266 Neckar-Zaber
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Neckar-Zaber in 2009
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	331,600 (2019)
Electorate	230,738 (2021)
Major settlements	Bietigheim-Bissingen Remseck Sachsenheim
Area	642.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Fabian Gramling
Elected	2021

Neckar-Zaber 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 266. It is located in northern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the southern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district and the northern part of the Ludwigsburg district.^[1]

Neckar-Zaber was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Fabian Gramling of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Neckar-Zaber is located in northern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Abstatt, Beilstein, Brackenheim, Cleebronn, Flein, Güglingen, Ilsfeld, Lauffen am Neckar, Leingarten, Neckarwestheim, Nordheim, Pfaffenhofen, Talheim, Untergruppenbach, and Zaberfeld from the Landkreis Heilbronn district, as well as the municipalities of Affalterbach, Benningen am Neckar, Besigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bönnigheim, Erdmannhausen, Erligheim, Freiberg am Neckar, Freudental, Gemmrigheim, Großbottwar, Hessigheim, Ingersheim, Kirchheim am Neckar, Löchgau, Marbach am Neckar, Mundelsheim, Murr, Oberstenfeld, Pleidelsheim, Sachsenheim, Steinheim an der Murr, Tamm, and Walheim from the Ludwigsburg district.^[1]

History

Neckar-Zaber was created in 1980 and contained parts of the redistributed constituencies of Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 170 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 267. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 266.

Originally, the constituency had a configuration similar to its current borders, but lacking the municipalities of Flein, Talheim, and Leingarten from the Landkreis Heilbronn district. In the 1998 election, it acquired the Flein and Talheim municipalities. In the 2005 election, it acquired the Leingarten municipality.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Renate Hellwig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1980 to 1998. Hans Martin Bury of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1998 and served one term. Eberhard Gienger of the CDU was representative from 2002 to 2021. He was succeeded by Fabian Gramling in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Neckar-Zaber[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	Fabian Gramling		56,249	30.4	9.6	46,315	25.0	8.0
	SPD	Thomas Utz		41,708	22.5	2.8	41,369	22.3	5.8
	Greens	Lars Schweizer		29,015	15.7	3.2	29,048	15.7	2.5
	FDP	Marcel Distl		22,792	12.3	3.5	30,783	16.6	1.9
	AfD	Marc Jongen		18,478	10.0	2.6	18,702	10.1	3.0
	Left	Emma Weber		4,357	2.4	2.2	4,851	2.6	2.6
	FW	Jan Rittaler		4,218	2.3	0.6	3,248	1.8	0.8
	dieBasis	Sven Kerzel		3,655	2.0		3,078	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,054	1.1	0.3
	PARTEI	Alexander Wezel		2,601	1.4		1,719	0.9	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						809	0.4
	Pirates						619	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP	Gerd Bogisch		1,058	0.6		592	0.3	0.0
	Volt						561	0.3
	Bündnis C						384	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						283	0.2
	DiB	Wolfgang Schaible		610	0.3		250	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Werner Hartmann		310	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						223	0.1
	NPD						220	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						174	0.1
	Bündnis 21						57	0.0
	LKR						46	0.0
	MLPD						30	0.0	0.1
	DKP						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,622			1,237
Total valid votes				185,051			185,436
Turnout				186,673	80.9	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	14,541	7.9	12.4

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Neckar-Zaber[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 Eberhard Gienger		73,689	40.0	13.2	60,898	32.9	12.3
	SPD	Thomas Utz		36,327	19.7	6.7	30,472	16.5	4.5
	AfD	Marc Jongen		23,215	12.6		24,212	13.1	7.6
	Greens	Catherine Kern		23,092	12.5	3.1	24,282	13.1	2.6
	FDP	Marcel Distl		16,191	8.8	5.7	27,145	14.7	8.0
	Left	Walter Kubach		8,453	4.6	0.2	9,719	5.3	1.1
	FW	Harald Kubitzki		3,128	1.7		1,818	1.0	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,444	0.8	0.0
	PARTEI						1,197	0.6
	Pirates						771	0.4	1.8
	NPD						574	0.3	0.8
	ÖDP						555	0.3	0.1
	Tierschutzallianz						425	0.2
	DM						260	0.1
	BGE						222	0.1
	DiB						219	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						212	0.1
	V-Partei³						209	0.1
	MLPD	Siegmar Herrlinger		287	0.2		125	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						66	0.0
	DKP						12	0.0
Informal votes				1,980			1,525
Total valid votes				184,382			184,837
Turnout				186,362	81.3	3.2
	CDU hold		Majority	37,362	20.3	6.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Neckar-Zaber[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 Eberhard Gienger		92,693	53.2	11.1	79,372	45.3	12.3
	SPD	Thorsten Majer		45,962	26.4	2.9	36,849	21.0	1.0
	Greens	Andreas Roll		16,474	9.5	1.6	18,551	10.6	2.9
	Left	Walter Kubach		7,697	4.4	1.0	7,271	4.1	2.3
	FDP	Christian Meyer		5,404	3.1	11.6	11,799	6.7	13.8
	AfD						9,703	5.5
	Pirates						3,810	2.2	0.4
	NPD	Daniel Reiß		3,442	2.0	0.3	1,921	1.1	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,350	0.8	0.1
	FW						1,051	0.6
	REP						738	0.4	0.7
	ÖDP	Walter Frölich		2,608	1.5	0.8	705	0.4	0.1
	RENTNER						645	0.4
	PBC						474	0.3	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						299	0.2	0.0
	PRO						190	0.1
	BIG						186	0.1
	Party of Reason						179	0.1
	MLPD						86	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						79	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,854			1,876
Total valid votes				174,280			175,258
Turnout				177,134	78.1	2.0
	CDU hold		Majority	47,001	26.8	8.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Neckar-Zaber[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	Y Eberhard Gienger		70,606	42.0	4.4	55,618	33.0	4.9
	SPD	Thorsten Majer		39,430	23.5	10.7	33,711	20.0	11.9
	FDP	Harald Leibrecht		24,682	14.7	7.6	34,641	20.6	7.7
	Greens	Andreas Roll		18,626	11.1	4.5	22,773	13.5	4.1
	Left	Walter Kubach		9,169	5.5	2.8	10,852	6.4	3.2
	Pirates						3,041	1.8
	REP						1,954	1.2	0.2
	NPD	Martin Krämer		2,798	1.7	0.2	1,941	1.2	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,161	0.7
	PBC						905	0.5	0.0
	ÖDP	Armin Demele		1,177	0.7		785	0.5
	Independent	Roland Mackert		1,095	0.7
	DIE VIOLETTEN						353	0.2
	Independent	Manfred Egon Winkler		346	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						318	0.2
	DVU						108	0.1
	BüSo						85	0.1	0.0
	ADM						68	0.0
	MLPD						60	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,745			2,300
Total valid votes				167,929			168,374
Turnout				170,674	76.2	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	31,176	18.5	6.3