Rhein-Neckar (electoral district) (original) (raw)

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Electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag

277 Rhein-Neckar
Electoral districtfor the Bundestag
Rhein-Neckar in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	271,100 (2019)
Electorate	196,882 (2021)
Major settlements	SinsheimWieslochWalldorf
Area	724.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Moritz Oppelt
Elected	2021

Rhein-Neckar is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 277. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.[1]

Rhein-Neckar was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Moritz Oppelt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Rhein-Neckar is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district excluding the municipalities of Dossenheim, Edingen-Neckarhausen, Eppelheim, Heddesheim, Hemsbach, Hirschberg an der Bergstraße, Ilvesheim, Ladenburg, Laudenbach, Schriesheim, Weinheim, Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen.[1]

Rhein-Neckar was created in 1949, then known as Sinsheim. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Heidelberg-Land – Sinsheim. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Baden constituency 7 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 181. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 184. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 182. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 278. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 277.

Originally, the constituency comprised the district of Mosbach as well as the Sinsheim district excluding the municipalities of Kürnbach, Mühlbach, Sulzfeld, and Zaisenhausen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the district of Sinsheim as well as the Landkreis Heidelberg district excluding the municipality of Eppelheim. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Eugen Leibfried from 1949 to 1957, followed by Fritz Baier from 1957 to 1976. Alfred Hubertus Neuhaus served from 1976 to 1983. Bernd Schmidbauer was representative from 1983 to 2009, a total of seven consecutive terms. Stephan Harbarth was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He resigned in November 2018 after being elected to the Federal Constitutional Court. He was succeeded by Moritz Oppelt in the 2021 federal election.

Federal election (2021): Rhein-Neckar[3]
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	Moritz Oppelt	43,487	28.5	8.9	38,871	25.5
	SPD	Lars Castellucci	41,205	27.0	3.1	35,847	23.5
	Greens	Jürgen Kretz	22,696	14.9	5.3	24,072	15.8
	FDP	Jens Brandenburg	17,769	11.7	3.5	21,941	14.4
	AfD	Stefan Holzmann	15,296	10.0	3.0	15,701	10.3
	Left	Ecevit Emre	4,006	2.6	2.6	4,320	2.8
	FW	Domenic Arnold	3,979	2.6	1.1	2,620	1.7
	dieBasis	Michael Dietz	3,238	2.1		2,436	1.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection		2,033	1.3	0.5
	PARTEI		1,362	0.9	0.0
	Independent	Daniel Schmitt	821	0.5
	Volt		680	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer		614	0.4
	Pirates		546	0.4	0.0
	Bündnis C		363	0.2
	ÖDP		275	0.2	0.0
	NPD		244	0.2	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung		234	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung		142	0.1
	Humanists		134	0.1
	DiB		104	0.1	0.0
	LKR		45	0.0
	MLPD		33	0.0	0.0
	DKP		33	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21		31	0.0
Informal votes	1,588			1,403
Total valid votes	152,497			152,682
Turnout	154,085	78.3	0.6
	CDU hold	Majority	2,282	1.5	12.0

Federal election (2017): Rhein-Neckar[4]
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	Y Stephan Harbarth	57,788	37.4	12.2	51,797	33.5
	SPD	Lars Castellucci	36,886	23.9	2.0	28,486	18.4
	AfD	Achim Köhler	20,177	13.1	8.5	20,942	13.5
	Greens	Memet Kiliç	14,792	9.6	1.3	17,687	11.4
	FDP	Jens Brandenburg	12,571	8.1	5.6	18,933	12.2
	Left	Heinrich Stürtz	8,010	5.2	1.2	9,738	6.3
	FW	Kay-Olaf Ballerstädt	2,255	1.5		1,381	0.9
	PARTEI	Simon Schäfer	1,937	1.3		1,376	0.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection		1,252	0.8	0.1
	Pirates		615	0.4	2.3
	NPD		534	0.3	1.0
	Tierschutzallianz		362	0.2
	ÖDP		327	0.2	0.1
	DM		259	0.2
	V-Partei³		241	0.2
	BGE		194	0.1
	Menschliche Welt		194	0.1
	DiB		183	0.1
	DIE RECHTE		70	0.0
	MLPD		68	0.0	0.0
	DKP		15	0.0
Informal votes	1,986			1,748
Total valid votes	154,416			154,654
Turnout	156,402	78.9	4.0
	CDU hold	Majority	20,902	13.5	10.3

Federal election (2013): Rhein-Neckar[5]
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	Y Stephan Harbarth	72,271	49.7	7.4	63,876	43.8
	SPD	Lars Castellucci	37,724	25.9	0.8	32,456	22.3
	Greens	Edith Wolber	12,031	8.3	2.3	13,912	9.5
	AfD	Sabine Knur	6,675	4.6		8,786	6.0
	Left	Bernd Malmberg	5,824	4.0	3.5	6,959	4.8
	Pirates	Andreas Hahn	3,866	2.7		3,909	2.7
	FDP	Jens Brandenburg	3,709	2.5	10.1	9,444	6.5
	NPD	Reinhard Schätz	2,040	1.4	0.5	1,936	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection		1,255	0.9	0.1
	FW		932	0.6
	ÖDP	Johannes Zimmerer	759	0.5		421	0.3
	REP	Peter Herbold	655	0.5		591	0.4
	RENTNER		342	0.2
	Volksabstimmung		267	0.2	0.0
	PBC		264	0.2	0.2
	Party of Reason		146	0.1
	PRO		125	0.1
	BIG		72	0.0
	MLPD		36	0.0	0.0
	BüSo		18	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	2,228			2,035
Total valid votes	145,554			145,747
Turnout	147,782	74.9	1.3
	CDU hold	Majority	34,997	23.8	6.6

Federal election (2009): Rhein-Neckar[6]
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	Stephan Harbarth	59,755	42.3	5.1	49,922	35.2
	SPD	Lars Castellucci	35,426	25.1	11.8	29,356	20.7
	FDP	Jörg Richter	17,833	12.6	8.1	26,191	18.5
	Greens	Charlotte Schneidewind-Hartnagel	14,952	10.6	4.8	16,723	11.8
	Left	Edgar Wunder	10,596	7.5	4.0	11,078	7.8
	Pirates		2,970	2.1
	NPD	Andreas Schäfer	2,725	1.9	0.0	1,894	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection		1,060	0.7
	REP		979	0.7	0.1
	PBC		489	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP		406	0.3
	Volksabstimmung		328	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN		267	0.2
	DVU		95	0.1
	ADM		66	0.0
	BüSo		65	0.0	0.0
	MLPD		49	0.0	0.0
Informal votes	2,928			2,277
Total valid votes	141,287			141,938
Turnout	144,215	73.6	7.0
	CDU hold	Majority	24,329	17.2	6.7

1. ^ a b "Constituency Rhein-Neckar". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Rhein-Neckar". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
4. ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
5. ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar
6. ^ Results for Rhein-Neckar