Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)

85 Berlin-Lichtenberg
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Berlin-Lichtenberg in 2025
StateBerlin
Population290,100 (2019)
Electorate200,673 (2021)
Area52.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyLINKE
MemberGesine Lötzsch
Elected2002, 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 85. 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

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

History

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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. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 86. From the 2025 election, it has been number 85. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

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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 %
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

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Gesine Lötzsch 36,813 25.8 Decrease 9.1 26,063 18.2 Decrease 11.1
SPD Anja Ingenbleek 28,040 19.6 Increase 5.5 33,174 23.2 Increase 8.4
Greens Laura Dornheim 19,485 13.6 Increase 7.8 22,112 15.5 Increase 8.8
CDU Wilfried Nünthel 17,695 12.4 Decrease 7.3 16,869 11.8 Decrease 6.7
AfD Dietmar Drewes 17,356 12.2 Decrease 3.6 17,840 12.5 Decrease 4.2
FDP Lina Thiel 8,682 6.1 Increase 2.7 10,045 7.0 Increase 1.8
Human Environment Animal Protection Katja Michel 5,876 4.1 4,886 3.4 Increase 1.6
PARTEI Nora Röhner 3,865 2.7 Decrease 0.3 2,937 2.1 Decrease 0.4
Die Grauen 2,156 1.5 Increase 0.9
FW Tobias Bauer 2,491 1.7 1,890 1.3 Increase 1.0
dieBasis Ulrich Klieboldt 1,821 1.3
Volt   941 0.7
Gesundheitsforschung   729 0.5 Decrease 0.3
Pirates   716 0.5 Decrease 0.1
Team Todenhöfer   638 0.4
DKP   354 0.2 Increase 0.1
Humanists   339 0.2
NPD   298 0.2
ÖDP Lisa Stemmer 285 0.2 215 0.2 Steady 0.0
du.   216 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD Dagmar Arnecke 193 0.1 Decrease 0.1 104 0.1 Decrease 0.1
LKR Matthias Bruse 195 0.1 119 0.1
V-Partei3   96 0.1 Decrease 0.1
BüSo   78 0.1 Steady 0.0
SGP   49 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,772 2,706
Total valid votes 142,797 142,863
Turnout 145,569 72.5 Decrease 0.1
Left hold Majority 8,773 6.2 Decrease 8.9

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Gesine Lötzsch 51,249 34.8 Decrease 5.5 43,172 29.3 Decrease 5.2
CDU Martin Pätzold 28,905 19.7 Decrease 3.1 27,284 18.5 Decrease 4.5
AfD Marius Radtke 23,119 15.7 Increase 11.4 24,603 16.7 Increase 11.2
SPD Kevin Hönicke 20,720 14.1 Decrease 5.5 21,850 14.9 Decrease 5.6
Greens Hannah Neumann 8,609 5.9 Increase 1.6 9,821 6.7 Increase 0.8
FDP Dirk Gawlitza 5,018 3.4 Increase 2.7 7,745 5.3 Increase 3.7
PARTEI Stefan Sacharjew 4,392 3.0 3,627 2.5 Increase 1.5
Human Environment Animal Protection   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 Decrease 2.7 958 0.7 Decrease 3.1
Die Grauen 913 0.6
NPD Manuela Tönhardt 533 0.4 Decrease 2.5
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 Decrease 0.1
V-Partei³ 194 0.1
MLPD Dagmar Arnecke 282 0.2 181 0.1 Steady 0.0
BüSo 62 0.0 Decrease 0.1
SGP 36 0.0 Decrease 0.1
B* 73 0.0
Informal votes 2,044 1,990
Total valid votes 147,072 147,126
Turnout 149,116 72.6 Increase 5.2
Left hold Majority 22,344 15.1 Decrease 2.5

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Gesine Lötzsch 54,932 40.3 Decrease 7.1 47,158 34.6 Decrease 6.6
CDU Martin Pätzold 30,988 22.7 Increase 5.4 31,491 23.1 Increase 6.8
SPD Erik Gührs 26,636 19.5 Increase 1.1 27,886 20.4 Increase 3.1
AfD Christian Jacken 5,827 4.3 7,480 5.5
Greens Bartosz Lotarewicz 5,748 4.2 Decrease 3.2 7,956 5.8 Decrease 3.0
Pirates Denis Sabin 4,917 3.6 5,072 3.7 Decrease 0.1
NPD Manuela Tönhardt 3,858 2.8 Decrease 0.6 3,486 2.6 Decrease 0.2
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 Decrease 3.2 2,117 1.6 Decrease 5.1
PRO 595 0.4
ÖDP   265 0.2 Steady 0.0
REP   220 0.2 Decrease 0.2
BüSo 231 0.2 Decrease 0.9 172 0.1 Decrease 0.3
MLPD   163 0.1 Steady 0.0
PSG 117 0.1 Steady 0.0
BIG 73 0.1
Informal votes 2,259 2,150
Total valid votes 136,292 136,401
Turnout 138,551 67.4 Increase 2.6
Left hold Majority 23,944 17.6 Decrease 11.5

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Green tickY Gesine Lötzsch 61,874 47.4 Increase 4.6 53,815 41.2 Increase 5.6
SPD Andreas Geisel 24,028 18.4 Decrease 13.7 22,618 17.3 Decrease 17.1
CDU Edeltraut Töpfer 22,566 17.3 Increase 3.6 21,347 16.3 Increase 3.7
Greens Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig 9,652 7.4 Increase 3.0 11,490 8.8 Increase 2.4
FDP Hanaa El-Hussein 5,048 3.9 Increase 1.1 8,666 6.6 Increase 1.9
Pirates   4,972 3.8
NPD Manuela Tönhardt 4,492 3.4 Increase 0.2 3,603 2.8 Steady 0.0
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,960 1.5
Independent Oliver Snelinski 1,439 1.1
BüSo Wolfgang Lillge 1,384 1.1 Increase 0.1 513 0.4 Increase 0.1
REP   453 0.3 Decrease 0.1
DKP   286 0.2
DVU   273 0.2
DIE VIOLETTEN 272 0.2
ÖDP   225 0.2
PSG 158 0.1 Steady 0.0
MLPD   101 0.1 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,283 2,014
Total valid votes 130,483 130,752
Turnout 132,766 64.8 Decrease 9.4
Left hold Majority 37,846 19.0 Increase 8.2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Berlin-Lichtenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
  4. ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
  5. ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg
  6. ^ Results for Berlin-Lichtenberg

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