Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
# Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

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 80. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.

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).

## Geography

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.

## History

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. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 80.

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.

## Members

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.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Dietrich Mahlo | CDU | 46.3 |
| 1994 | Dietrich Mahlo | CDU | 42.2 |
| 1998 | Siegrun Klemmer | SPD | 43.3 |
| 2002 | Petra-Evelyne Merkel | SPD | 41.7 |
| 2005 | Petra-Evelyne Merkel | SPD | 44.0 |
| 2009 | Petra-Evelyne Merkel | SPD | 32.0 |
| 2013 | Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | CDU | 37.1 |
| 2017 | Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | CDU | 30.2 |
| 2021 | Michael Müller | SPD | 27.9 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf :

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

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | Y Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | 47,077 | 30.2 | 6.9 | 40,085 | 25.6 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | Tim Renner | Tim Renner | 43,123 | 27.6 | 3.8 | 30,351 | 19.4 | 7.7 |
| | Greens | Lisa Paus | Lisa Paus | 21,286 | 13.6 | 1.0 | 24,770 | 15.8 | 0.4 |
| | Left | Friederike Benda | Friederike Benda | 14,745 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 18,367 | 11.7 | 2.9 |
| | FDP | Christoph Meyer | Christoph Meyer | 14,426 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 23,280 | 14.9 | 8.0 |
| | AfD | Nicolaus Fest | Nicolaus Fest | 11,722 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 12,374 | 7.9 | 3.1 |
| | PARTEI | Lothar Blickensdorf | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,920 | | | 1,387 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 156,114 | | | 156,647 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,034 | 79.5 | 2.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 3,954 | 2.6 | 3.0 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | Klaus-Dieter Gröhler | 56,079 | 37.1 | 6.9 | 49,285 | 32.5 | 6.0 |
| | SPD | Ülker Radziwill | Ülker Radziwill | 47,619 | 31.5 | 0.6 | 41,058 | 27.1 | 5.7 |
| | Greens | Lisa Paus | Lisa Paus | 22,176 | 14.7 | 3.5 | 23,324 | 15.4 | 6.7 |
| | Left | Marlene Cieschinger | Marlene Cieschinger | 9,368 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 13,446 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
| | AfD | Hugh Bronson | Hugh Bronson | 5,649 | 3.7 | | 7,276 | 4.8 | |
| | FDP | Lars Lindemann | Lars Lindemann | 3,801 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 10,347 | 6.8 | 9.6 |
| | Pirates | Siegfried Schlosser | Siegfried Schlosser | 3,657 | 2.4 | | 3,872 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | Carl Willke | Carl Willke | 1,057 | 0.7 | | 976 | 0.6 | |
| | NPD | Jens Pühse | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,086 | | | 1,755 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 151,334 | | | 151,665 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,420 | 77.6 | 0.8 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 8,460 | 5.6 | | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Y Petra-Evelyne Merkel | Y Petra-Evelyne Merkel | 47,340 | 32.0 | 11.9 | 31,719 | 21.4 | 10.6 |
| | CDU | Ingo Schmitt | Ingo Schmitt | 44,549 | 30.2 | 3.4 | 39,331 | 26.5 | 0.8 |
| | Greens | Lisa Paus | Lisa Paus | 26,778 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 32,724 | 22.1 | 2.6 |
| | FDP | Peter Schantz | Peter Schantz | 16,397 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 24,313 | 16.4 | 4.0 |
| | Left | Hans-Ulrich Riedel | 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 | Bettina Bieder | 1,187 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 893 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 465 | 0.3 | |
| | BüSo | Anna-Maria Hildebrand | Anna-Maria Hildebrand | 912 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 265 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Rudolf Dettweiler | Rudolf Dettweiler | 331 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 262 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Herbert Polei | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,623 | | | 1,971 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 147,733 | | | 148,385 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,356 | 76.8 | 3.9 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 2,791 | 1.8 | 8.6 | | | |
