295 Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Zollernalb – Sigmaringen in 2009
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	248,800 (2019)
Electorate	182,648 (2021)
Major settlements	Albstadt Balingen Bad Saulgau
Area	1,656.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas Bareiß
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen 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 295. It is located in southern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the district of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis districts.^[1]

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Thomas Bareiß of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen is located in southern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald as well as the district of Zollernalbkreis excluding the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen.^[1]

History

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created in 1949, then known as Balingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 193. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 197. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 198. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 295.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Balingen, Sigmaringen, Hechingen, and Münsingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Balingen, Münsingen, Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Igelswies, Thalheim, Bärenthal, Beuron, Billafingen, Burgau, Langenenslingen and Achberg, and Hechingen excluding the municipality of Wilflingen, as well as the municipalities of St. Johann, Dettingen an der Erms, Grabenstetten, Hülben, and Bad Urach from the Reutlingen district and the municipality of Wangen from the Überlingen district.

In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but including the entirety of the Sigmaringen district. In the 2002 election, it also contained the municipalities of Altshausen, Boms, Ebenweiler, Ebersbach-Musbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen, Guggenhausen, Hoßkirch, Königseggwald, Riedhausen, and Unterwaldhausen from the Ravensburg district. In the 2009 election, it lost its area in the Ravensburg district as well as the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district.

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Franz Weiß from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gebhard Müller from 1953 to 1957 and Walter Gaßmann from 1957 to 1965. Hermann Schwörer was representative from 1965 to 1994, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dietmar Schlee served from 1994 to 2002, followed by Tanja Gönner from 2002 to 2005. Thomas Bareiß has been representative since 2005.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß		41,106	30.1	14.8	39,332	28.8	9.2
	SPD	Robin Mesarosch		24,970	18.3	3.9	26,716	19.6	5.4
	Greens	Johannes Kretschmann		23,118	16.9	4.2	15,503	11.4	0.1
	FDP	Stephan Link		18,678	13.7	4.4	23,200	17.0	3.6
	AfD	Nicolas Gregg		15,554	11.4	2.2	16,477	12.1	1.6
	dieBasis	Volker Beil		3,906	2.9		2,980	2.2
	FW	Jürgen Schiller		3,359	2.5		2,617	1.9	1.2
	Left	Marco Hausner		2,848	2.1	2.6	3,540	2.6	2.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,883	1.4	0.5
	PARTEI	Dominik Ochs		1,887	1.4		1,335	1.0	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						545	0.4
	Pirates						510	0.4	0.1
	ÖDP	Christine Koch-Kuhring		758	0.6		429	0.3	0.0
	Bündnis C						258	0.2
	Volt						258	0.2
	NPD						206	0.2	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						182	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						167	0.1
	MLPD	Renate Schmidt		212	0.2	0.2	114	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						111	0.1
	DiB						83	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						47	0.0
	LKR						30	0.0
	DKP						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,688			1,544
Total Valid votes				136,396			136,540
Turnout				138,084	75.6	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	16,136	11.8	18.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß		61,694	45.0	15.7	52,284	38.0	14.8
	SPD	Stiliani Kirgiane-Efremidou		19,716	14.4	3.8	19,446	14.1	3.0
	AfD	Hans-Peter Hörner		18,609	13.6		18,814	13.7	9.0
	Greens	Erwin Feucht		17,489	12.7	4.5	15,798	11.5	3.1
	FDP	Dirk Mrotzek		12,695	9.3	6.9	18,394	13.4	7.7
	Left	Claudio Wellington		6,450	4.7	0.5	7,061	5.1	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,182	0.9	0.1
	FW						1,018	0.7	0.2
	PARTEI						722	0.5
	Pirates						590	0.4	1.7
	NPD						519	0.4	1.0
	ÖDP						378	0.3	0.1
	Tierschutzallianz						326	0.2
	DM						245	0.2
	BGE						222	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						206	0.1
	V-Partei³						176	0.1
	MLPD	Renate Schmidt		541	0.4	0.0	173	0.1	0.0
	DiB						118	0.1
	DIE RECHTE						41	0.0
	DKP						14	0.0
Informal votes				2,354			1,821
Total Valid votes				137,194			137,727
Turnout				139,548	76.0	3.9
	CDU hold		Majority	41,978	30.6	11.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß		78,966	60.7	11.2	69,176	52.8	13.8
	SPD	Stella Kirgiane-Efremidis		23,684	18.2	1.1	22,447	17.1	1.5
	Greens	Roman-Hartmut Wauer		10,802	8.3	1.0	11,008	8.4	1.4
	Left	Daniel Morteza Ghazvini		5,460	4.2	2.3	5,359	4.1	2.8
	FW	Günther Schunder		3,716	2.9		1,222	0.9
	FDP	Dirk Mrotzeck		3,069	2.4	11.2	7,393	5.6	15.8
	AfD						6,161	4.7
	Pirates						2,746	2.1	0.2
	NPD	Hans Schmidt		2,756	2.1	0.2	1,854	1.4	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,012	0.8	0.0
	REP						668	0.5	0.7
	ÖDP	Hubert Rothfeld		1,194	0.9		543	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						328	0.3
	PBC						289	0.2	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						282	0.2	0.2
	MLPD	Renate Schmidt		544	0.4		198	0.2	0.0
	Party of Reason						161	0.1
	PRO						132	0.1
	BIG						45	0.0
	BüSo						37	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,714			1,844
Total Valid votes				130,191			131,061
Turnout				132,905	72.1	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	55,282	42.5	10.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß		62,858	49.4	5.9	49,774	38.9	8.3
	SPD	Angela Godawa		21,695	17.1	9.2	20,001	15.6	9.5
	FDP	Wolfgang Dobler		17,220	13.5	8.0	27,454	21.5	9.6
	Greens	Susanne Kieckbusch		11,802	9.3	3.6	12,571	9.8	3.0
	Left	Antje Claaßen		8,292	6.5	3.6	8,763	6.9	3.6
	Pirates						2,477	1.9
	NPD	Hans Schmidt		2,895	2.3	0.2	2,036	1.6	0.2
	Independent	Oskar Löffler		2,431	1.9
	REP						1,527	1.2	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						956	0.7
	PBC						600	0.5	0.2
	ÖDP						572	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						385	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						297	0.2
	MLPD						137	0.1	0.1
	DVU						114	0.1
	ADM						86	0.1
	BüSo						65	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,243			2,621
Total Valid votes				127,193			127,815
Turnout				130,436	70.2	6.4
	CDU hold		Majority	41,163	32.3	3.3

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