Berlin-Reinickendorf (electoral district)

76 Berlin-Reinickendorf
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Reinickendorf in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	260,200 (2019)
Electorate	176,585 (2021)
Area	89.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Monika Grütters
Elected	2021

Berlin-Reinickendorf 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 76. It is located in northern Berlin, comprising the Reinickendorf borough.

Berlin-Reinickendorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Monika Grütters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography

Berlin-Reinickendorf is located in northern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Reinickendorf borough.

History

Berlin-Reinickendorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 250 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 251. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 78. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 77. From the 2025 election, it has been number 76. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Gabriele Wiechatzek of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Diethard Schütze from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Detlef Dzembritzki until 2009. Frank Steffel of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Monika Grütters in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Gabriele Wiechatzek	CDU	54.4
	1994	Diethard Schütze	CDU	47.4
	1998	Detlef Dzembritzki	SPD	47.7
	2002			42.5
	2005			42.5
	2009	Frank Steffel	CDU	39.0
	2013			45.0
	2017			36.8
	2021	Monika Grütters	CDU	27.2

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Reinickendorf
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	Monika Grütters		34,233	27.2	9.6	30,272	24.0	7.0
	SPD	Torsten Einstmann		32,445	25.8	2.2	31,447	25.0	4.9
	Greens	Bernd Schwarz		17,621	14.0	6.1	19,581	15.6	6.4
	AfD	Sebastian Maack		12,249	9.8	3.4	12,296	9.8	3.9
	FDP	Friedrich Ohnesorge		10,927	8.7	1.5	13,457	10.7	0.7
	Left	Hakan Taş		6,107	4.9	2.8	5,843	4.6	3.9
	Tierschutzpartei	Friederike Nabrdalik		3,843	3.1		3,675	2.9	1.5
	FW	Dirk Steffel		2,601	2.1		1,899	1.5	1.3
	Die Grauen	Michael Schulz		2,368	1.9	0.7	2,152	1.7	0.7
	Team Todenhöfer						1,670	1.3
	PARTEI	Pauline Klimas		1,782	1.4	0.7	1,497	1.2	0.2
	dieBasis	Manfred Salzmann		1,169	0.9
	Volt						522	0.4
	Pirates						390	0.3	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						312	0.2	0.1
	Humanists						218	0.2
	ÖDP	Andreas Neumann		281	0.2		160	0.1	0.0
	NPD						132	0.1
	du.						107	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						81	0.1	0.0
	LKR						59	0.0
	DKP						48	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						29	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						26	0.0	0.1
	SGP						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,951			2,678
Total valid votes				125,626			125,899
Turnout				128,577	72.8	2.4
	CDU hold		Majority	1,788	1.4	11.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Reinickendorf
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 Frank Steffel		49,654	36.8	8.1	41,912	31.0	9.1
	SPD	Thorsten Karge		31,882	23.6	5.8	27,071	20.0	6.3
	AfD	Dieter Neuendorf		17,738	13.2	8.7	18,513	13.7	7.7
	Greens	Stefanie Remlinger		10,647	7.9	1.2	12,305	9.1	0.4
	Left	Hakan Taș		10,384	7.7	1.2	11,516	8.5	0.6
	FDP	Juliane Hüttl		9,688	7.2	5.2	15,376	11.4	7.0
	PARTEI	Bastian Badran		2,828	2.1	1.4	1,943	1.4	0.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,938	1.4
	Die Grauen	Michael Schulz		1,639	1.2		1,362	1.0
	Pirates						682	0.5	2.1
	BGE						319	0.2
	DM						306	0.2
	FW						298	0.2	0.3
	DiB						279	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						247	0.2
	ÖDP						231	0.2	0.0
	Menschliche Welt						203	0.2
	du.						165	0.1
	V-Partei³						135	0.1
	BüSo	Matthias Woelki		400	0.3		114	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						83	0.1	0.0
	DKP						44	0.0
	SGP						32	0.0	0.0
	B*						31	0.0
Informal votes				2,380			2,135
Total valid votes				134,860			135,105
Turnout				137,240	75.2	2.3
	CDU hold		Majority	17,772	13.2	2.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Reinickendorf
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 Frank Steffel		58,845	45.0	5.9	52,545	40.1	7.2
	SPD	Jörg Stroedter		38,593	29.5	2.0	34,571	26.4	4.9
	Greens	Holger Lütge		8,790	6.7	4.0	11,427	8.7	4.8
	Left	Hakan Taş		8,508	6.5	1.6	10,394	7.9	1.4
	AfD	Ralf-Günther Conradi		5,852	4.5		7,906	6.0
	Pirates	Gerd Lindenblatt		3,251	2.5		3,417	2.6	0.3
	FDP	Mieke Senftleben		2,605	2.0	8.6	5,708	4.4	11.5
	NPD	André Markau		2,254	1.7	0.3	1,976	1.5	0.1
	PARTEI	Feline Kuck		865	0.7		1,074	0.8
	Independent	Frank Ditsche		694	0.5
	FW	Detlef Dorn		624	0.5		661	0.5
	PRO						449	0.3
	REP						310	0.2	0.4
	ÖDP						240	0.2	0.0
	BIG						209	0.2
	BüSo						75	0.1	0.2
	PSG						50	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						44	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,603			2,428
Total valid votes				130,881			131,056
Turnout				133,484	73.0	0.6
	CDU hold		Majority	20,252	15.5	3.8

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Reinickendorf
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	Frank Steffel		50,554	39.0	1.3	42,771	32.9	0.2
	SPD	Jörg Stroedter		35,540	27.4	15.1	27,842	21.4	12.0
	Greens	Anke Petters		13,875	10.7	5.3	17,577	13.5	3.3
	FDP	Mieke Senftleben		13,711	10.6	5.1	20,580	15.8	5.1
	Left	Felix Lederle		10,525	8.1	3.3	12,060	9.3	3.1
	Pirates						2,979	2.3
	NPD	André Markau		2,613	2.0	0.8	2,074	1.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,946	1.5
	Independent	Frank Holger Kurt Ditsche		1,267	1.0
	REP						772	0.6	0.4
	Independent	Dennis Hempel		529	0.4
	BüSo	Frank Scholz		879	0.7	0.3	372	0.3	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						340	0.3
	ÖDP						246	0.2
	DVU						165	0.1
	PSG						76	0.1	0.0
	DKP						36	0.1
	MLPD						30	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,039			2,666
Total valid votes				129,493			129,866
Turnout				132,532	72.4	6.7
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	15,014	11.6