Göppingen (electoral district)

Göppingen is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of thirty eight districts covering the state of Baden-Württemberg, it is coterminous with the county of Göppingen.[1] The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 263.

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. Originally it covered a larger area, but assumed its current form following boundary changes in 1965. It has been unchanged since then.

It has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. The current representative is Hermann Färber, who was elected for the first time in 2013.[2]

Boundaries
Election Number and name Areas covered
1949 7 Göppingen Göppingen county; from Nürtingen county, the municipalities of Bissingen an der Teck, Dettingen unter Teck, Holzmaden, Kirchheim unter Teck, Lenningen, Neidlingen, Notzingen, Ohmden, Owen, Weilheim an der Teck and Wolfschlugen
1953–1961 169 Göppingen
1965–1976 172 Göppingen Göppingen county
1980–1998 167 Göppingen
2002–2005 264 Göppingen
since 2009 263 Göppingen

Result

2013 election
2013 German federal election: Göppingen[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 Hermann Färber 64,095 49.0% 5.9% 60,058 45.8% 12.7%
SPD Heike Baehrens 31,646 24.2% 2.4% 28,435 21.7% 0.9%
Green Dennis De 14,010 10.7% 0.3% 13,275 10.1% 3.2%
AfD Volker Münz 6,891 5.3% 8,259 6.3%
Left Thomas Edtmaier 4,710 3.6% 2.8% 5,569 4.2% 3.0%
FDP Werner Simmling 4,393 3.4% 7.0% 7,646 5.8% 13.3%
Pirates Julian Beier 2,557 2.0% 2,629 2.0% 0.2%
NPD Alexander Neidlein 1,813 1.4% 0.5% 1,599 1.2% 0.1%
ÖDP Albert Seitzer 596 0.5% 0.3% 403 0.3% 0.1%
Tierschutzpartei   1,000 0.8%
REP   552 0.4% 0.7%
FW   530 0.4%
Pensioners'   289 0.2%
PBC   240 0.2% 0.2%
Volksabstimmung   198 0.2% 0.1%
BIG   129 0.1%
PDV   115 0.1%
pro-Deutschland   93 0.1%
MLPD   67 0.1%
BüSo   17 0.0%
Informal votes 1,921 1,529
Total Valid votes 130,711 131,103
CDU hold Majority 32,449 24.8%

List of district representatives
Election Name Party
1949 Georg Baur CDU
1953 Hermann Finckh CDU
1957 Hermann Finckh CDU
1961 Hermann Finckh CDU
1965 Manfred Wörner CDU
1969 Manfred Wörner CDU
1972 Manfred Wörner CDU
1976 Manfred Wörner CDU
1980 Manfred Wörner CDU
1983 Manfred Wörner CDU
1987 Manfred Wörner CDU
1990 Claus Jäger CDU
1994 Klaus Riegert CDU
1998 Klaus Riegert CDU
2002 Klaus Riegert CDU
2005 Klaus Riegert CDU
2009 Klaus Riegert CDU
2013 Hermann Färber CDU
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References
  1. Constituency boundaries Archived 2014-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 27 June 2014
  2. Gewählt, Gmünder Tagespost, 23 September 2013
  3. https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-263.html

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