	AfD	Kerstin Hanske		13,597	8.3	3.7	14,327	8.7	3.6
	Left	Hüseyin Sahin		3,970	2.4	2.4	4,357	2.6	2.8
	FW	Markus Mangold		3,948	2.4		2,704	1.6	0.9
	dieBasis	Ilona Timmermann		3,417	2.1		2,773	1.7
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,898	1.2	0.2
	PARTEI	Daniel Friesch		2,428	1.5		1,442	0.9	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						890	0.5
	Pirates						576	0.4	0.1
	Bündnis C						467	0.3
	ÖDP						384	0.2	0.0
	Volt						325	0.2
	DiB	Sigrid Ott		513	0.3		250	0.2	0.0
	Bürgerbewegung						209	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						182	0.1
	Humanists						139	0.1
	NPD						122	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis 21						63	0.0
	MLPD	Dieter Rupp		95	0.1	0.1	55	0.0	0.0
	LKR						45	0.0
	DKP						32	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,302			1,207
Total valid votes				164,475			164,570
Turnout				165,777	80.5	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	14,889	9.1	11.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Nürtingen[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	Y Michael Hennrich		65,566	39.4	11.5	56,105	33.7	12.3
	SPD	Nils Schmid		31,655	19.0	6.2	25,190	15.1	4.8
	Greens	Matthias Gastel		24,540	14.8	4.9	23,673	14.2	2.6
	AfD	Vera Kosova		19,833	11.9	8.7	20,544	12.3	7.5
	FDP	Renata Alt		16,390	9.9	7.3	24,922	15.0	8.1
	Left	Heinrich Brinker		7,978	4.8	1.5	9,132	5.5	1.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,544	0.9	0.1
	FW						1,189	0.7	0.1
	PARTEI						1,107	0.7
	Pirates						811	0.5	1.8
	ÖDP						411	0.2	0.1
	NPD						373	0.2	0.5
	Tierschutzallianz						317	0.2
	DiB						293	0.2
	DM						259	0.2
	BGE						226	0.1
	V-Partei³						161	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						148	0.1
	MLPD	Joachim Bauerle		325	0.2		121	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						68	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
Informal votes				1,765			1,443
Total valid votes				166,287			166,609
Turnout				168,052	81.2	3.4
	CDU hold		Majority	33,911	20.4	5.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich		80,710	51.0	7.6	72,844	46.0	12.5
	SPD	Rainer Arnold		40,013	25.3	1.1	31,499	19.9	1.0
	Greens	Matthias Gastel		15,685	9.9	3.9	18,435	11.6	3.3
	Left	Claudia Haydt		5,205	3.3	1.9	6,533	4.1	1.5
	AfD	Peter Friedrich		5,055	3.2		7,599	4.8
	FDP	Renata Alt		3,997	2.5	9.1	10,880	6.9	13.8
	Pirates	Jan Lüdtke-Reißmann		3,238	2.0		3,602	2.3	0.6
	REP	Ulrich Deuschle		2,127	1.3		1,744	1.1	0.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,233	0.8	0.3
	NPD	René Schrade		1,201	0.8	1.0	1,181	0.7	0.2
	FW	Emmerich Benkowitsch		1,142	0.7		915	0.6
	ÖDP						476	0.3	0.0
	RENTNER						387	0.2
	PBC						370	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						320	0.2	0.1
	PRO						128	0.1
	BIG						112	0.1
	Party of Reason						99	0.1
	MLPD						59	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						10	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,680			1,627
Total valid votes				158,373			158,426
Turnout				160,053	77.8	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	40,697	25.7	6.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Nürtingen[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 Michael Hennrich		66,116	43.3	4.6	51,146	33.4	5.4
	SPD	Rainer Arnold		36,910	24.2	9.7	28,943	18.9	10.2
	Greens	Andreas Schwarz		21,104	13.8	4.8	22,902	15.0	3.8
	FDP	Judith Skudelny		17,768	11.6	6.6	31,686	20.7	7.4
	Left	Jochen Findeisen		7,973	5.2	2.6	8,661	5.7	2.8
	REP						2,651	1.7	0.2
	Pirates						2,552	1.7
	NPD	Heidi Drinkard		2,647	1.7	0.2	1,411	0.9	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						787	0.5
	PBC						701	0.5	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						502	0.3
	ÖDP						413	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						275	0.2
	ADM						100	0.1
	BüSo						94	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						88	0.1	0.0
	DVU						59	0.0
Informal votes				2,431			1,978
Total valid votes				152,518			152,971
Turnout				154,949	75.9	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	29,206	19.1	5.1

References

1. "Constituency Nürtingen". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Nürtingen". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Nürtingen
4. Results for Nürtingen
5. Results for Nürtingen
6. Results for Nürtingen