Calw (electoral district)

Calw 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 280. It is located in western Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.^[1]

280 Calw
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Calw in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	277,400 (2019)
Electorate	199,092 (2021)
Major settlements	Horb am Neckar Freudenstadt Calw
Area	1,667.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Klaus Mack
Elected	2021, 2025

Calw was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Klaus Mack of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Calw is located in western Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt.^[1]

History

Calw was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 191. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 195. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 184. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 281. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 280.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Calw, Freudenstadt, and Horb. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	2	Calw	Calw district Freudenstadt district Horb district
1953	191
1957
1961
1965	195
1969
1972
1976
1980	184		Calw district Freudenstadt district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	281
2005
2009	280
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Fritz Schuler from 1949 to 1957, followed by Arved Deringer from 1957 to 1965. Helmut Prassler was representative from 1965 to 1976, followed by Haimo George from 1976 to 1987. Hans-Joachim Fuchtel was representative from 1987 to 2021, a total of nine consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Klaus Mack in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Fritz Schuler	CDU	46.6
	1953			43.2
	1957	Arved Deringer	CDU	44.7
	1961			36.2
	1965	Helmut Prassler	CDU	46.2
	1969			53.0
	1972			54.1
	1976	Haimo George	CDU	56.7
	1980			55.2
	1983			62.2
	1987	Hans-Joachim Fuchtel	CDU	54.9
	1990			53.8
	1994			53.0
	1998			47.6
	2002			49.3
	2005			49.2
	2009			46.3
	2013			58.5
	2017			43.3
	2021	Klaus Mack	CDU	33.8
	2025			39.0

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Calw[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 Klaus Mack		63,396	39.0	5.2	55,072	33.8	5.6
	AfD	Raimond Lamparter		39,321	24.2	11.9	41,608	25.6	12.7
	SPD	Saskia Esken		20,936	12.9	4.3	19,865	12.2	6.6
	Greens	Thea Trinh		13,187	8.1	3.6	14,354	8.8	2.6
	FDP	Jan Stöffler		6,842	4.2	10.8	9,667	5.9	11.7
	Left	Thomas Hanser		6,312	3.9	1.9	7,650	4.7	1.3
	Tierschutzpartei	Dirk Witzelmaier		2,426	1.5	0.3	1,520	0.9	0.5
	Bündnis C	Johannes Bender		2,021	1.2		1,325	0.8	0.8
	Volt	Yannic Walheim		1,523	0.9		898	0.6	0.4
	BD	Frank Negwer		619	0.4		264	0.2
	BSW						6,523	4.0
	dieBasis						536	0.3	1.6
	PARTEI						505	0.3	0.5
	Pirates								0.3
	ÖDP						322	0.2	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Humanists								0.1
	MLPD						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,275			868
Total valid votes				162,401			162,808
Turnout				163,676	82.9	6.1
	CDU hold		Majority			5.2

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Calw[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	Klaus Mack		51,208	33.8	9.5	42,841	28.3	8.9
	SPD	Saskia Esken		26,111	17.2	0.4	28,571	18.8	4.4
	FDP	Michael König		22,685	15.0	5.6	26,770	17.7	3.4
	AfD	Marcus Lotzin		18,668	12.3	1.8	19,473	12.8	2.1
	Greens	Sara Haug		17,712	11.7	2.9	17,301	11.4	1.5
	FW	Markus Mast		4,202	2.8	1.7	3,076	2.0	1.3
	dieBasis	Egon Nagel		3,083	2.0		2,992	2.0
	Left	Thomas Hanser		2,998	2.0	2.5	3,656	2.4	2.7
	Tierschutzpartei	Dirk Witzelmaier		2,749	1.8	0.5	2,232	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Yvonne Vogler		1,526	1.0		1,155	0.8	0.3
	Bündnis C						795	0.5
	Team Todenhöfer						529	0.3
	Pirates						477	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP						451	0.3	0.0
	KlimalisteBW	Tina Frey		391	0.3
	Volt						253	0.2
	Bürgerbewegung						202	0.1
	NPD						197	0.1	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						189	0.1
	Humanists						116	0.1
	DiB						109	0.1	0.0
	LKR	Frank Negwer		180	0.1		98	0.1
	Bündnis 21						48	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	DKP						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,350			1,275
Total valid votes				151,513			151,588
Turnout				152,863	76.8	0.7
	CDU hold		Majority	25,097	16.6	9.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Calw[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 Hans-Joachim Fuchtel		65,676	43.3	15.2	56,330	37.2	14.0
	SPD	Saskia Esken		25,601	16.9	3.4	21,832	14.4	3.2
	AfD	Uwe Burkart		21,431	14.1		22,715	15.0	8.7
	FDP	Lutz Hermann		14,154	9.3	6.5	21,646	14.3	7.9
	Greens	Andreas Kubesch		13,284	8.8	1.7	14,989	9.9	2.2
	Left	Lorena Müllner		6,832	4.5	0.2	7,759	5.1	1.0
	Tierschutzpartei	Dirk Witzelmaier		2,008	1.3		1,391	0.9	0.2
	FW	Wolfgang Maurer		1,596	1.1	0.5	1,137	0.7	0.0
	PARTEI						725	0.5
	Pirates	Heiko Eisenbrückner		969	0.6	1.5	610	0.4	1.4
	NPD						496	0.3	0.9
	ÖDP						451	0.3	0.1
	DM						323	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						287	0.2
	BGE						242	0.2
	V-Partei³						181	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						161	0.1
	DiB						159	0.1
	MLPD	Roberto Kyas		173	0.1		90	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						67	0.0
	DKP						14	0.0
Informal votes				1,739			1,858
Total valid votes				151,724			151,605
Turnout				153,463	77.5	4.1
	CDU hold		Majority	40,075	26.4	11.9

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Calw[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 Hans-Joachim Fuchtel		83,514	58.5	12.2	73,263	51.1	13.1
	SPD	Saskia Esken		28,892	20.2	0.1	25,285	17.6	0.2
	Greens	Dietmar Lust		10,036	7.0	2.6	10,946	7.6	2.7
	Left	Franz Groll		6,094	4.3	2.3	5,948	4.2	2.6
	FDP	Reinhard Günther		4,072	2.9	9.7	9,194	6.4	13.7
	AfD						9,013	6.3
	Pirates	Adrian Friese		3,038	2.1		2,642	1.8	0.1
	FW	Wolfgang Maurer		2,270	1.6		1,017	0.7
	NPD	Rudolf Schützinger		2,107	1.5	0.1	1,689	1.2	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						995	0.7	0.0
	REP	Lothar Seidemann		1,522	1.1	0.5	904	0.6	0.8
	PBC						796	0.6	0.7
	ÖDP	Verena Föttinger		1,164	0.8		524	0.4	0.0
	RENTNER						410	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						257	0.2	0.1
	PRO						122	0.1
	Party of Reason						117	0.1
	BIG						88	0.1
	MLPD						39	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,442			1,881
Total valid votes				142,709			143,270
Turnout				145,151	73.4	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	54,622	38.3	12.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Calw[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 Hans-Joachim Fuchtel		64,808	46.3	2.9	53,358	38.0	5.1
	SPD	Saskia Esken		28,255	20.2	10.1	24,450	17.4	9.2
	FDP	Reinhard Freitag		17,528	12.5	5.0	28,260	20.1	7.3
	Greens	Charlotte Michel-Biegel		13,460	9.6	4.3	14,464	10.3	2.3
	Left	Franz Groll		9,136	6.5	3.3	9,537	6.8	3.5
	Pirates						2,390	1.7
	PBC	Walter Robbe		2,661	1.9	0.5	1,698	1.2	0.5
	REP	Lothar Seidemann		2,172	1.6		1,955	1.4	0.1
	NPD	Rudolf Schützinger		1,915	1.4	0.7	1,813	1.3	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,023	0.7
	ÖDP						464	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						325	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						277	0.2
	MLPD						72	0.1	0.0
	DVU						70	0.0
	BüSo						68	0.0	0.0
	ADM						51	0.0
Informal votes				2,877			2,537
Total valid votes				139,935			140,275
Turnout				142,812	71.8	5.7
	CDU hold		Majority	36,553	26.1	7.2