265 Ludwigsburg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ludwigsburg in 2009
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	330,400 (2019)
Electorate	215,312 (2021)
Major settlements	Ludwigsburg Kornwestheim Vaihingen an der Enz
Area	361.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Steffen Bilger
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Ludwigsburg 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 265. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Ludwigsburg district.^[1]

Ludwigsburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Steffen Bilger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Ludwigsburg is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Asperg, Ditzingen, Eberdingen, Gerlingen, Hemmingen, Korntal-Münchingen, Kornwestheim, Ludwigsburg, Markgröningen, Möglingen, Oberriexingen, Remseck am Neckar, Schwieberdingen, Sersheim, and Vaihingen an der Enz from the Ludwigsburg district, as well as the municipality of Weissach from the Böblingen district.^[1]

History

Ludwigsburg was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 3 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 165. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 167. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 169. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 266. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 265.

Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the Ludwigsburg district. In the 1976 election, it comprised the northern part of the Ludwigsburg district. In the 1980 election, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but lacking the Weissach municipality from the Böblingen district. It acquired the Weissach municipality in the 2017 election.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Willi Lausen of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by fellow SPD member Karl Mommer from 1953 to 1957. Raban Adelmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won it in 1957 and served one term before former member Mommer was re-elected in 1961. He served until 1969, when Annemarie Griesinger of the CDU was elected. Gunter Huonker of the SPD was then elected in 1972 for one term. Matthias Wissmann of the CDU was representative from 1976 to 2009, a total of nine consecutive terms. Steffen Bilger was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Ludwigsburg[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	Y Steffen Bilger		50,297	29.5	8.8	42,297	24.8	8.6
	Greens	Sandra Detzer		34,663	20.3	6.1	31,433	18.4	4.6
	SPD	Macit Karaahmetoǧlu		31,409	18.4	0.6	37,284	21.8	5.4
	FDP	Oliver Martin		23,891	14.0	3.8	27,611	16.2	1.5
	AfD	Martin Hess		14,392	8.4	3.2	14,313	8.4	3.0
	Left	Andreas Frisch		4,886	2.9	2.6	5,275	3.1	2.9
	FW	Martin Pfaff		3,803	2.2	0.1	2,765	1.6	0.8
	dieBasis	Stephan Johne		2,960	1.7		2,514	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,743	1.0	0.3
	PARTEI	Emanuele Annunziata		2,114	1.2		1,462	0.9	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,120	0.7
	Pirates						615	0.4	0.1
	ÖDP	Michael Dornhausen		929	0.5		554	0.3	0.0
	Volt	Jördis Hollnagel		684	0.4		526	0.3
	Bündnis C						293	0.2
	Independent	Jakob Novotny		291	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						241	0.1
	Independent	David Gibanica		224	0.1
	Humanists						183	0.1
	DiB						149	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						136	0.1
	NPD						120	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						82	0.0	0.1
	Bündnis 21						51	0.0
	LKR						45	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,300			1,001
Total valid votes				170,543			170,842
Turnout				171,843	79.8	0.6
	CDU hold		Majority	15,634	9.2	11.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Ludwigsburg[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 Steffen Bilger		66,430	38.3	12.3	58,003	33.3	10.8
	SPD	Macit Karaahmetoğlu		30,971	17.8	3.3	28,547	16.4	4.8
	Greens	Ingrid Hönlinger		24,702	14.2	0.8	24,000	13.8	2.1
	AfD	Martin Hess		20,157	11.6		19,780	11.4	6.3
	FDP	Stefanie Knecht		17,691	10.2	7.0	25,538	14.7	7.8
	Left	Peter Schimke		9,487	5.5	0.7	10,451	6.0	1.3
	FW	Günther Frölich		3,644	2.1	0.0	1,503	0.9	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,274	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						1,229	0.7
	Pirates						882	0.5	1.7
	ÖDP						522	0.3	0.0
	Tierschutzallianz						410	0.2
	NPD						333	0.2	0.6
	BGE						276	0.2
	DM						266	0.2
	DiB						256	0.1
	V-Partei³						247	0.1
	MLPD	Erkan Karakaplan		453	0.3	0.3	223	0.1	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						182	0.1
	DIE RECHTE						42	0.0
	DKP						23	0.0
Informal votes				1,769			1,317
Total valid votes				173,535			173,987
Turnout				175,304	80.4	2.7
	CDU hold		Majority	35,459	20.5	8.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Ludwigsburg[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 Steffen Bilger		80,935	50.4	10.5	70,982	44.0	11.4
	SPD	Macit Karaahmetoğlu		33,977	21.2	1.4	34,338	21.3	1.1
	Greens	Ingrid Hönlinger		21,666	13.5	2.1	18,842	11.7	3.3
	Left	Peter Schimke		7,739	4.8	1.6	7,594	4.7	2.0
	FDP	Alexander Deicke		5,126	3.2	9.5	11,140	6.9	12.7
	AfD						8,247	5.1
	Pirates	Thomas Lambeck		4,349	2.7		3,567	2.2	0.3
	FW	Günther Frölich		3,373	2.1		1,380	0.9
	NPD	Klemens Lockfisch		2,251	1.4	0.2	1,359	0.8	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,102	0.7	0.1
	REP						563	0.3	0.7
	ÖDP	Michael Dornhausen		1,145	0.7	0.1	557	0.3	0.1
	RENTNER						507	0.3
	PBC						334	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						202	0.1	0.0
	PRO						142	0.1
	BIG						138	0.1
	Party of Reason						136	0.1
	MLPD						120	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,254			1,544
Total valid votes				160,561			161,271
Turnout				162,815	77.5	2.1
	CDU hold		Majority	46,958	29.2	11.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Ludwigsburg[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	Steffen Bilger		61,328	39.9	6.4	50,274	32.6	3.8
	SPD	Jan Mönikes		34,718	22.6	11.8	31,079	20.2	11.8
	Greens	Ingrid Hönlinger		23,966	15.6	6.9	23,090	15.0	4.0
	FDP	Alexander Schopf		19,431	12.6	8.0	30,179	19.6	6.7
	Left	Hans-Jürgen Kemmerle		9,800	6.4	3.2	10,382	6.7	3.2
	Pirates						2,995	1.9
	REP						1,548	1.0	0.1
	NPD	Heiko Köhler		2,436	1.6	0.1	1,538	1.0	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						943	0.6
	PBC	Hans-Dieter Völlm		971	0.6		608	0.4	0.1
	ÖDP	Guido Klamt		963	0.6		628	0.4
	DIE VIOLETTEN						360	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						245	0.2
	MLPD						109	0.1	0.0
	DVU						70	0.0
	BüSo						64	0.0	0.0
	ADM						59	0.0
Informal votes				2,440			1,822
Total valid votes				153,613			154,171
Turnout				156,053	75.5	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	26,610	17.3	5.4