Berlin Mitte (electoral district)

Berlin Mitte 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 75. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Mitte borough.[1]

75 Berlin Mitte
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin Mitte in 2013
StateBerlin
Population354,300 (2015)
Electorate206,706 (2017)
Area39.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartySPD
MemberVacant
ElectedN/A

Berlin Mitte was created for the 2002 federal election. Since May 2020, the constituency has been vacant. It was last represented by Eva Högl of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2009 to 2020.[2]

Geography

Berlin Mitte is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Mitte borough.[1]

History

Berlin Mitte was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin-Tiergarten – Wedding – Nord-Charlottenburg and Berlin-Mitte – Prenzlauer Berg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 76 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 75. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Jörg-Otto Spiller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. Eva Högl was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. She resigned in May 2020 after being appointed Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces.

Election Member Party %
2002 Jörg-Otto Spiller SPD 41.3
2005 41.9
2009 Eva Högl SPD 26.0
2013 28.2
2017 23.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Berlin Mitte[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 % ±%
SPD Y Eva Högl 35,036 23.5 4.8 26,788 17.9 8.2
Left Stephan Rauhut 30,492 20.5 3.8 32,118 21.5 2.8
CDU Frank Henkel 27,654 18.6 5.3 27,861 18.6 4.0
Green Özcan Mutlu 26,781 18.0 0.5 25,708 17.2 0.5
AfD Beatrix von Storch 11,782 7.9 4.9 12,289 8.2 4.3
FDP Katharina Ziolkowski 9,017 6.0 4.5 12,972 8.7 5.0
PARTEI Lea Joy Friedel 5,342 3.6 2.3 3,811 2.6 1.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,777 1.2
Pirates   1,229 0.8 3.9
DiB 919 0.6
BGE   836 0.6
Independent Michael Fielsch 766 0.5
Die Grauen 492 0.3
DM 372 0.2
ÖDP Tim-Oliver Kray 715 0.5 272 0.2 0.0
FW Markus Krätzschmar 648 0.4 0.3 336 0.2 0.0
du. 294 0.2
V-Partei³ 273 0.2
Gesundheitsforschung 260 0.2
Menschliche Welt 254 0.2
MLPD Mohamad Tawil 360 0.2 0.1 172 0.1 0.0
DKP   167 0.1
B* 100 0.1
SGP Andreas Niklaus 275 0.2 66 0.0 0.0
BüSo Helga Zepp-LaRouche 203 0.1 0.0 77 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,341 1,969
Total Valid votes 149,071 149,443
Turnout 151,412 73.2 3.9
SPD hold Majority 4,544 3.0 1.4

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Berlin Mitte[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 % ±%
SPD Y Eva Högl 39,360 28.3 2.3 36,403 26.1 4.9
CDU Philipp Lengsfeld 33,265 23.9 1.9 31,544 22.6 3.7
Green Özcan Mutlu 25,687 18.4 3.1 23,329 16.7 5.3
Left Klaus Lederer 23,200 16.7 2.4 26,068 18.7 0.5
Pirates Therese Lehnen 5,463 3.9 6,608 4.7 0.6
AfD Beatrix von Storch 4,212 3.0 5,443 3.9
FDP Hartmut Bade 2,088 1.5 5.3 5,134 3.7 6.7
PARTEI David Hamann 1,856 1.3 1,686 1.2
NPD Richard Miosga 1,363 1.0 0.6 1,234 0.9 0.3
Independent Ralph Boes 1,053 0.8
BIG Selcuk Bulat 479 0.3 473 0.3
Independent Sylla 347 0.2
ÖDP   319 0.2 0.0
FW Furat Mohammed 239 0.2 304 0.2
PRO 292 0.2
DKP   261 0.2
REP   198 0.1 0.3
BüSo Daniel Köppen 217 0.2 0.6 144 0.1 0.1
MLPD Annegret Höcker 202 0.1 145 0.1 0.0
PSG 76 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,282 2,174
Total Valid votes 139,292 139,400
Turnout 141,574 69.4 1.8
SPD hold Majority 6,095 4.4 0.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Berlin Mitte[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 % ±%
SPD Eva Högl 33,943 26.0 15.9 27,780 21.2 13.5
CDU Christian Burholt 28,760 22.0 1.2 24,854 19.0 0.4
Green Wolfgang Wieland 28,108 21.5 7.6 28,880 22.0 3.9
Left Klaus Lederer 24,871 19.0 5.2 25,216 19.2 4.2
FDP Kurt Lehner 8,869 6.8 3.1 13,590 10.4 2.8
Pirates   5,450 4.2
Independent Ralph Boes 2,301 1.8
Tierschutzpartei   1,576 1.2
NPD Cornelia Berger 2,110 1.6 0.4 1,530 1.2 0.0
Independent Ali Kamburoglu 693 0.5
DIE VIOLETTEN 527 0.4
REP   519 0.4 0.4
BüSo Helga Zepp-LaRouche 951 0.7 0.0 329 0.3 0.1
ÖDP   245 0.2
DKP   167 0.1
DVU   129 0.1
PSG 116 0.1 0.0
MLPD   107 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,749 2,340
Total Valid votes 130,606 131,015
Turnout 133,355 67.6 6.3
SPD hold Majority 5,183 4.0 14.7

References
  1. "Constituency Berlin Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Berlin Mitte". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Berlin Mitte
  4. Results for Berlin Mitte
  5. Results for Berlin Mitte

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