Eppingen is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2026, it has elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. Voters cast a second vote under which additional seats are allocated proportionally state-wide. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 19. It is wholly within the district of Heilbronn.
Geography The constituency includes the municipalities of Abstatt, Bad Rappenau, Beilstein, Brackenheim, Cleebronn, Eppingen, Gemmingen, Güglingen, Ilsfeld, Kirchardt, Lauffen am Neckar, Massenbachhausen, Neckarwestheim, Pfaffenhofen, Schwaigern, Siegelsbach, Untergruppenbach, and Zaberfeld, within the district of Heilbronn.
There were 108,321 eligible voters in 2026.
Members First mandate Both prior to and since the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the winner of the plurality of the vote (first-past-the-post) in every constituency won the first mandate.
Election Member Party % 1976 Gotthilf LinkCDU 1980 1984 1988 Gerd Zimmermann 1992 1996 2001 Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch 41.6 2006 44.3 2011 40.9 2016 26.6 2021 Erwin Köhler Grüne 26.3 2026 Michael Preusch CDU 35.3
Second mandate Prior to the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the seats in the state parliament were allocated proportionately amongst parties which received more than 5% of valid votes across the state. The seats that were won proportionally for parties that did not win as many first mandates as seats they were entitled to, were allocated to their candidates which received the highest proportion of the vote in their respective constituencies. This meant that following some elections, a constituency would have one or more members elected under a second mandate.
Prior to 2011, these second mandates were allocated to the party candidates who got the greatest number of votes, whilst from 2011-2021, these were allocated according to percentage share of the vote.
Prior to 1984, there were no second mandate candidates elected from this constituency.
Election Member Party Member Party Member Party 1984 Wolfgang Bebber SPD 1988 1992 Richard Drautz FDP Michael Herbricht REP 1996 2001 May 2003 Ingo Rust 2006 2011 Feb 2015 Hans Heribert Blättgen 2016 Thomas Axel Palka AfD 2021 Rainer Podeswa Georg Heitlinger FDP Michael Preusch CDU Sep 2023 Dennis Klecker
Election results 2026 election
2021 election
References
See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg