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
State	Berlin
Population	262,400 (2015)
Electorate	184,608 (2017)
Area	99.5 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Swen Schulz
Elected	2017

Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Swen Schulz 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 Sculz regained the constituency in the 2017 election.

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

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Swen Schulz		41,965	32.1	5.3	29,733	22.7	6.1
	CDU	N Kai Wegner		40,372	30.9	8.3	36,712	28.1	8.5
	AfD	Andreas Otti		17,551	13.4	9.1	18,481	14.1	8.3
	Left	Manuel Lambers		9,861	7.6	0.4	12,780	9.8	0.3
	FDP	Sven Paul Fresdorf		8,292	6.4	5.0	12,927	9.9	6.1
	Green	Bettina Jarasch		8,031	6.2	1.5	11,063	8.5	0.2
	PARTEI	Rhavin Grobert		3,224	2.5		2,247	1.7	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,147	1.6
	Pirates						862	0.7	2.4
	Die Grauen						807	0.6
	ÖDP	Jens-Eberhard Jahn		998	0.8		386	0.3	0.1
	BGE						380	0.3
	FW						377	0.3	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	0.0
	BüSo						59	0.0	0.1
	SGP						33	0.0	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	2.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	1,593	1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Kai Wegner		50,071	39.2	2.8	46,757	36.6	6.6
	SPD	Swen Schulz		47,790	37.4	4.2	36,932	28.9	5.4
	Left	Monika Merk		9,199	7.2	2.1	12,146	9.5	1.5
	Green	Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson		5,942	4.7	4.1	10,542	8.2	5.0
	AfD	Sascha Paulick		5,543	4.3		7,458	5.8
	Pirates	Frank Thiesen		4,030	3.2		3,960	3.1	0.5
	NPD	Jürgen Bolte		2,022	1.6	0.4	1,815	1.4	0.3
	FDP	Sven Paul Fresdorf		1,788	1.4	7.2	4,856	3.8	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	0.3
	ÖDP						224	0.2	0.0
	BüSo			270	0.2	0.8	164	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						85	0.1	0.0
	PSG						55	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,722			2,639
Total Valid votes				127,763			127,846
Turnout				130,485	69.6	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	2,281	1.8	1.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): 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 or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Kai Wegner		44,994	36.4	0.8	37,170	30.0	0.6
	SPD	N Swen Schulz		41,051	33.2	13.6	29,109	23.5	12.8
	Left	Monika Merk		11,446	9.3	3.7	13,611	11.0	3.7
	Green	Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson		10,853	8.8	4.1	16,451	13.3	2.7
	FDP	Kai Gersch		10,612	8.6	4.5	18,277	14.7	4.9
	Pirates						3,173	2.6
	NPD	Sebastian Thom		2,463	2.0	0.7	1,982	1.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,019	1.6
	REP						618	0.5	0.5
	BüSo	Horst Kreil		1,245	1.0	0.0	560	0.5	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	0.0
	PSG						87	0.1	0.0
	DKP						44	0.0
Informal votes				3,098			2,821
Total Valid votes				123,701			123,978
Turnout				126,799	68.7	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