Böblingen (electoral district)

Böblingen 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 260. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the district of Böblingen.

260 Böblingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Böblingen in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	370,000 (2019)
Electorate	245,553 (2021)
Major settlements	Sindelfingen Böblingen Leonberg
Area	563.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Marc Biadacz
Elected	2017, 2021

Böblingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Marc Biadacz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Böblingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Böblingen district excluding the municipalities of Steinenbronn, Waldenbuch, and Weissach.

History

Böblingen was created in 1949. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Leonberg – Vaihingen. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 5 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 167. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 169. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 164. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 261. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 260.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Böblingen, Leonberg, and Vaihingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Leonberg and Vaihingen as well as the municipalities of Sindelfingen, Grafenau, and Magstadt from the Böblingen district. In the 1980 through 2002 elections, it was coterminous with the Böblingen district. In the 2005 election, it lost the Steinenbronn and Waldenbuch municipalities. In the 2017 election, it further lost the Weissach municipality.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	5	Böblingen	Böblingen district Leonberg district Vaihingen district
1953	167
1957
1961
1965	169	Leonberg – Vaihingen	Leonberg district Vaihingen district Böblingen district (only Sindelfingen, Grafenau, and Magstadt municipalities)
1969
1972
1976
1980	164	Böblingen	Böblingen district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	261
2005			Böblingen district (excluding Steinenbronn and Waldenbuch municipalities)
2009	260
2013
2017			Böblingen district (excluding Steinenbronn, Waldenbuch, and Weissach municipalities)
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Paul Bausch from 1949 to 1965, followed by Peter Petersen from 1965 to 1972. Hans Geiger of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1972 and served one term. Former member Petersen regained it for the CDU in 1976 and served until 1990. Brigitte Baumeister was representative from 1990 to 2002, followed by Clemens Binninger from 2002 to 2017. Marc Biadacz was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Paul Bausch	CDU	29.8
	1953			45.6
	1957			50.1
	1961			36.9
	1965	Peter Petersen	CDU	45.4
	1969			47.2
	1972	Hans Geiger	SPD	46.2
	1976	Peter Petersen	CDU	48.5
	1980			48.0
	1983			56.8
	1987			50.7
	1990	Brigitte Baumeister	CDU	47.7
	1994			50.3
	1998			44.0
	2002	Clemens Binninger	CDU	46.8
	2005			49.8
	2009			45.1
	2013			54.3
	2017	Marc Biadacz	CDU	38.8
	2021			29.7

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Böblingen
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 Marc Biadacz		57,504	29.7	9.1	50,675	26.1	9.3
	SPD	Jasmina Hostert		40,844	21.1	1.5	39,955	20.6	5.0
	FDP	Florian Toncar		32,184	16.6	3.8	35,082	18.1	2.9
	Greens	Tobias Bacherle		30,211	15.6	3.6	32,594	16.8	4.1
	AfD	Markus Frohnmaier		16,175	8.3	2.9	16,810	8.7	3.1
	FW	Norbert Volz		4,790	2.5		3,306	1.7	1.0
	Left	Richard Pitterle		4,548	2.3	2.7	5,141	2.6	2.7
	dieBasis	Annabel Jones		2,856	1.5		2,593	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,767	0.9	0.2
	PARTEI	Tim Manojlović		1,815	0.9		1,447	0.7	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,267	0.7
	Pirates						691	0.4	0.2
	ÖDP	André Mondry		783	0.4		442	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Hans Tolzin		690	0.4
	Volt	Birgit Seibel		665	0.3		654	0.3
	Bündnis C						471	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						246	0.1
	DiB	Guido Drehsen		320	0.2		197	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Friedhild Miller		239	0.1
	Humanists						197	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						183	0.1
	NPD						150	0.1	0.2
	MLPD	Johanna Jäckh-Vermeulen		170	0.1	0.1	97	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						67	0.0
	LKR						48	0.0
	DKP						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,541			1,221
Total valid votes				193,794			194,114
Turnout				195,335	79.5	0.5
	CDU hold		Majority	16,660	8.6	10.6

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Böblingen
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	Marc Biadacz		75,323	38.8	15.4	68,991	35.4	11.4
	SPD	Jasmina Hostert		38,053	19.6	4.2	30,296	15.5	4.5
	FDP	Florian Toncar		24,867	12.8	9.4	29,510	15.1	8.0
	Greens	Tobias Bacherle		23,206	11.9	2.6	24,746	12.7	2.4
	AfD	Markus Frohnmaier		21,842	11.2		22,874	11.7	6.6
	Left	Richard Pitterle		9,715	5.0	0.9	10,434	5.4	1.0
	FW						1,429	0.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,361	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						1,262	0.6
	Pirates						1,028	0.5	1.7
	Independent	Friedhild Miller		934	0.5
	NPD						487	0.2	0.7
	ÖDP						469	0.2	0.0
	DM						380	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						371	0.2
	DiB						336	0.2
	BGE						244	0.1
	V-Partei³						229	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						215	0.1
	MLPD	Johanna Jäckh-Vermeulen		346	0.2	0.0	157	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						55	0.0
	DKP						26	0.0
Informal votes				2,271			1,657
Total valid votes				194,286			194,900
Turnout				196,557	80.0	2.8
	CDU hold		Majority	37,270	19.2	11.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Böblingen
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 Clemens Binninger		102,408	54.3	9.1	88,734	46.9	13.0
	SPD	Joachim Rücker		44,676	23.7	3.6	37,808	20.0	0.9
	Greens	Sven Reisch		17,750	9.4	3.8	19,613	10.4	3.5
	Left	Richard Pitterle		7,621	4.0	1.3	8,234	4.4	1.7
	FDP	Florian Toncar		6,501	3.4	9.6	13,516	7.1	13.7
	AfD						9,666	5.1
	Pirates	Hagen Stanek		4,482	2.4	0.8	4,133	2.2	0.1
	NPD	Bernd Geider		2,581	1.4	0.2	1,743	0.9	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,331	0.7	0.1
	FW	Hasso Kraus		2,425	1.3		1,291	0.7
	PBC						613	0.3	0.3
	REP						566	0.3	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						546	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP						533	0.3	0.0
	RENTNER						331	0.2
	BIG						184	0.1
	MLPD	Peter Bäuerle		305	0.2	0.0	163	0.1	0.0
	PRO						161	0.1
	Party of Reason						116	0.1
	BüSo						85	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,400			1,872
Total valid votes				188,749			189,277
Turnout				191,149	77.3	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	57,732	30.6	5.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Böblingen
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 Clemens Binninger		82,344	45.1	4.6	61,918	33.9	5.0
	SPD	Franziska Engehausen		36,550	20.0	12.8	34,915	19.1	10.2
	Greens	Florian Haßler		24,138	13.2	6.1	25,364	13.9	3.5
	FDP	Florian Toncar		23,717	13.0	8.0	38,125	20.9	6.9
	Left	Richard Pitterle		9,657	5.3	2.8	11,118	6.1	3.0
	NPD	Janus Nowak		2,914	1.6	0.1	2,265	1.2	0.2
	Pirates	Thomas Melchinger		2,798	1.5		3,861	2.1
	REP						1,273	0.7	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,089	0.6
	PBC						1,085	0.6	0.3
	ÖDP						552	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						356	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						346	0.2
	MLPD	Peter Bäuerle		328	0.2	0.1	197	0.1	0.0
	DVU						88	0.0
	BüSo						68	0.0	0.0
	ADM						49	0.0
Informal votes				2,730			2,507
Total valid votes				182,446			182,669
Turnout				185,176	75.6	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	45,794	25.1	8.2