Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)
85 Berlin-Lichtenberg | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Berlin-Lichtenberg in 2025 | |
State | Berlin |
Population | 290,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 200,673 (2021) |
Area | 52.1 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | LINKE |
Member | Gesine Lötzsch |
Elected | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Berlin-Lichtenberg 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 85. It is located in eastern Berlin, comprising the Lichtenberg borough.[1]
Berlin-Lichtenberg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Gesine Lötzsch of The Left.[2]
Geography
[edit]Berlin-Lichtenberg is located in eastern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Lichtenberg borough.[1]
History
[edit]Berlin-Lichtenberg was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin Hohenschönhausen – Pankow – Weissensee and Friedrichshain – Lichtenberg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 87 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 86. From the 2025 election, it has been number 85. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
[edit]The constituency has been represented by Gesine Lötzsch of The Left since its creation. Prior to the formation of The Left in 2005, she represented it as a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1994 | Christa Luft | PDS | 44.4 | |
1998 | 42.2 | |||
2002 | Gesine Lötzsch | 39.6 | ||
2005 | LINKE | 42.9 | ||
2009 | 47.5 | |||
2013 | 40.3 | |||
2017 | 34.7 | |||
2021 | 25.8 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Berlin-Lichtenberg[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
36,813 | 25.8 | ![]() |
26,063 | 18.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Anja Ingenbleek | 28,040 | 19.6 | ![]() |
33,174 | 23.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Laura Dornheim | 19,485 | 13.6 | ![]() |
22,112 | 15.5 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Wilfried Nünthel | 17,695 | 12.4 | ![]() |
16,869 | 11.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Dietmar Drewes | 17,356 | 12.2 | ![]() |
17,840 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Lina Thiel | 8,682 | 6.1 | ![]() |
10,045 | 7.0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | Katja Michel | 5,876 | 4.1 | 4,886 | 3.4 | ![]() | |||
PARTEI | Nora Röhner | 3,865 | 2.7 | ![]() |
2,937 | 2.1 | ![]() | ||
Die Grauen | 2,156 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | Tobias Bauer | 2,491 | 1.7 | 1,890 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Ulrich Klieboldt | 1,821 | 1.3 | ||||||
Volt | 941 | 0.7 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 729 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 716 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 638 | 0.4 | |||||||
DKP | 354 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 339 | 0.2 | |||||||
NPD | 298 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | Lisa Stemmer | 285 | 0.2 | 215 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||
du. | 216 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | Dagmar Arnecke | 193 | 0.1 | ![]() |
104 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||
LKR | Matthias Bruse | 195 | 0.1 | 119 | 0.1 | ||||
V-Partei3 | 96 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 78 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 49 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,772 | 2,706 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 142,797 | 142,863 | |||||||
Turnout | 145,569 | 72.5 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 8,773 | 6.2 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Berlin-Lichtenberg[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
51,249 | 34.8 | ![]() |
43,172 | 29.3 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Martin Pätzold | 28,905 | 19.7 | ![]() |
27,284 | 18.5 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Marius Radtke | 23,119 | 15.7 | ![]() |
24,603 | 16.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Kevin Hönicke | 20,720 | 14.1 | ![]() |
21,850 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Hannah Neumann | 8,609 | 5.9 | ![]() |
9,821 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Dirk Gawlitza | 5,018 | 3.4 | ![]() |
7,745 | 5.3 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Stefan Sacharjew | 4,392 | 3.0 | 3,627 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,609 | 1.8 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | Felix Werth | 1,537 | 1.0 | 1,189 | 0.8 | ||||
Independent | Oliver Snelinski | 1,394 | 0.9 | ||||||
Pirates | Olaf Lengner | 1,314 | 0.9 | ![]() |
958 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||
Die Grauen | 913 | 0.6 | |||||||
NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | 533 | 0.4 | ![]() |
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DiB | 524 | 0.4 | |||||||
FW | 524 | 0.4 | |||||||
BGE | 486 | 0.3 | |||||||
DM | 349 | 0.2 | |||||||
DKP | 282 | 0.2 | |||||||
Menschliche Welt | 235 | 0.2 | |||||||
du. | 215 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 194 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei³ | 194 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Dagmar Arnecke | 282 | 0.2 | 181 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
BüSo | 62 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
B* | 73 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,044 | 1,990 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 147,072 | 147,126 | |||||||
Turnout | 149,116 | 72.6 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 22,344 | 15.1 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Berlin-Lichtenberg[5] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
54,932 | 40.3 | ![]() |
47,158 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Martin Pätzold | 30,988 | 22.7 | ![]() |
31,491 | 23.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Erik Gührs | 26,636 | 19.5 | ![]() |
27,886 | 20.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Christian Jacken | 5,827 | 4.3 | 7,480 | 5.5 | ||||
Greens | Bartosz Lotarewicz | 5,748 | 4.2 | ![]() |
7,956 | 5.8 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | Denis Sabin | 4,917 | 3.6 | 5,072 | 3.7 | ![]() | |||
NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | 3,858 | 2.8 | ![]() |
3,486 | 2.6 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | 1,379 | 1.0 | |||||||
Independent | Oliver Snelinski | 1,219 | 0.9 | ||||||
FW | 997 | 0.7 | 771 | 0.6 | |||||
FDP | Holger Schwabe | 939 | 0.7 | ![]() |
2,117 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
PRO | 595 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 265 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
REP | 220 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 231 | 0.2 | ![]() |
172 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
MLPD | 163 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 117 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BIG | 73 | 0.1 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,259 | 2,150 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 136,292 | 136,401 | |||||||
Turnout | 138,551 | 67.4 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 23,944 | 17.6 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Berlin-Lichtenberg[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | ![]() |
61,874 | 47.4 | ![]() |
53,815 | 41.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Andreas Geisel | 24,028 | 18.4 | ![]() |
22,618 | 17.3 | ![]() | ||
CDU | Edeltraut Töpfer | 22,566 | 17.3 | ![]() |
21,347 | 16.3 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig | 9,652 | 7.4 | ![]() |
11,490 | 8.8 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Hanaa El-Hussein | 5,048 | 3.9 | ![]() |
8,666 | 6.6 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 4,972 | 3.8 | |||||||
NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | 4,492 | 3.4 | ![]() |
3,603 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,960 | 1.5 | |||||||
Independent | Oliver Snelinski | 1,439 | 1.1 | ||||||
BüSo | Wolfgang Lillge | 1,384 | 1.1 | ![]() |
513 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
REP | 453 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 286 | 0.2 | |||||||
DVU | 273 | 0.2 | |||||||
DIE VIOLETTEN | 272 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 225 | 0.2 | |||||||
PSG | 158 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 101 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,283 | 2,014 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 130,483 | 130,752 | |||||||
Turnout | 132,766 | 64.8 | ![]() |
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Left hold | Majority | 37,846 | 19.0 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Berlin-Lichtenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
- ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
- ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
- ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg