Tübingen (electoral district)

Tübingen 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 290. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Tübingen district and the northeastern part of the Zollernalbkreis district.^[1]

290 Tübingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Tübingen in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	278,400 (2019)
Electorate	198,791 (2021)
Major settlements	Tübingen Rottenburg am Neckar Mössingen
Area	788.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Annette Widmann-Mauz
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Tübingen was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Annette Widmann-Mauz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Tübingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Tübingen district and the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen from the Zollernalbkreis district.^[1]

History

Tübingen was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 194 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 291. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 290. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	194	Tübingen	Tübingen district Zollernalbkreis district (only Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	291
2005
2009	290
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Jürgen Todenhöfer from 1980 to 1990, followed by Claus-Peter Grotz from 1990 to 1998. Herta Däubler-Gmelin of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served one term. Annette Widmann-Mauz has been representative since 2002.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Jürgen Todenhöfer	CDU	52.7
	1983			57.1
	1987			50.2
	1990	Claus-Peter Grotz	CDU	42.5
	1994			42.4
	1998	Herta Däubler-Gmelin	SPD	47.2
	2002	Annette Widmann-Mauz	CDU	43.4
	2005			42.9
	2009			38.9
	2013			46.9
	2017			35.7
	2021			27.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz		43,024	27.0	8.7	34,775	21.8	9.1
	Greens	Christian Kühn		40,978	25.7	6.6	37,424	23.4	5.4
	SPD	Martin Rosemann		28,982	18.2	0.9	32,576	20.4	4.7
	FDP	Julian Grünke		15,059	9.4	1.5	22,678	14.2	2.4
	AfD	Ingo Reetzke		12,484	7.8	0.8	12,548	7.9	2.2
	Left	Heike Hänsel		7,526	4.7	4.0	8,231	5.2	4.4
	dieBasis	Johanna Pardo		2,940	1.8		2,666	1.7
	FW	Andreas Weber		2,789	1.7		1,978	1.2	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Oliver Mohr		2,544	1.6		1,777	1.1	0.5
	PARTEI	Christiane Lawrenz		1,952	1.2	0.2	1,292	0.8	0.0
	Team Todenhöfer						838	0.5
	Volt						610	0.4
	Pirates						532	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP	Kornelius Schultka		743	0.5		503	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C						323	0.2
	DiB	Stefan Klepp		493	0.3		223	0.1	0.1
	Humanists						208	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						155	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						147	0.1
	NPD						132	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Claudia Lenger-Atan		114	0.1	0.1	50	0.0	0.1
	DKP						42	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						37	0.0
	LKR						36	0.0
Informal votes				1,207			1,054
Total valid votes				159,628			159,781
Turnout				160,835	80.9	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	2,046	1.3	15.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz		56,446	35.7	11.2	48,828	30.8	10.9
	Greens	Christian Kühn		30,197	19.1	2.5	28,521	18.0	3.2
	SPD	Martin Rosemann		27,325	17.3	3.1	24,865	15.7	4.8
	Left	Heike Hänsel		13,862	8.8	2.3	15,096	9.5	2.9
	AfD	Dubravko Mandic		13,684	8.7	5.2	15,887	10.0	5.4
	FDP	Christopher Gohl		12,504	7.9	5.6	18,718	11.8	6.3
	PARTEI	Ina Mecke		2,293	1.4		1,307	0.8
	Independent	Jens Martin Rohrbach		1,590	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						994	0.6	0.1
	FW						758	0.5	0.1
	Pirates						715	0.5	2.2
	ÖDP						629	0.4	0.0
	DiB						376	0.2
	NPD						326	0.2	0.7
	BGE						282	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						281	0.2
	V-Partei³						216	0.1
	DM						212	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						171	0.1
	MLPD	Claudia Lenger-Atan		285	0.2		142	0.1	0.0
	DKP						52	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						34	0.0
Informal votes				1,615			1,391
Total valid votes				158,186			158,410
Turnout				159,801	81.3	3.8
	CDU hold		Majority	26,249	16.6	9.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz		69,354	46.9	7.9	61,889	41.7	11.0
	SPD	Martin Rosemann		30,160	20.4	0.3	30,417	20.5	1.6
	Greens	Christian Kühn		24,477	16.5	5.0	21,978	14.8	4.1
	Left	Heike Hänsel		9,589	6.5	0.4	9,820	6.6	1.3
	AfD	Horst Speichert		5,081	3.4		6,815	4.6
	Pirates	Sebastian Nerz		4,402	3.0		3,979	2.7	0.1
	FDP	Christopher Gohl		3,358	2.3	7.4	8,208	5.5	11.5
	NPD	Edda Schmidt		1,558	1.1	0.4	1,297	0.9	0.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,053	0.7	0.1
	ÖDP						589	0.4	0.0
	FW						509	0.3
	REP						439	0.3	0.5
	PBC						340	0.2	0.1
	RENTNER						276	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						267	0.2	0.1
	Party of Reason						113	0.1
	MLPD						95	0.1	0.0
	PRO						94	0.1
	BIG						73	0.0
	BüSo						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,789			1,487
Total valid votes				147,979			148,281
Turnout				149,768	77.5	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	39,194	26.5	9.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Tübingen[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 Annette Widmann-Mauz		55,188	38.9	4.0	43,603	30.7	4.6
	Greens	Winfried Hermann		30,560	21.6	11.8	26,939	19.0	2.8
	SPD	Martin Rosemann		28,501	20.1	18.1	26,823	18.9	10.2
	FDP	Klaus Bucher		13,680	9.7	5.9	24,233	17.1	5.8
	Left	Heike Hänsel		9,801	6.9	3.6	11,185	7.9	3.6
	Pirates						3,648	2.6
	NPD	Edda Schmidt		2,078	1.5	0.0	1,452	1.0	0.1
	REP						1,122	0.8	0.5
	Independent	Stefan Schade		1,075	0.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						870	0.6
	ÖDP	Matthias Dietrich		814	0.6		633	0.4
	PBC						525	0.4	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						372	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						318	0.2
	MLPD						140	0.1	0.0
	DVU						73	0.1
	BüSo						63	0.0	0.0
	ADM						42	0.0
Informal votes				2,199			1,855
Total valid votes				141,697			142,041
Turnout				143,896	75.9	5.0
	CDU hold		Majority	24,628	17.3	12.6

References

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