Berlin Reinickendorf


Berlin Reinickendorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in north-west Berlin, the constituency was created for the 1990 election, the first following German reunification. The first two elections in 1990 and 1994 were won by the Christian Democratic Union. The constituency was then regained by the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1998 but was one of several Berlin districts which the CDU gained at the 2009 election. The current MP is Frank Steffel.

History and boundaries

The constituency, numbered constituency 78 by the German electoral authorities, contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. It has been a marginal constituency, being held by the CDU from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to the present, with the SPD holding the seat from 1998 to 2009, though their majority in 2002 was 635 votes which was just 0.5% of the total.
A suburban constituency, it includes Tegel airport, currently Berlin's main airport, together with a number of Berlin lakes.

Profile

The number of residents with German citizenship was 91.0%, a figure above the Berlin average of 86.6%. 38.9% of residents had University qualifications.

Electoral system

Elections in Germany take place using the Additional Member System. Voters have two votes, one for a constituency MP and one for a regional list to elect representatives for the whole of Berlin city. Elections for the Reinickendorf constituency take place using the first past the post system.

Results

2013 election

2009 election

Out of a total electorate of 183,112, the total number of votes cast was 132,532 of which 3,039 votes were invalid.
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2005 election

Out of a total electorate of 185,854, the total number of votes cast was 147,047 of which 3,294 votes were invalid.
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2002 election

Out of a total electorate of 187,183, the total number of votes cast was 150,276 of which 2,042 votes were invalid.
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