Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North (electoral district)
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Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North is one of the 299 single member constituencies
used for the German parliament, the Bundestag
. Located in West Berlin
, the constituency was created for the 2002 election, mostly replacing the former constituency of Berlin Spandau.
The first two elections in 2002
and 2005
were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany
(SPD) though the constituency was gained by the Christian Democratic Union
candidate Kai Wegner at the 2009 election.
of Spandau
. This area formed its own constituency until the 2002 election. For that election, as part of a wider reform which reduced the number of Bundestag constituencies, Berlin lost one of its thirteen seats. Consequently the Spandau constituency expanded to take in the neighbourhood of Charlottenburg-Nord
, located in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
. Prior to 2002, Charlottenburg-Nord was part of the Berlin Tiergarten - Wedding - North Charlottenburg constituency.
The main predecessor constituency, Berlin Spandau had been won by the CDU in 1990 and 1994 and gained by the SPD in 1998.
. 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 Spandau - Charlottenburg Nord constituency take place using the First past the post system.
Out of a total electorate of 184,436, the total number of votes cast was 126,799 (68.7%) of which 3,098 votes were invalid.
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Out of a total electorate of 184,180, the total number of votes cast was 140,504 (76.3%) of which 3,480 votes were invalid.
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Out of a total electorate of 184,596, the total number of votes cast was 143,214 (77.6%) of which 2,515 votes were invalid.
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Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...
used for the German parliament, the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
. Located in West Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the constituency was created for the 2002 election, mostly replacing the former constituency of Berlin Spandau.
The first two elections in 2002
German federal election, 2002
The 15th German federal election, 2002 was conducted on 22 September 2002, to elect members to the Bundestag of Germany.-Issues and campaign:...
and 2005
German federal election, 2005
German federal elections took place on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. They became necessary after a motion of confidence in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder failed on 1 July...
were won by the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
(SPD) though the constituency was gained by the Christian Democratic Union
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
candidate Kai Wegner at the 2009 election.
History and boundaries
The constituency, numbered constituency 79 by the German electoral authorities, contains the whole of the Berlin boroughBoroughs and localities of Berlin
Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...
of Spandau
Spandau
Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...
. This area formed its own constituency until the 2002 election. For that election, as part of a wider reform which reduced the number of Bundestag constituencies, Berlin lost one of its thirteen seats. Consequently the Spandau constituency expanded to take in the neighbourhood of Charlottenburg-Nord
Charlottenburg-Nord
Charlottenburg-Nord is a neighborhood in the northern part of the district Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany. As of 2008 its population was of 17,327...
, located in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in the 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.-Overview:Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the western centre of the City of Berlin...
. Prior to 2002, Charlottenburg-Nord was part of the Berlin Tiergarten - Wedding - North Charlottenburg constituency.
The main predecessor constituency, Berlin Spandau had been won by the CDU in 1990 and 1994 and gained by the SPD in 1998.
Profile
The number of residents with German citizenship was 87.0%, a figure just above the Berlin average of 86.6%. 26.0% of residents had qualifications which met the requirements for University entry.Electoral system
Elections in Germany take place using the Additional Member SystemAdditional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....
. 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 Spandau - Charlottenburg Nord constituency take place using the First past the post system.
2009 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
Kai Wegner | 44,994 | 36.4 | +0.8 | 37,170 | 30.0 | +0.6 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
Swen Schultz | 41,051 | 33.2 | -13.6 | 29,109 | 23.5 | -12.8 | |
| The Left Party.PDS | Monika Merk | 11,446 | 9.3 | +3.7 | 13,611 | 11.0 | +3.7 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson | 10,853 | 8.8 | +4.1 | 16,451 | 13.3 | +2.7 | |
| Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
Kai Gersch | 10,612 | 8.6 | +4.5 | 18,277 | 14.7 | +4.9 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"... |
2,463 | 2.0 | +0.7 | 1,982 | +1.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Pirate Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,173 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Others | 2,282 | 1.8 | N/A | 4,205 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Out of a total electorate of 184,436, the total number of votes cast was 126,799 (68.7%) of which 3,098 votes were invalid.
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2005 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | +/- | Votes | % share | +/- | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
Swen Schultz | 64,119 | 46.8 | +2.6 | 49,797 | 36.2 | -1.5 | |
| Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
Kai Wegner | 48,791 | 35.6 | -3.4 | 40,351 | 29.4 | -5.6 | |
| The Left Party.PDS | Jörg Kuhle | 7,608 | 5.6 | +3.5 | 9,983 | 7.3 | +4.9 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
Elisabeth Paus | 6,347 | 4.6 | -1.2 | 14,485 | 10.5 | -0.6 | |
| Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
Kai Gersch | 5,562 | 4.1 | -1.4 | 13,593 | 9.9 | +2.0 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"... |
1,733 | 1.3 | +0.7 | 1,703 | 1.2 | +0.8 | ||
| Others | 2,864 | 2.1 | N/A | 7,529 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Out of a total electorate of 184,180, the total number of votes cast was 140,504 (76.3%) of which 3,480 votes were invalid.
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2002 election
| Party | Constituency results | List results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % share | Votes | % share | ||||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
Swen Schultz | 62,111 | 44.1 | 53,253 | 37.8 | |||
| Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
Kai Wegner | 54,884 | 39.0 | 49,304 | 35.0 | |||
| Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
Elizabeth Paus | 8,181 | 5.8 | 15,677 | 11.1 | |||
| Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
Karl-Heinz Bannasch | 7,640 | 5.4 | 11,101 | 7.9 | |||
| The Left Party.PDS | Jörg Kuhle | 2,874 | 2.0 | 3,297 | 2.3 | |||
| The Grays – Gray Panthers The Grays – Gray Panthers The Greys – Grey Panthers was a German political party and interest group founded by activist Trude Unruh. Their main areas of focus were the protection of the interests of seniors and the securing of stable pensions. They were also active on environmental issues.... |
Thorsten Hartje | 2,482 | 1.8 | 1,769 | 1.3 | |||
| The Republicans | Olaf Neitzel | 1,740 | 1.2 | 1,317 | 0.9 | |||
| National Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"... |
Frank Stendel | 787 | 0.6 | 560 | 0.4 | |||
| Others | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,717 | 3.4 | |||
Out of a total electorate of 184,596, the total number of votes cast was 143,214 (77.6%) of which 2,515 votes were invalid.
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