Berlin-Neukölln (electoral district)

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

81 Berlin-Neukölln
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin-Neukölln in 2025
StateBerlin
Population321,100 (2019)
Electorate197,037 (2021)
Area44.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberHakan Demir
Elected2021

Berlin-Neukölln was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hakan Demir of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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

History

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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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 82. From the 2025 election, it has been number 81. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

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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. He was succeeded by Hakan Demir in 2021.

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
2021 Hakan Demir SPD 26.0

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): 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 Hakan Demir 35,530 26.0   0.8 33,080 24.1   4.7
Greens Andreas Audretsch 27,104 19.8   8.9 31,058 22.7   9.6
CDU Christina Schwarzer 25,577 18.7   5.8 22,695 16.6   5.8
Left Lucia Schnell 17,898 13.1   3.3 16,334 11.9   6.3
AfD Marcel Goldammer 10,153 7.4   3.3 10,174 7.4   3.8
FDP Janine Falkenberg 8,635 6.3   1.2 9,774 7.1   0.6
Human Environment Animal Protection Ishai Rosenbaum 3,981 2.9 3,318 2.4   0.9
PARTEI Thomas Tegtow 2,699 2.0   1.6 2,011 1.5   1.0
Team Todenhöfer Havva Öruc 2,604 1.9 3,664 2.7
dieBasis Wilfried Meyer 1,347 1.0
Die Grauen 1,178 0.9   0.2
FW   1,022 0.7   0.6
Volt   667 0.5
Pirates   477 0.3   0.3
Gesundheitsforschung   290 0.2   0.0
du.   285 0.2   0.0
Independent Ramona Cole 256 0.2
Humanists   205 0.1
Independent Kilian Moser 201 0.1
Independent Thomas Lindlmair 192 0.1
ÖDP   178 0.1   0.0
DKP   114 0.1   0.0
NPD   105 0.1
V-Partei3   84 0.1   0.1
MLPD Mohamad Tawil 170 0.1   0.1 83 0.1   0.1
LKR Christian Lieberam 136 0.1 115 0.1
BüSo   65 0.0   0.0
Independent Christian Pape 62 0.0
SGP   35 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 3,167 2,701
Total valid votes 136,545 137,011
Turnout 139,712 70.9   0.1
SPD hold Majority 8,426 6.2   3.9

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): 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  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
Greens 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
Human Environment Animal Protection   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

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Federal election (2013): 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 % ±%
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
Greens 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

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Federal election (2009): Berlin-Neukölln[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  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
Greens 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
Human Environment Animal Protection   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

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  1. ^ a b "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
  6. ^ Results for Berlin-Neukölln