Bruchsal – Schwetzingen

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen 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 278. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and western parts of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.

278 Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Bruchsal – Schwetzingen in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	272,100 (2019)
Electorate	195,755 (2021)
Major settlements	Bruchsal Hockenheim Schwetzingen
Area	506.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	CDU
Member	Olav Gutting
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bad Schönborn, Bruchsal, Forst, Hambrücken, Karlsdorf-Neuthard, Kronau, Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Östringen, Philippsburg, Ubstadt-Weiher, and Waghäusel from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and the municipalities of Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen from the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.

History

Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created in 2002 and contained parts of the redistributed constituencies of Karlsruhe-Land and Heidelberg. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 279 in the numbering system. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 278. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Olav Gutting	CDU	48.1
	2005			48.7
	2009			46.9
	2013			51.8
	2017			41.5
	2021			29.6

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
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 Olav Gutting		44,465	29.6	11.9	38,866	25.8	9.0
	SPD	Nezaket Yildirim		32,836	21.9	2.4	34,434	22.8	5.4
	Greens	Nicole Heger		22,154	14.7	6.5	20,858	13.8	3.7
	FDP	Christopher Gohl		17,635	11.7	5.0	21,978	14.6	2.7
	AfD	Ruth Rickersfeld		17,352	11.6	2.9	17,462	11.6	3.3
	FW	Alexander Geyer		5,054	3.4	1.5	3,258	2.2	1.1
	Left	Alena Schmitt		3,854	2.6	2.0	4,125	2.7	2.9
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,726	1.8	0.5
	dieBasis	Frank Theis		2,878	1.9		2,416	1.6
	PARTEI	Gerd Wolf		2,553	1.7	0.7	1,527	1.0	0.2
	Independent	Jonas Fritsch		1,422	0.9
	Team Todenhöfer						680	0.5
	Volt						544	0.4
	Pirates						457	0.3	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						257	0.2
	ÖDP						217	0.1	0.0
	Bürgerbewegung						202	0.1
	Bündnis C						198	0.1
	NPD						193	0.1	0.2
	Humanists						160	0.1
	DiB						103	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis 21						51	0.0
	LKR						24	0.0
	MLPD						20	0.0	0.0
	DKP						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,028			1,455
Total valid votes				150,203			150,776
Turnout				152,231	77.8	1.0
	CDU hold		Majority	11,629	7.7	14.3

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
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 Olav Gutting		63,166	41.5	10.4	53,147	34.8	11.8
	SPD	Nezaket Yildirim		29,684	19.5	5.2	26,560	17.4	4.2
	AfD	Dieter Amann		21,960	14.4	10.0	22,794	14.9	8.8
	Greens	Danyal Bayaz		12,641	8.3	1.5	15,500	10.2	2.0
	FDP	Hendrik Tzschaschel		10,255	6.7	4.0	18,180	11.9	6.2
	Left	Werner Zieger		7,016	4.6	0.9	8,674	5.7	1.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Nicola Zimmermann		2,991	2.0		2,045	1.3	0.3
	FW	Marianne Schammert		2,824	1.9	0.6	1,667	1.1	0.1
	PARTEI	Victor Gogröf		1,498	1.0		1,289	0.8
	Pirates						543	0.4	2.1
	NPD						470	0.3	0.8
	Tierschutzallianz						354	0.2
	ÖDP						235	0.2	0.0
	Menschliche Welt						229	0.1
	DiB						216	0.1
	DM						214	0.1
	V-Partei³						192	0.1
	BGE						176	0.1
	DIE RECHTE	Reinhard Schätz		240	0.2		114	0.1
	MLPD						79	0.1	0.0
	DKP						12	0.0
Informal votes				2,264			1,932
Total valid votes				152,358			152,690
Turnout				154,622	78.7	4.7
	CDU hold		Majority	33,482	22.0	5.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
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 Olav Gutting		73,944	51.8	5.0	66,656	46.6	10.6
	SPD	Daniel Born		35,252	24.7	1.1	30,861	21.6	1.4
	Greens	Alexander Geiger		9,678	6.8	2.0	11,696	8.2	2.0
	AfD	Klaus Voigtmann		6,277	4.4		8,700	6.1
	Left	Heinrich Stürtz		5,345	3.7	3.5	6,357	4.4	3.3
	FDP	Lucia Biedermann		3,966	2.8	8.7	8,133	5.7	13.5
	Pirates	Harry Botzenhardt		3,396	2.4		3,556	2.5	0.3
	FW	Sven Nitsche		1,804	1.3		1,364	1.0
	NPD	Jörg Scheibler		1,716	1.2	0.9	1,628	1.1	0.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,416	1.0	0.1
	REP	Timo Weih		1,261	0.9		1,042	0.7	0.5
	RENTNER						418	0.3
	ÖDP						278	0.2	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						272	0.2	0.1
	Party of Reason						173	0.1
	PRO						168	0.1
	PBC						164	0.1	0.2
	BIG						89	0.1
	MLPD						42	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,468			2,072
Total valid votes				142,639			143,035
Turnout				145,107	74.1	1.3
	CDU hold		Majority	38,692	27.1	3.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
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 Olav Gutting		64,659	46.9	1.9	50,031	36.0	4.7
	SPD	Werner Henn		32,525	23.6	11.3	27,934	20.1	10.8
	FDP	Steffen Schöps		15,785	11.4	6.6	26,626	19.2	7.4
	Greens	Christian Köpp		12,082	8.8	4.4	14,084	10.1	2.6
	Left	Heinrich Stürtz		9,995	7.2	4.0	10,723	7.7	3.7
	Pirates						2,976	2.1
	NPD	Karl Däschner		2,903	2.1	0.1	1,825	1.3	0.1
	REP						1,642	1.2	0.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,301	0.9
	PBC						385	0.3	0.0
	ÖDP						384	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						357	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						254	0.2
	DVU						85	0.1
	BüSo						70	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						65	0.0	0.0
	ADM						48	0.0
Informal votes				3,452			2,611
Total valid votes				137,949			138,790
Turnout				141,401	72.8	7.1
	CDU hold		Majority	32,134	23.3	9.4