Zollernalb – Sigmaringen

Federal electoral district of Germany

295 Zollernalb – Sigmaringen

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen in 2025

State| Baden-Württemberg
Population| 248,800 (2019)
Electorate| 182,648 (2021)
Major settlements| Albstadt
Balingen
Bad Saulgau
Area| 1,656.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1949
Party| CDU
Member| Thomas Bareiß
Elected| 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen 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 295. It is located in southern Baden-Württemberg, comprising most of the district of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis districts.[1]

Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Thomas Bareiß of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

## Geography

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Zollernalb – Sigmaringen is located in southern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald as well as the district of Zollernalbkreis excluding the municipalities of Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen.[1]

## History

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Zollernalb – Sigmaringen was created in 1949, then known as Balingen. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 193. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 197. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 198. Since the 2002 election, it has been number 295.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Balingen, Sigmaringen, Hechingen, and Münsingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the districts of Balingen, Münsingen, Sigmaringen excluding the municipalities of Igelswies, Thalheim, Bärenthal, Beuron, Billafingen, Burgau, Langenenslingen and Achberg, and Hechingen excluding the municipality of Wilflingen, as well as the municipalities of St. Johann, Dettingen an der Erms, Grabenstetten, Hülben, and Bad Urach from the Reutlingen district and the municipality of Wangen from the Überlingen district.

In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but including the entirety of the Sigmaringen district. In the 2002 election, it also contained the municipalities of Altshausen, Boms, Ebenweiler, Ebersbach-Musbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen, Guggenhausen, Hoßkirch, Königseggwald, Riedhausen, and Unterwaldhausen from the Ravensburg district. In the 2009 election, it lost its area in the Ravensburg district as well as the municipalities of Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald from the Sigmaringen district.

Election  | No. | Name  | Borders

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1949 | 4 | Balingen  |

* Balingen district
* Sigmaringen district
* Hechingen district
* Münsingen district

1953 | 193
1957
1961
1965 | 197  |

* Balingen district
* Sigmaringen district (excluding Igelswies, Thalheim, Bärenthal, Beuron, Billafingen, Burgau, Langenenslingen and Achberg municipalities)
* Hechingen district (excluding Wilflingen municipality)
* Münsingen district
* Reutlingen district (only St. Johann, Dettingen an der Erms, Grabenstetten, Hülben, and Bad Urach municipalities)
* Überlingen district (only Wangen municipality)

1969
1972
1976
1980 | 198  | Zollernalb – Sigmaringen  |

* Sigmaringen district
* Zollernalbkreis district (excluding Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen municipalities)

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 | 295  |

* Sigmaringen district
* Zollernalbkreis district (excluding Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen municipalities)
* Ravensburg district (only Altshausen, Boms, Ebenweiler, Ebersbach-Musbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen, Guggenhausen, Hoßkirch, Königseggwald, Riedhausen, and Unterwaldhausen municipalities)

2005
2009 |

* Sigmaringen district (excluding Herdwangen-Schönach, Illmensee, Pfullendorf, and Wald municipalities)
* Zollernalbkreis district (excluding Bisingen, Burladingen, Grosselfingen, Hechingen, Jungingen, and Rangendingen municipalities)

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 Franz Weiß from 1949 to 1953, followed by Gebhard Müller from 1953 to 1957 and Walter Gaßmann from 1957 to 1965. Hermann Schwörer was representative from 1965 to 1994, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dietmar Schlee served from 1994 to 2002, followed by Tanja Gönner from 2002 to 2005. Thomas Bareiß has been representative since 2005.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1949 | Franz Weiß | CDU | 59.3
| 1953 | Gebhard Müller | CDU | 61.2
| 1957 | Walter Gaßmann | CDU | 59.5
1961 | 53.6
| 1965 | Hermann Schwörer | CDU | 59.9
1969 | 63.0
1972 | 62.1
1976 | 64.1
1980 | 63.6
1983 | 69.8
1987 | 62.7
1990 | 59.6
| 1994 | Dietmar Schlee | CDU | 56.5
1998 | 49.8
| 2002 | Tanja Gönner | CDU | 54.9
| 2005 | Thomas Bareiß | CDU | 55.3
2009 | 49.4
2013 | 60.7
2017 | 45.0
2021 | 30.1

## Election results

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### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß | 41,106  | 30.1  |  14.8  | 39,332  | 28.8  |  9.2
| SPD | Robin Mesarosch | 24,970  | 18.3  |  3.9  | 26,716  | 19.6  |  5.4
| Greens | Johannes Kretschmann  | 23,118  | 16.9  |  4.2  | 15,503  | 11.4  |  0.1
| FDP | Stephan Link | 18,678  | 13.7  |  4.4  | 23,200  | 17.0  |  3.6
| AfD | Nicolas Gregg  | 15,554  | 11.4  |  2.2  | 16,477  | 12.1  |  1.6
| dieBasis | Volker Beil  | 3,906  | 2.9  |  | 2,980  | 2.2  |
| FW | Jürgen Schiller  | 3,359  | 2.5  |  | 2,617  | 1.9  |  1.2
| Left | Marco Hausner  | 2,848  | 2.1  |  2.6  | 3,540  | 2.6  |  2.5
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 1,883  | 1.4  |  0.5
| PARTEI | Dominik Ochs  | 1,887  | 1.4  |  | 1,335  | 1.0  |  0.5
| Team Todenhöfer |  | 545  | 0.4  |
| Pirates |  | 510  | 0.4  |  0.1
| ÖDP | Christine Koch-Kuhring  | 758  | 0.6  |  | 429  | 0.3  |  0.0
| Bündnis C |  | 258  | 0.2  |
| Volt |  | 258  | 0.2  |
| NPD |  | 206  | 0.2  |  0.2
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 182  | 0.1  |
| Bürgerbewegung  |  | 167  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Renate Schmidt  | 212  | 0.2  |  0.2  | 114  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Humanists |  | 111  | 0.1  |
| DiB |  | 83  | 0.1  |  0.0
| Bündnis 21  |  | 47  | 0.0  |
| LKR |  | 30  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 17  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 1,688  |  |  | 1,544  |  |
Total valid votes | 136,396  |  |  | 136,540  |  |
Turnout | 138,084  | 75.6  |  0.4  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 16,136  | 11.8  |  18.7  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß | 61,694  | 45.0  |  15.7  | 52,284  | 38.0  |  14.8
| SPD | Stiliani Kirgiane-Efremidou  | 19,716  | 14.4  |  3.8  | 19,446  | 14.1  |  3.0
| AfD | Hans-Peter Hörner  | 18,609  | 13.6  |  | 18,814  | 13.7  |  9.0
| Greens | Erwin Feucht  | 17,489  | 12.7  |  4.5  | 15,798  | 11.5  |  3.1
| FDP | Dirk Mrotzek  | 12,695  | 9.3  |  6.9  | 18,394  | 13.4  |  7.7
| Left | Claudio Wellington  | 6,450  | 4.7  |  0.5  | 7,061  | 5.1  |  1.0
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 1,182  | 0.9  |  0.1
| FW |  | 1,018  | 0.7  |  0.2
| PARTEI |  | 722  | 0.5  |
| Pirates |  | 590  | 0.4  |  1.7
| NPD |  | 519  | 0.4  |  1.0
| ÖDP |  | 378  | 0.3  |  0.1
| Tierschutzallianz  |  | 326  | 0.2  |
| DM  |  | 245  | 0.2  |
| BGE |  | 222  | 0.2  |
| Menschliche Welt  |  | 206  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei³ |  | 176  | 0.1  |
| MLPD | Renate Schmidt  | 541  | 0.4  |  0.0  | 173  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DiB |  | 118  | 0.1  |
| DIE RECHTE |  | 41  | 0.0  |
| DKP |  | 14  | 0.0  |
Informal votes  | 2,354  |  |  | 1,821  |  |
Total valid votes | 137,194  |  |  | 137,727  |  |
Turnout | 139,548  | 76.0  |  3.9  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 41,978  | 30.6  |  11.9  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 Thomas Bareiß | 78,966  | 60.7  |  11.2  | 69,176  | 52.8  |  13.8
| SPD | Stella Kirgiane-Efremidis  | 23,684  | 18.2  |  1.1  | 22,447  | 17.1  |  1.5
| Greens | Roman-Hartmut Wauer  | 10,802  | 8.3  |  1.0  | 11,008  | 8.4  |  1.4
| Left | Daniel Morteza Ghazvini  | 5,460  | 4.2  |  2.3  | 5,359  | 4.1  |  2.8
| FW | Günther Schunder  | 3,716  | 2.9  |  | 1,222  | 0.9  |
| FDP | Dirk Mrotzeck  | 3,069  | 2.4  |  11.2  | 7,393  | 5.6  |  15.8
| AfD |  | 6,161  | 4.7  |
| Pirates |  | 2,746  | 2.1  |  0.2
| NPD | Hans Schmidt  | 2,756  | 2.1  |  0.2  | 1,854  | 1.4  |  0.2
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 1,012  | 0.8  |  0.0
| REP |  | 668  | 0.5  |  0.7
| ÖDP | Hubert Rothfeld  | 1,194  | 0.9  |  | 543  | 0.4  |  0.0
| RENTNER  |  | 328  | 0.3  |
| PBC  |  | 289  | 0.2  |  0.2
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 282  | 0.2  |  0.2
| MLPD | Renate Schmidt  | 544  | 0.4  |  | 198  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Party of Reason |  | 161  | 0.1  |
| PRO |  | 132  | 0.1  |
| BIG  |  | 45  | 0.0  |
| BüSo |  | 37  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,714  |  |  | 1,844  |  |
Total valid votes | 130,191  |  |  | 131,061  |  |
Turnout | 132,905  | 72.1  |  1.9  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 55,282  | 42.5  |  10.2  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Zollernalb – Sigmaringen[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 | Y Thomas Bareiß | 62,858  | 49.4  |  5.9  | 49,774  | 38.9  |  8.3
| SPD | Angela Godawa  | 21,695  | 17.1  |  9.2  | 20,001  | 15.6  |  9.5
| FDP | Wolfgang Dobler  | 17,220  | 13.5  |  8.0  | 27,454  | 21.5  |  9.6
| Greens | Susanne Kieckbusch  | 11,802  | 9.3  |  3.6  | 12,571  | 9.8  |  3.0
| Left | Antje Claaßen  | 8,292  | 6.5  |  3.6  | 8,763  | 6.9  |  3.6
| Pirates |  | 2,477  | 1.9  |
| NPD | Hans Schmidt  | 2,895  | 2.3  |  0.2  | 2,036  | 1.6  |  0.2
| Independent | Oskar Löffler  | 2,431  | 1.9  |  |
| REP |  | 1,527  | 1.2  |  0.5
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 956  | 0.7  |
| PBC  |  | 600  | 0.5  |  0.2
| ÖDP |  | 572  | 0.4  |
| Volksabstimmung  |  | 385  | 0.3  |
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 297  | 0.2  |
| MLPD |  | 137  | 0.1  |  0.1
| DVU |  | 114  | 0.1  |
| ADM  |  | 86  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 65  | 0.1  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,243  |  |  | 2,621  |  |
Total valid votes | 127,193  |  |  | 127,815  |  |
Turnout | 130,436  | 70.2  |  6.4  |
| CDU hold | Majority | 41,163  | 32.3  |  3.3  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Zollernalb – Sigmaringen". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
4. ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
5. ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen
6. ^ Results for Zollernalb – Sigmaringen

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