Karlsruhe II 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 28.

It is wholly within the city of Karlsruhe.

Geography The constituency includes the districts of Daxlanden, Grünwinkel, Innenstadt-West, Knielingen, Mühlburg, Neureut, Nordstadt, Nordweststadt, Oberreut, Südweststadt, and Weststadt within the city of Karlsruhe.

There were 101,592 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 Toni Menzinger CDU 1980 Gerhard Seiler 1984 Wolfram Meyer 1988 1992 1996 Hans-Michael Bender 2001 Regina Schmidt-Kühner SPD 38.4 2006 Katrin Schütz CDU 38.2 2011 30.6 2016 Alexander Salomon Grüne 35.1 2021 38.6 2026 Benjamin Bauer 39.3

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.

Election Member Party 1976 Erwin Sack SPD 1980 1984 Birgitte Wimmer 1988 1992 1996 Gerhard Stolz Grüne 2001 2006 Renate Rastätter Grüne 2011 Alexander Salomon 2016 2021

Election results 2026 election

2021 election

References

See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg