Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
# Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf 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 79. It is located in southwestern Berlin, comprising the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Thomas Heilmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## Geography

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf is located in southwestern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.

## History

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 252 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 253. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 80. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 79.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf, excluding the area of Steglitz east of the Teltow Canal, specifically the locality of Lankwitz and part of Lichterfelde. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of Steglitz and Zehlendorf boroughs. Since their merger ahead of the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Gero Pfennig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Renate Rennebach until 2002, followed by Klaus Uwe Benneter until 2005. Karl-Georg Wellmann of the CDU was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Thomas Heilmann in the 2017 election.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
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| 1990 | Gero Pfennig | CDU | 51.7 |
| 1994 | Gero Pfennig | CDU | 47.5 |
| 1998 | Renate Rennebach | SPD | 42.7 |
| 2002 | Klaus Uwe Benneter | SPD | 40.8 |
| 2005 | Karl-Georg Wellmann | CDU | 40.0 |
| 2009 | Karl-Georg Wellmann | CDU | 38.8 |
| 2013 | Karl-Georg Wellmann | CDU | 42.5 |
| 2017 | Thomas Heilmann | CDU | 35.4 |
| 2021 | Thomas Heilmann | CDU | 28.0 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf :

| 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 Thomas Heilmann | Y Thomas Heilmann | 48,949 | 28.0 | 7.4 | 39,943 | 22.9 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | Ruppert Stüwe | Ruppert Stüwe | 43,465 | 24.9 | 0.3 | 42,910 | 24.5 | 5.4 |
| | Greens | Nina Stahr | Nina Stahr | 38,873 | 22.2 | 9.5 | 39,550 | 22.6 | 8.4 |
| | FDP | Hanns-Henning Krumrey | Hanns-Henning Krumrey | 15,967 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 22,208 | 12.7 | 1.5 |
| | AfD | Birgit Malsack-Winkemann | Birgit Malsack-Winkemann | 9,221 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 9,915 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
| | Left | Marcus Otto | Marcus Otto | 7,455 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 8,311 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Laura Höll | Laura Höll | 3,874 | 2.2 | | 3,430 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| | PARTEI | Erik Westmann | Erik Westmann | 2,039 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1,699 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Claus-Henning Hacker | Claus-Henning Hacker | 1,912 | 1.1 | | | | |
| | FW | Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke | Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke | 1,430 | 0.8 | | 1,388 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 1,214 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 1,139 | 0.7 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 1,065 | 0.6 | |
| | Pirates | Georg Boroviczény | Georg Boroviczény | 705 | 0.4 | | 589 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | Karl-Friedrich Harter | Karl-Friedrich Harter | 439 | 0.3 | | 359 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | ÖDP | Alina Sahl | Alina Sahl | 370 | 0.2 | | 296 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 264 | 0.2 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 167 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 123 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | LKR | Carsten Schanz | Carsten Schanz | 111 | 0.1 | | 85 | 0.0 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 64 | 0.0 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,421 | | | 2,372 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 174,820 | | | 174,869 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,241 | 81.4 | 0.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 5,494 | 3.1 | 7.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf :

| 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 | Thomas Heilmann | Thomas Heilmann | 63,085 | 35.4 | 7.1 | 53,281 | 29.8 | 7.4 |
| | SPD | Ute Finckh-Krämer | Ute Finckh-Krämer | 43,801 | 24.6 | 4.7 | 34,279 | 19.2 | 6.4 |
| | Greens | Urban Aykal | Urban Aykal | 22,712 | 12.7 | 0.9 | 25,361 | 14.2 | 0.6 |
| | FDP | Hartmut Ebbing | Hartmut Ebbing | 16,159 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 25,461 | 14.2 | 7.9 |
| | AfD | Sabine Gollombeck | Sabine Gollombeck | 14,549 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 15,824 | 8.8 | 3.5 |
| | Left | Franziska Brychcy | Franziska Brychcy | 13,392 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 16,352 | 9.1 | 2.0 |
| | PARTEI | Alina Kranzosch | Alina Kranzosch | 3,681 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2,143 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,846 | 1.0 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 651 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 609 | 0.3 | |
| | DiB | | | | | | 496 | 0.3 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 456 | 0.3 | |
| | DIE FRAUEN | Christine Kuhlmann | Christine Kuhlmann | 439 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 389 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | FW | | | | | | 332 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | DM | | | | | | 296 | 0.2 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 274 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 268 | 0.1 | |
| | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 240 | 0.1 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 212 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | Stephan Ossenkopp | Stephan Ossenkopp | 555 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 120 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 55 | 0.0 | |
| | B* | | | | | | 35 | 0.0 | |
| | SGP | | | | | | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,347 | | | 1,763 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 178,373 | | | 178,957 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 180,720 | 81.7 | 1.9 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 19,284 | 10.8 | 2.4 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf :

| 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 Karl-Georg Wellmann | Y Karl-Georg Wellmann | 73,460 | 42.5 | 3.6 | 64,500 | 37.2 | 6.1 |
| | SPD | Ute Finckh-Krämer | Ute Finckh-Krämer | 50,540 | 29.2 | 2.4 | 44,371 | 25.6 | 5.4 |
| | Greens | Nina Stahr | Nina Stahr | 20,416 | 11.8 | 4.3 | 23,487 | 13.5 | 5.8 |
| | Left | Lampros Savvidis | Lampros Savvidis | 9,102 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 12,426 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| | AfD | Hans-Joachim Berg | Hans-Joachim Berg | 7,321 | 4.2 | | 9,257 | 5.3 | |
| | FDP | Martin Lindner | Martin Lindner | 4,605 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 11,057 | 6.4 | 10.6 |
| | Pirates | Gerwald Claus-Brunner | Gerwald Claus-Brunner | 4,216 | 2.4 | | 4,358 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
| | PARTEI | Martin Schippan | Martin Schippan | 1,276 | 0.7 | | 1,155 | 0.7 | |
| | NPD | Josef Graf | Josef Graf | 1,165 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1,016 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| | FW | Burak Macit | Burak Macit | 598 | 0.3 | | 552 | 0.3 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 353 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | PRO | | | | | | 331 | 0.2 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 169 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | BIG | | | | | | 160 | 0.1 | |
| | BüSo | Helga Zepp-LaRouche | Helga Zepp-LaRouche | 281 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 140 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | PSG | | | | | | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,559 | | | 2,102 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 172,980 | | | 173,437 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,539 | 79.8 | 0.3 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 22,920 | 13.3 | 1.3 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf :

| 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 Karl-Georg Wellmann | Y Karl-Georg Wellmann | 66,075 | 38.8 | 1.2 | 53,085 | 31.1 | 0.9 |
| | SPD | Klaus Uwe Benneter | Klaus Uwe Benneter | 45,691 | 26.8 | 11.8 | 34,488 | 20.2 | 10.2 |
| | Greens | Benedikt Lux | Benedikt Lux | 27,392 | 16.1 | 6.1 | 33,004 | 19.3 | 3.4 |
| | FDP | Rolf Breidenbach | Rolf Breidenbach | 15,138 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 28,876 | 16.9 | 4.0 |
| | Left | Olaf Ostertag | Olaf Ostertag | 9,325 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 12,270 | 7.2 | 2.0 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 3,739 | 2.2 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,860 | 1.1 | |
| | NPD | Fritz Liebenow | Fritz Liebenow | 1,544 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1,309 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Enno Munzel | Enno Munzel | 1,437 | 0.8 | | | | |
| | FAMILIE | Jürgen Tartz | Jürgen Tartz | 1,416 | 0.8 | | | | |
| | DIE VIOLETTEN | Ingrid Cölsch | Ingrid Cölsch | 875 | 0.5 | | 623 | 0.4 | |
| | Independent | Rainer Helmar Christiansen | Rainer Helmar Christiansen | 830 | 0.5 | | | | |
| | REP | | | | | | 472 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 312 | 0.2 | |
| | BüSo | Silvia Heinel | Silvia Heinel | 462 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 283 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | DVU | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | |
| | PSG | | | | | | 79 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 36 | 0.0 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,610 | | | 2,188 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 170,185 | | | 170,607 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,795 | 79.5 | 4.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 20,384 | 12.0 | 10.7 | | | |
