title: Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
text: # Bruchsal – Schwetzingen
  
  Bruchsal – Schwetzingen 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 278. It is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and western parts of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.
  
  Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Bruchsal – Schwetzingen is located in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the municipalities of Bad Schönborn, Bruchsal, Forst, Hambrücken, Karlsdorf-Neuthard, Kronau, Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Östringen, Philippsburg, Ubstadt-Weiher, and Waghäusel from the Landkreis Karlsruhe district and the municipalities of Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt, Reilingen, and Schwetzingen from the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district.
  
  ## History
  
  Bruchsal – Schwetzingen was created in 2002 and contained parts of the redistributed constituencies of Karlsruhe-Land and Heidelberg. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was constituency 279 in the numbering system. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 278. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been represented by Olav Gutting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 2002 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 48.1 |
  | 2005 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 48.7 |
  | 2009 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 46.9 |
  | 2013 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 51.8 |
  | 2017 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 41.5 |
  | 2021 | Olav Gutting | CDU | 29.6 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Olav Gutting | Y Olav Gutting | 44,465 | 29.6 | 11.9 | 38,866 | 25.8 | 9.0 |
  | | SPD | Nezaket Yildirim | Nezaket Yildirim | 32,836 | 21.9 | 2.4 | 34,434 | 22.8 | 5.4 |
  | | Greens | Nicole Heger | Nicole Heger | 22,154 | 14.7 | 6.5 | 20,858 | 13.8 | 3.7 |
  | | FDP | Christopher Gohl | Christopher Gohl | 17,635 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 21,978 | 14.6 | 2.7 |
  | | AfD | Ruth Rickersfeld | Ruth Rickersfeld | 17,352 | 11.6 | 2.9 | 17,462 | 11.6 | 3.3 |
  | | FW | Alexander Geyer | Alexander Geyer | 5,054 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 3,258 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
  | | Left | Alena Schmitt | Alena Schmitt | 3,854 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 4,125 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,726 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
  | | dieBasis | Frank Theis | Frank Theis | 2,878 | 1.9 | | 2,416 | 1.6 | |
  | | PARTEI | Gerd Wolf | Gerd Wolf | 2,553 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1,527 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
  | | Independent | Jonas Fritsch | Jonas Fritsch | 1,422 | 0.9 | | | | |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 680 | 0.5 | |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 544 | 0.4 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 457 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 257 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 217 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Bürgerbewegung | | | | | | 202 | 0.1 | |
  | | Bündnis C | | | | | | 198 | 0.1 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 193 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 160 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 103 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 51 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 24 | 0.0 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,028 | | | 1,455 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 150,203 | | | 150,776 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,231 | 77.8 | 1.0 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 11,629 | 7.7 | 14.3 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Olav Gutting | Y Olav Gutting | 63,166 | 41.5 | 10.4 | 53,147 | 34.8 | 11.8 |
  | | SPD | Nezaket Yildirim | Nezaket Yildirim | 29,684 | 19.5 | 5.2 | 26,560 | 17.4 | 4.2 |
  | | AfD | Dieter Amann | Dieter Amann | 21,960 | 14.4 | 10.0 | 22,794 | 14.9 | 8.8 |
  | | Greens | Danyal Bayaz | Danyal Bayaz | 12,641 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 15,500 | 10.2 | 2.0 |
  | | FDP | Hendrik Tzschaschel | Hendrik Tzschaschel | 10,255 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 18,180 | 11.9 | 6.2 |
  | | Left | Werner Zieger | Werner Zieger | 7,016 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 8,674 | 5.7 | 1.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | Nicola Zimmermann | Nicola Zimmermann | 2,991 | 2.0 | | 2,045 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
  | | FW | Marianne Schammert | Marianne Schammert | 2,824 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1,667 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
  | | PARTEI | Victor Gogröf | Victor Gogröf | 1,498 | 1.0 | | 1,289 | 0.8 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 543 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 470 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
  | | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 354 | 0.2 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 235 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
  | | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 229 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 216 | 0.1 | |
  | | DM | | | | | | 214 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 192 | 0.1 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 176 | 0.1 | |
  | | DIE RECHTE | Reinhard Schätz | Reinhard Schätz | 240 | 0.2 | | 114 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 79 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 12 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,264 | | | 1,932 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 152,358 | | | 152,690 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,622 | 78.7 | 4.7 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 33,482 | 22.0 | 5.1 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Olav Gutting | Y Olav Gutting | 73,944 | 51.8 | 5.0 | 66,656 | 46.6 | 10.6 |
  | | SPD | Daniel Born | Daniel Born | 35,252 | 24.7 | 1.1 | 30,861 | 21.6 | 1.4 |
  | | Greens | Alexander Geiger | Alexander Geiger | 9,678 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 11,696 | 8.2 | 2.0 |
  | | AfD | Klaus Voigtmann | Klaus Voigtmann | 6,277 | 4.4 | | 8,700 | 6.1 | |
  | | Left | Heinrich Stürtz | Heinrich Stürtz | 5,345 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 6,357 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
  | | FDP | Lucia Biedermann | Lucia Biedermann | 3,966 | 2.8 | 8.7 | 8,133 | 5.7 | 13.5 |
  | | Pirates | Harry Botzenhardt | Harry Botzenhardt | 3,396 | 2.4 | | 3,556 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
  | | FW | Sven Nitsche | Sven Nitsche | 1,804 | 1.3 | | 1,364 | 1.0 | |
  | | NPD | Jörg Scheibler | Jörg Scheibler | 1,716 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1,628 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,416 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
  | | REP | Timo Weih | Timo Weih | 1,261 | 0.9 | | 1,042 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 418 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 278 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 272 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Party of Reason | | | | | | 173 | 0.1 | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 168 | 0.1 | |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 164 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
  | | BIG | | | | | | 89 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,468 | | | 2,072 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 142,639 | | | 143,035 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,107 | 74.1 | 1.3 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 38,692 | 27.1 | 3.8 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Bruchsal – Schwetzingen :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Olav Gutting | Y Olav Gutting | 64,659 | 46.9 | 1.9 | 50,031 | 36.0 | 4.7 |
  | | SPD | Werner Henn | Werner Henn | 32,525 | 23.6 | 11.3 | 27,934 | 20.1 | 10.8 |
  | | FDP | Steffen Schöps | Steffen Schöps | 15,785 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 26,626 | 19.2 | 7.4 |
  | | Greens | Christian Köpp | Christian Köpp | 12,082 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 14,084 | 10.1 | 2.6 |
  | | Left | Heinrich Stürtz | Heinrich Stürtz | 9,995 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 10,723 | 7.7 | 3.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,976 | 2.1 | |
  | | NPD | Karl Däschner | Karl Däschner | 2,903 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1,825 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
  | | REP | | | | | | 1,642 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,301 | 0.9 | |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 385 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 384 | 0.3 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 357 | 0.3 | |
  | | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 254 | 0.2 | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 85 | 0.1 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 70 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | | ADM | | | | | | 48 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,452 | | | 2,611 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 137,949 | | | 138,790 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,401 | 72.8 | 7.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 32,134 | 23.3 | 9.4 | | | |
  