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

74 Berlin-Mitte
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin-Mitte in 2025
StateBerlin
Population377,400 (2019)
Electorate207,483 (2021)
Area39.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyGRÜNE
MemberHanna Steinmüller
Elected2021

Berlin-Mitte was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hanna Steinmüller of the Alliance 90/The Greens.[2]

Geography

edit

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

History

edit

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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 75. From the 2025 election, it has been number 74. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

edit

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. Hanna Steinmüller won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

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
2021 Hanna Steinmüller GRÜNE 30.5

Election results

edit

2021 election

edit
Federal election (2021): 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 % ±%
Greens Hanna Steinmüller 45,870 30.5   12.6 46,120 30.7   13.5
SPD Annika Klose 34,072 22.7   0.8 32,133 21.4   3.4
Left Martin Neise 21,291 14.2   6.3 20,820 13.8   7.6
CDU Ottilie Klein 20,002 13.3   5.2 16,856 11.2   7.2
FDP Anna Kryszan 10,038 6.7   0.6 13,186 8.8   0.1
AfD Beatrix von Storch 7,597 5.1   2.8 7,734 5.1   3.1
Team Todenhöfer   3,262 2.2
PARTEI Martin Pohlmann 2,958 2.0   1.6 2,390 1.6   1.0
Tierschutzpartei Georg Daniel Tsambasis 2,810 1.9 2,568 1.7   0.5
dieBasis Ulrike Fischer 2,146 1.4
Volt Valerie Sternberg-Mottaghi Irvani 1,492 1.0 1,356 0.9
Die Grauen 875 0.6   0.3
FW   848 0.6   0.3
Pirates Torsten Schwald 836 0.6 599 0.4   0.4
Humanists Juliane Mörsel 416 0.3 345 0.2
du.   264 0.2   0.0
Gesundheitsforschung   235 0.2   0.0
ÖDP Richard Borrmann 200 0.1   0.3 204 0.1   0.0
DKP   199 0.1   0.0
V-Partei3   126 0.1   0.1
NPD   85 0.1
MLPD Annegret Höcker 196 0.1   0.1 83 0.1   0.1
Independent Ayman Zebian 155 0.1
LKR Rudolf Fritz 70 0.0 47 0.0
Independent Michael Fielsch 61 0.0
SGP   44 0.0   0.0
BüSo   40 0.0   0.0
Informal votes 2,296 2,087
Total valid votes 150,210 150,419
Turnout 152,506 73.5   0.3
Greens gain from SPD Majority 11,798 7.8

2017 election

edit
Federal election (2017): 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 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
Greens 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

edit
Federal election (2013): 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  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
Greens 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

edit
Federal election (2009): Berlin-Mitte[6]
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
Greens 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

edit
  1. ^ a b "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
  6. ^ Results for Berlin-Mitte