Schwarzwald-Baar (electoral district)

Schwarzwald-Baar 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 286. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the district of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis and southeastern parts of the Ortenaukreis district.^[1]

286 Schwarzwald-Baar
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Schwarzwald-Baar in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	233,300 (2019)
Electorate	162,800 (2021)
Major settlements	Villingen-Schwenningen Donaueschingen Bad Dürrheim
Area	1,266.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Thorsten Frei
Elected	2013, 2017, 2021

Schwarzwald-Baar was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Thorsten Frei of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Schwarzwald-Baar is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis and the municipalities of Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, Wolfach from the Ortenaukreis district.^[1]

History

Schwarzwald-Baar was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 190 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 287. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 286.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	190	Schwarzwald-Baar	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	287		Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district Ortenaukreis district (only Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, Wolfach municipalities)
2005
2009	286
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Hansjörg Häfele from 1980 to 1990, followed by Meinrad Belle from 1990 to 2002. Siegfried Kauder was representative from 2002 to 2013. Thorsten Frei was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Hansjörg Häfele	CDU	55.4
	1983			62.9
	1987			56.2
	1990	Meinrad Belle	CDU	53.6
	1994			52.0
	1998			44.9
	2002	Siegfried Kauder	CDU	49.7
	2005			51.3
	2009			47.4
	2013	Thorsten Frei	CDU	56.7
	2017			47.0
	2021			36.4

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Thorsten Frei		44,188	36.4	10.6	32,309	26.6	11.2
	SPD	Derya Türk-Nachbaur		21,996	18.1	1.4	25,814	21.2	5.6
	FDP	Marcel Klinge		16,747	13.8	5.3	19,696	16.2	4.0
	Greens	Thomas Bleile		14,692	12.1	2.3	16,181	13.3	1.1
	AfD	Martin Rothweiler		12,795	10.5	0.8	13,097	10.8	1.6
	dieBasis	Marie-Therese Herrmann		4,871	4.0		3,819	3.1
	FW	Marius Maier		3,306	2.7	1.6	2,390	2.0	1.2
	Left	Heinrich Hermann		2,757	2.3	2.1	3,062	2.5	2.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,602	1.3	0.5
	PARTEI						843	0.7	0.1
	Pirates						442	0.4	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						416	0.3
	Volt						357	0.3
	Bündnis C						292	0.2
	ÖDP						276	0.2	0.0
	NPD						196	0.2	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						189	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						152	0.1
	Humanists						107	0.1
	DiB						100	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Helmut Kruse-Günter		140	0.1	0.0	58	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						51	0.0
	DKP						40	0.0	0.0
	LKR						33	0.0
Informal votes				1,370			1,340
Total valid votes				121,492			121,522
Turnout				122,862	75.5	0.5
	CDU hold		Majority	22,192	18.3	12.0

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Thorsten Frei		58,149	47.0	9.7	46,812	37.8	11.5
	SPD	Jens Löw		20,672	16.7	2.2	19,337	15.6	3.5
	AfD	Joachim Senger		14,069	11.4	7.5	15,350	12.4	6.7
	Greens	Volker Goerz		12,085	9.8	2.1	15,113	12.2	3.2
	FDP	Marcel Klinge		10,438	8.4	5.9	15,124	12.2	6.3
	Left	Patrick Bausch		5,347	4.3	0.8	6,608	5.3	1.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,028	0.8	0.0
	FW	Dursun Dayi		1,405	1.1	0.4	992	0.8	0.1
	NPD	Jürgen Schützinger		745	0.6	1.1	590	0.5	1.0
	PARTEI						688	0.6
	Independent	Stefan Welte		579	0.5
	Pirates						464	0.4	1.6
	Tierschutzallianz						324	0.3
	ÖDP						305	0.2	0.1
	DM						236	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						164	0.1
	V-Partei³						162	0.1
	BGE						150	0.1
	DiB						119	0.1
	MLPD	Helmut Kruse-Günter		201	0.2		99	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						39	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0
Informal votes				1,654			1,615
Total valid votes				123,690			123,729
Turnout				125,344	75.9	4.2
	CDU hold		Majority	37,477	30.3	7.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Schwarzwald-Baar[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	Thorsten Frei		66,505	56.7	9.3	57,912	49.4	13.0
	SPD	Jens Löw		22,211	18.9	0.2	22,414	19.1	1.3
	Greens	Cornelia Kunkis-Becker		8,984	7.7	3.7	10,613	9.0	2.6
	AfD	Dirk Caroli		4,603	3.9		6,697	5.7
	Left	Gotthilf Lorch		4,144	3.5	2.7	4,860	4.1	2.7
	Independent	Siegfried Kauder		3,579	3.0
	FDP	Marcel Klinge		2,946	2.5	10.9	6,933	5.9	14.8
	Pirates						2,260	1.9	0.1
	NPD	Jürgen Schützinger		1,963	1.7	0.8	1,737	1.5	0.2
	FW	Christel Bächle-Blum		1,845	1.6		1,084	0.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						926	0.8	0.0
	PBC						453	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP	Christof Stocker		586	0.5		375	0.3	0.1
	RENTNER						339	0.3
	REP						280	0.2	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						229	0.2	0.1
	Party of Reason						118	0.1
	PRO						76	0.1
	MLPD						57	0.0	0.0
	BIG						37	0.0
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,815			1,836
Total valid votes				117,366			117,345
Turnout				119,181	71.7	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	44,294	37.8	9.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schwarzwald-Baar[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 Siegfried Kauder		54,172	47.4	4.0	41,694	36.3	5.7
	SPD	Friedrich Scheerer		21,835	19.1	11.8	20,374	17.8	10.0
	FDP	Marcel Klinge		15,292	13.4	7.2	23,812	20.8	7.9
	Greens	Cornelia Kunkis-Becker		13,034	11.4	4.0	13,344	11.6	2.9
	Left	Tobias Stützer		7,158	6.3		7,837	6.8	3.3
	Pirates						2,111	1.8
	NPD	Jürgen Schützinger		2,881	2.5	0.4	1,978	1.7	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						937	0.8
	PBC						694	0.6	0.3
	REP						553	0.5	0.3
	ÖDP						455	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						287	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						254	0.2
	ADM						166	0.1
	DVU						100	0.1
	MLPD						80	0.1	0.1
	BüSo						61	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,983			2,618
Total valid votes				114,372			114,737
Turnout				117,355	70.1	7.1
	CDU hold		Majority	32,337	28.3	7.8

References

1. "Constituency Schwarzwald-Baar". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Schwarzwald-Baar". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
4. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
5. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar
6. Results for Schwarzwald-Baar