83 Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick | |
Constituency Type: | electoral district |
Constituency Link: | Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick |
Parl Name: | Bundestag |
Region Label: | State |
Region: | Berlin |
Population: | 271,100 (2019) |
Electorate: | 207,127 (2021) |
Area: | 167.7 km2 |
Year: | 1994 |
Party: | The Left |
Local Council Label: | Member |
Local Council: | Gregor Gysi |
Blank1 Name: | Elected |
Blank1 Info: | 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick 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 83. It is located in southeastern Berlin, comprising the Treptow-Köpenick borough.[1]
Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick was created for the 1994 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Gregor Gysi of The Left.[2]
Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick is located in southeastern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Treptow-Köpenick borough.
Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick was created in 1994 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin Friedrichshain – Treptow – Lichtenberg I and Berlin Köpenick – Lichtenberg II. Until 2002, it was named Berlin-Köpenick-Treptow. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was constituency 259 in the numbering system. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 85. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 84. From the 2025 election, it has been number 83. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
The constituency was first represented by Siegfried Scheffler of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 1994 to 2005. In 2005, it was won by Gregor Gysi of The Left, then leader of his party's Bundestag group. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Siegfried Scheffler | SPD | 35.0 | |
1998 | 37.6 | |||
2002 | 39.3 | |||
2005 | Gregor Gysi | The Left | 40.4 | |
2009 | 44.8 | |||
2013 | 42.2 | |||
2017 | 39.9 | |||
2021 | 35.4 |