Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Berlin

Berlin Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in West Berlin, the constituency was created for the 1990 election, the first following German reunification. The first two elections in 1990 and 1994 were won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) gained the seat in 1998 and held it until 2013, when it was regained by the CDU. The current representative is Klaus-Dieter Gröhler.^[1]

History and boundaries

The constituency, numbered constituency 81 by the German electoral authorities,^[2] contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf with the exception of the neighbourhood of North Charlottenburg, north of the river Spree, which is one eponymous section of the Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North constituency.

Prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the area was the centre of the former West Berlin. It contains a number of Berlin landmarks such as the Kurfürstendamm (or Ku'damm as it is known to locals), the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Charlottenburg Palace and the Olympic Stadium.

In 1990 and 1994 the local MP was Dietrich Mahlo of the CDU who lost to the SPD candidate Siegrun Klemmer in 1998. Klemmer was replaced as SPD candidate by the current MP Petra-Evelyne Merkel at the 2002 election.

Profile

The number of residents with German citizenship was 83.2%, a figure below the Berlin average of 86.6%.^[3] 38.9% of residents had University qualifications.

Electoral system

Elections in Germany take place using the Additional Member System. Voters have two votes, one for a constituency MP and one for a regional list to elect representatives for the whole of Berlin city. Elections for the Charlottenburg – Wilmersdorf constituency take place using the first past the post system.

Results

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Petra-Evelyne Merkel	47,340	32.0	-11.9	31,719	21.4	-10.6
	Christian Democratic Union	Ingo Schmitt	44,549	30.2	-3.4	39,331	26.5	-0.8
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Elisabeth Paus	26,778	18.1	+7.1	32,724	22.1	+2.6
	The Left Party.PDS	Hans-Ulrich Riedel	9,978	6.8	+2.2	12,868	8.7	+2.8
	Free Democratic Party	Peter Schantz	16,397	11.1	+5.6	24,313	16.4	+4.0
	National Democratic Party of Germany		1,187	0.8	0.0	893	0.6	0.0
	Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,564	2.4	N/A
	Others		1,504	1.0	N/A	2,973	2.0	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 184,436, the total number of votes cast was 126,799 (68.7%) of which 3,098 votes were invalid.

Source:^[4]

2005 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Petra-Evelyne Merkel	68,625	44.0	+2.3	50,168	32.0	-0.8
	Christian Democratic Union	Ingo Schmitt	52,408	33.6	+2.4	42,736	27.3	-3.0
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Elfi Jantzen	17,273	11.1	-3.1	30,468	19.4	-3.1
	Free Democratic Party	Jürgen Schick	8,591	5.5	-3.8	19,341	12.3	+3.2
	The Left Party.PDS	Natalie Rottka	7,042	4.5	+2.5	9,152	5.8	+3.5
	National Democratic Party of Germany	Andreas Storr	1,298	0.8	N/A	1,703	1.2	+1.0
	Others		2,864	2.1	N/A	4,895	2.9	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 196,910, the total number of votes cast was 158,865 (80.7%) of which 2,771 votes were invalid.

Source:^[5]

2002 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Petra-Evelyne Merkel	67,738	41.7	-1.6	53,398	32.8	-3.3
	Christian Democratic Union	Siegfried Helias	50,662	31.2	-2.2	49,254	30.3
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig	23,005	14.2	+2.6	36,611	22.5	-6.9
	Free Democratic Party	Günter Rexrodt	15,016	9.3	+3.3	14,757	9.1	0.0
	The Left Party.PDS	Natalie Rottka	3,271	2.0	+0.3	3,728	2.3	-0.1
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	Dieter Peuker	2,072	1.3	+0.3	1,188	0.7	0.0
	Others		484	0.3	N/A	3,818	2.3	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 199,931, the total number of votes cast was 164,302 (82.2%) of which 2,054 votes were invalid.

Source:^[6]

References

Electoral districts of Berlin in the German Bundestag

2002 election to present	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg–Prenzlauer Berg East Berlin Lichtenberg Berlin Marzahn–Hellersdorf Berlin Mitte Berlin Neukölln Berlin Pankow Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau–Charlottenburg North Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin-Tempelhof–Schöneberg Berlin Treptow–Köpenick

1994 and 1998 elections	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Lichtenberg Berlin Hellersdorf-Marzahn Berlin Hohenschönhausen–Pankow–Weissensee Berlin Kreuzberg–Schöneberg Berlin Mitte-Prenzlauer Berg Berlin Neukölln Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin Templehof Berlin Tiergarten-Wedding-North Charlottenburg Berlin Treptow–Köpenick

1990 election	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Treptow–Lichtenberg I Berlin Hellersdorf-Marzahn Berlin Hohenschönhausen–Pankow–Weissensee II Berlin-Kreuzberg – Schöneberg Berlin Mitte-Prenzlauer Berg-Weissensee I Berlin Neukölln Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin Templehof-South-East-Stieglitz Berlin Tiergarten-Wedding-North Charlottenburg Berlin Köpenick-Lichtenberg II

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