Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East
# Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost) 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 83. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough.

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Canan Bayram of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

## Geography

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough as well as the area of Prenzlauer Berg east of Prenzlauer Allee. It is the smallest federal constituency in Germany by area.

## History

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created in 2002. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 84 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 83. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

Until 2021, the constituency had the unique distinction of being the only federal constituency ever held by The Greens. It was first represented by Hans-Christian Ströbele, who was elected in 2002. He was re-elected in the 2005, 2009, and 2013 elections. Upon his retirement in the 2017 election, he was succeeded by Canan Bayram, who narrowly retained the constituency for the Greens. She was re-elected in 2021 with a greatly increased margin.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Hans-Christian Ströbele | GRÜNE | 31.6 |
| 2005 | Hans-Christian Ströbele | GRÜNE | 43.3 |
| 2009 | Hans-Christian Ströbele | GRÜNE | 46.7 |
| 2013 | Hans-Christian Ströbele | GRÜNE | 39.9 |
| 2017 | Canan Bayram | GRÜNE | 26.3 |
| 2021 | Canan Bayram | GRÜNE | 37.9 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Y Canan Bayram | Y Canan Bayram | 64,542 | 37.9 | 11.6 | 62,710 | 36.7 | 16.3 |
| | Left | Pascal Meiser | Pascal Meiser | 30,113 | 17.7 | 7.2 | 30,881 | 18.1 | 10.4 |
| | SPD | Cansel Kiziltepe | Cansel Kiziltepe | 29,619 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 32,745 | 19.2 | 3.2 |
| | CDU | Kevin Kratzsch | Kevin Kratzsch | 13,030 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 11,910 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| | FDP | Ann Cathrin Riedel | Ann Cathrin Riedel | 9,203 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 10,819 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| | PARTEI | Martin Sonneborn | Martin Sonneborn | 8,854 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 3,787 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| | AfD | Sibylle Schmidt | Sibylle Schmidt | 6,598 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 6,988 | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Marie Motzkus | Marie Motzkus | 3,128 | 1.8 | | 2,874 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| | dieBasis | Carola Muysers | Carola Muysers | 2,387 | 1.4 | | | | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 2,119 | 1.2 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 1,430 | 0.8 | |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 896 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | FW | | | | | | 866 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| | Pirates | Franz Schmitt | Franz Schmitt | 915 | 0.5 | | 708 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| | Humanists | Stephan Heym | Stephan Heym | 480 | 0.3 | | 350 | 0.2 | |
| | du. | Nicole Drakos | Nicole Drakos | 392 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 380 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 272 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 270 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | ÖDP | Hagen Albers | Hagen Albers | 269 | 0.2 | | 224 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Oliver Snelinski | Oliver Snelinski | 256 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | B* | Zarah-Louise Roth | Zarah-Louise Roth | 222 | 0.1 | 0.3 | | | |
| | Independent | FriGGa Wendt | FriGGa Wendt | 184 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 153 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | Chaker Anis Araki | Chaker Anis Araki | 175 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 77 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 61 | 0.0 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | | | | | | 41 | 0.0 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,102 | | | 1,828 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 170,367 | | | 170,641 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,469 | 78.4 | 0.8 | | | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Majority | 34,429 | 20.2 | 18.8 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Canan Bayram | Canan Bayram | 45,055 | 26.3 | 13.6 | 35,077 | 20.4 | 0.3 |
| | Left | Pascal Meiser | Pascal Meiser | 42,600 | 24.9 | 7.7 | 49,016 | 28.5 | 3.4 |
| | SPD | Cansel Kiziltepe | Cansel Kiziltepe | 29,028 | 16.9 | 1.0 | 27,391 | 15.9 | 8.1 |
| | CDU | Timur Husein | Timur Husein | 20,955 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 23,887 | 13.9 | 1.5 |
| | PARTEI | Serdar Somuncu | Serdar Somuncu | 12,345 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 6,042 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| | AfD | Sibylle Schmidt | Sibylle Schmidt | 10,558 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 10,863 | 6.3 | 3.5 |
| | FDP | Athanasia Rousiamani-Goldthau | Athanasia Rousiamani-Goldthau | 5,263 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 10,147 | 5.9 | 3.7 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,119 | 1.2 | |
| | Independent | Frigga Wendt | Frigga Wendt | 1,298 | 0.8 | | | | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 1,282 | 0.7 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 1,270 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 1,046 | 0.6 | |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 474 | 0.3 | |
| | du. | Frithjof Zerger | Frithjof Zerger | 772 | 0.5 | | 456 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Sebastian Blume | Sebastian Blume | 688 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | B* | Fares Al-Hassan | Fares Al-Hassan | 672 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 304 | 0.2 | |
| | FW | Jan Zeiseweis | Jan Zeiseweis | 627 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 323 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Thomas Hasel | Thomas Hasel | 443 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Independent | Markus Beckmann | Markus Beckmann | 391 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | DM | | | | | | 334 | 0.2 | |
| | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 324 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 323 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 304 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 281 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 217 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Klaus Freudigmann | Klaus Freudigmann | 305 | 0.2 | | 174 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Gregor Felde-Bajerowitz | Gregor Felde-Bajerowitz | 168 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | Independent | Christian Pape | Christian Pape | 148 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | SGP | | | | | | 37 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Otto Ritter | Otto Ritter | 33 | 0.0 | | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,940 | | | 1,545 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 171,349 | | | 171,744 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,289 | 77.6 | 3.3 | | | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Majority | 2,455 | 1.4 | 20.5 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Y Hans-Christian Ströbele | Y Hans-Christian Ströbele | 66,056 | 39.9 | 6.8 | 34,420 | 20.8 | 6.6 |
| | SPD | Cansel Kiziltepe | Cansel Kiziltepe | 29,799 | 18.0 | 1.3 | 39,784 | 24.0 | 3.8 |
| | Left | Halina Wawzyniak | Halina Wawzyniak | 28,441 | 17.2 | 0.4 | 41,639 | 25.1 | 0.1 |
| | CDU | Götz Müller | Götz Müller | 22,723 | 13.7 | 2.1 | 25,474 | 15.4 | 3.5 |
| | Pirates | Sebastian von Hoff | Sebastian von Hoff | 6,317 | 3.8 | | 9,612 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| | AfD | Andreas Dahl | Andreas Dahl | 3,325 | 2.0 | | 4,623 | 2.8 | |
| | PARTEI | Helena Barbas | Helena Barbas | 2,666 | 1.6 | | 3,142 | 1.9 | |
| | FDP | Helmut Metzner | Helmut Metzner | 1,647 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3,579 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| | NPD | Sebastian Schmidtke | Sebastian Schmidtke | 1,291 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1,140 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Di Leo | Di Leo | 674 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | B* | | | 624 | 0.4 | | | | |
| | BIG | | | 602 | 0.4 | | 594 | 0.4 | |
| | FW | | | 515 | 0.3 | | 477 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Beckmann | Beckmann | 486 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | 457 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 426 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 252 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 209 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 126 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | REP | | | | | | 107 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | BüSo | | | 108 | 0.1 | | 86 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,317 | | | 2,358 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 165,731 | | | 165,690 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,048 | 74.3 | 2.0 | | | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Majority | 36,257 | 21.9 | 7.2 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East :

| 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 | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Y Hans-Christian Ströbele | Y Hans-Christian Ströbele | 73,897 | 46.7 | 3.4 | 43,347 | 27.4 | 5.5 |
| | Left | Halina Wawzyniak | Halina Wawzyniak | 27,796 | 17.6 | 0.5 | 39,641 | 25.0 | 4.2 |
| | SPD | Björn Böhning | Björn Böhning | 26,415 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 32,015 | 20.2 | 17.1 |
| | CDU | Vera Lengsfeld | Vera Lengsfeld | 18,394 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 18,788 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 9,473 | 6.0 | |
| | FDP | Markus Löning | Markus Löning | 6,425 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 9,693 | 6.1 | 1.6 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,793 | 1.1 | |
| | NPD | Christian Steup | Christian Steup | 1,791 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1,436 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Thomas Feldhaus | Thomas Feldhaus | 1,555 | 1.0 | | | | |
| | Independent | Hauke Stiewe | Hauke Stiewe | 918 | 0.6 | | | | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | | | | | | 757 | 0.5 | |
| | DKP | Rolf Meier | Rolf Meier | 649 | 0.4 | | 354 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 306 | 0.2 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 284 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Ralph Otto Naumann | Ralph Otto Naumann | 232 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | Independent | Georg Nägle | Georg Nägle | 217 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 171 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 130 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 118 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,572 | | | 2,419 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 158,289 | | | 158,442 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,861 | 72.2 | 4.3 | | | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Majority | 46,101 | 29.1 | 6.5 | | | |
