Berlin Marzahn – Hellersdorf (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Berlin

Berlin Marzahn – Hellersdorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in East Berlin, the constituency was created for the 1990 election and all elections to date have been won by The Left Party or their predecessors, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

History and boundaries

The constituency, numbered constituency 86 by the German electoral authorities,^[1] contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf. This borough, a merger of the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf, was created by the 2001 administrative reform.

The constituency was created for the 1990 election and the boundaries have been unchanged since then, though a minor name change took place for the 2002 election with the order of areas in the constituency title reversed from the previous "Hellersdorf - Marzahn" to match the name of the new borough.

Current MP Petra Pau

From 1990 onwards the local MP was Gregor Gysi, then leader of the PDS. For the 2002 election, Petra Pau, MP for the Berlin Mitte - Prenzlauer Berg constituency, which had been abolished in boundary changes, moved to the constituency and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009.

Profile

The number of residents with German citizenship was 96.4%, a figure above the Berlin average of 86.6% and the second highest figure for any Berlin constituency.^[2] 27.1% of residents had qualifications which met the requirements for University entry.

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 Lichtenberg constituency take place using the First past the post system.

Results

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	The Left Party.PDS	Petra Pau	60,236	47.7	+5.0	51,662	40.8	+6.4
	Christian Democratic Union	Monika Grütters	24,563	19.4	+3.3	22,875	18.2	+4.0
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Rudolf Kujath	20,336	16.1	-13.0	20,906	16.5	-17.6
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Stefan Ziller	7,242	5.7	+2.0	8,847	7.0	+1.8
	Free Democratic Party	Klaus Grosse	6,969	5.5	+2.5	9,741	7.7	+2.7
	National Democratic Party of Germany	Matthias Wichmann	4,725	3.7	0.0	3,832	3.0	-0.2
	Others		2,330	1.8	N/A	7,775	6.1	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 203,416, the total number of votes cast was 128,897 (63.4%) of which 2,496 votes were invalid.

Source:^[3]

2005 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	The Left Party.PDS	Petra Pau	61,845	42.6	+4.9	50,042	34.4	+7.1
	Social Democratic Party of Germany		42,132	29.0	-4.6	49,595	34.1	-4.6
	Christian Democratic Union		23,459	16.2	-1.9	20,499	14.1	-3.6
	Alliance '90/The Greens		5,372	3.7	+1.1	7,588	5.2	+0.5
	Free Democratic Party		4,356	3.0	-0.5	7,241	5.0	+0.4
	National Democratic Party of Germany		5,428	3.7	+1.1	4,634	3.2	+1.6
	Others		2,472	1.7	N/A	1,687	1.1	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 200,926, the total number of votes cast was 147,668 (73.5%) of which 2,604 votes were invalid.

Source:^[4]

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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