Berlin-Marzahn – Hellersdorf Explained

84 Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Constituency Type:electoral district
Constituency Link:Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Parl Name:Bundestag
Region Label:State
Region:Berlin
Population:270,200 (2019)
Electorate:197,988 (2021)
Area:61.8 km2
Year:1990
Party:CDU
Local Council Label:Member
Local Council:Mario Czaja
Blank1 Name:Elected
Blank1 Info:2021

Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf 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 84. It is located in eastern Berlin, comprising the Marzahn-Hellersdorf borough.[1]

Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Mario Czaja of Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

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

History

Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf was created after German reunification in 1990. Until 2002, it was named Berlin-Hellersdorf-Marzahn. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 261 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 260. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 86. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 85. From the 2025 election, it has been number 84. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

Berlin-Marzahn – Hellersdorf was considered a safe seat for The Left and its predecessor Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), which won the constituency in every election since 1990 and even in the 2002 German federal election, where it was only one of two seats the then-PDS won nationwide. However, Petra Pau, who first won the seat in 2002 following the retirement of incumbent member Gregor Gysi, lost re-election in the 2021 German federal election. She lost by nearly eight percentage points to Mario Czaja (CDU), who had previously won a Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin constituency entirely within the borough (Marzahn-Hellersdorf 5) multiple times by large margins.

ElectionMemberParty%
1990Gregor GysiPDS31.7
199448.9
199846.7
bgcolor=2002Petra PauPDS37.7
2005LINKE42.6
200947.6
201338.9
201734.2
bgcolor=2021Mario CzajaCDU29.4

Election results

2009 election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Federal Returning Officer.
  2. Web site: Results for Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Federal Returning Officer.