Neckar-Odenwald 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 38.
Geography The constituency incorporates the entirety of the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis.
There were 108,571 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 Hans Heidler CDU May 1978 Manfred Pfaus 1980 1984 1988 1992 Peter Hauk 1996 2001 54.2 2006 53.7 2011 48.4 2016 34.2 2021 31.6 2026 39.2
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.
Prior to 1984, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.
Election Member Party Member Party 1984 Gerd Teßmer SPD 1988 1992 1996 2001 2006 Karl-Heinz Joseph May 2007 Georg Nelius 2011 2016 Jul 2020 Uwe Wanke AfD 2021
Election results 2026 election
References
See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg