Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North 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 78. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Spandau borough.[1]

78 Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North in 2013
StateBerlin
Population272,000 (2019)
Electorate180,251 (2021)
Area99.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberHelmut Kleebank
Elected2021

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Helmut Kleebank of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North is located in western Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Spandau borough as well as small parts of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, specifically the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord and the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.[1]

History

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Berlin-Spandau. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 251 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 252. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 79. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 78. Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the borough of Spandau. In the 2002 election, it gained the area of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf north of the Spree.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Kittelmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Heinrich Lummer from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Wolfgang Behrendt until 2002, followed by Swen Schulz until 2009. Kai Wegner of the CDU was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013. Former member Schulz regained the constituency in the 2017 election. He was succeeded by Helmut Kleebank in 2021.

Election Member Party  %
1990 Peter Kittelmann CDU 50.6
1994 Heinrich Lummer CDU 43.3
1998 Wolfgang Behrendt SPD 49.9
2002 Swen Schulz SPD 44.1
2005 46.8
2009 Kai Wegner CDU 36.5
2013 39.2
2017 Swen Schulz SPD 32.1
2021 Helmut Kleebank SPD 32.8

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North[3]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Helmut Kleebank 40,451 32.8 Increase 0.7 34,233 27.7 Increase 5.0
CDU Joe Chialo 28,904 23.5 Decrease 7.4 26,266 21.3 Decrease 6.8
Greens Steffen Laube 14,680 11.9 Increase 5.8 17,963 14.5 Increase 6.1
AfD Lukas Garnis 12,447 10.1 Decrease 3.3 12,783 10.3 Decrease 3.8
FDP Dominik Znanewitz 10,492 8.5 Increase 2.2 12,491 10.1 Increase 0.2
Left Evrim Sommer 6,771 5.5 Decrease 2.1 6,353 5.1 Decrease 4.6
Tierschutzpartei Aida Castañeda 4,381 3.6 4,252 3.4 Increase 1.8
Team Todenhöfer   1,968 1.6
PARTEI Rhavin Grobert 2,455 2.0 Decrease 0.5 1,922 1.6 Decrease 0.2
dieBasis Philipp Zühlke 1,693 1.4
Die Grauen 1,623 1.3 Increase 0.7
FW   1,122 0.9 Increase 0.6
Volt   568 0.5
Pirates   481 0.4 Decrease 0.3
Gesundheitsforschung   382 0.3 Increase 0.1
ÖDP Jens-Eberhard Jahn 278 0.2 Decrease 0.5 239 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Humanists   226 0.2
Bündnis 21 Michael Dönicke 205 0.1
Independent Lucia Bunte 182 0.1
du.   167 0.1 Steady 0.0
NPD   124 0.1
LKR Nicole Jädicke 121 0.1 88 0.1
V-Partei3   93 0.1 Decrease 0.1
DKP   57 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo   51 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD Esther Engel 97 0.1 Decrease 0.1 49 0.0 Decrease 0.1
PSG   28 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 3,394 3,022
Total Valid votes 123,157 123,529
Turnout 126,551 70.2 Decrease 1.8
SPD hold Majority 11,547 9.3 Increase 8.1

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Swen Schulz 41,965 32.1 Decrease 5.3 29,733 22.7 Decrease 6.1
CDU Red XN Kai Wegner 40,372 30.9 Decrease 8.3 36,712 28.1 Decrease 8.5
AfD Andreas Otti 17,551 13.4 Increase 9.1 18,481 14.1 Increase 8.3
Left Manuel Lambers 9,861 7.6 Increase 0.4 12,780 9.8 Increase 0.3
FDP Sven Paul Fresdorf 8,292 6.4 Increase 5.0 12,927 9.9 Increase 6.1
Greens Bettina Jarasch 8,031 6.2 Increase 1.5 11,063 8.5 Increase 0.2
PARTEI Rhavin Grobert 3,224 2.5 2,247 1.7 Increase 0.9
Tierschutzpartei   2,147 1.6
Pirates   862 0.7 Decrease 2.4
Die Grauen 807 0.6
ÖDP Jens-Eberhard Jahn 998 0.8 386 0.3 Increase 0.1
BGE   380 0.3
FW   377 0.3 Decrease 0.1
DM 331 0.3
DiB 310 0.3
Gesundheitsforschung 294 0.2
Menschliche Welt 232 0.2
V-Partei³ 208 0.2
du. 175 0.1
MLPD Chaker Akari 280 0.2 152 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 59 0.0 Decrease 0.1
SGP 33 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   30 0.0
B* 21 0.0
Informal votes 2,435 2,262
Total Valid votes 130,574 130,747
Turnout 133,009 72.0 Increase 2.4
SPD gain from CDU Majority 1,593 1.2

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North[5]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Kai Wegner 50,071 39.2 Increase 2.8 46,757 36.6 Increase 6.6
SPD Swen Schulz 47,790 37.4 Increase 4.2 36,932 28.9 Increase 5.4
Left Monika Merk 9,199 7.2 Decrease 2.1 12,146 9.5 Decrease 1.5
Greens Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson 5,942 4.7 Decrease 4.1 10,542 8.2 Decrease 5.0
AfD Sascha Paulick 5,543 4.3 7,458 5.8
Pirates Frank Thiesen 4,030 3.2 3,960 3.1 Increase 0.5
NPD Jürgen Bolte 2,022 1.6 Decrease 0.4 1,815 1.4 Decrease 0.3
FDP Sven Paul Fresdorf 1,788 1.4 Decrease 7.2 4,856 3.8 Decrease 10.9
PARTEI   1,038 0.8
FW 555 0.4 550 0.4
PRO 494 0.4
BIG 553 0.4 460 0.4
REP   310 0.2 Decrease 0.3
ÖDP   224 0.2 Steady 0.0
BüSo 270 0.2 Decrease 0.8 164 0.1 Decrease 0.3
MLPD   85 0.1 Steady 0.0
PSG 55 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,722 2,639
Total Valid votes 127,763 127,846
Turnout 130,485 69.6 Increase 0.9
CDU hold Majority 2,281 1.8 Decrease 1.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North[6]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Kai Wegner 44,994 36.4 Increase 0.8 37,170 30.0 Increase 0.6
SPD Red XN Swen Schulz 41,051 33.2 Decrease 13.6 29,109 23.5 Decrease 12.8
Left Monika Merk 11,446 9.3 Increase 3.7 13,611 11.0 Increase 3.7
Greens Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson 10,853 8.8 Increase 4.1 16,451 13.3 Increase 2.7
FDP Kai Gersch 10,612 8.6 Increase 4.5 18,277 14.7 Increase 4.9
Pirates   3,173 2.6
NPD Sebastian Thom 2,463 2.0 Increase 0.7 1,982 1.6 Increase 0.4
Tierschutzpartei   2,019 1.6
REP   618 0.5 Decrease 0.5
BüSo Horst Kreil 1,245 1.0 Steady 0.0 560 0.5 Increase 0.2
Independent Titus-Ivo Kaute 752 0.6
DIE VIOLETTEN 371 0.3
ÖDP   226 0.2
DVU   184 0.1
MLPD Felix Weitenhagen 285 0.2 96 0.1 Steady 0.0
PSG 87 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   44 0.0
Informal votes 3,098 2,821
Total Valid votes 123,701 123,978
Turnout 126,799 68.7 Decrease 7.5
CDU gain from SPD Majority 3,943 3.2

References
  1. "Constituency Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
  4. Results for Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
  5. Results for Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
  6. Results for Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North

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