Göppingen (electoral district)

Federal electoral district of Germany

263 Göppingen

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Göppingen in 2025

State| Baden-Württemberg
Population| 258,100 (2019)
Electorate| 177,107 (2021)
Major settlements| Göppingen
Geislingen an der Steige
Eislingen
Area| 642.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CDU
Member| Hermann Färber
Elected| 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Göppingen is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 263. It is located in eastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Göppingen district.[1]

Göppingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Hermann Färber of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

## Geography

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Göppingen is located in eastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Göppingen district.[1]

## History

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Göppingen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 169. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 172. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 167. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 264. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 263.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Göppingen district and the municipalities of Bissingen an der Teck, Dettingen unter Teck, Holzmaden, Kirchheim unter Teck, Lenningen, Neidlingen, Notzingen, Ohmden, Owen, Weilheim an der Teck, and Wolfschlugen from the Nürtingen district. It acquired its current borders in the 1965 election.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 7 | Göppingen  |

* Göppingen district
* Nürtingen district (only Bissingen an der Teck, Dettingen unter Teck, Holzmaden, Kirchheim unter Teck, Lenningen, Neidlingen, Notzingen, Ohmden, Owen, Weilheim an der Teck, and Wolfschlugen municipalities)

1953 | 169
1957
1961
1965 | 172  |

* Göppingen district

1969
1972
1976
1980 | 167
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 264
2005
2009 | 263
2013
2017
2021
2025

## Members

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The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Georg Baur from 1949 to 1953, followed by Hermann Finckh from 1953 to 1965. Manfred Wörner was representative from 1965 to 1990, a total of seven consecutive terms. Claus Jäger served one term from 1990 to 1994, followed by Klaus Riegert from 1994 to 2013. Hermann Färber was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Georg Baur | CDU | 26.9
| 1953 | Hermann Finckh | CDU | 46.6
1957 | 48.3
1961 | 38.1
| 1965 | Manfred Wörner | CDU | 50.3
1969 | 53.1
1972 | 48.2
1976 | 50.8
1980 | 48.4
1983 | 47.6
1987 | 49.0
| 1990 | Claus Jäger | CDU | 43.6
| 1994 | Klaus Riegert | CDU | 46.1
1998 | 42.4
2002 | 48.0
2005 | 48.3
2009 | 43.1
| 2013 | Hermann Färber | CDU | 49.0
2017 | 37.6
2021 | 31.0
2025 | 37.1

## Election results

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### 2025

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Federal election (2025): Göppingen[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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Färber | 52,945  | 37.1  |  6.1  | 47,870  | 33.5  |  7.4
| AfD | Hans-Jürgen Goßner  | 32,263  | 22.6  |  10.8  | 33,279  | 23.3  |  11.8
| FDP | Anna Ortwein  | 5,839  | 4.1  |  8.2  | 7,925  | 5.5  |  10.6
| Greens | Moritz Gerstein  | 13,239  | 9.3  |  2.6  | 13,447  | 9.4  |  3.2
| SPD | Franziska Blessing  | 24,232  | 17.0  |  6.8  | 20,544  | 14.4  |  9.0
| FW | Andreas Cerrotta  | 4,449  | 3.1  |  0.2  | 2,137  | 1.5  |  0.4
| Left | Sabine Schapke  | 6,812  | 4.8  |  2.6  | 7,797  | 5.5  |  3.0
| dieBasis | Patrick Coleman  | 2,653  | 1.2  |  1.0  | 729  | 0.5  | . 1.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,228  | 0.9  |  0.4
| PARTEI |  |  |  |  1.5  | 604  | 0.4  |  0.5
| Team Todenhöfer |  |  |  |  0.5
| Pirates |  |  |  |  0.4
| Volt | Daniel Pittroff  | 1,072  | 0.8  |  | 674  | 0.5  |  0.2
| ÖDP |  | 257  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Bürgerbewegung  |  |  |  |  0.4
| Gesundheitsforschung |  |  |  |  0.1
| Bündnis C |  | 168  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BD |  | 175  | 0.1  |
| BSW |  | 6,137  | 4.3  |  0.0
| Humanists |  |  |  |  0.1
| MLPD | Christel Beck  | 177  | 0.1  |  0.0  | 68  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,197  |  |  | 839  |  |
Total valid votes | 142,681  |  |  | 143,039  |  |
Turnout | 143,878  | 82.4  |  5.8  |
| CDU hold | Majority |  |  |  6.1  |

### 2021

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Federal election (2021): Göppingen[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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Färber | 41,558  | 31.0  |  6.6  | 35,079  | 26.1  |  7.2
| SPD | Heike Baehrens | 31,824  | 23.7  |  1.8  | 31,422  | 23.4  |  5.8
| FDP | Jan Olsson  | 16,481  | 12.3  |  3.1  | 21,723  | 16.2  |  3.5
| Greens | Viktoria Kruse  | 15,932  | 11.9  |  0.2  | 16,916  | 12.6  |  0.3
| AfD | Volker Münz  | 15,818  | 11.8  |  2.7  | 15,412  | 11.5  |  3.2
| FW | Andreas Cerrotta  | 4,394  | 3.3  |  | 2,525  | 1.9  |  1.2
| Left | Eva-Maria Glathe-Braun  | 2,958  | 2.2  |  2.2  | 3,338  | 2.5  |  2.6
| dieBasis | Karlheinz Siegmund  | 2,839  | 2.1  |  | 2,340  | 1.7  |
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,660  | 1.2  |  0.3
| PARTEI | Christian Treder  | 2,033  | 1.5  |  | 1,176  | 0.9  |  0.2
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 685  | 0.5  |
| Pirates |  | 504  | 0.4  |  0.2
| Volt |  | 336  | 0.2  |
| ÖDP |  | 293  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Bürgerbewegung  |  | 177  | 0.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 161  | 0.1  |
| Bündnis C |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| NPD |  | 150  | 0.1  |  0.2
| DiB |  | 122  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |  | 85  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Christel Beck  | 170  | 0.1  |  0.1  | 59  | 0.0  |  0.1
| Bündnis 21  |  | 55  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 31  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 16  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,599  |  |  | 1,183  |  |
Total valid votes | 134,007  |  |  | 134,423  |  |
Turnout | 135,606  | 76.6  |  0.6  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 9,734  | 7.3  |  8.4  |

### 2017

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Federal election (2017): Göppingen[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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Hermann Färber | 50,892  | 37.6  |  11.5  | 45,290  | 33.3  |  12.5
| SPD | Heike Baehrens | 29,730  | 21.9  |  2.3  | 23,924  | 17.6  |  4.1
| AfD | Volker Münz | 19,588  | 14.5  |  9.2  | 19,956  | 14.7  |  8.4
| Greens | Dietrich Burchard  | 16,420  | 12.1  |  1.4  | 16,749  | 12.3  |  2.2
| FDP | Hans-Peter Semmler  | 12,492  | 9.2  |  5.9  | 17,188  | 15.6  |  6.8
| Left | Konstantinos Katevas  | 5,994  | 4.4  |  0.8  | 6,882  | 5.1  |  0.8
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,246  | 0.9  |  0.2
| FW |  | 907  | 0.7  |  0.3
| PARTEI |  | 898  | 0.7  |
| Pirates |  | 801  | 0.6  |  1.4
| NPD |  | 372  | 0.3  |  0.9
| ÖDP |  | 344  | 0.3  |  0.1
| Tierschutzallianz  |  | 296  | 0.2  |
| DM  |  | 221  | 0.2  |
| BGE |  | 187  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 172  | 0.1  |
| Menschliche Welt  |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| DiB |  | 153  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Christel Beck  | 354  | 0.3  |  | 136  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DIE RECHTE |  | 43  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 25  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 2,115  |  |  | 1,637  |  |
Total valid votes | 135,470  |  |  | 135,948  |  |
Turnout | 137,585  | 77.1  |  3.1  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 21,162  | 15.7  |  9.1  |

### 2013

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Federal election (2013): Göppingen[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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Hermann Färber | 64,095  | 49.0  |  5.9  | 60,058  | 45.8  |  12.7
| SPD | Heike Baehrens | 31,646  | 24.2  |  2.4  | 28,435  | 21.7  |  0.9
| Greens | Dennis De  | 14,010  | 10.7  |  0.3  | 13,275  | 10.1  |  3.2
| AfD | Volker Münz  | 6,891  | 5.3  |  | 8,259  | 6.3  |
| Left | Thomas Edtmaier  | 4,710  | 3.6  |  2.8  | 5,569  | 4.2  |  3.0
| FDP | Werner Simmling  | 4,393  | 3.4  |  7.0  | 7,646  | 5.8  |  13.3
| Pirates | Julian Beier  | 2,557  | 2.0  |  | 2,629  | 2.0  |  0.2
| NPD | Alexander Neidlein  | 1,813  | 1.4  |  0.5  | 1,599  | 1.2  |  0.1
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 1,000  | 0.8  |  0.0
| REP |  | 552  | 0.4  |  0.7
| FW |  | 530  | 0.4  |
| ÖDP | Albert Seitzer  | 596  | 0.5  |  0.3  | 403  | 0.3  |  0.1
| RENTNER  |  | 289  | 0.2  |
| PBC  |  | 240  | 0.2  |  0.2
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 198  | 0.2  |  0.1
| BIG  |  | 129  | 0.1  |
| Party of Reason |  | 115  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 93  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 67  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BüSo |  | 17  | 0.0  |  0.1
Informal votes  | 1,921  |  |  | 1,529  |  |
Total valid votes | 130,711  |  |  | 131,103  |  |
Turnout | 132,632  | 74.0  |  2.1  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 32,449  | 24.8  |  8.3  |

### 2009

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Federal election (2009): Göppingen[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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Y Klaus Riegert | 55,049  | 43.1  |  5.2  | 42,318  | 33.1  |  4.9
| SPD | Sascha Binder  | 33,916  | 26.6  |  9.9  | 26,524  | 20.7  |  10.7
| Greens | Bernhard Lehle  | 14,009  | 11.0  |  6.0  | 17,018  | 13.3  |  3.8
| FDP | Werner Simmling  | 13,177  | 10.3  |  6.0  | 24,408  | 19.1  |  6.8
| Left | Sabine Rösch-Dammenmiller  | 8,157  | 6.4  |  2.6  | 9,327  | 7.3  |  3.3
| Pirates |  | 2,371  | 1.9  |
| NPD | Otto Nagel  | 2,385  | 1.9  |  0.3  | 1,730  | 1.4  |  0.2
| REP |  | 1,377  | 1.1  |  0.2
| Tierschutzpartei |  | 956  | 0.7  |
| ÖDP | Johanna Kaufmann  | 920  | 0.7  |  | 523  | 0.4  |
| PBC  |  | 465  | 0.4  |  0.2
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 325  | 0.3  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 261  | 0.2  |
| MLPD |  | 79  | 0.1  |  0.1
| DVU |  | 68  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 60  | 0.0  |  0.0
| ADM  |  | 46  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 2,288  |  |  | 2,045  |  |
Total valid votes | 127,613  |  |  | 127,856  |  |
Turnout | 129,901  | 72.0  |  6.8  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 21,133  | 16.5  |  4.7  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Göppingen". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Göppingen". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Göppingen
4. ^ Results for Göppingen
5. ^ Results for Göppingen
6. ^ Results for Göppingen
7. ^ Results for Göppingen

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