Stuttgart II (electoral district)

259 Stuttgart 2
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Stuttgart II in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	325,100 (2019)
Electorate	174,909 (2025)
Major settlements	Stuttgart (partial)
Area	93.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Member	Vacant
Elected	2025

Stuttgart 2 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 259. It is located in central Baden-Württemberg, comprising the northern part of the city of Stuttgart.

Stuttgart II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Whilst the Christian Democratic Union won a plurality in the 2025 election, under the new voting system, their candidate did not actually win a seat in the Bundestag. This was due to the distribution of seats won by the CDU being decided by the first (direct) vote percentage of each winning CDU candidate, determining who took the seats. As the CDU candidate got a low vote of 30.4%, the seat will remain vacant throughout the 21st Bundestag.

Geography

Stuttgart II is located in central Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Stadtbezirke of Bad Cannstatt, Botnang, Feuerbach, Mühlhausen, Münster, Obertürkheim, Stammheim, Stuttgart-Ost, Untertürkheim, Wangen, Weilimdorf, and Zuffenhausen from the independent city of Stuttgart.

History

Stuttgart II was created in 1949. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was named Stuttgart-Nord. In the 1949 election, it was Württemberg-Baden Landesbezirk Württemberg constituency 2 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 164. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 165. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 163. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 260. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 259.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtteile of Stuttgart-Ost, Stuttgart-Nord, Bad Cannstatt, Stammheim, Zuffenhausen, Mühlhausen, Hofen, Münster, Untertürkheim, Rotenberg, Uhlbach, Wangen, Obertürkheim, Rohracker, Hedelfingen, Sillenbuch, Heumaden, and Riedenberg from the independent city of Stuttgart. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Stadtteile of Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Ost, Stuttgart-Nord, Birkach, Hedelfingen, Untertürkheim, Obertürkheim, Plieningen, Sillenbuch, and Wangen. It acquired its current borders in the 1980 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	2	Stuttgart II	Stuttgart city (only Stuttgart-Ost, Stuttgart-Nord, Bad Cannstatt, Stammheim, Zuffenhausen, Mühlhausen, Hofen, Münster, Untertürkheim, Rotenberg, Uhlbach, Wangen, Obertürkheim, Rohracker, Hedelfingen, Sillenbuch, Heumaden, and Riedenberg Stadtteile)
1953	164
1957
1961
1965	165		Stuttgart city (only Stuttgart-Mitte, Stuttgart-Ost, Stuttgart-Nord, Birkach, Hedelfingen, Untertürkheim, Obertürkheim, Plieningen, Sillenbuch, and Wangen Stadtteile)
1969
1972
1976
1980	163	Stuttgart-Nord	Stuttgart city (only Bad Cannstatt, Botnang, Feuerbach, Mühlhausen, Münster, Obertürkheim, Stammheim, Stuttgart-Ost, Untertürkheim, Wangen, Weilimdorf, and Zuffenhausen Stadtbezirke)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	260	Stuttgart II
2005
2009	259
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was first represented by Erwin Schoettle of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Erwin Häussler won it for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953 and served two terms before former member Schoettle regained it in 1961. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Ernst Haar from 1965 to 1980, followed by Peter Conradi from 1980 to 1983. Herbert Czaja of the CDU was elected in 1983 and served until 1990. Erika Reinhardt of the CDU served two terms before Ute Kumpf of the SPD won the constituency in 1998. She was representative until 2009. Karin Maag served until 2021. She was succeeded by fellow CDU member Maximilian Mörseburg. The seat has been vacant since the 2025 election.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Erwin Schoettle	SPD	33.1
	1953	Erwin Häussler	CDU	33.3
	1957			39.6
	1961	Erwin Schoettle	SPD	43.1
	1965	Ernst Haar	SPD	40.8
	1969			48.4
	1972			51.2
	1976			44.9
	1980	Peter Conradi	SPD	47.9
	1983	Herbert Czaja	CDU	46.3
	1987			41.0
	1990	Erika Reinhardt	CDU	40.6
	1994			42.8
	1998	Ute Kumpf	SPD	43.3
	2002			45.6
	2005			42.1
	2009	Karin Maag	CDU	34.5
	2013			43.8
	2017			33.5
	2021	Maximilian Mörseburg	CDU	25.9
	2025	Vacant

Election results

2025 election

Under the new voting system implemented for the 2025 election, although the CDU candidate won the most votes in this constituency, due to the low winning percentage, the constituency seat will remain vacant as not enough second (party) votes were won to be allocated this seat.

Federal election (2025): Stuttgart II
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	Maximilian Mörseburg		42,059	30.4	4.5	37,214	26.8	5.4
	Greens	Dr. Anna Maria Christmann		29,438	21.3	2.5	24,215	17.4	3.8
	SPD	Dietmar Richard Bulat		22,055	15.9	4.6	22,564	16.2	6.5
	AfD	Dr. Michael Hans Mayer		20,165	14.6	7.3	19,979	14.4	7.2
	Left	Aynur Karlikli		12,414	9.0	4.2	15,095	10.9	5.8
	FDP	Mark Julian Wieczorrek		5,789	4.2	6.9	8,085	5.8	9.5
	BSW						6,710	4.8
	Volt	Markus Abele-Reichle		2,200	1.6	1.0	1,423	1.0	0.6
	FW	Sylvia Inez Rolke		1,789	1.3	0.1	975	0.7	0.2
	APT						986	0.7	0.3
	PARTEI	Franz Xaver Lallinger		1,657	1.2	0.1	692	0.5	0.4
	We are Stronger Together (WSZ)	Erkan Demir		587	0.4
	dieBasis						351	0.3	0.9
	ÖDP						219	0.2	0.1
	BD						151	0.1
	MLPD	Petra Braun		344	0.2	0.1	145	0.1
	Bündnis C						138	0.1
Informal votes				1,076			631
Total valid votes				138,497			138,942
Turnout				139,573	79.8	5.1
	Vacant gain from CDU		Majority

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Stuttgart II
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	Maximilian Mörseburg		34,312	25.9	7.6	28,403	21.4	7.7
	Greens	Anna Christmann		31,446	23.7	7.9	28,221	21.3	6.0
	SPD	Dejan Perc		27,224	20.5	2.1	30,198	22.8	5.8
	FDP	Timur Lutfullin		14,678	11.1	2.4	20,273	15.3	1.4
	AfD	Michael Mayer		9,603	7.2	3.2	9,541	7.2	3.6
	Left	Johanna Tiarks		6,294	4.8	4.2	6,739	5.1	4.0
	FW	Ralf Wendel		1,833	1.4		1,206	0.9	0.5
	dieBasis	Thomas Kucher		1,778	1.3		1,589	1.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,446	1.1
	Tierschutzpartei	Matthias Gottfried		1,763	1.3	0.0	1,368	1.0	0.1
	PARTEI	Fabian Westenberg		1,674	1.3	0.1	1,216	0.9	0.1
	Volt	Jan König		732	0.6		589	0.4
	Pirates						571	0.4	0.3
	Independent	Erkan Demir		373	0.3
	ÖDP						293	0.2	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung	René Greiner		317	0.2		193	0.1
	Humanists	Konstantin Ksensow		220	0.2		163	0.1
	Bündnis C						153	0.1
	MLPD	Volker Kraft		189	0.1	0.1	142	0.1	0.1
	DiB						119	0.1	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						97	0.1
	NPD						64	0.0	0.1
	DKP						58	0.0	0.0
	Bündnis 21						35	0.0
	BüSo	Christoph Mohs		28	0.0	0.1
	LKR						19	0.0
Informal votes				1,124			892
Total valid votes				132,464			132,696
Turnout				133,588	74.6	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	2,866	2.2	12.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Stuttgart II
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 Karin Maag		46,166	33.5	10.3	40,109	29.1	10.3
	SPD	Michael Jantzer		25,469	18.5	7.6	23,458	17.0	5.9
	Greens	Anna Christmann		21,850	15.9	1.9	21,071	15.3	1.5
	AfD	Lothar Maier		14,345	10.4	7.0	14,899	10.8	6.2
	Left	Bernd Riexinger		12,321	8.9	3.9	12,553	9.1	2.4
	FDP	Volker Weil		11,903	8.6	5.9	19,210	13.9	7.2
	Tierschutzpartei	Matthias Gottfried		1,807	1.3		1,286	0.9	0.3
	PARTEI	Ina Schumann		1,549	1.1		1,394	1.0
	Pirates	Harald Hermann		1,354	1.0	1.3	991	0.7	1.9
	FW						561	0.4	0.1
	ÖDP	Dieter Zielke		613	0.4		444	0.3	0.0
	BGE						403	0.3
	DM						307	0.2
	DiB						284	0.2
	Tierschutzallianz						254	0.2
	MLPD	Volker Kraft		347	0.3	0.0	253	0.2	0.0
	NPD						181	0.1	0.5
	V-Partei³						150	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						149	0.1
	BüSo	Christoph Mohs		113	0.1	0.0
	DKP						43	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						27	0.0
Informal votes				1,343			1,153
Total valid votes				137,837			138,027
Turnout				139,180	76.3	2.9
	CDU hold		Majority	20,697	15.0	2.7

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Stuttgart II
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 Karin Maag		58,222	43.8	9.3	52,323	39.3	10.2
	SPD	Nicolas Schäfstoß		34,690	26.1	0.2	30,469	22.9	2.0
	Greens	Birgitt Bender		18,505	13.9	2.9	18,341	13.8	4.2
	Left	Marta Aparicio de Eckelmann		6,633	5.0	3.6	8,902	6.7	2.3
	AfD	Eberhard Brett		4,497	3.4		6,047	4.5
	FDP	Matthias Werwigk		3,594	2.7	7.7	8,920	6.7	10.6
	Pirates	Jürgen Martin		3,064	2.3	0.8	3,460	2.6	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						846	0.6	0.0
	FW	Jörg Stimpfig		1,203	0.9		732	0.6
	NPD	Lutz Schernau		1,074	0.8	0.5	799	0.6	0.2
	Independent	Carola Eckstein		951	0.7
	REP						479	0.4	0.7
	ÖDP						382	0.3	0.1
	RENTNER						367	0.3
	BIG						255	0.2
	MLPD	Volker Kraft		281	0.2	0.0	219	0.2	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						153	0.1	0.1
	PBC						135	0.1	0.1
	Party of Reason						84	0.1
	PRO						84	0.1
	BüSo	Stephan Ossenkopp		121	0.1	0.2	44	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				1,520			1,314
Total valid votes				132,835			133,041
Turnout				134,355	73.4	2.0
	CDU hold		Majority	23,532	17.7	9.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Stuttgart II
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	Karin Maag		44,002	34.5	5.2	37,151	29.1	3.9
	SPD	N Ute Kumpf		33,525	26.3	15.8	26,675	20.9	13.0
	Greens	Birgitt Bender		21,453	16.8	10.2	22,916	17.9	5.3
	FDP	Marion Heß		13,327	10.5	6.2	22,059	17.3	5.4
	Left	Ulrich Maurer		10,902	8.6	3.8	11,437	9.0	4.1
	Pirates	Norbert Welk		1,893	1.5		2,616	2.0
	REP						1,365	1.1	0.1
	NPD	Ulrich Schwarz		1,673	1.3	0.1	999	0.8	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						756	0.6
	ÖDP						444	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						336	0.3
	PBC						263	0.2	0.1
	BüSo	Lüder Grosser		373	0.3	0.1	128	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Volker Kraft		322	0.3	0.0	253	0.2	0.0
	Volksabstimmung						217	0.2
	DVU						62	0.0
	ADM						43	0.0
Informal votes				1,789			1,539
Total valid votes				127,470			127,720
Turnout				129,259	71.4	5.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	10,477	8.2