title: Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe
text: # 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.
  
  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).
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## 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 |
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  | 1980 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 1983 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 1987 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 1990 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 1994 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 1998 | 172 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2002 | 269 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2005 | 269 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2009 | 268 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2013 | 268 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2017 | 268 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  | 2021 | 268 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis district Schwäbisch Hall district |
  
  ## 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 | % |
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  | 1980 | Philipp Jenninger | CDU | 51.4 |
  | 1983 | Philipp Jenninger | CDU | 58.5 |
  | 1987 | Philipp Jenninger | CDU | 50.1 |
  | 1990 | Wolfgang von Stetten | CDU | 43.1 |
  | 1994 | Wolfgang von Stetten | CDU | 41.4 |
  | 1998 | Wolfgang von Stetten | CDU | 37.2 |
  | 2002 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 47.3 |
  | 2005 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 46.5 |
  | 2009 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 43.3 |
  | 2013 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 52.3 |
  | 2017 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 40.5 |
  | 2021 | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 32.1 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe :
  
  | 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 Christian von Stetten | Y Christian von Stetten | 54,894 | 32.1 | 8.4 | 41,947 | 24.5 | 9.8 |
  | | SPD | Kevin Leiser | Kevin Leiser | 33,568 | 19.6 | 1.1 | 37,272 | 21.8 | 5.6 |
  | | Greens | Harald Ebner | Harald Ebner | 25,825 | 15.1 | 2.5 | 22,734 | 13.3 | 1.2 |
  | | AfD | Jens Moll | Jens Moll | 20,579 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 21,787 | 12.7 | 1.9 |
  | | FDP | Valentin Abel | Valentin Abel | 19,941 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 27,850 | 16.3 | 3.5 |
  | | dieBasis | Marcus Rohrbach | Marcus Rohrbach | 4,923 | 2.9 | | 4,005 | 2.3 | |
  | | Left | Cedric Schiele | Cedric Schiele | 4,090 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4,980 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
  | | FW | Jürgen Braun | Jürgen Braun | 3,460 | 2.0 | | 2,941 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,977 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
  | | PARTEI | Knud Wetzel | Knud Wetzel | 2,425 | 1.4 | | 1,672 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
  | | ÖDP | Friedrich Zahn | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,561 | | | 1,457 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 171,126 | | | 171,230 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,687 | 76.5 | 0.4 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 21,326 | 12.5 | 9.5 | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe :
  
  | 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 Christian von Stetten | Y Christian von Stetten | 68,717 | 40.5 | 11.8 | 58,215 | 34.3 | 12.3 |
  | | SPD | Annette Sawade | Annette Sawade | 31,406 | 18.5 | 4.4 | 27,472 | 16.2 | 3.8 |
  | | AfD | Stefan Thien | Stefan Thien | 22,894 | 13.5 | | 24,827 | 14.6 | 9.6 |
  | | Greens | Harald Ebner | Harald Ebner | 21,468 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 20,512 | 12.1 | 2.1 |
  | | FDP | Valentin Christian Abel | Valentin Christian Abel | 14,252 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 21,629 | 12.7 | 6.1 |
  | | Left | Kai Bock | Kai Bock | 7,314 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 9,594 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
  | | ÖDP | Friedrich Zahn | 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 | 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 | Karl Wilhelm Maier | 265 | 0.2 | | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | DIE RECHTE | | | | | | 52 | 0.0 | |
  | | DKP | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,900 | | | 1,965 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 169,860 | | | 169,795 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,760 | 76.1 | 5.5 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 37,311 | 22.0 | 7.4 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe :
  
  | 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 Christian von Stetten | Y Christian von Stetten | 81,427 | 52.3 | 9.0 | 72,835 | 46.6 | 11.9 |
  | | SPD | Annette Sawade | Annette Sawade | 35,728 | 22.9 | 1.4 | 31,230 | 20.0 | 1.6 |
  | | Greens | Harald Ebner | Harald Ebner | 15,569 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 15,641 | 10.0 | 3.1 |
  | | Left | Florian Vollert | Florian Vollert | 6,626 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 7,535 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
  | | FDP | Stephen Brauer | Stephen Brauer | 6,128 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 10,355 | 6.6 | 12.3 |
  | | AfD | | | | | | 7,799 | 5.0 | |
  | | Pirates | Alexander Brandt | Alexander Brandt | 4,226 | 2.7 | | 3,371 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
  | | NPD | Friedrich Kellermann | Friedrich Kellermann | 3,184 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2,119 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
  | | ÖDP | Peter Gansky | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,624 | | | 2,156 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 155,765 | | | 156,233 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,389 | 70.6 | 1.4 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 45,699 | 29.4 | 7.6 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe :
  
  | 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 Christian von Stetten | Y Christian von Stetten | 65,474 | 43.3 | 3.2 | 52,745 | 34.7 | 5.1 |
  | | SPD | Annette Sawade | Annette Sawade | 32,606 | 21.5 | 10.4 | 27,907 | 18.4 | 11.6 |
  | | FDP | Stephen Brauer | Stephen Brauer | 19,839 | 13.1 | 6.0 | 28,688 | 18.9 | 7.3 |
  | | Greens | Harald Ebner | Harald Ebner | 18,132 | 12.0 | 4.8 | 19,829 | 13.1 | 3.8 |
  | | Left | Silvia Ofori | Silvia Ofori | 10,938 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 11,554 | 7.6 | 4.0 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,950 | 1.9 | |
  | | NPD | Lars Gold | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,030 | | | 2,561 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 151,321 | | | 151,790 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,351 | 69.1 | 6.0 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 32,868 | 21.8 | 7.3 | | | |
  