Berlin Reinickendorf (electoral district)

Location of constituency in Berlin

Berlin Reinickendorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in north-west Berlin, the constituency was created for the 1990 election, the first following German reunification. The first two elections in 1990 and 1994 were won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The constituency was then regained by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1998 but was one of several Berlin districts which the CDU gained at the 2009 election. The current MP is Frank Steffel.

History and boundaries

The constituency, numbered constituency 78 by the German electoral authorities,^[1] contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. It has been a marginal constituency, being held by the CDU from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to the present, with the SPD holding the seat from 1998 to 2009, though their majority in 2002 was 635 votes which was just 0.5% of the total.

Current MP Frank Steffel

A suburban constituency, it includes Tegel airport, currently Berlin's main airport, together with a number of Berlin lakes.

Profile

The number of residents with German citizenship was 91.0%, a figure above the Berlin average of 86.6%.^[2] 38.9% of residents had University qualifications.

Electoral system

Elections in Germany take place using the Additional Member System. Voters have two votes, one for a constituency MP and one for a regional list to elect representatives for the whole of Berlin city. Elections for the Reinickendorf constituency take place using the first past the post system.

Results

2009 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union	Frank Steffel	50,554	39.0	+1.3	42,771	32.9	+0.2
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Jörg Stroedter	35,540	27.4	-15.1	27,842	21.4	-12.0
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Anke Petters	13,875	10.7	+5.3	17,577	13.5	+3.3
	Free Democratic Party	Mieke Senftleben	13,711	10.6	+5.1	20,580	15.8	+5.1
	The Left Party.PDS	Felix Lederle	10,525	8.1	+3.3	12,060	9.3	+3.1
	National Democratic Party of Germany	André Markau	2,613	2.0	+0.8	2,074	1.6	+0.4
	Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,979	2.3	N/A
	Others		2,675	2.1	N/A	3,983	3.1	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 183,112, the total number of votes cast was 132,532 (72.4%) of which 3,039 votes were invalid.

Source:^[3]

2005 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Detlef Dzembritzki	61,133	42.5	+0.1	48,283	33.4	-1.6
	Christian Democratic Union	Frank Steffel	54,262	37.7	-4.3	47,223	32.7	-5.4
	Free Democratic Party	Mieke Senftleben	7,841	5.5	-0.4	15,544	10.8	+2.3
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Oliver Schruoffeneger	7,821	5.4	-0.6	14,795	10.2	-0.7
	The Left Party.PDS	Andreas Wehr	6,883	4.8	+2.9	8,902	6.2	+4.2
	National Democratic Party of Germany	André Markau	1,805	1.3	N/A	1,800	1.2	+0.8
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4,804	3.3	+2.3
	Others	N/A	4,008	2.9	N/A	3,026	2.2	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 185,854, the total number of votes cast was 147,047 (79.1%) of which 3,294 votes were invalid.

Source:^[4]

2002 election

Party		Constituency results				List results
Party		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Detlef Dzembritzki	62,700	42.5		52,008	35.1
	Christian Democratic Union	Roland Gewalt	62,065	42.0		56,526	38.1
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Oliver Schruoffeneger	8,937	6.1		16,260	11.0
	Free Democratic Party	Peter Tiedt	8,651	5.9		12,613	8.5
	The Left Party.PDS	Robert Scholtz	2,815	1.9		2,915	2.0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,576	1.1
	Others	N/A	2,509	1.7	N/A	4,165	2.7	N/A

Out of a total electorate of 187,183, the total number of votes cast was 150,276 (80.3%) of which 2,042 votes were invalid.

Source:^[5]

References

↑ Election results and statistics (German) Archived October 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Constituency data Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 2009 results
↑ 2005 results, accessed 3 August 2010 Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 2002 results, accessed 5 August 2010 Archived October 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

Electoral districts of Berlin in the German Bundestag

2002 election to present	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg–Prenzlauer Berg East Berlin Lichtenberg Berlin Marzahn–Hellersdorf Berlin Mitte Berlin Neukölln Berlin Pankow Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau–Charlottenburg North Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin-Tempelhof–Schöneberg Berlin Treptow–Köpenick

1994 and 1998 elections	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Lichtenberg Berlin Hellersdorf-Marzahn Berlin Hohenschönhausen–Pankow–Weissensee Berlin Kreuzberg–Schöneberg Berlin Mitte-Prenzlauer Berg Berlin Neukölln Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin Templehof Berlin Tiergarten-Wedding-North Charlottenburg Berlin Treptow–Köpenick

1990 election	Berlin Charlottenburg–Wilmersdorf Berlin Friedrichshain-Treptow–Lichtenberg I Berlin Hellersdorf-Marzahn Berlin Hohenschönhausen–Pankow–Weissensee II Berlin-Kreuzberg – Schöneberg Berlin Mitte-Prenzlauer Berg-Weissensee I Berlin Neukölln Berlin Reinickendorf Berlin Spandau Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin Templehof-South-East-Stieglitz Berlin Tiergarten-Wedding-North Charlottenburg Berlin Köpenick-Lichtenberg II

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