Schwäbisch Hall is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2026, it has elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. Voters cast a second vote under which additional seats are allocated proportionally state-wide. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 22. It is wholly within the district of Schwäbisch Hall.

Geography The constituency includes the municipalities of Bühlertann, Bühlerzell, Crailsheim, Fichtenau, Fichtenberg, Frankenhardt, Gaildorf, Ilshofen, Kirchberg an der Jagst, Kreßberg, Mainhardt, Michelbach an der Bilz, Michelfeld, Oberrot, Obersontheim, Rosengarten, Rot am See, Satteldorf, Schwäbisch Hall, Stimpfach, Sulzbach-Laufen, Vellberg, Wallhausen, and Wolpertshausen, within the district of Schwäbisch Hall.

There were 128,196 eligible voters in 2026.

Members First mandate Both prior to and since the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the winner of the plurality of the vote (first-past-the-post) in every constituency won the first mandate.

Election Member Party % 1976 Hermann Opferkuch CDU 1980 1984 Ernst Keitel 1988 1992 1996 2001 Helmut Walter Rüeck 31.4 2006 38.3 2011 35.4 2016 Jutta Niemann Grüne 27.5 2021 28.7 2026 Isabell Rathgeb CDU 37.2

Second mandate Prior to the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the seats in the state parliament were allocated proportionately amongst parties which received more than 5% of valid votes across the state. The seats that were won proportionally for parties that did not win as many first mandates as seats they were entitled to, were allocated to their candidates which received the highest proportion of the vote in their respective constituencies. This meant that following some elections, a constituency would have one or more members elected under a second mandate.

Prior to 2011, these second mandates were allocated to the party candidates who got the greatest number of votes, whilst from 2011-2021, these were allocated according to percentage share of the vote.

Election Member Party Member Party Member Party 1976 Ulrich Lang SPD 1980 1984 1988 Walter Döring FDP 1992 Walter Müller 1996 Alexander Schonath REP 2001 Nikolaos Sakellariou 2006 Friedrich Bullinger 2011 2016 Udo Stein AfD Aug 2018 Stephen Brauer 2021Sep 2025 Silvia Hapke-Lenz

Election results 2026 election

2021 election

References

See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg