Berlin-Neukölln (electoral district)

This article is about the constituency. For the administrative borough, see Neukölln. For the borough's quarter, see Neukölln (locality).

Federal electoral district of Germany

81 Berlin-Neukölln

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Berlin-Neukölln in 2025

State| Berlin
Population| 321,100 (2019)
Electorate| 197,037 (2021)
Area| 44.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1990
Party| SPD
Member| Hakan Demir
Elected| 2021

Berlin-Neukölln 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 81. It is located in southern Berlin, comprising the Neukölln borough.[1]

Berlin-Neukölln was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hakan Demir of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

## Geography

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

## History

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Berlin-Neukölln was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 256 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 257. In the 2005 through 2009 elections, it was number 83. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 82. From the 2025 election, it has been number 81. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

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The constituency was first represented by Dankward Buwitt of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Ditmar Staffelt. In 2009, Stefanie Vogelsang of the CDU was elected, and served a single term. Fritz Felgentreu regained the constituency for the SPD in the 2013 election, and was re-elected in 2017. He was succeeded by Hakan Demir in 2021.

Election  | Member  | Party  | %

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| 1990 | Dankward Buwitt | CDU | 51.2
1994 | 42.2
| 1998 | Ditmar Staffelt | SPD | 48.5
2002 | 41.9
2005 | 39.3
| 2009 | Stefanie Vogelsang | CDU | 30.8
| 2013 | Fritz Felgentreu | SPD | 32.3
2017 | 26.8
| 2021 | Hakan Demir | SPD | 26.0

## Election results

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### 2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Berlin-Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| SPD | Hakan Demir | 35,530  | 26.0  |  0.8  | 33,080  | 24.1  |  4.7
| Greens | Andreas Audretsch | 27,104  | 19.8  |  8.9  | 31,058  | 22.7  |  9.6
| CDU | Christina Schwarzer  | 25,577  | 18.7  |  5.8  | 22,695  | 16.6  |  5.8
| Left | Lucia Schnell  | 17,898  | 13.1  |  3.3  | 16,334  | 11.9  |  6.3
| AfD | Marcel Goldammer  | 10,153  | 7.4  |  3.3  | 10,174  | 7.4  |  3.8
| FDP | Janine Falkenberg  | 8,635  | 6.3  |  1.2  | 9,774  | 7.1  |  0.6
| Human Environment Animal Protection | Ishai Rosenbaum  | 3,981  | 2.9  |  | 3,318  | 2.4  |  0.9
| PARTEI | Thomas Tegtow  | 2,699  | 2.0  |  1.6  | 2,011  | 1.5  |  1.0
| Team Todenhöfer | Havva Öruc  | 2,604  | 1.9  |  | 3,664  | 2.7  |
| dieBasis | Wilfried Meyer  | 1,347  | 1.0  |  |
| Die Grauen  |  | 1,178  | 0.9  |  0.2
| FW |  | 1,022  | 0.7  |  0.6
| Volt |  | 667  | 0.5  |
| Pirates |  | 477  | 0.3  |  0.3
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 290  | 0.2  |  0.0
| du. |  | 285  | 0.2  |  0.0
| Independent | Ramona Cole  | 256  | 0.2  |  |
| Humanists |  | 205  | 0.1  |
| Independent | Kilian Moser  | 201  | 0.1  |  |
| Independent | Thomas Lindlmair  | 192  | 0.1  |  |
| ÖDP |  | 178  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 114  | 0.1  |  0.0
| NPD |  | 105  | 0.1  |
| V-Partei3 |  | 84  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD | Mohamad Tawil  | 170  | 0.1  |  0.1  | 83  | 0.1  |  0.1
| LKR | Christian Lieberam  | 136  | 0.1  |  | 115  | 0.1  |
| BüSo |  | 65  | 0.0  |  0.0
| Independent | Christian Pape  | 62  | 0.0  |  |
| SGP |  | 35  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,167  |  |  | 2,701  |  |
Total valid votes | 136,545  |  |  | 137,011  |  |
Turnout | 139,712  | 70.9  |  0.1  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 8,426  | 6.2  |  3.9  |

### 2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Berlin-Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| SPD | Y Fritz Felgentreu | 37,777  | 26.8  |  5.6  | 27,520  | 19.5  |  6.8
| CDU | Christina Schwarzer  | 34,593  | 24.5  |  6.0  | 31,592  | 22.3  |  6.7
| Left | Judith Benda  | 23,204  | 16.4  |  4.7  | 25,752  | 18.2  |  3.9
| Greens | Susanna Kahlefeld  | 15,480  | 11.0  |  0.7  | 18,446  | 13.0  |  0.8
| AfD | Frank-Christian Hansel  | 15,105  | 10.7  |  7.7  | 15,904  | 11.2  |  7.0
| FDP | Marcus Jensen  | 7,255  | 5.1  |  3.8  | 10,891  | 7.7  |  4.7
| PARTEI | Antonietta Miro  | 5,048  | 3.6  |  1.8  | 3,490  | 2.5  |  1.0
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 2,171  | 1.5  |
| Pirates |  | 964  | 0.7  |  3.4
| Die Grauen  |  | 1,191  | 0.8  |  | 919  | 0.6  |
| DiB |  | 724  | 0.5  |
| BGE |  | 676  | 0.5  |
| DM  |  | 366  | 0.3  |
| MIETERPARTEI  |  | 636  | 0.5  |  |
| du. |  | 335  | 0.2  |
| Menschliche Welt  |  | 270  | 0.2  |
| NPD |  | 262  | 0.2  |  2.1  |
| Gesundheitsforschung |  | 248  | 0.2  |
| FW |  | 220  | 0.2  |  0.4
| ÖDP |  | 208  | 0.1  |  0.0
| V-Partei³ |  | 198  | 0.1  |
| MLPD |  | 294  | 0.2  |  0.1  | 196  | 0.1  |  0.0
| BüSo | Jonathan Thron  | 260  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 111  | 0.1  |  0.0
| DKP |  | 99  | 0.1  |
| B* |  | 83  | 0.1  |
| SGP |  | 30  | 0.0  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 2,448  |  |  | 2,140  |  |
Total valid votes | 141,105  |  |  | 141,413  |  |
Turnout | 143,553  | 70.8  |  2.4  |
| SPD hold | Majority | 3,184  | 2.3  |  0.6  |

### 2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Berlin-Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| SPD | Fritz Felgentreu | 44,528  | 32.3  |  5.0  | 36,211  | 26.2  |  4.9
| CDU | Christina Schwarzer  | 42,092  | 30.6  |  0.2  | 40,038  | 29.0  |  3.1
| Left | Ruben Lehnert  | 16,144  | 11.7  |  0.6  | 19,677  | 14.3  |  0.3
| Greens | Anja Kofbinger  | 16,126  | 11.7  |  2.9  | 19,156  | 13.9  |  3.7
| Pirates | Anne Helm  | 6,094  | 4.4  |  | 5,654  | 4.1  |  0.7
| AfD | Sari-Christoph Saleh  | 4,140  | 3.0  |  | 5,832  | 4.2  |
| NPD | Jan Sturm  | 3,094  | 2.2  |  0.4  | 2,627  | 1.9  |  0.1
| PARTEI | Georg Friedrich Kammerer  | 2,420  | 1.8  |  | 2,060  | 1.5  |
| FDP | Sebastian Kluckert  | 1,861  | 1.4  |  7.6  | 4,122  | 3.0  |  9.8
| FW |  | 794  | 0.6  |  | 689  | 0.5  |
| BIG  |  | 617  | 0.4  |
| PRO |  | 454  | 0.3  |
| ÖDP |  | 255  | 0.2  |  0.0
| REP |  | 216  | 0.2  |  0.3
| BüSo |  | 222  | 0.2  |  | 126  | 0.1  |  0.1
| MLPD |  | 208  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 143  | 0.1  |  0.0
| PSG |  | 80  | 0.1  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,102  |  |  | 2,868  |  |
Total valid votes | 137,723  |  |  | 137,957  |  |
Turnout | 140,825  | 68.5  |  1.3  |
| SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 2,436  | 1.7  |  |

### 2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Berlin-Neukölln[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| CDU | Stefanie Vogelsang  | 39,618  | 30.8  |  5.8  | 33,469  | 25.9  |  2.5
| SPD | Fritz Felgentreu  | 35,168  | 27.3  |  12.0  | 27,639  | 21.4  |  13.3
| Greens | Anja Kofbinger  | 18,805  | 14.6  |  5.1  | 22,698  | 17.6  |  4.5
| Left | Ruben Lehnert  | 15,852  | 12.3  |  5.6  | 17,986  | 13.9  |  5.2
| FDP | Andreas Lück  | 11,468  | 8.9  |  5.3  | 16,486  | 12.8  |  4.2
| Pirates |  | 4,339  | 4.3  |
| NPD | Jan Sturm  | 3,356  | 2.6  |  0.6  | 2,554  | 2.0  |  0.3
| Human Environment Animal Protection |  | 2,066  | 1.6  |
| Independent | Yusuf Bayrak  | 1,924  | 1.5  |  |
| Independent | Annette Köhn  | 1,305  | 1.0  |  |
| REP |  | 611  | 0.5  |  0.3
| DIE VIOLETTEN |  | 394  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Sven Buchmann  | 388  | 0.3  |  |
| Independent | Bülent Yorulmaz  | 316  | 0.2  |  |
| ÖDP |  | 261  | 0.2  |
| BüSo |  | 209  | 0.2  |  0.1
| DVU |  | 158  | 0.1  |
| DKP | Rainer Perschewski  | 280  | 0.2  |  | 150  | 0.1  |
| PSG |  | 128  | 0.1  |  0.0
| MLPD | Andrew Schlüter  | 218  | 0.2  |  0.0  | 108  | 0.1  |  0.0
Informal votes  | 3,915  |  |  | 3,357  |  |
Total valid votes | 128,698  |  |  | 129,256  |  |
Turnout | 132,613  | 67.2  |  6.9  |
| CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 4,450  | 3.5  |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constituency Berlin-Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
2. ^ "Results for Berlin-Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
3. ^ Results for Berlin-Neukölln
4. ^ Results for Berlin-Neukölln
5. ^ Results for Berlin-Neukölln
6. ^ Results for Berlin-Neukölln

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