Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in south-west Berlin the constituency was created for the 1990 election and assumed its current form for the 1994 election. At the 1998, 2002 and 2005 elections it was the only single member constituency in Berlin to be represented by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[1]

History and boundaries

The constituency, numbered constituency 80 by the German electoral authorities,^[2] contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. This borough, a merger of two former boroughs, was created by the 2001 administrative reform. It was first contested in 1990, when it contained all of Zehlendorf district but only contained parts of the Steglitz district, the remainder of which were in the Berlin Tempelhof - South-east-Steglitz constituency. All of the Steglitz area was unified in boundary changes which took effect for the 1994 election.

Profile

In 2004, the number of residents with German citizenship was 90.6%, a figure above the Berlin average of 86.6%.^[3] 45.2% of residents had qualifications which met the requirements for University entry. At the time of the 1998 election, 23.2% of the population were pensioners while 6.3% were receiving social benefits.^[4]

The district has been one of the most marginal in Berlin in recent elections. The CDU won the seat in the 1990 and 1994 elections but lost it to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at the 1998 election. The SPD held the seat at the 2002 election but the CDU regained it in 2005.

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 Steglitz-Zehlendorf constituency take place using the First past the post system.

Results

2013 election

German federal election, 2013: Berlin-Steglitz - Zehlendorf^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU			73,460	42.5%	3.6%	64,500	37.2%	6.1%
	SPD			50,540	29.2%	2.4%	44,371	25.6%	5.4%
	Greens			20,416	11.8%	4.3%	23,487	13.5%	5.8%
	Left			9,102	5.3%	0.2%	12,426	7.2%
	AfD			7,321	4.2%	4.2%	9,257	5.3%	5.3%
	FDP			4,605	2.7%	6.2%	11,057	6.4%	10.6%
	Pirates			4,216	2.4%	2.4%	4,358	2.5%	0.3%
	PARTEI			1,276	0.7%	0.7%	1,155	0.7%	0.7%
	NPD			1,165	0.7%	0.2%	1,016	0.6%	0.2%
	FW			598	0.3%	0.3%	552	0.3%	0.3%
	BüSo			281	0.2%	0.1%	140	0.1%	0.1%
	ÖDP						353	0.2%
	Pro Germany Citizens’ Movement						331	0.2%	0.2%
	REP						169	0.1%	0.2%
	BIG						160	0.1%	0.1%
	MLPD						55	0.0%
	SGP						50	0.0%
Informal votes				2,559			2,102
Total valid votes				172,980			173,437
	CDU hold		Majority	22,920	13.3%

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3\|	Christian Democratic Union	Karl-Georg Wellmann
Template:German politics/party colours/SPD\|	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Klaus Uwe Benneter
Template:German politics/party colours/Green\|	Alliance '90/The Greens	Benedikt Lux
Template:German politics/party colours/FDP\|	Free Democratic Party	Rolf Breidenbach
Template:German politics/party colours/Left\|	The Left Party.PDS	Olav Michael Ostertag
	Büso	Silvia Heinel
	Family Party	Jürgen Tartz
	Die Violetten	Ingrid Cölsch

2005 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3\|	Christian Democratic Union	Karl-Georg Wellmann	70,874	40.0	+1.6
Template:German politics/party colours/SPD\|	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Klaus Uwe Benneter	68,537	38.7	-2.1
Template:German politics/party colours/Green\|	Alliance '90/The Greens	Alice Ströver	17,724	10.0	0.0
Template:German politics/party colours/FDP\|	Free Democratic Party	Markus Löning	9,358	5.3	-2.1
Template:German politics/party colours/Left\|	The Left Party.PDS	Baerbel Holzheu-Rothensteiner	6,849	3.9	+2.4
	National Democratic Party of Germany	Horst Sinning	1,696	1.0	N/A
	Others		2,128	2.5	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 215,568, the total number of votes cast was 180,247 (83.6%) of which 3,081 votes were invalid.

Votes for other parties were: Independent Michalak 1,166 (0.7%) BüSo 962 (0.5%)

2002 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
Template:German politics/party colours/SPD\|	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Klaus Uwe Benneter	73,783	40.8		57,251	31.6
Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3\|	Christian Democratic Union	Uwe Lehmann-Brauns	69,453	38.4		64,054	35.3
Template:German politics/party colours/Green\|	Alliance '90/The Greens	Alice Ströver	18,033	10.0		33,097	18.2
Template:German politics/party colours/FDP\|	Free Democratic Party	Markus Löning	13,330	7.4		17,557	9.7
Template:German politics/party colours/Left\|	The Left Party.PDS	Giyasettin Sayan	2,755	1.5		3,414	1.9
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	Hans Peuker	2 156	1.2		1,263	0.7
	Others		1,168	0.7	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 217,030, the total number of votes cast was 183,251 (84.4%) of which 2,573 votes were invalid.

Votes for other parties were: Independent Michalak 656 (0.4%) BüSo 512 (0.3%)

1998 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
Template:German politics/party colours/SPD\|	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Renate Rennebach	79,269	42.7	+10.1	65,976	35.4	+4.8
Template:German politics/party colours/CDU width=3\|	Christian Democratic Union	Uwe Lehmann-Brauns	73,215	39.4	-8.1	62,279	33.4	-8.7
Template:German politics/party colours/Green\|	Alliance '90/The Greens	Klaus-Dieter Baer	14,530	7.8	-3.7	25,412	13.6	+1.6
Template:German politics/party colours/FDP\|	Free Democratic Party	Axel Kammholz	6 942	3.7	0.0	17,793	9.6	-0.5
	The Republicans	Frank Sven	3,823	2.1	+0.7	2,506	1.3	-0.1
Template:German politics/party colours/Left\|	The Left Party.PDS	Giyasettin Sayan	2,588	1.4	+0.1	3,774	2.0	+0.2
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	Hans-Harro Hornauer	1,716	0.9	-0.4	1,348	0.7	-0.4
	Others		3,556

Out of a total electorate of 219,320, the total number of votes cast was 188,078 (84.4%) of which 2,439 votes were invalid.

References

^ 2005 German election results
^ Election results and statistics Template:De icon Archived October 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Constituency data Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Constituency profile Archived October 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-11/wahlkreis-79.html

[1] 2005 German election results

[2] Election results and statistics Template:De icon Archived October 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Constituency data Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Constituency profile Archived October 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[5] ttps://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-11/wahlkreis-79.html

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See also	List of Bundestag constituencies Elections in Germany