Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East

Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain – Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost) 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 83. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough.[1]

83 Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East in 2013
StateBerlin
Population339,800 (2015)
Electorate223,427 (2017)
Area26.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyGRÜNE
MemberCanan Bayram
Elected2017

Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Canan Bayram of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2] As of 2017, it is the only federal constituency held by the Greens.

Geography

Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough as well as the area of Prenzlauer Berg east of Prenzlauer Allee.[1] It is the smallest federal constituency in Germany by area.

History

Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created in 2002. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 84 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 83. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency has the unique distinction of being the only federal constituency ever held by The Greens. It was first represented by Hans-Christian Ströbele, who was elected in 2002. He was re-elected in the 2005, 2009, and 2013 elections. Upon his retirement in the 2017 election, he was succeeded by Canan Bayram, who narrowly retained the constituency for the Greens.

Election Member Party %
2002 Hans-Christian Ströbele GRÜNE 31.6
2005 43.3
2009 46.7
2013 39.9
2017 Canan Bayram GRÜNE 26.3

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[3]
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 % ±%
Green Canan Bayram 45,055 26.3 13.6 35,077 20.4 0.3
Left Pascal Meiser 42,600 24.9 7.7 49,016 28.5 3.4
SPD Cansel Kiziltepe 29,028 16.9 1.0 27,391 15.9 8.1
CDU Timur Husein 20,955 12.2 1.5 23,887 13.9 1.5
PARTEI Serdar Somuncu 12,345 7.2 5.6 6,042 3.5 1.6
AfD Sibylle Schmidt 10,558 6.2 4.2 10,863 6.3 3.5
FDP Athanasia Rousiamani-Goldthau 5,263 3.1 2.1 10,147 5.9 3.7
Tierschutzpartei   2,119 1.2
Independent Frigga Wendt 1,298 0.8
DiB 1,282 0.7
Pirates   1,270 0.7 5.1
BGE   1,046 0.6
Die Grauen 474 0.3
du. Frithjof Zerger 772 0.5 456 0.3
Independent Sebastian Blume 688 0.4
B* Fares Al-Hassan 672 0.4 0.0 304 0.2
FW Jan Zeiseweis 627 0.4 0.1 323 0.2 0.1
Independent Thomas Hasel 443 0.3
Independent Markus Beckmann 391 0.2
DM 334 0.2
Menschliche Welt 324 0.2
V-Partei³ 323 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung 304 0.2
ÖDP   281 0.2 0.1
DKP   217 0.1
MLPD Klaus Freudigmann 305 0.2 174 0.1 0.0
Independent Gregor Felde-Bajerowitz 168 0.1
Independent Christian Pape 148 0.1
BüSo 53 0.0 0.0
SGP 37 0.0 0.1
Independent Otto Ritter 33 0.0
Informal votes 1,940 1,545
Total Valid votes 171,349 171,744
Turnout 173,289 77.6 3.3
Green hold Majority 2,455 1.4 20.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[4]
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 % ±%
Green Y Hans-Christian Ströbele 66,056 39.9 6.8 34,420 20.8 6.6
SPD Cansel Kiziltepe 29,799 18.0 1.3 39,784 24.0 3.8
Left Halina Wawzyniak 28,441 17.2 0.4 41,639 25.1 0.1
CDU Götz Müller 22,723 13.7 2.1 25,474 15.4 3.5
Pirates Sebastian von Hoff 6,317 3.8 9,612 5.8 0.2
AfD Andreas Dahl 3,325 2.0 4,623 2.8
PARTEI Helena Barbas 2,666 1.6 3,142 1.9
FDP Helmut Metzner 1,647 1.0 3.1 3,579 2.2 4.0
NPD Sebastian Schmidtke 1,291 0.8 0.4 1,140 0.7 0.2
Independent Di Leo 674 0.4
B* 624 0.4
BIG 602 0.4 594 0.4
FW 515 0.3 477 0.3
Independent Beckmann 486 0.3
DIE VIOLETTEN 457 0.3
ÖDP   426 0.3 0.1
PRO 252 0.2
MLPD   209 0.1 0.0
PSG 126 0.1 0.0
REP   107 0.1 0.1
BüSo 108 0.1 86 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,317 2,358
Total Valid votes 165,731 165,690
Turnout 168,048 74.3 2.0
Green hold Majority 36,257 21.9 7.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[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 % ±%
Green Y Hans-Christian Ströbele 73,897 46.7 3.4 43,347 27.4 5.5
Left Halina Wawzyniak 27,796 17.6 0.5 39,641 25.0 4.2
SPD Björn Böhning 26,415 16.7 4.1 32,015 20.2 17.1
CDU Vera Lengsfeld 18,394 11.6 0.3 18,788 11.9 0.8
Pirates   9,473 6.0
FDP Markus Löning 6,425 4.1 1.4 9,693 6.1 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   1,793 1.1
NPD Christian Steup 1,791 1.1 0.4 1,436 0.9 0.3
Independent Thomas Feldhaus 1,555 1.0
Independent Hauke Stiewe 918 0.6
DIE VIOLETTEN 757 0.5
DKP Rolf Meier 649 0.4 354 0.2
ÖDP   306 0.2
REP   284 0.2 0.1
Independent Ralph Otto Naumann 232 0.1
Independent Georg Nägle 217 0.1
PSG 171 0.1 0.0
BüSo 166 0.1 0.0
MLPD   130 0.1 0.0
DVU   118 0.1
Informal votes 2,572 2,419
Total Valid votes 158,289 158,442
Turnout 160,861 72.2 4.3
Green hold Majority 46,101 29.1 6.5

References

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