Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

79 Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	286,100 (2019)
Electorate	196,800 (2021)
Area	57.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Michael Müller
Elected	2021

Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 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 79. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.^[1]

Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Michael Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is located in western Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough excluding the area north of the Spree, specifically the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord and the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.^[1]

Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 254 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 81. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 80. From the 2025 election, it has been number 79.

Originally, the constituency comprised the entirety of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf excluding the Charlottenburg-Nord locality. In the 2002 election, it lost the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.

The constituency was first represented by Dietrich Mahlo of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Siegrun Klemmer until 2002, followed by Petra-Evelyne Merkel until 2013. Klaus-Dieter Gröhler of the CDU was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017. Michael Müller regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[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	Michael Müller		42,934	27.9	0.3	36,986	24.1	4.7
	Greens	Lisa Paus		37,531	24.4	10.8	40,471	26.3	10.5
	CDU	N Klaus-Dieter Gröhler		34,308	22.3	7.8	29,199	19.0	6.6
	FDP	Christoph Meyer		14,982	9.7	0.5	20,183	13.1	1.7
	Left	Michael Efler		8,802	5.7	3.7	9,947	6.5	5.3
	AfD	Eva-Marie Doerfler		6,539	4.3	3.3	7,371	4.8	3.1
	Tierschutzpartei	Henriette Spiering		2,423	1.6		2,323	1.5	0.6
	PARTEI	Lennart Schwertfeger		1,858	1.2	0.9	1,560	1.0	0.3
	dieBasis	Carolin Linge		1,752	1.1
	Team Todenhöfer						1,227	0.8
	Volt						1,175	0.8
	FW	Marcel Luthe		1,434	0.9		1,050	0.7	0.6
	Die Grauen						752	0.5	0.2
	Pirates	Therese Lehnen		549	0.4		425	0.3	0.2
	Humanists	Barend Wolf		259	0.2		245	0.2
	ÖDP	Lars Clemens Arnold		221	0.1		194	0.1	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						191	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Norbert Voß		140	0.1
	du.						133	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						79	0.1	0.1
	DKP						77	0.1	0.0
	LKR	Christian Schmidt		74	0.0		62	0.0
	NPD						46	0.0
	BüSo						40	0.0	0.0
	SGP						26	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						21	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,920			1,943
Total valid votes				153,806			153,783
Turnout				155,726	79.1	0.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	5,403	3.5

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Klaus-Dieter Gröhler		47,077	30.2	6.9	40,085	25.6	6.9
	SPD	Tim Renner		43,123	27.6	3.8	30,351	19.4	7.7
	Greens	Lisa Paus		21,286	13.6	1.0	24,770	15.8	0.4
	Left	Friederike Benda		14,745	9.4	3.3	18,367	11.7	2.9
	FDP	Christoph Meyer		14,426	9.2	6.7	23,280	14.9	8.0
	AfD	Nicolaus Fest		11,722	7.5	3.8	12,374	7.9	3.1
	PARTEI	Lothar Blickensdorf		3,292	2.1	1.4	2,110	1.3	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,490	1.0
	Pirates						693	0.4	2.1
	Die Grauen						454	0.3
	BGE						443	0.3
	DiB						442	0.3
	DM						264	0.2
	ÖDP						222	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						221	0.1
	FW						203	0.1	0.2
	du.						200	0.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						200	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						199	0.1
	BüSo	Jonathan Thron		443	0.3	0.2	108	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						74	0.0	0.0
	DKP						46	0.0
	B*						31	0.0
	SGP						20	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,920			1,387
Total valid votes				156,114			156,647
Turnout				158,034	79.5	2.0
	CDU hold		Majority	3,954	2.6	3.0

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[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	Klaus-Dieter Gröhler		56,079	37.1	6.9	49,285	32.5	6.0
	SPD	Ülker Radziwill		47,619	31.5	0.6	41,058	27.1	5.7
	Greens	Lisa Paus		22,176	14.7	3.5	23,324	15.4	6.7
	Left	Marlene Cieschinger		9,368	6.2	0.6	13,446	8.9	0.2
	AfD	Hugh Bronson		5,649	3.7		7,276	4.8
	FDP	Lars Lindemann		3,801	2.5	8.6	10,347	6.8	9.6
	Pirates	Siegfried Schlosser		3,657	2.4		3,872	2.6	0.2
	PARTEI	Carl Willke		1,057	0.7		976	0.6
	NPD	Jens Pühse		754	0.5	0.3	639	0.4	0.2
	FW			478	0.3		457	0.3
	ÖDP						242	0.2	0.0
	PRO						220	0.1
	BIG			227	0.1		205	0.1
	Independent	Fricke		204	0.1
	BüSo			181	0.1	0.5	120	0.1	0.1
	REP						114	0.1	0.1
	RRP			84	0.1
	MLPD						45	0.0	0.0
	PSG						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,086			1,755
Total valid votes				151,334			151,665
Turnout				153,420	77.6	0.8
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	8,460	5.6

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[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	Y Petra-Evelyne Merkel		47,340	32.0	11.9	31,719	21.4	10.6
	CDU	Ingo Schmitt		44,549	30.2	3.4	39,331	26.5	0.8
	Greens	Lisa Paus		26,778	18.1	7.1	32,724	22.1	2.6
	FDP	Peter Schantz		16,397	11.1	5.6	24,313	16.4	4.0
	Left	Hans-Ulrich Riedel		9,978	6.8	2.2	12,868	8.7	2.8
	Pirates						3,564	2.4
	Tierschutzpartei						1,518	1.0
	NPD	Bettina Bieder		1,187	0.8	0.0	893	0.6	0.0
	DIE VIOLETTEN						465	0.3
	BüSo	Anna-Maria Hildebrand		912	0.6	0.1	265	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Rudolf Dettweiler		331	0.2
	REP						262	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Herbert Polei		261	0.2
	ÖDP						243	0.2
	DVU						88	0.1
	PSG						53	0.0	0.0
	DKP						45	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,623			1,971
Total valid votes				147,733			148,385
Turnout				150,356	76.8	3.9
	SPD hold		Majority	2,791	1.8	8.6