267 Heilbronn
Electoral district for theBundestag
Heilbronn in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	362,000 (2019)
Electorate	240,951 (2021)
Major settlements	Heilbronn Neckarsulm Eppingen
Area	904.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Alexander Throm
Elected	2017,2021,2025

Heilbronn is an electoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 267. It is located in northernBaden-Württemberg, comprising the city ofHeilbronn and the northern part of theLandkreis Heilbronn district.^[1]

Heilbronn was created for the inaugural1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented byAlexander Throm of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Heilbronn is located in northernBaden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Heilbronn and the municipalities ofBad Friedrichshall,Bad Rappenau,Bad Wimpfen,Eberstadt,Ellhofen,Eppingen,Erlenbach,Gemmingen,Gundelsheim,Hardthausen am Kocher,Ittlingen,Jagsthausen,Kirchardt,Langenbrettach,Lehrensteinsfeld,Löwenstein,Massenbachhausen,Möckmühl,Neckarsulm,Neudenau,Neuenstadt am Kocher,Obersulm,Oedheim,Offenau,Roigheim,Schwaigern,Siegelsbach,Untereisesheim,Weinsberg,Widdern, andWüstenrot from the Landkreis Heilbronn district.^[1]

Heilbronn was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it wasWürttemberg-BadenLandesbezirk Württemberg constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 166. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 168. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 171. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 268. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 267.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Heilbronn and the district of Landkreis Heilbronn. In the 1976 election, it comprised the city of Heilbronn and the southern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

The constituency was first represented by Georg Kohl of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 until his death in 1952. He was succeeded by fellow FDP memberAdolf Mauk in aby-election. Mauk was re-elected in 1953 federal election.Karl Simpfendörfer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 1957.Helmut Bazille of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961 and served until 1969, when he was succeeded by fellow SPD memberErhard Eppler from 1969 to 1976.Egon Susset of the CDU was then representative from 1976 to 1998, followed byThomas Strobl from 1998 to 2017. Alexander Throm was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Federal election (2025): Heilbronn[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YAlexander Throm		67,516	35.0	7.2	56,936	29.4	5.5
	AfD	Jürgen Kögel		48,360	25.1	12.3	49,239	25.5	12.3
	SPD	Jens Schäfer		29,914	15.5	8.8	27,713	14.3	8.3
	Greens	Jonathan Ebert		16,637	8.6	4.1	18,307	9.5	3.5
	Left	Andreas Mössinger		11,484	6.0	3.6	11.923	6.2	3.3
	FW	Jacqueline Plath		4,328	2.2	0.3	2,649	1.4	0.4
	FDP	Michael Link		9,853	5.1	8.6	12,027	6.2	10.0
	dieBasis	Alexander Staengle		1,915	1.0	0.9	1,003	0.5	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,977	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI					1.7	927	0.5	0.6
	Team Todenhöfer								0.6
	Pirates								0.2
	Volt	Patrick Fischer		1,99	1.0		1,239	0.6	0.3
	ÖDP						370	0.2	0.1
	Bündnis C						359	0.2	0.1
	BD						304	0.2
	Humanists					0.3			0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Bürgerbewegung								0.5
	BSW						8,391	4.3
	MLPD	Peter Rügner		313	0.2	0.0	86	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,705			1,256
Total valid votes				193,001			193,450
Turnout				194,706	81.6	5.7
	CDUhold		Majority			7.2

Federal election (2021): Heilbronn[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YAlexander Throm		50,299	27.8	7.5	43,325	23.9	8.1
	SPD	Josip Juratovic		43,887	24.3	1.1	40,961	22.6	4.9
	FDP	Michael Georg Link		24,748	13.7	4.1	29,386	16.2	3.2
	AfD	Franziska Gminder		23,093	12.8	2.8	23,828	13.2	3.3
	Greens	Isabell Steidel		23,018	12.7	4.6	23,476	13.0	2.6
	FW	Uwe Basler		4,595	2.5	1.5	3,278	1.8	1.1
	Left	Konrad Wanner		4,237	2.3	2.3	5,137	2.8	2.9
	dieBasis	Dirk Piper		3,354	1.9		2,857	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,076	1.1	0.5
	PARTEI	Milena Götz		2,988	1.7	0.5	2,041	1.1	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						1,145	0.6
	Pirates						605	0.3	0.1
	Volt						529	0.3
	ÖDP						527	0.3	0.1
	Bündnis C						437	0.2
	NPD						314	0.2	0.3
	Humanists	Markus Schneider		497	0.3		272	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						250	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						217	0.1
	DiB						140	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Peter Rügner		225	0.1	0.0	106	0.1	0.0
	Bündnis 21						73	0.0
	LKR						46	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,863			1,749
Total valid votes				180,941			181,055
Turnout				182,804	75.9	0.7
	CDUhold		Majority	6,412	3.5	8.6

Federal election (2017): Heilbronn[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Alexander Throm		64,591	35.3	16.1	58,755	32.1	13.7
	SPD	Josip Juratovic		42,455	23.2	3.9	32,489	17.7	4.4
	AfD	Jürgen Kögel		28,575	15.6		30,089	16.4	11.0
	FDP	Michael Georg Link		17,566	9.6	6.0	23,872	13.0	6.7
	Greens	Thomas Fick		14,920	8.1	0.7	19,016	10.4	1.8
	Left	Konrad Wanner		8,448	4.6	0.2	10,520	5.7	1.0
	PARTEI	Niclas Keicher		2,167	1.2		1,530	0.8
	FW	Alfred Burkhardt		1,896	1.0		1,281	0.7	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,236	0.7	0.1
	NPD						835	0.5	1.1
	ÖDP	Bernhard Keil		1,210	0.7	0.2	758	0.4	0.0
	Pirates						728	0.4	1.8
	DM						470	0.3
	Tierschutzallianz						442	0.2
	Independent	Werner Marquardt		405	0.2
	Independent	Eduard Martin		327	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						271	0.1
	V-Partei³						226	0.1
	DiB						222	0.1
	BGE						200	0.1
	MLPD	Rita Renner		302	0.2	0.1	181	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE	Sascha Krolzig		248	0.1		141	0.1
	DKP						24	0.0
Informal votes				2,595			2,419
Total valid votes				183,110			183,286
Turnout				185,705	76.6	4.7
	CDUhold		Majority	22,136	12.1	12.2

Federal election (2013): Heilbronn[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YThomas Strobl		87,777	51.4	7.1	78,544	45.8	10.9
	SPD	Josip Juratovic		46,231	27.1	2.0	37,933	22.1	0.9
	Greens	Ulrich Schneider		12,771	7.5	1.3	14,662	8.5	1.6
	Left	Heinz Deininger		7,554	4.4	2.0	8,138	4.7	2.6
	FDP	Michael Georg Link		6,178	3.6	8.4	10,927	6.4	12.8
	AfD						9,271	5.4
	Pirates	Remy Patzelt		4,599	2.7		3,789	2.2	0.3
	NPD	Matthias Brodbeck		3,905	2.3	0.1	2,672	1.6	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,250	0.7	0.0
	FW						771	0.4
	ÖDP	Guido Klamt		1,469	0.9	0.1	731	0.4	0.2
	REP						715	0.4	0.7
	RENTNER						544	0.3
	PBC						432	0.3	0.3
	BIG						322	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						308	0.2	0.0
	PRO						261	0.2
	Party of Reason						166	0.1
	MLPD	Peter Rügner		403	0.2	0.0	126	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,885			2,182
Total valid votes				170,887			171,590
Turnout				173,772	71.9	1.8
	CDUhold		Majority	41,546	24.3	5.1

Federal election (2009): Heilbronn[7]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YThomas Strobl		73,308	44.2	6.1	57,889	34.8	4.7
	SPD	Josip Juratovic		41,484	25.0	8.6	35,331	21.3	11.1
	FDP	Michael Georg Link		19,924	12.0	7.6	31,932	19.2	7.6
	Greens	Ulrich Schneider		14,594	8.8	3.2	16,917	10.2	2.7
	Left	Hasso Ehinger		10,693	6.5	3.1	12,256	7.4	3.5
	Pirates						3,246	2.0
	NPD	Alexander Scholl		3,657	2.2	0.1	2,622	1.6	0.1
	REP						1,853	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,131	0.7
	ÖDP	Rainer Graf		1,656	1.0		1,040	0.6
	PBC						912	0.5	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						358	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						264	0.2
	MLPD	Peter Rügner		372	0.2	0.1	186	0.1	0.0
	DVU						160	0.1
	BüSo						70	0.0	0.0
	ADM						62	0.0
Informal votes				3,239			2,698
Total valid votes				165,688			166,229
Turnout				168,927	70.1	7.1
	CDUhold		Majority	31,824	19.2	2.5

Federal election (2005): Heilbronn[8]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YThomas Strobl		90,333	50.3	0.9	71,134	39.5	4.0
	SPD	Josip Juratovic		60,353	33.6	6.0	58,244	32.4	3.2
	Greens	Ulrich Schneider		10,059	5.6	1.3	13,540	7.5	0.7
	FDP	Michael Link		7,918	4.4	0.4	20,941	11.6	3.9
	Left	Hasso Ehinger		6,082	3.4	2.4	6,904	3.8	3.0
	NPD	Lars Käppler		4,157	2.3		2,980	1.7	1.3
	REP						2,622	1.5	0.2
	Familie						1,357	0.8
	PBC						994	0.6	0.1
	GRAUEN						848	0.5	0.3
	MLPD	Peter Rügner		550	0.3		273	0.2
	BüSo						118	0.1
Informal votes				3,915			3,412
Total valid votes				179,452			179,955
Turnout				183,367	77.1	2.9
	CDUhold		Majority	29,980	16.7

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