Rottweil 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 53.
Geography The constituency incorporates the entirety of the district of Rottweil.
There were 102,830 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 Robert Gleichauf CDU 1980 Josef Rebhan 1984 1988 1992 1996 Hans-Jochem Steim 2001 52.1 2006 Stefan Teufel 48.4 2011 45.9 2016 33.0 2021 26.7 2026 37.7
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.
Election Member Party Member Party 1976 Erhard Eppler SPD 1980 Jul 1982 Klaus Haischer 1984 1988 1992 Liane Offermanns REP 1996 Christian Käs Dieter Kleinmann FDP 2001 2006 2011 2016 Emil Sänze AfD Gerhard Aden FDP Nov 2018 Daniel Karrais 2021
Election results 2026 election
References
See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg