Stuttgart I (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

Stuttgart I is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of two districts covering the city of Stuttgart, it covers four of the city's five inner districts as well as seven of the twenty three outer districts.

The constituency was created for the 1949 election, the first election in West Germany after World War II. For most of the period until the 1980 election, the constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 1980, with the exception of an SPD gain at the 2002 election, the constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

In 2009 the Greens finished 4.5% behind. The closest they came to winning a second constituency seat (in addition to the Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East seat that they hold.) The current MP is Stefan Kaufmann.

History and boundaries

Upon creation for the 1949 election, the district was called Stuttgart I and covered the Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Süd, Weilimdorf, Feuerbach, Botnang, Vaihingen, Möhringen, Degerloch, Birkach, Hohenheim and Plieningen towns and districts. At the 1965 election most of these areas became part of Stuttgart II which contained Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Ost, Stuttgart-Nord, Birkach, Hedelfingen, Untertürkheim, Obertürkheim, Plieningen, Sillenbuch and Wangen.

The constituency was renamed Stuttgart-Süd for the 1980 election, when it contained the areas and towns of Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Süd, Stuttgart-Nord, Birkach, Degerloch, Hedelfingen, Möhringen, Plieningen, Sillenbuch and Vaihingen. Since then, the constituency boundaries have remained unchanged, though the name reverted to Stuttgart I at the 2002 election.^[1]

Results

2013 election

German federal election, 2013: Stuttgart I
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			63,465	42.0%	7.5%	56,794	37.5%	9.6%
	Green			41,522	27.5%	2.4%	26,534	17.5%	4.5%
	SPD			25,050	16.6%	1.4%	31,766	21.0%	2.1%
	Left			5,824	3.9%	0.8%	9,432	6.2%	0.5%
	AfD			4,151	2.7%		6,281	4.1%
	FDP			3,894	2.6%	7.7%	2,548	8.3%	11.2%
	Pirates			3,315	2.2%	0.5%	4,338	2.9%	0.4%
	FW			864	0.6%		645	0.4%
	NPD			673	0.4%	0.3%	506	0.3%	0.2%
	BüSo			161	0.1%	0.2%	79	0.1%	0.1%
	Pensioners'						258	0.2
	PBC						170	0.1	0.1%
	Volksabstimmung						141	0.1
	BIG						136	0.1
	MLPD						103	0.1
	PDV						91	0.1
	pro-Deutschland						66	0.0
	Independent	Schweizer		1,472	1.0%
	Independent	Gäbel		84	0.1%
	Independent	Ressdorf		76	0.1%
Informal votes				1,298			1,046
Total Valid votes				151,248			151,500
	CDU hold		Majority	21,943	14.5%

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