Heilbronn (electoral district)

{{Short description|Federal electoral district of Germany}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = 267 Heilbronn

|constituency_type = electoral district

|constituency_link = Heilbronn (electoral district)

|parl_name = Bundestag

|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 267-2025.svg

|caption = Heilbronn in 2025

|region_label = State

|region = Baden-Württemberg

|population = 362,000 (2019)

|electorate = 240,951 (2021)

|towns = Heilbronn
Neckarsulm
Eppingen

|area = 904.9 km2

|year = 1949

|party = CDU

|local_council_label = Member

|local_council = Alexander Throm

|blank1_name = Elected

|blank1_info = 2017, 2021, 2025

}}

Heilbronn 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 267. It is located in northern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Heilbronn and the northern part of the Landkreis Heilbronn district.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html|title=Constituency Heilbronn|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}

Heilbronn was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Alexander Throm of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html|title=Results for Heilbronn|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}

Geography

Heilbronn is located in northern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Heilbronn and the municipalities of Bad 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, and Wüstenrot from the Landkreis Heilbronn district.

History

Heilbronn was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk 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.

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

! Election

! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}}

! width=125px| Name

! width=500px| Borders

1949

| {{abbr|4|Württemberg-Baden (Landesbezirk Württemberg) 4}}

| rowspan=21| Heilbronn

| rowspan=4|

1953

| rowspan=3| 166

1957
1961
1965

| rowspan=4| 168

| rowspan=3|

1969
1972
1976

|

1980

| rowspan=6| 171

| rowspan=13|

1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002

| rowspan=2| 268

2005
2009

| rowspan=5| 267

2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Georg Kohl of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 until his death in 1952. He was succeeded by fellow FDP member Adolf Mauk in a by-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 the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1961 and served until 1969, when he was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erhard Eppler from 1969 to 1976. Egon Susset of the CDU was then representative from 1976 to 1998, followed by Thomas Strobl from 1998 to 2017. Alexander Throm was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

class=wikitable

! colspan=2| Election

! Member

! Party

! %

bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| 1949

| Georg Kohl

| FDP

| align=right| 28.2

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| {{abbr|1952|By-election}}

| rowspan=2| Adolf Mauk

| rowspan=2| FDP

| align=right| 60.3

1953

| align=right| 32.6

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1957

| Karl Simpfendörfer

| CDU

| align=right| 35.2

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| 1961

| rowspan=2| Helmut Bazille

| rowspan=2| SPD

| align=right| 38.5

1965

| align=right| 38.1

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| 1969

| rowspan=2| Erhard Eppler

| rowspan=2| SPD

| align=right| 46.9

1972

| align=right| 50.5

rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1976

| rowspan=6| Egon Susset

| rowspan=6| CDU

| align=right| 47.8

1980

| align=right| 46.3

1983

| align=right| 52.4

1987

| align=right| 46.8

1990

| align=right| 46.9

1994

| align=right| 45.1

rowspan=5 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 1998

| rowspan=5| Thomas Strobl

| rowspan=5| CDU

| align=right| 43.8

2002

| align=right| 49.2

2005

| align=right| 50.3

2009

| align=right| 44.2

2013

| align=right| 51.4

rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| 2017

| rowspan=3| Alexander Throm

| rowspan=3| CDU

| align=right| 35.3

2021

| align=right| 27.8

2025

| align=right| 35.0

Election results

=2025 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2025): Heilbronn[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html Results for Heilbronn]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Alexander Throm

|votes = 67,516

|percentage = 35.0

|change = {{increase}} 7.2

|party votes = 56,936

|party percent = 29.4

|party change = {{increase}} 5.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Kögel

|votes = 48,360

|percentage = 25.1

|change = {{increase}} 12.3

|party votes = 49,239

|party percent = 25.5

|party change = {{increase}} 12.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Jens Schäfer

|votes = 29,914

|percentage = 15.5

|change = {{decrease}} 8.8

|party votes = 27,713

|party percent = 14.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jonathan Ebert

|votes = 16,637

|percentage = 8.6

|change = {{decrease}} 4.1

|party votes = 18,307

|party percent = 9.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Andreas Mössinger

|votes = 11,484

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

|party votes = 11.923

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Jacqueline Plath

|votes = 4,328

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes = 2,649

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Michael Link

|votes = 9,853

|percentage = 5.1

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

|party votes = 12,027

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 10.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Alexander Staengle

|votes = 1,915

|percentage = 1.0

|change = {{decrease}} 0.9

|party votes = 1,003

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,977

|party percent = 1.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 1.7

|party votes = 927

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Patrick Fischer

|votes = 1,99

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,239

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 370

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 359

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 304

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Party of Humanists

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bürgerbewegung

|color = #44AAE0

|party votes =

|party percent =

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 8,391

|party percent = 4.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Rügner

|votes = 313

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 86

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,705

|party votes = 1,256

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 193,001

|party votes = 193,450

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 194,706

|percentage = 81.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes =

|percent =

|change = {{increase}} 7.2

}}

=2021 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2021): Heilbronn[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html Results for Heilbronn]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Alexander Throm

|votes = 50,299

|percentage = 27.8

|change = {{decrease}} 7.5

|party votes = 43,325

|party percent = 23.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Josip Juratovic

|votes = 43,887

|percentage = 24.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

|party votes = 40,961

|party percent = 22.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Michael Georg Link

|votes = 24,748

|percentage = 13.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.1

|party votes = 29,386

|party percent = 16.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Franziska Gminder

|votes = 23,093

|percentage = 12.8

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

|party votes = 23,828

|party percent = 13.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Isabell Steidel

|votes = 23,018

|percentage = 12.7

|change = {{increase}} 4.6

|party votes = 23,476

|party percent = 13.0

|party change = {{increase}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Uwe Basler

|votes = 4,595

|percentage = 2.5

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

|party votes = 3,278

|party percent = 1.8

|party change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Konrad Wanner

|votes = 4,237

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.3

|party votes = 5,137

|party percent = 2.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Dirk Piper

|votes = 3,354

|percentage = 1.9

|change =

|party votes = 2,857

|party percent = 1.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,076

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Milena Götz

|votes = 2,988

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

|party votes = 2,041

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 1,145

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 605

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 529

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 527

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 437

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 314

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Party of Humanists

|candidate = Markus Schneider

|votes = 497

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

|party votes = 272

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 250

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bürgerbewegung

|color = #44AAE0

|party votes = 217

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Democracy in Motion

|party votes = 140

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Rügner

|votes = 225

|percentage = 0.1

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 106

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 73

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 46

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,863

|party votes = 1,749

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 180,941

|party votes = 181,055

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 182,804

|percentage = 75.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 6,412

|percent = 3.5

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

}}

=2017 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2017): Heilbronn[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html Results for Heilbronn]

}}

{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Alexander Throm

|votes = 64,591

|percentage = 35.3

|change = {{decrease}} 16.1

|party votes = 58,755

|party percent = 32.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 13.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Josip Juratovic

|votes = 42,455

|percentage = 23.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.9

|party votes = 32,489

|party percent = 17.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Jürgen Kögel

|votes = 28,575

|percentage = 15.6

|change =

|party votes = 30,089

|party percent = 16.4

|party change = {{increase}} 11.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Michael Georg Link

|votes = 17,566

|percentage = 9.6

|change = {{increase}} 6.0

|party votes = 23,872

|party percent = 13.0

|party change = {{increase}} 6.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Thomas Fick

|votes = 14,920

|percentage = 8.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.7

|party votes = 19,016

|party percent = 10.4

|party change = {{increase}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Konrad Wanner

|votes = 8,448

|percentage = 4.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.2

|party votes = 10,520

|party percent = 5.7

|party change = {{increase}} 1.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Die PARTEI

|candidate = Niclas Keicher

|votes = 2,167

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

|party votes = 1,530

|party percent = 0.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Alfred Burkhardt

|votes = 1,896

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,281

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,236

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 835

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Bernhard Keil

|votes = 1,210

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 758

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 728

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 470

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Tierschutzallianz

|party votes = 442

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Werner Marquardt

|votes = 405

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Eduard Martin

|votes = 327

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Menschliche Welt

|party votes = 271

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 226

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DiB

|color = #263D80

|party votes = 222

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 200

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Rita Renner

|votes = 302

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 181

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party candidate|

|party = DIE RECHTE

|color = #553A26

|candidate = Sascha Krolzig

|votes = 248

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

|party votes = 141

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,595

|party votes = 2,419

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 183,110

|party votes = 183,286

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 185,705

|percentage = 76.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 22,136

|percent = 12.1

|change = {{decrease}} 12.2

}}

=2013 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2013): Heilbronn[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-267.html Results for Heilbronn]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Thomas Strobl

|votes = 87,777

|percentage = 51.4

|change = {{increase}} 7.1

|party votes = 78,544

|party percent = 45.8

|party change = {{increase}} 10.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Josip Juratovic

|votes = 46,231

|percentage = 27.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

|party votes = 37,933

|party percent = 22.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ulrich Schneider

|votes = 12,771

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

|party votes = 14,662

|party percent = 8.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Heinz Deininger

|votes = 7,554

|percentage = 4.4

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 8,138

|party percent = 4.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Michael Georg Link

|votes = 6,178

|percentage = 3.6

|change = {{decrease}} 8.4

|party votes = 10,927

|party percent = 6.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|party votes = 9,271

|party percent = 5.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Remy Patzelt

|votes = 4,599

|percentage = 2.7

|change =

|party votes = 3,789

|party percent = 2.2

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Matthias Brodbeck

|votes = 3,905

|percentage = 2.3

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 2,672

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,250

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 771

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Guido Klamt

|votes = 1,469

|percentage = 0.9

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 731

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 715

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.7

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = RENTNER

|party votes = 544

|party percent = 0.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 432

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BIG

|party votes = 322

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 308

|party percent = 0.2

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 261

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Party of Reason

|color = #005488

|party votes = 166

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Rügner

|votes = 403

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{steady}} 0.0

|party votes = 126

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,885

|party votes = 2,182

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 170,887

|party votes = 171,590

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 173,772

|percentage = 71.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 41,546

|percent = 24.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.1

}}

=2009 election=

{{MMP election box begin

|title=Federal election (2009): Heilbronn[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617062027/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l08/wk267/ Results for Heilbronn]

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Thomas Strobl

|votes = 73,308

|percentage = 44.2

|change = {{decrease}} 6.1

|party votes = 57,889

|party percent = 34.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Josip Juratovic

|votes = 41,484

|percentage = 25.0

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

|party votes = 35,331

|party percent = 21.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 11.1

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Michael Georg Link

|votes = 19,924

|percentage = 12.0

|change = {{increase}} 7.6

|party votes = 31,932

|party percent = 19.2

|party change = {{increase}} 7.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Ulrich Schneider

|votes = 14,594

|percentage = 8.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

|party votes = 16,917

|party percent = 10.2

|party change = {{increase}} 2.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Hasso Ehinger

|votes = 10,693

|percentage = 6.5

|change = {{increase}} 3.1

|party votes = 12,256

|party percent = 7.4

|party change = {{increase}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 3,246

|party percent = 2.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Alexander Scholl

|votes = 3,657

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 2,622

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|party votes = 1,853

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,131

|party percent = 0.7

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|candidate = Rainer Graf

|votes = 1,656

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 1,040

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PBC

|party votes = 912

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Volksabstimmung

|party votes = 358

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DIE VIOLETTEN

|color = #EE82EE

|party votes = 264

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|candidate = Peter Rügner

|votes = 372

|percentage = 0.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 186

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 160

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 70

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = ADM

|party votes = 62

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 3,239

|party votes = 2,698

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 165,688

|party votes = 166,229

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 168,927

|percentage = 70.1

|change = {{decrease}} 7.1

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 31,824

|percent = 19.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.5

}}

References