Rastatt (electoral district)
{{Short description|Electoral constituency in Germany}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = 273 Rastatt
|constituency_type = electoral district
|constituency_link = Rastatt (electoral district)
|parl_name = Bundestag
|image = File:Bundestagswahlkreis 273-2025.svg
|caption = Rastatt in 2025
|region_label = State
|region = Baden-Württemberg
|population = 286,600 (2019)
|electorate = 204,890 (2021)
|towns = Baden-Baden
Rastatt
Gaggenau
|area = 878.6 km2
|year = 1949
|party = CDU
|local_council_label = Member
|local_council = Kai Whittaker
|blank1_name = Elected
|blank1_info = 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025
}}
Rastatt 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 273. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the city of Baden-Baden and the district of Rastatt.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html|title=Constituency Rastatt|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Rastatt was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Kai Whittaker of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html|title=Results for Rastatt|publisher=Federal Returning Officer}}
Geography
Rastatt is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Baden-Baden and the district of Rastatt.
History
Rastatt was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Baden constituency 7 in the number system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 189. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 193. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 177. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 274. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 273.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Baden-Baden and the districts of Rastatt and Bühl. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the city of Baden-Baden, the Rastatt districts, and the municipalities of Ettlingen, Malsch, and Rheinstetten from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district. In the 1998 election, it lost the Rheinstetten municipality. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
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! Election ! {{abbr|No.|Constituency number}} ! width=125px| Name ! width=300px| Borders |
1949
| {{abbr|7|Baden 7}} | rowspan=21| Rastatt | rowspan=8|
|
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1953
| rowspan=3| 189 |
1957 |
1961 |
1965
| rowspan=4| 193 |
1969 |
1972 |
1976 |
1980
| rowspan=6| 177 | rowspan=5|
|
1983 |
1987 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998
|
|
2002
| rowspan=2| 274 | rowspan=7|
|
2005 |
2009
| rowspan=5| 273 |
2013 |
2017 |
2021 |
2025 |
Members
The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Wendelin Morgenthaler from 1949 to 1957, followed by Ludwig Kroll for one term. Hugo Hauser was representative from 1961 to 1976, followed by Bernhard Friedmann from 1976 to 1990. Peter Götz then served from 1990 to 2013. Kai Whittaker was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
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! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |
rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1949 | rowspan=2| Wendelin Morgenthaler | rowspan=2| CDU | align=right| 59.5 |
1953
| align=right| 65.4 |
bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1957 | CDU | align=right| 64.9 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1961 | rowspan=4| Hugo Hauser | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 57.7 |
1965
| align=right| 61.1 |
1969
| align=right| 61.0 |
1972
| align=right| 58.2 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1976 | rowspan=4| Bernhard Friedmann | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 60.1 |
1980
| align=right| 55.5 |
1983
| align=right| 61.9 |
1987
| align=right| 58.4 |
rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 1990 | rowspan=6| Peter Götz | rowspan=6| CDU | align=right| 53.5 |
1994
| align=right| 53.4 |
1998
| align=right| 49.3 |
2002
| align=right| 51.0 |
2005
| align=right| 49.3 |
2009
| align=right| 48.0 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| 2013 | rowspan=4| Kai Whittaker | rowspan=4| CDU | align=right| 53.5 |
2017
| align=right| 44.1 |
2021
| align=right| 33.2 |
2025
| align=right| 33.8 |
Election results
=2025 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2025): Rastatt[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html Results for Rastatt]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Kai Whittaker
|votes = 63,111
|percentage = 38.8
|change = {{increase}} 5.7
|party votes = 54,349
|party percent = 33.4
|party change = {{increase}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Alexander Arpaschi
|votes = 36,075
|percentage = 22.2
|change = {{increase}} 11.5
|party votes = 36,771
|party percent = 22.6
|party change = {{increase}} 11.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Lukas Hornung
|votes = 24,570
|percentage = 15.1
|change = {{decrease}} 7.6
|party votes = 14.5
|party percent = 14.5
|party change = {{decrease}} 9.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Frank Brede
|votes = 18,275
|percentage = 11.2
|change = {{decrease}} 1.7
|party votes = 17,673
|party percent = 10.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Lothar Tatzik
|votes = 7,609
|percentage = 4.7
|change = {{increase}} 1.9
|party votes = 8,737
|party percent = 5.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Dominic Frank
|votes = 5,727
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 8.0
|party votes = 8,032
|party percent = 4.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 8.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Raphael Volz
|votes = 5,410
|percentage = 3.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.41.9
|party votes = 2,611
|party percent = 1.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Peter Hank
|votes = 1,677
|percentage = 1.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.3
|party votes = 713
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.7
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,614
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 661
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{decrease}} 0.5
|party votes = 1,021
|party percent = 0.6
|party change = {{increase}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 205
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.14
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Bürgerbewegung
|color = #44AAE0
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Bündnis Deutschland
|party votes = 194
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes =
|party percent =
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
|party votes = 6,619
|party percent = 4.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 143
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}}
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 38
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,529
|party votes = 1,050
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 162,454
|party votes = 162,933
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 163,983
|percentage = 81.6
|change = {{increase}} 5.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes =
|percent =
|change = {{increase}} 5.7
}}
=2021 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2021): Rastatt[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html Results for Rastatt]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Kai Whittaker
|votes = 50,988
|percentage = 33.2
|change = {{decrease}} 10.9
|party votes = 41,495
|party percent = 27.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 10.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Gabriele Katzmarek
|votes = 34,847
|percentage = 22.7
|change = {{increase}} 3.7
|party votes = 36,442
|party percent = 23.7
|party change = {{increase}} 6.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Thomas Gönner
|votes = 19,962
|percentage = 13.0
|change = {{increase}} 2.1
|party votes = 21,926
|party percent = 14.3
|party change = {{increase}} 2.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Sven Gehrke
|votes = 17,764
|percentage = 11.6
|change = {{increase}} 4.4
|party votes = 21,250
|party percent = 13.8
|party change = {{increase}} 2.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Verena Bäuerle
|votes = 16,455
|percentage = 10.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.5
|party votes = 16,333
|party percent = 10.6
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Lara Schindler
|votes = 4,477
|percentage = 2.9
|change = {{increase}} 1.1
|party votes = 3,000
|party percent = 2.0
|party change = {{increase}} 1.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Tudor Costin
|votes = 4,212
|percentage = 2.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.9
|party votes = 4,280
|party percent = 2.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Marion Hofmann
|votes = 3,557
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
|party votes = 3,272
|party percent = 2.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 2,026
|party percent = 1.3
|party change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 1,099
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 546
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Volt Germany
|candidate = Robin Gscheidle
|votes = 772
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
|party votes = 492
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box local party candidate|
|party = KlimalisteBW
|color = #43A428
|candidate = Günther Beikert
|votes = 486
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Team Todenhöfer
|party votes = 453
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 199
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung
|party votes = 187
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Bürgerbewegung
|color = #44AAE0
|party votes = 170
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 144
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Party of Humanists
|party votes = 132
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Democracy in Motion
|party votes = 120
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany
|party votes = 101
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Wolfgang Rapps
|votes = 75
|percentage = 0.0
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Bündnis 21
|color = #E71F71
|party votes = 56
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers
|party votes = 35
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 25
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 17
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 1,736
|party votes = 1,531
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 153,595
|party votes = 153,800
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 155,331
|percentage = 75.8
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|loser =
|votes = 16,141
|percent = 10.5
|change = {{decrease}} 14.6
}}
=2017 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2017): Rastatt[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html Results for Rastatt]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Kai Whittaker
|votes = 68,259
|percentage = 44.1
|change = {{decrease}} 9.4
|party votes = 58,798
|party percent = 37.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 11.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Gabriele Katzmarek
|votes = 29,486
|percentage = 19.0
|change = {{decrease}} 4.0
|party votes = 26,374
|party percent = 17.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 3.6
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Joachim Kuhs
|votes = 18,849
|percentage = 12.2
|change = {{increase}} 7.3
|party votes = 19,701
|party percent = 12.7
|party change = {{increase}} 6.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Manuel Hummel
|votes = 16,954
|percentage = 10.9
|change = {{increase}} 2.5
|party votes = 17,766
|party percent = 11.4
|party change = {{increase}} 2.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Rolf Pilarski
|votes = 11,150
|percentage = 7.2
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
|party votes = 17,847
|party percent = 11.5
|party change = {{increase}} 5.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Norbert Maßon
|votes = 7,123
|percentage = 4.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.1
|party votes = 8,369
|party percent = 5.4
|party change = {{increase}} 1.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Voters
|candidate = Eduard Meßmer
|votes = 2,809
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
|party votes = 1,496
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,132
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Die PARTEI
|party votes = 921
|party percent = 0.6
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 644
|party percent = 0.4
|party change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Tierschutzallianz
|party votes = 385
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|party votes = 313
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DM
|party votes = 295
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 266
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DiB
|color = #263D80
|party votes = 208
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Menschliche Welt
|party votes = 195
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = V-Partei³
|color = #99CC33
|party votes = 178
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Basic Income Alliance
|party votes = 162
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party candidate|
|party = DIE RECHTE
|color = #553A26
|candidate = Marco Buntenbach
|votes = 148
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
|party votes = 111
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Peter Rapps
|votes = 112
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 60
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German Communist Party
|party votes = 27
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,318
|party votes = 1,960
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 154,890
|party votes = 155,248
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 157,208
|percentage = 76.1
|change = {{increase}} 4.8
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 38,773
|percent = 25.1
|change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
=2013 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2013): Rastatt[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-8/wahlkreis-273.html Results for Rastatt]
}}
{{MMP election box candidate win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Kai Whittaker
|votes = 77,850
|percentage = 53.5
|change = {{increase}} 5.4
|party votes = 71,752
|party percent = 49.2
|party change = {{increase}} 10.3
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Gabriele Katzmarek
|votes = 33,482
|percentage = 23.0
|change = {{decrease}} 0.3
|party votes = 30,043
|party percent = 20.6
|party change = {{increase}} 1.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Jörg Rupp
|votes = 12,233
|percentage = 8.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
|party votes = 13,223
|party percent = 9.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.5
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alternative for Germany
|candidate = Bernd Kölmel
|votes = 7,021
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
|party votes = 8,397
|party percent = 5.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Norbert Maßon
|votes = 5,073
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 2.8
|party votes = 6,055
|party percent = 4.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.9
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Lutz Jäckel
|votes = 4,527
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{decrease}} 6.9
|party votes = 8,436
|party percent = 5.8
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.0
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|candidate = Heinz Kraft
|votes = 3,058
|percentage = 2.1
|change =
|party votes = 2,906
|party percent = 2.0
|party change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Karl-Heinz Pfirrmann
|votes = 1,642
|percentage = 1.1
|change = {{decrease}} 0.6
|party votes = 1,409
|party percent = 1.0
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,076
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box independent|
|candidate = Alois Degler
|votes = 760
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Free Voters
|party votes = 751
|party percent = 0.5
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 376
|party percent = 0.3
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = RENTNER
|party votes = 380
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 329
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 280
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PBC
|party votes = 174
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Party of Reason
|color = #005488
|party votes = 137
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PRO
|party votes = 121
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 54
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BIG
|party votes = 46
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 12
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 2,513
|party votes = 2,202
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 145,646
|party votes = 145,957
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 148,159
|percentage = 71.4
|change = {{increase}} 1.3
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 44,368
|percent = 30.5
|change = {{increase}} 5.8
}}
=2009 election=
{{MMP election box begin
|title=Federal election (2009): Rastatt[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617062921/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l08/wk273/ Results for Rastatt]
}}
{{MMP election box incumbent win|
|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|candidate = Peter Götz
|votes = 68,652
|percentage = 48.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.3
|party votes = 55,806
|party percent = 38.9
|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7
}}
{{MMP election box candidate list|
|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Nicolette Kressl
|votes = 33,279
|percentage = 23.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.4
|party votes = 27,376
|party percent = 19.1
|party change = {{decrease}} 12.4
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
|candidate = Hans-Peter Behrens
|votes = 15,404
|percentage = 10.8
|change = {{increase}} 4.9
|party votes = 16,649
|party percent = 11.6
|party change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
|candidate = Josef Benz
|votes = 14,235
|percentage = 10.0
|change = {{increase}} 4.7
|party votes = 25,553
|party percent = 17.8
|party change = {{increase}} 6.8
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = The Left (Germany)
|candidate = Norbert Maßon
|votes = 8,935
|percentage = 6.3
|change = {{increase}} 2.8
|party votes = 10,093
|party percent = 7.0
|party change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Pirate Party Germany
|party votes = 2,538
|party percent = 1.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box candidate lose|
|party = National Democratic Party of Germany
|candidate = Nelly Rühle
|votes = 2,436
|percentage = 1.7
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
|party votes = 1,727
|party percent = 1.2
|party change = {{increase}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Human Environment Animal Protection
|party votes = 1,095
|party percent = 0.8
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = The Republicans (Germany)
|party votes = 1,013
|party percent = 0.7
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Ecological Democratic Party
|party votes = 378
|party percent = 0.3
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = PBC
|party votes = 348
|party percent = 0.2
|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = DIE VIOLETTEN
|color = #EE82EE
|party votes = 321
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = Volksabstimmung
|party votes = 316
|party percent = 0.2
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = BüSo
|party votes = 83
|party percent = 0.1
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = German People's Union
|party votes = 81
|party percent = 0.1
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box historic party only|
|party = ADM
|party votes = 58
|party percent = 0.0
|party change =
}}
{{MMP election box party only|
|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany
|party votes = 58
|party percent = 0.0
|party change = {{steady}} 0.0
}}
{{MMP election box informal vote|
|votes = 3,219
|party votes = 2,667
}}
{{MMP election box total vote|
|votes = 142,941
|party votes = 143,493
}}
{{MMP election box turnout|
|turnout = 146,160
|percentage = 70.0
|change = {{decrease}} 6.4
}}
{{MMP election box majority hold|
|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
|votes = 35,373
|percent = 24.7
|change = {{increase}} 10.1
}}
References
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{{Electoral districts of Baden-Württemberg}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rastatt (electoral district)}}
Category:Federal electoral districts in Baden-Württemberg
Category:1949 establishments in West Germany