Calw 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 43. It incorporates the entirety of the district of Calw.

Geography The constituency comprises the entirety of the district of Calw.

There were 113,380 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 Hermann Dutt CDU Jun 1977 Arnold Tölg 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2001 Thomas Blenke 46.3 2006 44.2 2011 44.0 2016 31.5 2021 28.8 2026 Carl-Christian Hirsch 37.6

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 1992, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.

Election Member Party Member Party 1992 Lothar König REP 1996 Beate Fauser FDP 2001 2006 Rainer Prewo SPD 2011 2016 Heinrich Kuhm AfD Jan 2017Klaus Dürr Jun 2020 2021 Miguel Klauß AfD

Election results 2026 election

References

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