Göppingen (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

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.

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

Result

2013 election

German federal election, 2013: 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

References