Bretten (electoral district)

30: Bretten
Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Bretten in 2026
District	Karlsruhe
Electorate	116,617 (2026)
Major settlements	Bretten, Dettenheim, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Gondelsheim, Graben-Neudorf, Kraichtal, Kürnbach, Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Oberderdingen, Stutensee, Sulzfeld, Walzbachtal, Weingarten (Baden), and Zaisenhausen
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Ansgar Mayr

Bretten 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 30.

It is wholly within the district of Karlsruhe.

Geography

The constituency includes the municipalities of Bretten, Dettenheim, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Gondelsheim, Graben-Neudorf, Kraichtal, Kürnbach, Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Oberderdingen, Stutensee, Sulzfeld, Walzbachtal, Weingarten (Baden), and Zaisenhausen, within the district of Karlsruhe.

There were 116,617 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	Helmut Wirth	CDU
	1980
	1984
	1988	Franz Wieser
	1992
	1996
	2001			44.6
	2006	Joachim Kößler		43.6
	2011			40.4
	2016	Andrea Schwarz	Grüne	27.5
	2021			32.0
	2026	Ansgar Mayr	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 1980, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election		Member	Party		Member	Party
1980		Peter Wintruff	SPD
1984
1988		Peter Wintruff	SPD
1992
1993					Bernhard Amann	REP
1996
2001
2006		Ute Vogt
Oct 2009		Wolfgang Wehowsky
2011
2016		Joachim Kößler	CDU
2021		Joachim Kößler			Christian Jung	FDP

Election results

2026 election

State election (2026): Bretten
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	Ansgar Mayr		28,346	34.5	11.5	24,763	30.0	7.0
	Greens	Pascal Haggenmüller		20,486	24.9	7.1	22,677	27.4	4.6
	AfD	Andreas Laitenberger		17,194	20.9	9.7	16,779	20.3	9.1
	SPD	Beate Essafi		7,428	9.0	1.8	5,179	6.3	4.6
	FDP	Christian Jung		4,853	5.9	5.5	3,742	4.5	6.8
	Left	Amely Pol		3,846	4.7	1.9	3,043	3.7	0.9
	FW						1,887	2.3	1.2
	BSW						1,184	1.4
	APT						978	1.2
	Volt						782	0.9
	PARTEI						403	0.5	1.3
	Bündnis C						233	0.3
	dieBasis						191	0.2	0.9
	Values						177	0.2
	Pensioners						160	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						143	0.2
	ÖDP						123	0.1
	Verjüngungsforschung						71	0.1
	PdF						55	0.1
	KlimalisteBW						48	0.1	1.2
	Humanists						36	0.0
Informal votes				1,064			563
Total valid votes				82,153			82,654
Turnout				83,217	71.4	5.5
	CDU gain from Greens		Majority	7,860	9.6

2021 election

State election (2026): Bretten

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Andrea Schwarz	23,870	32.0	4.5
	CDU	Ansgar Mayr	17,126	23.0	4.2
	FDP	Christian Jung	8,468	11.4	3.1
	AfD	Andreas Laitenberger	8,368	11.2	7.3
	SPD	Stephan Walter	8,066	10.8	1.3
	FW	Bernd Barutta	2,570	3.5
	Left	Heinz-Peter Schwertges	2,108	2.8	0.6
	PARTEI	Sascha Oehme	1,301	1.7	0.7
	KlimalisteBW	Johanna Kirschke	971	1.3
	dieBasis	Thorsten Gary	869	1.2
	WiR2020	Jürgen Beck	763	1.0
Majority			6,744	9.0
Rejected ballots			720	1.0
Turnout			75,200	65.9	6.2
Registered electors			114,197
	Greens hold		Swing

See also

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