Emmendingen – Lahr

Emmendingen – Lahr 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 283. It is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the Emmendingen district and the southern part of the Ortenaukreis district.

283 Emmendingen – Lahr
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Emmendingen – Lahr in 2025
State	Baden-Württemberg
Population	298,200 (2019)
Electorate	218,872 (2021)
Major settlements	Lahr Emmendingen Waldkirch
Area	1,204.2 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CDU
Member	Yannick Bury
Elected	2021

Emmendingen – Lahr was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Yannick Bury of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Emmendingen – Lahr is located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Emmendingen district and the municipalities of Ettenheim, Fischerbach, Friesenheim, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hofstetten, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau, Seelbach, and Steinach from the Ortenaukreis district.

History

Emmendingen – Lahr was created in 1949, then known as Emmendingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was named Emmendingen – Wolfach. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Baden constituency 5 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 187. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 191. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 187. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 284. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 283.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Emmendingen, Wolfach, and Villingen. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it comprised the Emmendingen and Wolfach districts. In the 1980 election, it acquired a configuration similar to its current borders, but including the municipalities of Gutach, Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, and Wolfach. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	5	Emmendingen	Emmendingen district Wolfach district Villingen district
1953	187
1957
1961
1965	191	Emmendingen – Wolfach	Emmendingen district Wolfach district
1969
1972
1976
1980	187	Emmendingen – Lahr	Emmendingen district Ortenaukreis district (only Ettenheim, Fischerbach, Friesenheim, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hofstetten, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau, Seelbach, Steinach, Gutach, Hausach, Hornberg, Oberwolfach, and Wolfach municipalities)
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002	284		Emmendingen district Ortenaukreis district (only Ettenheim, Fischerbach, Friesenheim, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hofstetten, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau, Seelbach, and Steinach municipalities)
2005
2009	283
2013
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Heinrich Höfler from 1949 to 1965, followed by Albert Burger from 1965 to 1983. Rainer Haungs was representative from 1983 to 1998. Peter Weiß was elected in 1998 and served until 2021. He was succeeded by Yannick Bury.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Heinrich Höfler	CDU	52.8
	1953			60.9
	1957			58.4
	1961			49.5
	1965	Albert Burger	CDU	54.8
	1969			56.0
	1972			55.9
	1976			56.9
	1980			51.2
	1983	Rainer Haungs	CDU	56.1
	1987			49.4
	1990			50.8
	1994			48.0
	1998	Peter Weiß	CDU	41.8
	2002			45.5
	2005			44.9
	2009			42.1
	2013			52.3
	2017			37.6
	2021	Yannick Bury	CDU	27.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Emmendingen – Lahr
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	Yannick Bury		46,406	27.8	9.7	41,323	24.8	11.1
	SPD	Johannes Fechner		46,316	27.8	4.1	39,727	23.8	6.0
	Greens	Heike Dorow		23,345	14.0	2.9	28,724	17.2	3.5
	FDP	Tino Ritter		16,620	10.0	1.4	22,136	13.3	2.7
	AfD	Thomas Seitz		14,396	8.6	2.2	14,971	9.0	2.5
	Left	Imke Pirch		4,921	3.0	2.3	5,209	3.1	2.6
	FW	Matthias Stulz		3,963	2.4		3,146	1.9	1.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Jürgen Durke		3,601	2.2	0.2	3,122	1.9	0.6
	dieBasis	Ralph Herschlein		3,325	2.0		3,147	1.9
	PARTEI	Dirk Ruppenthal		1,980	1.2		1,514	0.9	0.3
	ÖDP	Michael Kefer		1,159	0.7	0.3	676	0.4	0.2
	Pirates						568	0.3	0.1
	Volt	Milena Schiller-Ninô		623	0.4		553	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						477	0.3
	Bündnis C						332	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						181	0.1
	Bürgerbewegung						169	0.1
	NPD						168	0.1	0.1
	DiB						168	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						120	0.1
	Bündnis 21						64	0.0
	LKR						31	0.0
	DKP						24	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						22	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,349			1,432
Total valid votes				166,655			166,572
Turnout				168,004	76.8	0.4
	CDU hold		Majority	90	0.0	13.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Emmendingen – Lahr
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 Peter Weiß		62,476	37.6	14.8	59,784	35.9	9.9
	SPD	Johannes Fechner		39,472	23.7	2.7	29,738	17.9	3.4
	Greens	Markus Rasp		18,537	11.1	0.4	22,806	13.7	1.6
	AfD	Thomas Seitz		18,027	10.8		19,139	11.5	7.0
	FDP	Felix Fischer		14,275	8.6	6.8	17,626	10.6	5.5
	Left	Alexander Kauz		8,691	5.2	0.6	9,588	5.8	1.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Katrin Wiegand		3,180	1.9		2,105	1.3	0.3
	FW						1,264	0.8	0.3
	PARTEI						959	0.6
	ÖDP	Michael Kefer		1,698	1.0	1.0	959	0.6	0.1
	Pirates						705	0.4	2.0
	NPD						363	0.2	0.6
	Tierschutzallianz						289	0.2
	BGE						284	0.2
	DM						208	0.1
	DiB						186	0.1
	V-Partei³						173	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						150	0.1
	MLPD						70	0.0	0.0
	DIE RECHTE						33	0.0
	DKP						15	0.0
Informal votes				2,112			2,024
Total valid votes				166,356			166,444
Turnout				168,468	77.2	5.8
	CDU hold		Majority	23,004	13.9	12.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Emmendingen – Lahr
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 Peter Weiß		78,797	52.3	10.2	69,272	45.8	11.1
	SPD	Johannes Fechner		39,772	26.4	2.2	32,131	21.2	0.9
	Greens	Dorothee Granderath		17,368	11.5	3.8	18,293	12.1	2.5
	Left	Rainer Wolf		7,002	4.6	2.4	7,016	4.6	3.0
	ÖDP	Michael Kefer		3,006	2.0		1,087	0.7	0.4
	FDP	Christian Satta		2,742	1.8	8.1	7,749	5.1	11.4
	AfD						6,823	4.5
	Pirates						3,667	2.4	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,490	1.0	0.0
	NPD	Hans-Jürgen Güllich		1,928	1.3	0.1	1,176	0.8	0.1
	FW						710	0.5
	REP						413	0.3	0.4
	PBC						397	0.3	0.1
	RENTNER						371	0.2
	Volksabstimmung						363	0.2	0.0
	Party of Reason						122	0.1
	PRO						101	0.1
	BIG						33	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,254			2,600
Total valid votes				150,615			151,269
Turnout				153,869	71.4	1.2
	CDU hold		Majority	39,025	25.9	8.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Emmendingen – Lahr
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 Peter Weiß		61,427	42.1	2.8	50,594	34.6	3.2
	SPD	Johannes Fechner		35,339	24.2	12.2	29,740	20.4	12.1
	Greens	Alexander Bonde		22,429	15.4	6.4	21,332	14.6	3.0
	FDP	Tilla-Louise Deter		14,470	9.9	5.2	24,135	16.5	6.3
	Left	Lukas Oßwald		10,238	7.0	3.6	11,134	7.6	3.7
	Pirates						3,029	2.1
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,425	1.0
	NPD	Kerstin Fritsch		2,022	1.4	0.2	1,310	0.9	0.2
	REP						986	0.7	0.1
	PBC						584	0.4	0.1
	ÖDP						523	0.4
	Volksabstimmung						399	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						355	0.2
	ADM						298	0.2
	DVU						86	0.1
	BüSo						56	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						38	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,557			3,458
Total valid votes				145,925			146,024
Turnout				149,482	70.2	6.8
	CDU hold		Majority	26,088	17.9	9.4