Stuttgart I (electoral district)

Stuttgart I 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 258. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the central and southern part of the city of Stuttgart.

258 Stuttgart I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Stuttgart I in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	310,800 (2019)
Electorate	191,811 (2021)
Major settlements	Stuttgart (partial)
Area	113.8 km2
Current Electoral district
Created	1949
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Cem Özdemir
Elected	2021

Stuttgart I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Cem Özdemir of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Geography

Stuttgart I is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of Birkach, Degerloch, Hedelfingen, Möhringen, Plieningen, Sillenbuch, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Nord, Stuttgart-Süd, Stuttgart-West, and Vaihingen from the independent city of Stuttgart.

History

Stuttgart I was created in 1949. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named Stuttgart-Süd. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 163. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 164. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 162. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 259. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 258.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtteile of Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Süd, Weilimdorf, Feuerbach, Botnang, Vaihingen, Möhringen, Degerloch, Birkach, Hohenheim, and Plieningen from the independent city of Stuttgart. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Stadtteile of Bad Cannstatt, Stammheim, Zuffenhausen, Mühlhausen, Münster, Feuerbach, Weilimdorf, and Botnang. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	1	Stuttgart I	Stuttgart city (only Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Süd, Weilimdorf, Feuerbach, Botnang, Vaihingen, Möhringen, Degerloch, Birkach, Hohenheim, and Plieningen Stadtteile)
1953	163
1957
1961
1965	164		Stuttgart city (only Bad Cannstatt, Stammheim, Zuffenhausen, Mühlhausen, Münster, Feuerbach, Weilimdorf, and Botnang Stadtteile)
1969
1972
1976
1980	162	Stuttgart-Süd	Stuttgart city (only Birkach, Degerloch, Hedelfingen, Möhringen, Plieningen, Sillenbuch, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Nord, Stuttgart-Süd, Stuttgart-West, and Vaihingen Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	259	Stuttgart I
2005
2009	258
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Clara Döhring of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Artur Jahn won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953 and served two terms before former member Döhring regained it in 1961. She was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erwin Schoettle from 1965 to 1972, followed by Peter Conradi from 1972 to 1980. Roland Sauer of the CDU was elected in 1980 and served until 1998. Hans Jochen Henke of the CDU served one term before Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker of the SPD won the constituency in 2002. Johann-Henrich Krummacher regained it for the CDU in 2005 and served one term. He was succeeded by Stefan Kaufmann in 2009, who was representative until 2021. Cem Özdemir won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Clara Döhring	SPD	29.3
	1953	Artur Jahn	CDU	33.9
	1957			42.6
	1961	Clara Döhring	SPD	37.9
	1965	Erwin Schoettle	SPD	45.8
	1969			51.4
	1972	Peter Conradi	SPD	54.6
	1976			49.8
	1980	Roland Sauer	CDU	41.9
	1983			49.4
	1987			43.9
	1990			40.9
	1994			42.7
	1998	Hans Jochen Henke	CDU	37.7
	2002	Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker	SPD	42.0
	2005	Johann-Henrich Krummacher	CDU	39.2
	2009	Stefan Kaufmann	CDU	34.4
	2013			42.0
	2017			32.0
	2021	Cem Özdemir	GRÜNE	39.9

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Stuttgart I
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	%	±%
	Greens	Cem Özdemir		62,594	39.9	10.2	44,559	28.4	8.9
	CDU	N Stefan Kaufmann		36,605	23.4	8.7	31,536	20.1	8.8
	SPD	Lucia Schanbacher		20,012	12.8	0.1	31,003	19.8	5.2
	FDP	Judith Skudelny		16,504	10.5	2.1	26,036	16.6	0.2
	Left	Bernd Riexinger		6,447	4.1	2.4	8,127	5.2	4.1
	AfD	Dirk Spaniel		6,295	4.0	2.6	6,591	4.2	3.0
	dieBasis	Miriam Nikola		1,985	1.3		1,821	1.2
	PARTEI	Xenia Lehmann		1,684	1.1	0.0	1,315	0.8	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei	Marcel Krohn		1,528	1.0	0.0	1,271	0.8	0.1
	FW	Klaus Wirthwein		1,281	0.8		1,088	0.7	0.4
	Volt	Julia Böcklen		877	0.6		910	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer						706	0.5
	Pirates						594	0.4	0.3
	ÖDP						344	0.2	0.1
	Humanists	Berthold Stegemann		256	0.2		207	0.1
	Bündnis C						169	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung	Ralph Schertlen		216	0.1		127	0.1
	DiB	Heinz Jabokeit		213	0.1		158	0.1	0.2
	MLPD	Julia Scheller		125	0.1	0.1	88	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						69	0.0
	DKP						46	0.0	0.0
	BüSo	Marc Schuller		34	0.0	0.0
	NPD						32	0.0	0.1
	Independent	Werner Ressdorf		26	0.0
	Bündnis 21						22	0.0
	LKR						19	0.0
Informal votes				832			676
Total valid votes				156,682			156,838
Turnout				157,514	82.1	0.6
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	25,989	16.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Stuttgart I
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 Stefan Kaufmann		51,118	32.0	9.9	46,243	28.9	8.6
	Greens	Cem Özdemir		47,430	29.7	2.3	31,283	19.6	2.0
	SPD	Ute Vogt		20,512	12.8	3.7	23,350	14.6	6.4
	FDP	Judith Skudelny		13,399	8.4	5.8	26,203	16.4	8.1
	AfD	Dirk Spaniel		10,646	6.7	3.9	11,455	7.2	3.0
	Left	Johanna Tiarks		10,409	6.5	2.7	14,830	9.3	3.0
	PARTEI	Julian Heinkele		1,755	1.1		1,602	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei	Matthias Ebner		1,576	1.0		1,063	0.7	0.1
	Pirates	Michael Knödler		1,438	0.9	1.3	1,006	0.6	2.2
	ÖDP	Dieter Baur		721	0.5	0.0	498	1.3	0.0
	FW						480	0.3	0.1
	DiB						432	0.3
	BGE						404	0.3
	Independent	Steffen Schuldis		327	0.2
	DM						250	0.2
	V-Partei³						222	0.1
	Tierschutzallianz						203	0.1
	MLPD	Harald Andre		215	0.1		144	0.1	0.0
	Menschliche Welt						136	0.1
	NPD						114	0.1	0.3
	BüSo	Hubertus Mohs		86	0.1	0.1
	DKP						53	0.0
	Independent	Werner Ressdorf		45	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						14	0.0
Informal votes				1,157			849
Total valid votes				159,677			159,985
Turnout				160,834	82.7	3.0
	CDU hold		Majority	3,688	2.3	12.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Stuttgart I
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 Stefan Kaufmann		63,465	42.0	7.5	56,794	37.5	9.6
	Greens	Cem Özdemir		41,522	27.5	2.4	26,534	17.5	4.5
	SPD	Ute Vogt		25,050	16.6	1.4	31,766	21.0	2.1
	Left	Christina Frank		5,824	3.9	0.8	9,432	6.2	0.5
	AfD	Ronald Geiger		4,151	2.7		6,281	4.1
	FDP	Judith Skudelny		3,894	2.6	7.7	12,548	8.3	11.2
	Pirates	Christian Thomae		3,315	2.2	0.5	4,338	2.9	0.4
	Independent	Frank Schweizer		1,472	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						860	0.6	0.1
	FW	Gerhard Hammitzsch		864	0.6		645	0.4
	ÖDP	Dieter Baur		697	0.5		528	0.3	0.0
	NPD	Ronnie Hellriegel		673	0.4	0.3	506	0.3	0.2
	RENTNER						258	0.2
	REP						224	0.1	0.4
	PBC						170	0.1	0.1
	Volksabstimmung						141	0.1	0.0
	BIG						136	0.1
	MLPD						103	0.1	0.0
	Party of Reason						91	0.1
	BüSo	Hubertus Mohs		161	0.1	0.2	79	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Hans-Jürgen Gäbel		84	0.1
	Independent	Werner Ressdorf		76	0.1
	PRO						66	0.0
Informal votes				1,298			1,046
Total valid votes				151,248			151,500
Turnout				152,546	79.8	2.5
	CDU hold		Majority	21,943	14.5	10.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Stuttgart I
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	Stefan Kaufmann		48,518	34.4	4.7	39,482	27.9	4.5
	Greens	Cem Özdemir		42,116	29.9	19.5	31,076	22.0	4.7
	SPD	Ute Vogt		25,364	18.0	20.6	26,656	18.9	11.3
	FDP	Michael Conz		14,514	10.3	3.6	27,557	19.5	5.8
	Left	Marta Aparicio de Eckelmann		6,601	4.7	1.7	9,439	6.7	2.8
	Pirates	Stefan Urbat		2,350	1.7		3,426	2.4
	REP						758	0.5	0.1
	NPD	Ronnie Hellriegel		1,068	0.8	0.1	691	0.5	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						667	0.5
	ÖDP						494	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						361	0.3
	PBC						250	0.2	0.1
	BüSo	Hubertus Mohs		446	0.3	0.1	150	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						144	0.1	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						143	0.1
	DVU						60	0.0
	ADM						30	0.0
Informal votes				1,527			1,120
Total valid votes				140,977			141,384
Turnout				142,504	77.3	3.8
	CDU hold		Majority	6,402	4.5	4.0