Berlin Treptow – Köpenick

Berlin Treptow – Köpenick 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 84. It is located in southeastern Berlin, comprising the Treptow-Köpenick borough.[1]

84 Berlin Treptow – Köpenick
electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin Treptow – Köpenick in 2013
State	Berlin
Population	251,200 (2015)
Electorate	205,106 (2017)
Area	167.8 km^2
Current electoral district
Created	1994
Party	LINKE
Member	Gregor Gysi
Elected	2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Berlin Treptow – Köpenick was created for the 1994 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Gregor Gysi of The Left.[2]

Geography

Berlin Treptow – Köpenick is located in southeastern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Treptow-Köpenick borough.[1]

History

Berlin Treptow – Köpenick was created in 1994 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin Friedrichshain – Treptow – Lichtenberg I and Berlin Köpenick – Lichtenberg II. Until 2002, it was named Berlin-Köpenick-Treptow. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was constituency 259 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 85. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 84. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Siegfried Scheffler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1994 to 2005. In 2005, it was won by Gregor Gysi of The Left, then leader of his party's Bundestag group. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Siegfried Scheffler	SPD	35.0
	1998			37.6
	2002			39.3
	2005	Gregor Gysi	LINKE	40.4
	2009			44.8
	2013			42.2
	2017			39.9

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin Treptow – Köpenick[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	%	±%
	Left	Gregor Gysi		61,881	39.9	2.3	39,000	25.1	4.3
	CDU	Niels Korte		29,384	18.9	3.7	31,372	20.2	5.2
	AfD	Martin Trefzer		23,245	15.0	11.0	26,278	16.9	11.4
	SPD	Matthias Schmidt		21,379	13.8	4.1	24,109	15.5	5.8
	Green	Erik Marquardt		7,755	5.0	0.0	12,168	7.8	0.5
	FDP	Ralf Henze		5,831	3.8	2.8	10,067	6.5	4.5
	PARTEI	Marco Koppe		3,521	2.3	1.4	3,873	2.5	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,283	1.5
	Die Grauen						852	0.5
	Pirates						843	0.5	3.0
	FW	Robert Soyka		1,096	0.7	0.1	777	0.5	0.1
	DiB						524	0.3
	BGE						511	0.3
	DM						511	0.3
	NPD	Udo Voigt		460	0.3	2.5
	Gesundheitsforschung						452	0.3
	Menschliche Welt						263	0.2
	ÖDP						260	0.2	0.1
	V-Partei³						233	0.2
	du.						204	0.1
	DKP						193	0.1
	MLPD	Eckhard Franke		322	0.2	0.1	160	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Stefan Tolksdorf		318	0.2	0.1	146	0.1	0.0
	B*						61	0.0
	SGP						48	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,919			1,923
Total Valid votes				155,192			155,188
Turnout				157,111	76.6	3.0
	Left hold		Majority	32,497	21.0	1.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin Treptow – Köpenick[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	%	±%
	Left	Gregor Gysi		61,661	42.2	2.6	43,118	29.5	4.2
	CDU	Fritz Niedergesäß		33,036	22.6	1.9	37,170	25.4	7.0
	SPD	Matthias Schmidt		26,093	17.8	0.3	31,204	21.3	1.6
	Green	Harald Moritz		7,344	5.0	2.4	10,787	7.4	3.6
	AfD	Bernd Erhard Stahlberg		5,788	4.0		8,106	5.5
	Pirates	Volker Georg Schröder		4,205	2.9		5,176	3.5	0.2
	NPD	Udo Voigt		4,039	2.8	0.1	3,795	2.6	0.0
	FDP	Volker Thiel		1,429	1.0	3.5	2,904	2.0	6.0
	PARTEI	Katharina Harling		1,343	0.9		1,487	1.0
	FW	Detlef Werner Schmidt		855	0.6		894	0.6
	PRO						524	0.4
	ÖDP						328	0.2	0.0
	REP						227	0.2	0.2
	BüSo	Daniel Buchmann		218	0.1	0.7	199	0.1	0.2
	MLPD	Petra Ilius		208	0.1	0.1	191	0.1	0.0
	BIG						88	0.1
	PSG						83	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,187			2,125
Total Valid votes				146,219			146,281
Turnout				148,406	73.6	2.3
	Left hold		Majority	28,625	19.6	4.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin Treptow – Köpenick[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	%	±%
	Left	Gregor Gysi		62,880	44.8	4.4	47,438	33.7	5.3
	CDU	Niels Korte		29,124	20.7	4.2	25,955	18.4	3.2
	SPD	Karl-Josef Wasserhövel		25,520	18.2	15.1	27,765	19.7	16.9
	Green	Peter Groos		10,495	7.5	3.4	15,486	11.0	2.7
	FDP	Hellmut Königshaus		6,247	4.4	2.1	11,261	8.0	2.4
	Pirates						4,713	3.3
	NPD	Udo Voigt		4,092	2.9	0.4	3,688	2.6	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,106	1.5
	BüSo	Daniel Buchmann		1,131	0.8	0.1	513	0.4	0.1
	Independent	Willi Kurt Wende		625	0.4
	REP						443	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						367	0.3
	ÖDP						281	0.2
	DVU						234	0.2
	DKP						205	0.1
	MLPD	Petra Ilius		398	0.3		168	0.1	0.0
	PSG						132	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,326			2,083
Total Valid votes				140,512			140,755
Turnout				142,838	71.3	7.5
	Left hold		Majority	33,756	24.1	16.9

References

1. "Constituency Berlin Treptow – Köpenick". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Berlin Treptow – Köpenick". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Berlin Treptow – Köpenick
4. Results for Berlin Treptow – Köpenick
5. Results for Berlin Treptow – Köpenick