Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe 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 268. It is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall.^[1]

268 Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	309,400 (2019)
Electorate	225,874 (2021)
Major settlements	Schwäbisch Hall Crailsheim Öhringen
Area	2,260.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1980
Party	CDU
Member	Christian von Stetten
Elected	2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Christian von Stetten of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall.^[1]

History

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe was created in 1980, then known as Schwäbisch Hall. It acquired its current name in the 1994 election. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 172 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 269. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 268. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1980	172	Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe	Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	269
2005
2009	268
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Philipp Jenninger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1980 to 1990, followed by Wolfgang von Stetten from 1990 to 2002. Christian von Stetten has been representative since 2002.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1980	Philipp Jenninger	CDU	51.4
	1983			58.5
	1987			50.1
	1990	Wolfgang von Stetten	CDU	43.1
	1994			41.4
	1998			37.2
	2002	Christian von Stetten	CDU	47.3
	2005			46.5
	2009			43.3
	2013			52.3
	2017			40.5
	2021			32.1
	2025			36.4

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe[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 Christian von Stetten		67,217	36.4	4.3	58,817	31.8	7.3
	AfD	Benjamin Götz		44,361	24.0	12.0	46,423	25.1	12.4
	SPD	Kevin Leiser		27,498	14.9	4.7	24,445	13.2	8.6
	Greens	Harald Ebner		18,528	10.0	5.1	18,083	9.8	3.5
	FDP	Valentin Abel		8,307	4.5	7.2	10,582	5.3	10.5
	dieBasis	Thomas Wilhelm		2,067	1.1	1.8	1,115	0.6	1.7
	Left	Ellena Schumacher-Koelsch		8,902	4.8	2.4	9,845	5.3	2.4
	FW	Falko Bortt		4,614	2.5	0.5	2,862	1.5	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,524	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI	Marc Kadkalov		1,718	0.9	0.5	896	0.5	0.5
	ÖDP					0.7	460	0.2	0.2
	Bündnis C						529	0.3	0.1
	Pirates								0.4
	Volt	Andre Reinhardt		1,477	0.8		1,105	0.6	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer								0.2
	BSW						7,991	4.3
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	Bürgerbewegung								0.4
	Humanists								0.1
	BD						266	0.1
	MLPD					0.1	69	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,415			1,092
Total valid votes				184,689			185,012
Turnout				186,104	82.9	6.5
	CDU hold		Majority			4.3

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe[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 Christian von Stetten		54,894	32.1	8.4	41,947	24.5	9.8
	SPD	Kevin Leiser		33,568	19.6	1.1	37,272	21.8	5.6
	Greens	Harald Ebner		25,825	15.1	2.5	22,734	13.3	1.2
	AfD	Jens Moll		20,579	12.0	1.5	21,787	12.7	1.9
	FDP	Valentin Abel		19,941	11.7	3.3	27,850	16.3	3.5
	dieBasis	Marcus Rohrbach		4,923	2.9		4,005	2.3
	Left	Cedric Schiele		4,090	2.4	1.9	4,980	2.9	2.7
	FW	Jürgen Braun		3,460	2.0		2,941	1.7	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,977	1.2	0.5
	PARTEI	Knud Wetzel		2,425	1.4		1,672	1.0	0.4
	ÖDP	Friedrich Zahn		1,239	0.7	0.4	716	0.4	0.2
	Bündnis C						650	0.4
	Pirates						608	0.4	0.2
	Volt						453	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						419	0.2
	NPD						332	0.2	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						242	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						201	0.1
	Humanists						144	0.1
	DiB						107	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Wilhelm Maier		182	0.1	0.0	67	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						61	0.0
	LKR						40	0.0
	DKP						25	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,561			1,457
Total valid votes				171,126			171,230
Turnout				172,687	76.5	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	21,326	12.5	9.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe[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 Christian von Stetten		68,717	40.5	11.8	58,215	34.3	12.3
	SPD	Annette Sawade		31,406	18.5	4.4	27,472	16.2	3.8
	AfD	Stefan Thien		22,894	13.5		24,827	14.6	9.6
	Greens	Harald Ebner		21,468	12.6	2.6	20,512	12.1	2.1
	FDP	Valentin Christian Abel		14,252	8.4	4.5	21,629	12.7	6.1
	Left	Kai Bock		7,314	4.3	0.1	9,594	5.7	0.8
	ÖDP	Friedrich Zahn		1,934	1.1	0.7	1,098	0.6	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,072	0.6	0.1
	PARTEI						979	0.6
	FW						896	0.5	0.1
	Pirates	Alexander Brandt		1,610	0.9	1.8	870	0.5	1.6
	NPD						783	0.5	0.9
	Tierschutzallianz						380	0.2
	DM						363	0.2
	V-Partei³						291	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						220	0.1
	BGE						195	0.1
	DiB						190	0.1
	MLPD	Karl Wilhelm Maier		265	0.2		121	0.1	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						52	0.0
	DKP						36	0.0
Informal votes				1,900			1,965
Total valid votes				169,860			169,795
Turnout				171,760	76.1	5.5
	CDU hold		Majority	37,311	22.0	7.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe[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 Christian von Stetten		81,427	52.3	9.0	72,835	46.6	11.9
	SPD	Annette Sawade		35,728	22.9	1.4	31,230	20.0	1.6
	Greens	Harald Ebner		15,569	10.0	2.0	15,641	10.0	3.1
	Left	Florian Vollert		6,626	4.3	3.0	7,535	4.8	2.8
	FDP	Stephen Brauer		6,128	3.9	9.2	10,355	6.6	12.3
	AfD						7,799	5.0
	Pirates	Alexander Brandt		4,226	2.7		3,371	2.2	0.2
	NPD	Friedrich Kellermann		3,184	2.0	0.2	2,119	1.4	0.2
	ÖDP	Peter Gansky		2,877	1.8		1,188	0.8	0.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,143	0.7	0.0
	FW						608	0.4
	REP						597	0.4	0.6
	PBC						574	0.4	0.4
	RENTNER						442	0.3
	Volksabstimmung						278	0.2	0.1
	Party of Reason						174	0.1
	PRO						146	0.1
	BIG						94	0.1
	MLPD						81	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,624			2,156
Total valid votes				155,765			156,233
Turnout				158,389	70.6	1.4
	CDU hold		Majority	45,699	29.4	7.6

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe[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 Christian von Stetten		65,474	43.3	3.2	52,745	34.7	5.1
	SPD	Annette Sawade		32,606	21.5	10.4	27,907	18.4	11.6
	FDP	Stephen Brauer		19,839	13.1	6.0	28,688	18.9	7.3
	Greens	Harald Ebner		18,132	12.0	4.8	19,829	13.1	3.8
	Left	Silvia Ofori		10,938	7.2	3.8	11,554	7.6	4.0
	Pirates						2,950	1.9
	NPD	Lars Gold		3,328	2.2	0.0	2,429	1.6	0.0
	REP						1,444	1.0	0.5
	PBC						1,173	0.8	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,070	0.7
	Independent	Hans-Jürgen Lange		1,004	0.7
	ÖDP						905	0.6
	Volksabstimmung						401	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						317	0.2
	DVU						157	0.1
	MLPD						86	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						78	0.1	0.0
	ADM						57	0.0
Informal votes				3,030			2,561
Total valid votes				151,321			151,790
Turnout				154,351	69.1	6.0
	CDU hold		Majority	32,868	21.8	7.3