Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
# Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North 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 78. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Spandau borough.

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Helmut Kleebank of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

## Geography

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North is located in western Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Spandau borough as well as small parts of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, specifically the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord and the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.

## History

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Berlin-Spandau. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 251 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 252. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 79. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 78. Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the borough of Spandau. In the 2002 election, it gained the area of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf north of the Spree.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Kittelmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Heinrich Lummer from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Wolfgang Behrendt until 2002, followed by Swen Schulz until 2009. Kai Wegner of the CDU was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013. Former member Schulz regained the constituency in the 2017 election. He was succeeded by Helmut Kleebank in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Peter Kittelmann | CDU | 50.6 |
| 1994 | Heinrich Lummer | CDU | 43.3 |
| 1998 | Wolfgang Behrendt | SPD | 49.9 |
| 2002 | Swen Schulz | SPD | 44.1 |
| 2005 | Swen Schulz | SPD | 46.8 |
| 2009 | Kai Wegner | CDU | 36.5 |
| 2013 | Kai Wegner | CDU | 39.2 |
| 2017 | Swen Schulz | SPD | 32.1 |
| 2021 | Helmut Kleebank | SPD | 32.8 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North :

| 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 | Helmut Kleebank | Helmut Kleebank | 40,451 | 32.8 | 0.7 | 34,233 | 27.7 | 5.0 |
| | CDU | Joe Chialo | Joe Chialo | 28,904 | 23.5 | 7.4 | 26,266 | 21.3 | 6.8 |
| | Greens | Steffen Laube | Steffen Laube | 14,680 | 11.9 | 5.8 | 17,963 | 14.5 | 6.1 |
| | AfD | Lukas Garnis | Lukas Garnis | 12,447 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 12,783 | 10.3 | 3.8 |
| | FDP | Dominik Znanewitz | Dominik Znanewitz | 10,492 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 12,491 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
| | Left | Evrim Sommer | Evrim Sommer | 6,771 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 6,353 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Aida Castañeda | Aida Castañeda | 4,381 | 3.6 | | 4,252 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 1,968 | 1.6 | |
| | PARTEI | Rhavin Grobert | Rhavin Grobert | 2,455 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1,922 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Philipp Zühlke | Philipp Zühlke | 1,693 | 1.4 | | | | |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 1,623 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,122 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 568 | 0.5 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 481 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 382 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | Jens-Eberhard Jahn | Jens-Eberhard Jahn | 278 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 239 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 226 | 0.2 | |
| | Bündnis 21 | Michael Dönicke | Michael Dönicke | 205 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | Independent | Lucia Bunte | Lucia Bunte | 182 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | du. | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 124 | 0.1 | |
| | LKR | Nicole Jädicke | Nicole Jädicke | 121 | 0.1 | | 88 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 93 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | Esther Engel | Esther Engel | 97 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,394 | | | 3,022 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 123,157 | | | 123,529 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,551 | 70.2 | 1.8 | | | |
| | SPD hold | SPD hold | Majority | 11,547 | 9.3 | 8.1 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North :

| 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 | Swen Schulz | Swen Schulz | 41,965 | 32.1 | 5.3 | 29,733 | 22.7 | 6.1 |
| | CDU | N Kai Wegner | N Kai Wegner | 40,372 | 30.9 | 8.3 | 36,712 | 28.1 | 8.5 |
| | AfD | Andreas Otti | Andreas Otti | 17,551 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 18,481 | 14.1 | 8.3 |
| | Left | Manuel Lambers | Manuel Lambers | 9,861 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 12,780 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Sven Paul Fresdorf | Sven Paul Fresdorf | 8,292 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 12,927 | 9.9 | 6.1 |
| | Greens | Bettina Jarasch | Bettina Jarasch | 8,031 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 11,063 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | Rhavin Grobert | Rhavin Grobert | 3,224 | 2.5 | | 2,247 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,147 | 1.6 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 862 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 807 | 0.6 | |
| | ÖDP | Jens-Eberhard Jahn | Jens-Eberhard Jahn | 998 | 0.8 | | 386 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 380 | 0.3 | |
| | FW | | | | | | 377 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | DM | | | | | | 331 | 0.3 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 310 | 0.3 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 294 | 0.2 | |
| | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 232 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 208 | 0.2 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 175 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Chaker Akari | Chaker Akari | 280 | 0.2 | | 152 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 59 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 30 | 0.0 | |
| | B* | | | | | | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,435 | | | 2,262 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 130,574 | | | 130,747 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,009 | 72.0 | 2.4 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,593 | 1.2 | | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North :

| 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 Kai Wegner | Y Kai Wegner | 50,071 | 39.2 | 2.8 | 46,757 | 36.6 | 6.6 |
| | SPD | Swen Schulz | Swen Schulz | 47,790 | 37.4 | 4.2 | 36,932 | 28.9 | 5.4 |
| | Left | Monika Merk | Monika Merk | 9,199 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 12,146 | 9.5 | 1.5 |
| | Greens | Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson | Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson | 5,942 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 10,542 | 8.2 | 5.0 |
| | AfD | Sascha Paulick | Sascha Paulick | 5,543 | 4.3 | | 7,458 | 5.8 | |
| | Pirates | Frank Thiesen | Frank Thiesen | 4,030 | 3.2 | | 3,960 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| | NPD | Jürgen Bolte | Jürgen Bolte | 2,022 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1,815 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| | FDP | Sven Paul Fresdorf | Sven Paul Fresdorf | 1,788 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 4,856 | 3.8 | 10.9 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,038 | 0.8 | |
| | FW | | | 555 | 0.4 | | 550 | 0.4 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 494 | 0.4 | |
| | BIG | | | 553 | 0.4 | | 460 | 0.4 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 310 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 224 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | 270 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 164 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 85 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,722 | | | 2,639 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 127,763 | | | 127,846 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,485 | 69.6 | 0.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,281 | 1.8 | 1.4 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North :

| 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 | Kai Wegner | Kai Wegner | 44,994 | 36.4 | 0.8 | 37,170 | 30.0 | 0.6 |
| | SPD | N Swen Schulz | N Swen Schulz | 41,051 | 33.2 | 13.6 | 29,109 | 23.5 | 12.8 |
| | Left | Monika Merk | Monika Merk | 11,446 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 13,611 | 11.0 | 3.7 |
| | Greens | Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson | Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson | 10,853 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 16,451 | 13.3 | 2.7 |
| | FDP | Kai Gersch | Kai Gersch | 10,612 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 18,277 | 14.7 | 4.9 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 3,173 | 2.6 | |
| | NPD | Sebastian Thom | Sebastian Thom | 2,463 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1,982 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,019 | 1.6 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 618 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| | BüSo | Horst Kreil | Horst Kreil | 1,245 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 560 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Titus-Ivo Kaute | Titus-Ivo Kaute | 752 | 0.6 | | | | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 371 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 226 | 0.2 | |
| | DVU | | | | | | 184 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Felix Weitenhagen | Felix Weitenhagen | 285 | 0.2 | | 96 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 87 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 44 | 0.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,098 | | | 2,821 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 123,701 | | | 123,978 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,799 | 68.7 | 7.5 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 3,943 | 3.2 | | | | |
