Berlin-Neukölln (electoral district)

This article is about the constituency. For the administrative borough, see Neukölln. For the borough's quarter, see Neukölln (locality).

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]

81 Berlin-Neukölln
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Neukölln in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	321,100 (2019)
Electorate	197,037 (2021)
Area	44.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Hakan Demir
Elected	2021

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]

Geography

Berlin-Neukölln is located in southern Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Neukölln borough.^[1]

History

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.

Members

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
	2009	Stefanie Vogelsang	CDU	30.8
	2013	Fritz Felgentreu	SPD	32.3
	2017			26.8
	2021	Hakan Demir	SPD	26.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Neukölln[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Hakan Demir		35,530	26.0	0.8	33,080	24.1	4.7
	Greens	Andreas Audretsch		27,104	19.8	8.9	31,058	22.7	9.6
	CDU	Christina Schwarzer		25,577	18.7	5.8	22,695	16.6	5.8
	Left	Lucia Schnell		17,898	13.1	3.3	16,334	11.9	6.3
	AfD	Marcel Goldammer		10,153	7.4	3.3	10,174	7.4	3.8
	FDP	Janine Falkenberg		8,635	6.3	1.2	9,774	7.1	0.6
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Ishai Rosenbaum		3,981	2.9		3,318	2.4	0.9
	PARTEI	Thomas Tegtow		2,699	2.0	1.6	2,011	1.5	1.0
	Team Todenhöfer	Havva Öruc		2,604	1.9		3,664	2.7
	dieBasis	Wilfried Meyer		1,347	1.0
	Die Grauen						1,178	0.9	0.2
	FW						1,022	0.7	0.6
	Volt						667	0.5
	Pirates						477	0.3	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						290	0.2	0.0
	du.						285	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Ramona Cole		256	0.2
	Humanists						205	0.1
	Independent	Kilian Moser		201	0.1
	Independent	Thomas Lindlmair		192	0.1
	ÖDP						178	0.1	0.0
	DKP						114	0.1	0.0
	NPD						105	0.1
	V-Partei3						84	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Mohamad Tawil		170	0.1	0.1	83	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Christian Lieberam		136	0.1		115	0.1
	BüSo						65	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Christian Pape		62	0.0
	SGP						35	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,167			2,701
Total valid votes				136,545			137,011
Turnout				139,712	70.9	0.1
	SPD hold		Majority	8,426	6.2	3.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Neukölln[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Y Fritz Felgentreu		37,777	26.8	5.6	27,520	19.5	6.8
	CDU	Christina Schwarzer		34,593	24.5	6.0	31,592	22.3	6.7
	Left	Judith Benda		23,204	16.4	4.7	25,752	18.2	3.9
	Greens	Susanna Kahlefeld		15,480	11.0	0.7	18,446	13.0	0.8
	AfD	Frank-Christian Hansel		15,105	10.7	7.7	15,904	11.2	7.0
	FDP	Marcus Jensen		7,255	5.1	3.8	10,891	7.7	4.7
	PARTEI	Antonietta Miro		5,048	3.6	1.8	3,490	2.5	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,171	1.5
	Pirates						964	0.7	3.4
	Die Grauen			1,191	0.8		919	0.6
	DiB						724	0.5
	BGE						676	0.5
	DM						366	0.3
	MIETERPARTEI			636	0.5
	du.						335	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						270	0.2
	NPD			262	0.2	2.1
	Gesundheitsforschung						248	0.2
	FW						220	0.2	0.4
	ÖDP						208	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei³						198	0.1
	MLPD			294	0.2	0.1	196	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Jonathan Thron		260	0.2	0.0	111	0.1	0.0
	DKP						99	0.1
	B*						83	0.1
	SGP						30	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,448			2,140
Total valid votes				141,105			141,413
Turnout				143,553	70.8	2.4
	SPD hold		Majority	3,184	2.3	0.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Neukölln[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Fritz Felgentreu		44,528	32.3	5.0	36,211	26.2	4.9
	CDU	Christina Schwarzer		42,092	30.6	0.2	40,038	29.0	3.1
	Left	Ruben Lehnert		16,144	11.7	0.6	19,677	14.3	0.3
	Greens	Anja Kofbinger		16,126	11.7	2.9	19,156	13.9	3.7
	Pirates	Anne Helm		6,094	4.4		5,654	4.1	0.7
	AfD	Sari-Christoph Saleh		4,140	3.0		5,832	4.2
	NPD	Jan Sturm		3,094	2.2	0.4	2,627	1.9	0.1
	PARTEI	Georg Friedrich Kammerer		2,420	1.8		2,060	1.5
	FDP	Sebastian Kluckert		1,861	1.4	7.6	4,122	3.0	9.8
	FW			794	0.6		689	0.5
	BIG						617	0.4
	PRO						454	0.3
	ÖDP						255	0.2	0.0
	REP						216	0.2	0.3
	BüSo			222	0.2		126	0.1	0.1
	MLPD			208	0.2	0.0	143	0.1	0.0
	PSG						80	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,102			2,868
Total valid votes				137,723			137,957
Turnout				140,825	68.5	1.3
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	2,436	1.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Neukölln[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Stefanie Vogelsang		39,618	30.8	5.8	33,469	25.9	2.5
	SPD	Fritz Felgentreu		35,168	27.3	12.0	27,639	21.4	13.3
	Greens	Anja Kofbinger		18,805	14.6	5.1	22,698	17.6	4.5
	Left	Ruben Lehnert		15,852	12.3	5.6	17,986	13.9	5.2
	FDP	Andreas Lück		11,468	8.9	5.3	16,486	12.8	4.2
	Pirates						4,339	4.3
	NPD	Jan Sturm		3,356	2.6	0.6	2,554	2.0	0.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						2,066	1.6
	Independent	Yusuf Bayrak		1,924	1.5
	Independent	Annette Köhn		1,305	1.0
	REP						611	0.5	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN						394	0.3
	Independent	Sven Buchmann		388	0.3
	Independent	Bülent Yorulmaz		316	0.2
	ÖDP						261	0.2
	BüSo						209	0.2	0.1
	DVU						158	0.1
	DKP	Rainer Perschewski		280	0.2		150	0.1
	PSG						128	0.1	0.0
	MLPD	Andrew Schlüter		218	0.2	0.0	108	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,915			3,357
Total valid votes				128,698			129,256
Turnout				132,613	67.2	6.9
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	4,450	3.5

References

1. "Constituency Berlin-Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Berlin-Neukölln". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Berlin-Neukölln
4. Results for Berlin-Neukölln
5. Results for Berlin-Neukölln
6. Results for Berlin-Neukölln