Berlin-Reinickendorf (electoral district)
# Berlin-Reinickendorf (electoral district)

Berlin-Reinickendorf 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 77. It is located in northern Berlin, comprising the Reinickendorf borough.

Berlin-Reinickendorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Monika Grütters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

Berlin-Reinickendorf is located in northern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Reinickendorf borough.

## History

Berlin-Reinickendorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 250 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 251. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 78. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 77. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Gabriele Wiechatzek of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Diethard Schütze from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Detlef Dzembritzki until 2009. Frank Steffel of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was succeeded by Monika Grütters in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Gabriele Wiechatzek | CDU | 54.4 |
| 1994 | Diethard Schütze | CDU | 47.4 |
| 1998 | Detlef Dzembritzki | SPD | 47.7 |
| 2002 | Detlef Dzembritzki | SPD | 42.5 |
| 2005 | Detlef Dzembritzki | SPD | 42.5 |
| 2009 | Frank Steffel | CDU | 39.0 |
| 2013 | Frank Steffel | CDU | 45.0 |
| 2017 | Frank Steffel | CDU | 36.8 |
| 2021 | Monika Grütters | CDU | 27.2 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Reinickendorf :

| 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 | Monika Grütters | Monika Grütters | 34,233 | 27.2 | 9.6 | 30,272 | 24.0 | 7.0 |
| | SPD | Torsten Einstmann | Torsten Einstmann | 32,445 | 25.8 | 2.2 | 31,447 | 25.0 | 4.9 |
| | Greens | Bernd Schwarz | Bernd Schwarz | 17,621 | 14.0 | 6.1 | 19,581 | 15.6 | 6.4 |
| | AfD | Sebastian Maack | Sebastian Maack | 12,249 | 9.8 | 3.4 | 12,296 | 9.8 | 3.9 |
| | FDP | Friedrich Ohnesorge | Friedrich Ohnesorge | 10,927 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 13,457 | 10.7 | 0.7 |
| | Left | Hakan Taş | Hakan Taş | 6,107 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 5,843 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Friederike Nabrdalik | Friederike Nabrdalik | 3,843 | 3.1 | | 3,675 | 2.9 | 1.5 |
| | FW | Dirk Steffel | Dirk Steffel | 2,601 | 2.1 | | 1,899 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| | Die Grauen | Michael Schulz | Michael Schulz | 2,368 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2,152 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 1,670 | 1.3 | |
| | PARTEI | Pauline Klimas | Pauline Klimas | 1,782 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1,497 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Manfred Salzmann | Manfred Salzmann | 1,169 | 0.9 | | | | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 522 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 390 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 312 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 218 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | Andreas Neumann | Andreas Neumann | 281 | 0.2 | | 160 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 132 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 81 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,951 | | | 2,678 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 125,626 | | | 125,899 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,577 | 72.8 | 2.4 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,788 | 1.4 | 11.8 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Reinickendorf :

| 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 Frank Steffel | Y Frank Steffel | 49,654 | 36.8 | 8.1 | 41,912 | 31.0 | 9.1 |
| | SPD | Thorsten Karge | Thorsten Karge | 31,882 | 23.6 | 5.8 | 27,071 | 20.0 | 6.3 |
| | AfD | Dieter Neuendorf | Dieter Neuendorf | 17,738 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 18,513 | 13.7 | 7.7 |
| | Greens | Stefanie Remlinger | Stefanie Remlinger | 10,647 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 12,305 | 9.1 | 0.4 |
| | Left | Hakan Taș | Hakan Taș | 10,384 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 11,516 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| | FDP | Juliane Hüttl | Juliane Hüttl | 9,688 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 15,376 | 11.4 | 7.0 |
| | PARTEI | Bastian Badran | Bastian Badran | 2,828 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1,943 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,938 | 1.4 | |
| | Die Grauen | Michael Schulz | Michael Schulz | 1,639 | 1.2 | | 1,362 | 1.0 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 682 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 319 | 0.2 | |
| | DM | | | | | | 306 | 0.2 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 298 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 279 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 247 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 231 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 203 | 0.2 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 165 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 135 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | Matthias Woelki | Matthias Woelki | 400 | 0.3 | | 114 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 83 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 44 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | B* | | | | | | 31 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,380 | | | 2,135 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 134,860 | | | 135,105 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,240 | 75.2 | 2.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 17,772 | 13.2 | 2.3 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Reinickendorf :

| 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 Frank Steffel | Y Frank Steffel | 58,845 | 45.0 | 5.9 | 52,545 | 40.1 | 7.2 |
| | SPD | Jörg Stroedter | Jörg Stroedter | 38,593 | 29.5 | 2.0 | 34,571 | 26.4 | 4.9 |
| | Greens | Holger Lütge | Holger Lütge | 8,790 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 11,427 | 8.7 | 4.8 |
| | Left | Hakan Taş | Hakan Taş | 8,508 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 10,394 | 7.9 | 1.4 |
| | AfD | Ralf-Günther Conradi | Ralf-Günther Conradi | 5,852 | 4.5 | | 7,906 | 6.0 | |
| | Pirates | Gerd Lindenblatt | Gerd Lindenblatt | 3,251 | 2.5 | | 3,417 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Mieke Senftleben | Mieke Senftleben | 2,605 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 5,708 | 4.4 | 11.5 |
| | NPD | André Markau | André Markau | 2,254 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1,976 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| | PARTEI | Feline Kuck | Feline Kuck | 865 | 0.7 | | 1,074 | 0.8 | |
| | Independent | Frank Ditsche | Frank Ditsche | 694 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | FW | Detlef Dorn | Detlef Dorn | 624 | 0.5 | | 661 | 0.5 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 449 | 0.3 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 310 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 240 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | BIG | | | | | | 209 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 75 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,603 | | | 2,428 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 130,881 | | | 131,056 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,484 | 73.0 | 0.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 20,252 | 15.5 | 3.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Reinickendorf :

| 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 | Frank Steffel | Frank Steffel | 50,554 | 39.0 | 1.3 | 42,771 | 32.9 | 0.2 |
| | SPD | Jörg Stroedter | Jörg Stroedter | 35,540 | 27.4 | 15.1 | 27,842 | 21.4 | 12.0 |
| | Greens | Anke Petters | Anke Petters | 13,875 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 17,577 | 13.5 | 3.3 |
| | FDP | Mieke Senftleben | Mieke Senftleben | 13,711 | 10.6 | 5.1 | 20,580 | 15.8 | 5.1 |
| | Left | Felix Lederle | Felix Lederle | 10,525 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 12,060 | 9.3 | 3.1 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,979 | 2.3 | |
| | NPD | André Markau | André Markau | 2,613 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2,074 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,946 | 1.5 | |
| | Independent | Frank Holger Kurt Ditsche | Frank Holger Kurt Ditsche | 1,267 | 1.0 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 772 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Dennis Hempel | Dennis Hempel | 529 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | BüSo | Frank Scholz | Frank Scholz | 879 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 372 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 340 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 246 | 0.2 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 165 | 0.1 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 76 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 36 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 30 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,039 | | | 2,666 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 129,493 | | | 129,866 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,532 | 72.4 | 6.7 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 15,014 | 11.6 | | | | |
