Breisgau (electoral district)

48: Breisgau
Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Heilbronn in 2026
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Lörrach
Electorate	132,404 (2026)
Major settlements	Au, Auggen, Bad Krozingen, Badenweiler, Ballrechten-Dottingen, Bötzingen, Bollschweil, Breisach am Rhein, Buggingen, Ebringen, Ehrenkirchen, Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, Eschbach, Hartheim, Heitersheim, Horben, Ihringen, Merdingen, Merzhausen, Müllheim im Markgräflerland, Münstertal, Neuenburg am Rhein, Pfaffenweiler, Sölden, Staufen im Breisgau, Sulzburg, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Wittenau, Kandern, Malsburg-Marzell, and Wittnau
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Patrick Rapp

Breisgau 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 48. It is split between the districts of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Lörrach.

Geography

The constituency includes:

• The municipalities of Au, Auggen, Bad Krozingen, Badenweiler, Ballrechten-Dottingen, Bötzingen, Bollschweil, Breisach am Rhein, Buggingen, Ebringen, Ehrenkirchen, Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, Eschbach, Hartheim, Heitersheim, Horben, Ihringen, Merdingen, Merzhausen, Müllheim im Markgräflerland, Münstertal, Neuenburg am Rhein, Pfaffenweiler, Sölden, Staufen im Breisgau, Sulzburg, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, and Wittenau within the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.
• The municipalities of Kandern, Malsburg-Marzell, and Wittnau, within the district of Lörrach.

There were 132,404 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	Gundolf Fleischer	CDU
	1980
	1984
	1988
	1992
	1996
	2001			44.6
	2006			44.9
	2011	Patrick Rapp		33.5
	2016	Bärbl Mielich	Grüne	35.1
	2021	Reinhold Pix		37.7
	2026	Patrick Rapp	CDU	36.4

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 1984, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election		Member	Party		Member	Party
1984		Ulrich Brinkmann	SPD
1988
1992
1996					Stephanie Günther	Grüne
Dec 2000		Walter Krögner
2001		Christoph Bayer
2006					Bärbl Mielich	Grüne
2011
2016		Patrick Rapp	CDU
2021

Election results

2026 election

State election (2026): Breisgau
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	Patrick Rapp		34,259	36.4	12.5	27,212	28.8	4.9
	Greens	Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg		28,173	30.0	7.8	32,509	34.4	3.3
	AfD	Martina Böswald		14,919	15.9	8.9	14,222	15.0	8.0
	SPD	Philip Wolf		7,545	8.0	2.3	5,517	5.8	4.5
	Left	Eric Waibel		5,320	5.7	1.9	4,292	4.5	0.8
	FDP	Lothar Hanser		3,848	4.1	4.9	3,562	3.8	5.2
	FW						2,057	2.2	0.6
	BSW						1,325	1.4
	APT						1,132	1.2
	Volt						894	0.9
	PARTEI						449	0.5	1.2
	dieBasis						329	0.3	0.8
	Bündnis C						218	0.2
	ÖDP						175	0.2	0.6
	Pensioners						164	0.2
	Values						163	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						74	0.1
	PdF						71	0.1
	KlimalisteBW						67	0.1	0.9
	Verjüngungsforschung						58	0.1
	Humanists						42	0.0
Informal votes				991			523
Total valid votes				94,064			94,532
Turnout				95,055	71.8	5.6
	CDU gain from Greens		Majority	6,086	6.4

See also

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