Berlin Lichtenberg (electoral district)
86 Berlin Lichtenberg | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Berlin Lichtenberg in 2013 | |
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 86. 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[]
Berlin Lichtenberg is located in eastern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Lichtenberg borough.[1]
History[]
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. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 86. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members[]
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[]
2021 election[]
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 | ![]() | ||
Green | 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 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 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 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 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[]
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 | ![]() | ||
Green | 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 | ![]() | |||
Tierschutzpartei | 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[]
Federal election (2013): Berlin Lichtenberg[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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 | ||||
Green | 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[]
Federal election (2009): Berlin Lichtenberg[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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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 | ![]() | ||
Green | 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 | ![]() | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 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[]
- ^ 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
- Federal electoral districts in Berlin
- Lichtenberg
- 2002 establishments in Germany
- Constituencies established in 2002