Stuttgart I (electoral district)

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.

Location of constituency in Baden-Württemberg

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. This was 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

2009 election
Party Constituency results List results
Candidate Votes % share +/- Votes % share +/-
Christian Democratic Union Stefan Kaufmann 48,518 34.4 -4.7 39,482 27.9 -4.5
Alliance '90/The Greens Cem Özdemir 42,116 29.9 +19.5 31,076 22.0 +4.7
Social Democratic Party of Germany Ute Vogt 25,364 18.0 -20.6 26,656 18.9 -11.3
Free Democratic Party Michael Conz 14,514 10.3 +3.6 27,557 19.5 +5.8
The Left Marta Aparicio de Eckelmann 6,601 4.7 +1.7 9,439 6.7 +2.8
Pirate Party Stefan Urbat 2,350 1.7 N/A 3,426 2.4 N/A
National Democratic Party of Germany Ronnie Hellriegel 1,068 0.8 +0.1 691 0.5 +0.0
BüSo Hubertus Mohs 446 0.3 +0.1 150 0.1 -0.0
Others 2,907 2.0 N/A

Source:[2]

2013 election
2013 German federal election: 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%

References
  1. Boundaries of Stuttgart I, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 21 December 2012
  2. 2009 constituency results, bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed 21 December 2012

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