Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf

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78 Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Bundestagswahlkreis 78-2025.svg
Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf in 2025
State Berlin
Population293,900 (2019)
Electorate217,814 (2021)
Area102.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
Party CDU
Member Thomas Heilmann
Elected 2017, 2021

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 78. It is located in southwestern Berlin, comprising the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough. [1]

Contents

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). [2]

Geography

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf is located in southwestern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough. [1]

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. In the 2013 through 2021 election, it was number 79. From the 2025 election, it has been number 78.

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.

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

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf [3]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Adrian Grasse 55,38730.7Increase2.svg 2.148,49726.8Increase2.svg 3.3
Greens Nina Stahr 39,84622.1Decrease2.svg 0.235,84919.8Decrease2.svg 2.9
SPD Ruppert Stüwe 40,35722.4Decrease2.svg 2.032,97818.2Decrease2.svg 5.8
Left Marcus Otto15,8228.8Increase2.svg 4.520,71511.4Increase2.svg 6.7
AfD Peer Döhnert18,53310.3Increase2.svg 4.818,67610.3Increase2.svg 4.4
FDP Hanns-Henning Krumrey7,3824.1Decrease2.svg 4.710,7545.9Decrease2.svg 6.3
BSW  7,0733.9New
Tierschutzpartei  2,2051.2Decrease2.svg 1.7
Volt  1,7180.9Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI  8160.5Decrease2.svg 0.5
FW Stephan Weiß1,9051.1Increase2.svg 0.26530.4Decrease2.svg 0.4
Team Todenhöfer  3360.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
PdF  3010.2New
BD Anna Schäfer9430.5New2530.1New
MERA25  1250.1New
BüSo  37<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  26<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
SGP  26<0.1Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes1,697834
Total valid votes180,175181,038
Turnout 181,87284.7Increase2.svg 5.7
CDU holdMajority15,0308.3Increase2.svg 4.2

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf [4]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Thomas Heilmann 48,94928.0Decrease2.svg 7.439,94322.9Decrease2.svg 6.9
SPD Ruppert Stüwe 43,46524.9Increase2.svg 0.342,91024.5Increase2.svg 5.4
Greens Nina Stahr 38,87322.2Increase2.svg 9.539,55022.6Increase2.svg 8.4
FDP Hanns-Henning Krumrey15,9679.1Increase2.svg 0.122,20812.7Decrease2.svg 1.5
AfD Birgit Malsack-Winkemann9,2215.3Decrease2.svg 2.99,9155.7Decrease2.svg 3.2
Left Marcus Otto7,4554.3Decrease2.svg 3.28,3114.8Decrease2.svg 4.4
Tierschutzpartei Laura Höll3,8742.23,4302.0Increase2.svg 0.9
PARTEI Erik Westmann2,0391.2Decrease2.svg 0.91,6991.0Decrease2.svg 0.2
dieBasis Claus-Henning Hacker1,9121.1
FW Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke1,4300.81,3880.8Increase2.svg 0.6
Die Grauen1,2140.7Increase2.svg 0.4
Volt  1,1390.7
Team Todenhöfer  1,0650.6
Pirates Georg Boroviczény7050.45890.3Steady2.svg 0.0
Gesundheitsforschung Karl-Friedrich Harter4390.33590.2Increase2.svg 0.1
ÖDP Alina Sahl3700.22960.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Humanists  2640.2
du.  1670.1Steady2.svg 0.0
V-Partei3  1230.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
LKR Carsten Schanz1110.1850.0
The Homeland  640.0
DKP  580.0Steady2.svg 0.0
BüSo  510.0Steady2.svg 0.0
SGP  270.0Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  140.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,4212,372
Total valid votes174,820174,869
Turnout 177,24181.4Decrease2.svg 0.3
CDU holdMajority5,4943.1Decrease2.svg 7.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf [5]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Thomas Heilmann 63,08535.4Decrease2.svg 7.153,28129.8Decrease2.svg 7.4
SPD Ute Finckh-Krämer43,80124.6Decrease2.svg 4.734,27919.2Decrease2.svg 6.4
Greens Urban Aykal22,71212.7Increase2.svg 0.925,36114.2Increase2.svg 0.6
FDP Hartmut Ebbing 16,1599.1Increase2.svg 6.425,46114.2Increase2.svg 7.9
AfD Sabine Gollombeck14,5498.2Increase2.svg 3.915,8248.8Increase2.svg 3.5
Left Franziska Brychcy13,3927.5Increase2.svg 2.216,3529.1Increase2.svg 2.0
PARTEI Alina Kranzosch3,6812.1Increase2.svg 1.32,1431.2Increase2.svg 0.5
Tierschutzpartei  1,8461.0
Pirates  6510.4Decrease2.svg 2.1
Die Grauen6090.3
DiB 4960.3
BGE  4560.3
DIE FRAUEN Christine Kuhlmann4390.2
ÖDP  3890.2Steady2.svg 0.0
FW  3320.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
DM2960.2
Gesundheitsforschung 2740.2
V-Partei³ 2680.1
Menschliche Welt2400.1
du. 2120.1
BüSo Stephan Ossenkopp5550.3Decrease2.svg 0.11200.1Steady2.svg 0.0
MLPD  580.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  550.0
B* 350.0
SGP 190.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,3471,763
Total valid votes178,373178,957
Turnout 180,72081.7Increase2.svg 1.9
CDU holdMajority19,28410.8Decrease2.svg 2.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf [6]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Karl-Georg Wellmann 73,46042.5Increase2.svg 3.664,50037.2Increase2.svg 6.1
SPD Ute Finckh-Krämer 50,54029.2Increase2.svg 2.444,37125.6Increase2.svg 5.4
Greens Nina Stahr20,41611.8Decrease2.svg 4.323,48713.5Decrease2.svg 5.8
Left Lampros Savvidis9,1025.3Decrease2.svg 0.212,4267.2Steady2.svg 0.0
AfD Hans-Joachim Berg7,3214.29,2575.3
FDP Martin Lindner4,6052.7Decrease2.svg 6.211,0576.4Decrease2.svg 10.6
Pirates Gerwald Claus-Brunner4,2162.44,3582.5Increase2.svg 0.3
PARTEI Martin Schippan1,2760.71,1550.7
The Homeland Josef Graf1,1650.7Decrease2.svg 0.21,0160.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
FW Burak Macit5980.35520.3
ÖDP  3530.2Steady2.svg 0.0
PRO 3310.2
REP  1690.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
BIG1600.1
BüSo Helga Zepp-LaRouche2810.2Decrease2.svg 0.11400.1Decrease2.svg 0.1
MLPD  550.0Steady2.svg 0.0
PSG 500.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,5592,102
Total valid votes172,980173,437
Turnout 175,53979.8Increase2.svg 0.3
CDU holdMajority22,92013.3Increase2.svg 1.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf [7]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
CDU Green check.svgY Karl-Georg Wellmann 66,07538.8Decrease2.svg 1.253,08531.1Decrease2.svg 0.9
SPD Klaus Uwe Benneter45,69126.8Decrease2.svg 11.834,48820.2Decrease2.svg 10.2
Greens Benedikt Lux27,39216.1Increase2.svg 6.133,00419.3Increase2.svg 3.4
FDP Rolf Breidenbach15,1388.9Increase2.svg 3.628,87616.9Increase2.svg 4.0
Left Olaf Ostertag9,3255.5Increase2.svg 1.612,2707.2Increase2.svg 2.0
Pirates  3,7392.2
Tierschutzpartei  1,8601.1
The Homeland Fritz Liebenow1,5440.9Decrease2.svg 0.11,3090.8Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent Enno Munzel1,4370.8
FAMILIE Jürgen Tartz1,4160.8
DIE VIOLETTEN Ingrid Cölsch8750.56230.4
Independent Rainer Helmar Christiansen8300.5
REP  4720.3Steady2.svg 0.0
ÖDP  3120.2
BüSo Silvia Heinel4620.3Decrease2.svg 0.32830.2Steady2.svg 0.0
DVU  1370.1
PSG 790.0Steady2.svg 0.0
DKP  360.0
MLPD  340.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Informal votes2,6102,188
Total valid votes170,185170,607
Turnout 172,79579.5Decrease2.svg 4.1
CDU holdMajority20,38412.0Increase2.svg 10.7

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. "Bundestag election 2025, results for Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf". The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. Results for Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
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  7. Results for Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf