81 Berlin-Neukölln | |
Constituency Type: | electoral district |
Constituency Link: | Berlin-Neukölln |
Parl Name: | Bundestag |
Region Label: | State |
Region: | Berlin |
Population: | 321,100 (2019) |
Electorate: | 197,037 (2021) |
Area: | 44.9 km2 |
Year: | 1990 |
Party: | SPD |
Local Council Label: | Member |
Local Council: | Hakan Demir |
Blank1 Name: | Elected |
Blank1 Info: | 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]
Berlin-Neukölln is located in southern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Neukölln borough.[1]
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.
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 | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Dankward Buwitt | CDU | 51.2 | |||
1994 | 42.2 | |||||
1998 | Ditmar Staffelt | SPD | 48.5 | |||
2002 | 41.9 | |||||
2005 | 39.3 | |||||
bgcolor= | 2009 | Stefanie Vogelsang | CDU | 30.8 | ||
2013 | Fritz Felgentreu | SPD | 32.3 | |||
2017 | 26.8 | |||||
bgcolor= | 2021 | Hakan Demir | SPD | 26.0 |