Rottweil – Tuttlingen

Rottweil – Tuttlingen 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 285. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Rottweil and Tuttlingen.^[1]

285 Rottweil – Tuttlingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rottweil – Tuttlingen in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	280,600 (2019)
Electorate	198,182 (2021)
Major settlements	Tuttlingen Rottweil Schramberg
Area	1,503.8 km2
Current Electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Maria-Lena Weiss
Elected	2021

Rottweil – Tuttlingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Maria-Lena Weiss of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Rottweil – Tuttlingen is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Rottweil and Tuttlingen.^[1]

History

Rottweil – Tuttlingen was created in 1949, then known as Rottweil. It acquired its current name in the 1987 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 192. In the 1965 through 1983 elections, it was number 196. In the 1987 through 1998 elections, it was number 189. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 286. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 285.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Rottweil and Tuttlingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it also contained the municipality of Wilflingen from the Hechingen district and the municipalities of Bärenthal and Beuron from the Sigmaringen district. Since the 1980 election, it has again comprised the Rottweil and Tuttlingen districts.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	3	Rottweil	Rottweil district Tuttlingen district
1953	192
1957
1961
1965	196		Rottweil district Tuttlingen district Hechingen district (only Wilflingen municipality) Sigmaringen district (only Bärenthal and Beuron municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980			Rottweil district Tuttlingen district
1983
1987	189	Rottweil – Tuttlingen
1990
1994
1998
2002	286
2005
2009	285
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Karl Gengler from 1949 to 1957, followed by Bruno Heck from 1957 to 1976. Franz Sauter was representative from 1976 to 1990. Volker Kauder was representative from 1990 to 2021, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Maria-Lena Weiss in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Karl Gengler	CDU	50.5
	1953			56.6
	1957	Bruno Heck	CDU	55.6
	1961			49.6
	1965			55.9
	1969			55.4
	1972			57.8
	1976	Franz Sauter	CDU	61.2
	1980			57.6
	1983			64.0
	1987			56.5
	1990	Volker Kauder	CDU	53.2
	1994			53.7
	1998			46.5
	2002			52.6
	2005			52.2
	2009			48.1
	2013			57.8
	2017			43.0
	2021	Maria-Lena Weiss	CDU	31.5

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Rottweil – Tuttlingen[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	Maria-Lena Weiss		46,535	31.5	11.6	40,818	27.6	10.4
	FDP	Andreas Anton		24,784	16.8	5.9	26,768	18.1	4.6
	SPD	Mirko Witkowski		23,989	16.2	0.3	27,523	18.6	4.0
	AfD	Joachim Bloch		20,293	13.7	0.7	19,747	13.4	0.6
	Greens	Annette Reif		18,184	12.3	2.8	16,036	10.8	0.6
	dieBasis	Andreas Moritz		5,058	3.4		4,135	2.8
	FW	Carmen Spiegelhalder-Schäfer		3,733	2.5	1.3	2,726	1.8	0.9
	Left	Aynur Karlikli		3,177	2.1	1.7	3,320	2.2	2.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,965	1.3	0.7
	PARTEI						973	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Tobias Raffelt		1,541	1.0	0.2	827	0.6	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						644	0.4
	Volt						371	0.3
	Bündnis C						299	0.2
	Humanists	Mario Caraggiu		544	0.4		243	0.2
	Pirates						221	0.1	0.2
	NPD						221	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						216	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						188	0.1
	DiB						106	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						65	0.0
	LKR						37	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						12	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,826			1,851
Total valid votes				147,838			147,813
Turnout				149,664	75.5	0.8
	CDU hold		Majority	21,751	14.7	12.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rottweil – Tuttlingen[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 Volker Kauder		64,558	43.0	14.8	57,060	38.0	13.7
	SPD	Georg Sattler		23,855	15.9	1.9	21,900	14.6	2.9
	AfD	Reimond Hoffmann		19,543	13.0	8.0	20,942	14.0	8.1
	FDP	Marcel Aulila		16,255	10.8	7.5	20,328	13.5	7.2
	Greens	Hubert Nowack		14,299	9.5	2.0	15,329	10.2	2.9
	Left	Laura Halding-Hoppenheit		5,825	3.9	0.1	7,141	4.8	0.8
	Tierschutzallianz	Harald Becker		2,012	1.3		875	0.6
	FW	Carmen Spiegelhalder-Schäfer		1,869	1.2	0.2	1,418	0.9	0.0
	ÖDP	Verena Föttinger		1,814	1.2	0.5	1,103	0.7	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						893	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						788	0.5
	Pirates						567	0.4	1.5
	NPD						527	0.4	1.1
	DM						337	0.2
	BGE						213	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						178	0.1
	V-Partei³						168	0.1
	DiB						162	0.1
	MLPD						49	0.0	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						44	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0
Informal votes				1,971			1,951
Total valid votes				150,030			150,050
Turnout				152,001	76.3	4.3
	CDU hold		Majority	40,703	27.1	12.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rottweil – Tuttlingen[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 Volker Kauder		81,517	57.8	9.8	72,998	51.7	13.0
	SPD	Ergun Can		25,044	17.8	1.5	24,757	17.5	1.2
	Greens	Susanne Kieckbusch		10,546	7.5	0.9	10,385	7.4	2.0
	AfD	Nikolaus Kinzler		7,112	5.0		8,214	5.8
	Left	Edmond Jäger		5,290	3.8	2.2	5,601	4.0	2.4
	FDP	Mechthild Wolber		4,714	3.3	14.4	9,025	6.4	15.5
	Pirates						2,582	1.8	0.1
	ÖDP	Bernhard Richter		2,419	1.7	0.2	1,250	0.9	0.2
	NPD	Wolfram Fischer		2,296	1.6	0.6	2,080	1.5	0.2
	FW	Hans-Gerd Hoffmann		1,992	1.4		1,383	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						968	0.7	0.1
	RENTNER						418	0.3
	REP						413	0.3	0.5
	PBC						361	0.3	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						353	0.3	0.1
	Party of Reason						171	0.1
	PRO						99	0.1
	BIG						54	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						27	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				2,519			2,281
Total valid votes				140,930			141,168
Turnout				143,449	72.0	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	56,473	40.0	9.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rottweil – Tuttlingen[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 Volker Kauder		66,104	48.0	4.2	53,547	38.7	6.1
	FDP	Ernst Burgbacher		24,395	17.7	8.5	30,249	21.9	9.0
	SPD	Peter Fischer		22,388	16.3	10.1	22,550	16.3	10.1
	Greens	Max Burger-Heidger		11,503	8.4	2.3	12,924	9.3	2.3
	Left	Hans-Ulrich Bünger		8,140	5.9		8,753	6.3	3.2
	Pirates						2,396	1.7
	NPD	Michael Kerber		3,006	2.2	0.3	2,298	1.7	0.1
	ÖDP	Bernhard Richter		2,039	1.5		1,498	1.1
	REP						1,126	0.8	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,022	0.7
	PBC						782	0.6	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						502	0.4
	DIE VIOLETTEN						294	0.2
	ADM						140	0.1
	DVU						131	0.1
	BüSo						110	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,816			3,024
Total valid votes				137,575			138,367
Turnout				141,391	70.4	6.5
	CDU hold		Majority	41,709	30.3	4.5

References

1. "Constituency Rottweil – Tuttlingen". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Rottweil – Tuttlingen". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Rottweil – Tuttlingen
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6. Results for Rottweil – Tuttlingen