Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)
# Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)

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 86. It is located in eastern Berlin, comprising the Lichtenberg borough.

Berlin-Lichtenberg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Gesine Lötzsch of The Left.

## Geography

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

## History

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. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 86. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

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 | Christa Luft | PDS | 42.2 |
| 2002 | Gesine Lötzsch | PDS | 39.6 |
| 2005 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 42.9 |
| 2009 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 47.5 |
| 2013 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 40.3 |
| 2017 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 34.7 |
| 2021 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 25.8 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Lichtenberg :

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

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Lichtenberg :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y Gesine Lötzsch | Y Gesine Lötzsch | 51,249 | 34.8 | 5.5 | 43,172 | 29.3 | 5.2 |
| | CDU | Martin Pätzold | Martin Pätzold | 28,905 | 19.7 | 3.1 | 27,284 | 18.5 | 4.5 |
| | AfD | Marius Radtke | Marius Radtke | 23,119 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 24,603 | 16.7 | 11.2 |
| | SPD | Kevin Hönicke | Kevin Hönicke | 20,720 | 14.1 | 5.5 | 21,850 | 14.9 | 5.6 |
| | Greens | Hannah Neumann | Hannah Neumann | 8,609 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 9,821 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| | FDP | Dirk Gawlitza | Dirk Gawlitza | 5,018 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 7,745 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| | PARTEI | Stefan Sacharjew | Stefan Sacharjew | 4,392 | 3.0 | | 3,627 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,609 | 1.8 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | Felix Werth | Felix Werth | 1,537 | 1.0 | | 1,189 | 0.8 | |
| | Independent | Oliver Snelinski | Oliver Snelinski | 1,394 | 0.9 | | | | |
| | Pirates | Olaf Lengner | Olaf Lengner | 1,314 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 958 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 913 | 0.6 | |
| | NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | Manuela Tönhardt | 533 | 0.4 | 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 | 0.1 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 194 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Dagmar Arnecke | Dagmar Arnecke | 282 | 0.2 | | 181 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 62 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | B* | | | | | | 73 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,044 | | | 1,990 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 147,072 | | | 147,126 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,116 | 72.6 | 5.2 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 22,344 | 15.1 | 2.5 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Lichtenberg :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y Gesine Lötzsch | Y Gesine Lötzsch | 54,932 | 40.3 | 7.1 | 47,158 | 34.6 | 6.6 |
| | CDU | Martin Pätzold | Martin Pätzold | 30,988 | 22.7 | 5.4 | 31,491 | 23.1 | 6.8 |
| | SPD | Erik Gührs | Erik Gührs | 26,636 | 19.5 | 1.1 | 27,886 | 20.4 | 3.1 |
| | AfD | Christian Jacken | Christian Jacken | 5,827 | 4.3 | | 7,480 | 5.5 | |
| | Greens | Bartosz Lotarewicz | Bartosz Lotarewicz | 5,748 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 7,956 | 5.8 | 3.0 |
| | Pirates | Denis Sabin | Denis Sabin | 4,917 | 3.6 | | 5,072 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | Manuela Tönhardt | 3,858 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 3,486 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,379 | 1.0 | |
| | Independent | Oliver Snelinski | Oliver Snelinski | 1,219 | 0.9 | | | | |
| | FW | | | 997 | 0.7 | | 771 | 0.6 | |
| | FDP | Holger Schwabe | Holger Schwabe | 939 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 2,117 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 595 | 0.4 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 265 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | REP | | | | | | 220 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | BüSo | | | 231 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 172 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 163 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 117 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BIG | | | | | | 73 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,259 | | | 2,150 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 136,292 | | | 136,401 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,551 | 67.4 | 2.6 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 23,944 | 17.6 | 11.5 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Lichtenberg :

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