Kirchheim (electoral district)

8: Kirchheim
Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Esslingen in 2026
District	Esslingen
Electorate	121,291 (2026)
Major settlements	Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Bissingen an der Teck, Deizisau, Dettingen unter Teck, Erkenbrechtsweiler, Hochdorf, Holzmaden, Kirchheim unter Teck, Köngen, Lenningen, Lichtenwald, Neidlingen, Notzingen, Oberboihingen, Ohmden, Owen, Plochingen, Unterensingen, Weilheim an der Teck, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau (Neckar)
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Natalie Pfau-Weller

Kirchheim 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 8. It is wholly within the district of Esslingen.

Geography

The constituency includes the municipalities of Altbach, Baltmannsweiler, Bissingen an der Teck, Deizisau, Dettingen unter Teck, Erkenbrechtsweiler, Hochdorf, Holzmaden, Kirchheim unter Teck, Köngen, Lenningen, Lichtenwald, Neidlingen, Notzingen, Oberboihingen, Ohmden, Owen, Plochingen, Unterensingen, Weilheim an der Teck, Wendlingen am Neckar, and Wernau (Neckar), within the district of Esslingen.

There were 121,291 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	Fritz Hopmeier	CDU
	1980
	1984
	1988
	1992
	1996	Gisela Meister-Scheufelen
	April 2000	Dirk Ommeln
	2001	Karl Zimmermann
	2006			41.6
	2011			38.6
	2016	Andreas Schwarz	Green	30.5
	2021			33.1
	2026	Natalie Pfau-Weller	CDU	36.7

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.

Election		Member	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party
1976		Gerhard Remppis	SPD
1980
1984
1988
1992		Carla Bregenzer	SPD		Richard Eckert	REP
1996								Marianne Erdich-Sommer	Grüne
2001
2006
May 2008		Sabine Fohler
2011								Andreas Schwarz	Grüne
2016		Andreas Kenner	SPD		Sabine Kurtz	CDU
2021					Natalie Pfau-Weller

Election results

2026 election

State election (2026): Kirchheim
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	Natalie Pfau-Weller		32,297	36.7	12.3	27,064	30.7	6.3
	Greens	N Andreas Schwarz		24,302	27.6	5.5	27,535	31.2	1.9
	AfD	Markus Berthold		16,337	18.6	9.0	16,220	18.4	8.9
	SPD	Tonja Brinks		5,900	6.7	5.9	4,548	5.2	7.5
	FDP	Nicole Falkenstein		3,496	4.0	6.4	3,985	4.5	0.6
	Left	Anil Beşli		3,129	3.6	0.8	3,017	3.4	0.6
	FW						1,748	2.0	0.6
	BSW	Heinrich Brinker		1,283	1.5		1,191	1.4
	APT						705	0.8
	Volt	Marvin Clauß		861	1.0		555	0.6
	PARTEI						313	0.4	1.2
	dieBasis						286	0.3	1.1
	Values	Bernd Rieg		400	0.5		256	0.3
	Bündnis C						209	0.2
	Pensioners						130	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						125	0.1
	ÖDP						109	0.1	0.6
	PdF						61	0.1
	Verjüngungsforschung						53	0.1
	KlimalisteBW						31	0.0	0.7
	Humanists						25	0.0
Informal votes				639			478
Total valid votes				88,005			88,166
Turnout				88,644	73.1	5.8
	CDU gain from Greens		Majority	7,995	9.1

2021 election

State election (2026): Kirchheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Andreas Schwarz	26,552	33.1	2.6
	CDU	Natalie Pfau-Weller	19,560	24.4	2.1
	SPD	Andreas Kenner	10,111	12.6	1.5
	FDP	Ralph Kittl	8,279	10.3	2.1
	AfD	Christof Deutscher	7,638	9.5	4.7
	Left	Hüseyin Sahin	2,236	2.8	1.0
	PARTEI	Kai Röhm	1,229	1.5
	dieBasis	Uwe Allgaier	1,123	1.4
	FW	Erkan Erdem	1,118	1.4
	ÖDP	Regina Pelzer	564	0.7	0.2
	WiR2020	Sabine Reichert	585	0.7
	KlimalisteBW	Lea Aschmann	569	0.7
	Independent	Fabian Bodenstein	552	0.7	0.5
Majority			6,992	8.7
Rejected ballots			476	0.6	0.2
Turnout			80,592	67.3	7.1
Registered electors			119,713
	Greens hold		Swing

See also

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