Backnang (electoral district)

17: Backnang
Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Backnang in 2026
District	Rems-Murr
Electorate	93,975 (2026)
Major settlements	Alfdorf, Allmersbach im Tal, Althütte, Aspach, Auenwald, Backnang, Berglen, Burgstetten, Großerlach, Kaiserbach, Kirchberg an der Murr, Murrhardt, Oppenweiler, Spielberg, Sulzbach an der Murr, Weissach im Tal, and Welzheim
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Jens Steinat

Backnang is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2026, it has elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. Voters cast a second vote under which additional seats are allocated proportionally state-wide. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 17. It is wholly within the district of Rems-Murr.

Geography

The constituency includes the municipalities of Alfdorf, Allmersbach im Tal, Althütte, Aspach, Auenwald, Backnang, Berglen (since 2010), Burgstetten, Großerlach, Kaiserbach, Kirchberg an der Murr, Murrhardt, Oppenweiler, Spielberg, Sulzbach an der Murr, Weissach im Tal, and Welzheim, within the district of Rems-Murr.

There were 93,975 eligible voters in 2026.

Members

First mandate

Both prior to and since the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the winner of the plurality of the vote (first-past-the-post) in every constituency won the first mandate.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1976	Erich Schneider	CDU
	1980
	1984
	1988
	1992	Rosely Schweizer
	1996
	2001	Wilfried Klenk		42.2
	2006			44.7
	2011			40.8
	2016			27.7
	2021	Ralf Nentwich	Grüne	24.0
	2026	Jens Steinat	CDU	34.5

Second mandate

Prior to the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the seats in the state parliament were allocated proportionately amongst parties which received more than 5% of valid votes across the state. The seats that were won proportionally for parties that did not win as many first mandates as seats they were entitled to, were allocated to their candidates which received the highest proportion of the vote in their respective constituencies. This meant that following some elections, a constituency would have one or more members elected under a second mandate.

Prior to 2011, these second mandates were allocated to the party candidates who got the greatest number of votes, whilst from 2011-2021, these were allocated according to percentage share of the vote.

Prior to 2011, no second mandate members were elected in this constituency.

Election		Member	Party		Member	Party
2011		Wilhelm Halder	SPD
2016					Jörg Meuthen	AfD
Jan 2018
2021					Daniel Lindenschmid	AfD
Oct 2024		Simone Kirschbaum

Election results

2026 election

State election (2026): Backnang
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	Jens Steinat		23,006	34.5	11.3	19,719	29.5	6.3
	AfD	Daniel Lindenschmid		16,661	25.0	12.9	16,400	24.5	12.4
	Greens	N Ralf Nentwich		14,782	22.2	1.9	17,506	26.2	2.1
	SPD	Simone Kirschbaum		5,144	7.7	11.3	3,286	4.9	14.1
	FDP	Marc Juric		2,616	3.9	6.6	3,042	4.5	6.0
	Left	Allegra Conrad		2,595	3.9	1.5	2,297	3.4	1.1
	Pirate Party Germany	Philip Köngeter		1,191	1.8
	FW						1,112	1.7	0.2
	BSW						987	1.5
	APT						614	0.9
	Volt	Damaris Lauffer		648	1.0		406	0.6
	PARTEI						335	0.5	1.1
	dieBasis						276	0.4	0.9
	Bündnis C						225	0.3
	Values						169	0.3
	ÖDP						138	0.2	0.5
	Pensioners						114	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						77	0.1
	PdF						66	0.1
	Verjüngungsforschung						37	0.1
	KlimalisteBW						30	0.0	0.6
	Humanists						22	0.0
Informal votes				607			392
Total valid votes				66,643			66,858
Turnout				67,250	71.6	7.6
	CDU gain from Greens		Majority	6,345	9.5

2021 election

State election (2026): Backnang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Ralf Nentwich	14,278	24.0	1.7
	CDU	Georg Devrikis	13,791	23.2	4.5
	SPD	Gernot Gruber	11,274	19.0	3.3
	AfD	Daniel Lindenschmid	7,202	12.1	7.6
	FDP	Charlotte Klinghoffer	6,243	10.5	2.5
	Left	Annette Keles	1,406	2.4	0.3
	FW	Konstantinos Kefalas	1,110	1.9
	Pirates	Philip Köngeter	1,062	1.8	0.6
	PARTEI	Alexander Lisson	944	1.6
	dieBasis	Joachim Reymann	792	1.3
	WiR2020	Nico Mast	482	0.8
	ÖDP	Norbert Barthold	431	0.7	0.2
	KlimalisteBW	Berthold Daubner	360	0.6
Majority			488	0.8
Rejected ballots			401	0.7	0.2
Turnout			59,777	64.0	8.2
Registered electors			93,471
	Greens gain from CDU		Swing

See also

• Politics of Baden-Württemberg
• Landtag of Baden-Württemberg