Stuttgart I is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 258. It is located in central

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, comprising the central and southern part of the city of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

. Stuttgart I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by

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of the

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Geography

Stuttgart I is located in central

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the ''Stadtbezirke'' of Birkach, Degerloch, Hedelfingen, Möhringen,

Plieningen Plieningen is the southernmost borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Stuttgart in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Plieningen is located about from the city center of Stuttgart on the Filder Plain. Schloss Hohenheim, part of the Stuttgart Airport, a ...

, Sillenbuch, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Nord, Stuttgart-Süd, Stuttgart-West, and Vaihingen from the independent city of Stuttgart.

History

Stuttgart I was created in 1949. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named ''Stuttgart-Süd''. In the 1949 election, it was

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''Landesbezirk'' Württemberg constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 163. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 164. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 162. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 259. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 258. Originally, the constituency comprised the ''Stadtteile'' of Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Süd, Weilimdorf, Feuerbach, Botnang, Vaihingen, Möhringen, Degerloch, Birkach, Hohenheim, and Plieningen from the independent city of Stuttgart. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the ''Stadtteile'' of Bad Cannstatt, Stammheim, Zuffenhausen, Mühlhausen, Münster, Feuerbach, Weilimdorf, and Botnang. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Clara Döhring of the

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(SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Artur Jahn won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953 and served two terms before former member Döhring regained it in 1961. She was succeeded by fellow SPD member Erwin Schoettle from 1965 to 1972, followed by Peter Conradi from 1972 to 1980. Roland Sauer of the CDU was elected in 1980 and served until 1998.

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of the CDU served one term before

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of the SPD won the constituency in 2002. Johann-Henrich Krummacher regained it for the CDU in 2005 and served one term. He was succeeded by Stefan Kaufmann in 2009, who was representative until 2021.

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won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

held the seat for the Greens in 2025.

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

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