Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf

Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf 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 80. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.[1]

80 Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf in 2013
StateBerlin
Population277,700 (2015)
Electorate198,672 (2017)
Area57.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberKlaus-Dieter Gröhler
Elected2013, 2017

Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2013, it has been represented by Klaus-Dieter Gröhler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf is located in western Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough excluding the area north of the Spree, specifically the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord and the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.[1]

History

Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 254 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 81. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 80.

Originally, the constituency comprised the entirety of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf excluding the Charlottenburg-Nord locality. In the 2002 election, it lost the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Dietrich Mahlo of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Siegrun Klemmer until 2002, followed by Petra-Evelyne Merkel until 2013. Klaus-Dieter Gröhler of the CDU was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1990 Dietrich Mahlo CDU 46.3
1994 42.2
1998 Siegrun Klemmer SPD 43.3
2002 Petra-Evelyne Merkel SPD 41.7
2005 44.0
2009 32.0
2013 Klaus-Dieter Gröhler CDU 37.1
2017 30.2

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf[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 % ±%
CDU Y Klaus-Dieter Gröhler 47,077 30.2 6.9 40,085 25.6 6.9
SPD Tim Renner 43,123 27.6 3.8 30,351 19.4 7.7
Green Lisa Paus 21,286 13.6 1.0 24,770 15.8 0.4
Left Friederike Benda 14,745 9.4 3.3 18,367 11.7 2.9
FDP Christoph Meyer 14,426 9.2 6.7 23,280 14.9 8.0
AfD Nicolaus Fest 11,722 7.5 3.8 12,374 7.9 3.1
PARTEI Lothar Blickensdorf 3,292 2.1 1.4 2,110 1.3 0.7
Tierschutzpartei   1,490 1.0
Pirates   693 0.4 2.1
Die Grauen 454 0.3
BGE   443 0.3
DiB 442 0.3
DM 264 0.2
ÖDP   222 0.1 0.0
V-Partei³ 221 0.1
FW   203 0.1 0.2
du. 200 0.1
Gesundheitsforschung 200 0.1
Menschliche Welt 199 0.1
BüSo Jonathan Thron 443 0.3 0.2 108 0.1 0.0
MLPD   74 0.0 0.0
DKP   46 0.0
B* 31 0.0
SGP 20 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,920 1,387
Total Valid votes 156,114 156,647
Turnout 158,034 79.5 2.0
CDU hold Majority 3,954 2.6 3.0

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf[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 % ±%
CDU Klaus-Dieter Gröhler 56,079 37.1 6.9 49,285 32.5 6.0
SPD Ülker Radziwill 47,619 31.5 0.6 41,058 27.1 5.7
Green Lisa Paus 22,176 14.7 3.5 23,324 15.4 6.7
Left Marlene Cieschinger 9,368 6.2 0.6 13,446 8.9 0.2
AfD Hugh Bronson 5,649 3.7 7,276 4.8
FDP Lars Lindemann 3,801 2.5 8.6 10,347 6.8 9.6
Pirates Siegfried Schlosser 3,657 2.4 3,872 2.6 0.2
PARTEI Carl Willke 1,057 0.7 976 0.6
NPD Jens Pühse 754 0.5 0.3 639 0.4 0.2
FW 478 0.3 457 0.3
ÖDP   242 0.2 0.0
PRO 220 0.1
BIG 227 0.1 205 0.1
Independent Fricke 204 0.1
BüSo 181 0.1 0.5 120 0.1 0.1
REP   114 0.1 0.1
RRP 84 0.1
MLPD   45 0.0 0.0
PSG 39 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,086 1,755
Total Valid votes 151,334 151,665
Turnout 153,420 77.6 0.8
CDU gain from SPD Majority 8,460 5.6

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf[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 Y Petra-Evelyne Merkel 47,340 32.0 11.9 31,719 21.4 10.6
CDU Ingo Schmitt 44,549 30.2 3.4 39,331 26.5 0.8
Green Lisa Paus 26,778 18.1 7.1 32,724 22.1 2.6
FDP Peter Schantz 16,397 11.1 5.6 24,313 16.4 4.0
Left Hans-Ulrich Riedel 9,978 6.8 2.2 12,868 8.7 2.8
Pirates   3,564 2.4
Tierschutzpartei   1,518 1.0
NPD Bettina Bieder 1,187 0.8 0.0 893 0.6 0.0
DIE VIOLETTEN 465 0.3
BüSo Anna-Maria Hildebrand 912 0.6 0.1 265 0.2 0.0
Independent Rudolf Dettweiler 331 0.2
REP   262 0.2 0.1
Independent Herbert Polei 261 0.2
ÖDP   243 0.2
DVU   88 0.1
PSG 53 0.0 0.0
DKP   45 0.0
MLPD   34 0.0 0.0
Informal votes 2,623 1,971
Total Valid votes 147,733 148,385
Turnout 150,356 76.8 3.9
SPD hold Majority 2,791 1.8 8.6

References
  1. "Constituency Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf
  4. Results for Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf
  5. Results for Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf

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