Sinsheim 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 41.
It is wholly within the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.
Geography The constituency includes the municipalities of Angelbachtal, Bammental, Eberbach, Epfenbach, Eschelbronn, Gaiberg, Heddesbach, Heiligkreuzsteinach, Helmstadt-Bargen, Lobbach, Mauer, Meckesheim, Neckarbischofsheim, Neckargemünd, Neidenstein, Reichartshausen, Schönau, Schönbrunn, Sinsheim, Spechbach, Waibstadt, Wiesenbach, Wilhelmsfeld, and Zuzenhausen, within the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.
There were 98,052 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 Gerhard Weiser CDU 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2001 Elke Brunnemer 44.2 2006 43.6 2011 38.3 2016 Hermann Katzenstein Grüne 26.8 2021 29.3 2026 Albrecht Schütte CDU 33.2
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 1976 Udo Kraus SPD 1980 Brigitte Adler 1984 Fen 1987 Helmut Göschel 1988 1992 1996 2001 2006 2011 Thomas Funk SPD Charlotte Schneiderwind-Hartnagel Grüne 2016 Albrecht Schütte CDU 2021 Jan-Peter Röderer SPD
Election results 2026 election
2021 election
References
See also Politics of Baden-Württemberg Landtag of Baden-Württemberg