title: Reutlingen (electoral district)
text: # Reutlingen (electoral district)
  
  Reutlingen 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 289. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Reutlingen district.
  
  Reutlingen was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Michael Donth of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Reutlingen is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Reutlingen district.
  
  ## History
  
  Reutlingen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Hohenzollern constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 190. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 194. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 193. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 290. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 289.
  
  Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Reutlingen and Tübingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Tübingen district and the municipalities of Reutlingen, Eningen unter Achalm, Sonnenbühl, Gomaringen, Engstingen, Lichtenstein, Metzingen, Pfullingen, Riederich, and Wannweil from the Reutlingen district. Since the 1980 election, it has been coterminous with the Reutlingen district.
  
  | Election | No. | Name | Borders |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949 | 1 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district Tübingen district |
  | 1953 | 190 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district Tübingen district |
  | 1957 | 190 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district Tübingen district |
  | 1961 | 190 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district Tübingen district |
  | 1965 | 194 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district (only Reutlingen, Eningen unter Achalm, Sonnenbühl, Gomaringen, Engstingen, Lichtenstein, Metzingen, Pfullingen, Riederich, and Wannweil municipalities) Tübingen district |
  | 1969 | 194 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district (only Reutlingen, Eningen unter Achalm, Sonnenbühl, Gomaringen, Engstingen, Lichtenstein, Metzingen, Pfullingen, Riederich, and Wannweil municipalities) Tübingen district |
  | 1972 | 194 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district (only Reutlingen, Eningen unter Achalm, Sonnenbühl, Gomaringen, Engstingen, Lichtenstein, Metzingen, Pfullingen, Riederich, and Wannweil municipalities) Tübingen district |
  | 1976 | 194 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district (only Reutlingen, Eningen unter Achalm, Sonnenbühl, Gomaringen, Engstingen, Lichtenstein, Metzingen, Pfullingen, Riederich, and Wannweil municipalities) Tübingen district |
  | 1980 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 1983 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 1987 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 1990 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 1994 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 1998 | 193 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2002 | 290 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2005 | 290 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2009 | 289 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2013 | 289 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2017 | 289 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  | 2021 | 289 | Reutlingen | Reutlingen district |
  
  ## Members
  
  The constituency has been held by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but one Bundestag term since its creation. It was first represented by Oskar Kalbfell of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Gustav-Adolf Gedat won it for the CDU in 1953 and served until 1965, followed by Heiner Geißler for one term. Anton Pfeifer was representative from 1969 to 2002, a total of nine consecutive terms. Ernst-Reinhard Beck then served from 2002 to 2013. Michael Donth was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1949 | Oskar Kalbfell | SPD | 33.3 |
  | 1953 | Gustav-Adolf Gedat | CDU | 51.8 |
  | 1957 | Gustav-Adolf Gedat | CDU | 47.1 |
  | 1961 | Gustav-Adolf Gedat | CDU | 37.3 |
  | 1965 | Heiner Geißler | CDU | 46.9 |
  | 1969 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 47.9 |
  | 1972 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 50.1 |
  | 1976 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 52.6 |
  | 1980 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 51.7 |
  | 1983 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 58.3 |
  | 1987 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 51.1 |
  | 1990 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 42.9 |
  | 1994 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 47.9 |
  | 1998 | Anton Pfeifer | CDU | 42.0 |
  | 2002 | Ernst-Reinhard Beck | CDU | 45.2 |
  | 2005 | Ernst-Reinhard Beck | CDU | 49.1 |
  | 2009 | Ernst-Reinhard Beck | CDU | 42.7 |
  | 2013 | Michael Donth | CDU | 51.9 |
  | 2017 | Michael Donth | CDU | 40.8 |
  | 2021 | Michael Donth | CDU | 32.5 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Reutlingen :
  
  | 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 Michael Donth | Y Michael Donth | 49,631 | 32.5 | 8.2 | 39,504 | 25.9 | 8.6 |
  | | SPD | Ulrich Bausch | Ulrich Bausch | 27,236 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 31,535 | 20.7 | 5.7 |
  | | Greens | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | 25,399 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 24,197 | 15.9 | 2.0 |
  | | FDP | Pascal Kober | Pascal Kober | 20,411 | 13.4 | 3.4 | 25,288 | 16.6 | 2.8 |
  | | AfD | Hansjörg Schrade | Hansjörg Schrade | 15,356 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 15,652 | 10.3 | 2.7 |
  | | Left | Jessica Tatti | Jessica Tatti | 6,169 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 5,081 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
  | | FW | Eberhard Sigloch | Eberhard Sigloch | 3,139 | 2.1 | | 2,434 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
  | | dieBasis | Sofia El Mestary | Sofia El Mestary | 2,747 | 1.8 | | 2,442 | 1.6 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,700 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
  | | PARTEI | Andreas Schwarz | Andreas Schwarz | 2,211 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1,239 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
  | | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 689 | 0.5 | |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 552 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
  | | Volt | | | | | | 451 | 0.3 | |
  | | Bündnis C | | | | | | 445 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 329 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | Bürgerbewegung | | | | | | 205 | 0.1 | |
  | | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 180 | 0.1 | |
  | | Humanists | | | | | | 176 | 0.1 | |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 151 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 105 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | | MLPD | Elke Weidner | Elke Weidner | 178 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 79 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Bündnis 21 | | | | | | 71 | 0.0 | |
  | | LKR | | | | | | 49 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,343 | | | 1,245 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 152,477 | | | 152,575 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,820 | 77.2 | 1.6 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 22,395 | 14.6 | 11.0 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Reutlingen :
  
  | 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 Michael Donth | Y Michael Donth | 63,494 | 40.8 | 11.1 | 53,873 | 34.5 | 11.7 |
  | | SPD | Rebecca Hummel | Rebecca Hummel | 23,397 | 15.0 | 5.1 | 23,321 | 14.9 | 4.3 |
  | | Greens | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | 22,309 | 14.3 | 1.9 | 21,695 | 13.9 | 3.0 |
  | | AfD | Wolfram Hirt | Wolfram Hirt | 18,702 | 12.0 | 7.7 | 20,171 | 12.9 | 7.4 |
  | | FDP | Pascal Kober | Pascal Kober | 15,533 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 21,425 | 13.7 | 6.7 |
  | | Left | Jessica Tatti | Jessica Tatti | 9,711 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 9,543 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
  | | PARTEI | Lennart Obenauer | Lennart Obenauer | 1,539 | 1.0 | | 1,141 | 0.7 | |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,047 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
  | | Independent | Ralf Matheis | Ralf Matheis | 874 | 0.6 | | | | |
  | | FW | | | | | | 856 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 639 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 459 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 362 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
  | | Tierschutzallianz | | | | | | 318 | 0.2 | |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 216 | 0.1 | |
  | | DiB | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | |
  | | DM | | | | | | 206 | 0.1 | |
  | | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 190 | 0.1 | |
  | | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 164 | 0.1 | |
  | | MLPD | Michael Weidner | Michael Weidner | 244 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 154 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DIE RECHTE | | | | | | 45 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 25 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,839 | | | 1,583 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 155,803 | | | 156,059 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,642 | 78.8 | 3.5 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 40,097 | 25.8 | 5.9 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Reutlingen :
  
  | 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 | Michael Donth | Michael Donth | 76,870 | 51.9 | 9.2 | 68,394 | 46.2 | 12.4 |
  | | SPD | Rebecca Hummel | Rebecca Hummel | 29,859 | 20.2 | 1.9 | 28,558 | 19.3 | 1.3 |
  | | Greens | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | 18,399 | 12.4 | 1.5 | 16,195 | 10.9 | 4.0 |
  | | AfD | Tim Carstens | Tim Carstens | 6,435 | 4.3 | | 8,245 | 5.6 | |
  | | Left | Günter Herbig | Günter Herbig | 5,966 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 7,089 | 4.8 | 2.2 |
  | | FDP | Pascal Kober | Pascal Kober | 5,665 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 10,441 | 7.1 | 13.0 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 3,267 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
  | | NPD | Axel Heinzmann | Axel Heinzmann | 1,764 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1,517 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 962 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
  | | FW | Erich Marquardt | Erich Marquardt | 1,119 | 0.8 | | 875 | 0.6 | |
  | | Independent | Ralf Matheis | Ralf Matheis | 964 | 0.7 | | | | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 543 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
  | | ÖDP | Matthias Dietrich | Matthias Dietrich | 794 | 0.5 | | 505 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
  | | RENTNER | | | | | | 346 | 0.2 | |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 324 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 314 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
  | | MLPD | Michael Weidner | Michael Weidner | 296 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 139 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Party of Reason | | | | | | 110 | 0.1 | |
  | | PRO | | | | | | 104 | 0.1 | |
  | | BIG | | | | | | 71 | 0.0 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,883 | | | 1,992 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 148,131 | | | 148,022 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,014 | 75.3 | 1.9 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 47,011 | 31.7 | 11.0 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Reutlingen :
  
  | 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 Ernst-Reinhard Beck | Y Ernst-Reinhard Beck | 60,753 | 42.7 | 6.5 | 48,400 | 33.8 | 4.6 |
  | | SPD | Sebastian Weigle | Sebastian Weigle | 31,395 | 22.0 | 10.4 | 25,770 | 18.0 | 11.6 |
  | | Greens | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | 19,871 | 14.0 | 6.2 | 21,392 | 14.9 | 4.3 |
  | | FDP | Pascal Kober | Pascal Kober | 18,203 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 28,740 | 20.1 | 6.3 |
  | | Left | Stefan Straub | Stefan Straub | 8,452 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 10,060 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,793 | 1.9 | |
  | | NPD | Axel Heinzmann | Axel Heinzmann | 2,491 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1,820 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
  | | REP | | | | | | 1,283 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 854 | 0.6 | |
  | | PBC | | | | | | 585 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
  | | Volksabstimmung | | | | | | 466 | 0.3 | |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 406 | 0.3 | |
  | | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 264 | 0.2 | |
  | | MLPD | Michael Weidner | Michael Weidner | 491 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 190 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | Independent | Ralf Matheis | Ralf Matheis | 436 | 0.3 | | | | |
  | | Independent | Giuliano Gagliardi | Giuliano Gagliardi | 351 | 0.2 | | | | |
  | | DVU | | | | | | 96 | 0.1 | |
  | | ADM | | | | | | 81 | 0.1 | |
  | | BüSo | | | | | | 75 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,394 | | | 2,562 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 142,443 | | | 143,275 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,837 | 73.5 | 6.4 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 29,358 | 20.7 | 3.9 | | | |
  