Berlin Neukölln

Berlin Neukölln 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 82. It is located in southern Berlin, comprising the Neukölln borough.[1]

82 Berlin Neukölln
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin Neukölln in 2013
StateBerlin
Population318,700 (2015)
Electorate202,618 (2017)
Area45.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberFritz Felgentreu
Elected2013, 2017

Berlin Neukölln was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2013, it has been represented by Fritz Felgentreu of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Berlin Neukölln is located in southern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Neukölln borough.[1]

History

Berlin Neukölln was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 256 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 257. In the 2005 through 2009 elections, it was number 83. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 82. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Dankward Buwitt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Ditmar Staffelt. In 2009, Stefanie Vogelsang of the CDU was elected, and served a single term. Fritz Felgentreu regained the constituency for the SPD in the 2013 election, and was re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1990 Dankward Buwitt CDU 51.2
1994 42.2
1998 Ditmar Staffelt SPD 48.5
2002 41.9
2005 39.3
2009 Stefanie Vogelsang CDU 30.8
2013 Fritz Felgentreu SPD 32.3
2017 26.8

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Berlin Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Y Fritz Felgentreu 37,777 26.8 5.6 27,520 19.5 6.8
CDU Christina Schwarzer 34,593 24.5 6.0 31,592 22.3 6.7
Left Judith Benda 23,204 16.4 4.7 25,752 18.2 3.9
Green Susanna Kahlefeld 15,480 11.0 0.7 18,446 13.0 0.8
AfD Frank-Christian Hansel 15,105 10.7 7.7 15,904 11.2 7.0
FDP Marcus Jensen 7,255 5.1 3.8 10,891 7.7 4.7
PARTEI Antonietta Miro 5,048 3.6 1.8 3,490 2.5 1.0
Tierschutzpartei   2,171 1.5
Pirates   964 0.7 3.4
Die Grauen 1,191 0.8 919 0.6
DiB 724 0.5
BGE   676 0.5
DM 366 0.3
MIETERPARTEI 636 0.5
du. 335 0.2
Menschliche Welt 270 0.2
NPD 262 0.2 2.1
Gesundheitsforschung 248 0.2
FW   220 0.2 0.4
ÖDP   208 0.1 0.0
V-Partei³ 198 0.1
MLPD 294 0.2 0.1 196 0.1 0.0
BüSo Jonathan Thron 260 0.2 0.0 111 0.1 0.0
DKP   99 0.1
B* 83 0.1
SGP 30 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,448 2,140
Total Valid votes 141,105 141,413
Turnout 143,553 70.8 2.4
SPD hold Majority 3,184 2.3 0.6

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Berlin Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Fritz Felgentreu 44,528 32.3 5.0 36,211 26.2 4.9
CDU Christina Schwarzer 42,092 30.6 0.2 40,038 29.0 3.1
Left Ruben Lehnert 16,144 11.7 0.6 19,677 14.3 0.3
Green Anja Kofbinger 16,126 11.7 2.9 19,156 13.9 3.7
Pirates Anne Helm 6,094 4.4 5,654 4.1 0.7
AfD Sari-Christoph Saleh 4,140 3.0 5,832 4.2
NPD Jan Sturm 3,094 2.2 0.4 2,627 1.9 0.1
PARTEI Georg Friedrich Kammerer 2,420 1.8 2,060 1.5
FDP Sebastian Kluckert 1,861 1.4 7.6 4,122 3.0 9.8
FW 794 0.6 689 0.5
BIG 617 0.4
PRO 454 0.3
ÖDP   255 0.2 0.0
REP   216 0.2 0.3
BüSo 222 0.2 126 0.1 0.1
MLPD 208 0.2 0.0 143 0.1 0.0
PSG 80 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 3,102 2,868
Total Valid votes 137,723 137,957
Turnout 140,825 68.5 1.3
SPD gain from CDU Majority 2,436 1.7

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Berlin Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Stefanie Vogelsang 39,618 30.8 5.8 33,469 25.9 2.5
SPD Fritz Felgentreu 35,168 27.3 12.0 27,639 21.4 13.3
Green Anja Kofbinger 18,805 14.6 5.1 22,698 17.6 4.5
Left Ruben Lehnert 15,852 12.3 5.6 17,986 13.9 5.2
FDP Andreas Lück 11,468 8.9 5.3 16,486 12.8 4.2
Pirates   4,339 4.3
NPD Jan Sturm 3,356 2.6 0.6 2,554 2.0 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   2,066 1.6
Independent Yusuf Bayrak 1,924 1.5
Independent Annette Köhn 1,305 1.0
REP   611 0.5 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 394 0.3
Independent Sven Buchmann 388 0.3
Independent Bülent Yorulmaz 316 0.2
ÖDP   261 0.2
BüSo 209 0.2 0.1
DVU   158 0.1
DKP Rainer Perschewski 280 0.2 150 0.1
PSG 128 0.1 0.0
MLPD Andrew Schlüter 218 0.2 0.0 108 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 3,915 3,357
Total Valid votes 128,698 129,256
Turnout 132,613 67.2 6.9
CDU gain from SPD Majority 4,450 3.5

References
  1. "Constituency Berlin Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Berlin Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Berlin Neukölln
  4. Results for Berlin Neukölln
  5. Results for Berlin Neukölln

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