Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf

For the borough itself, see Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf 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 78. It is located in southwestern Berlin, comprising the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.^[1]

78 Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	293,900 (2019)
Electorate	217,814 (2021)
Area	102.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Thomas Heilmann
Elected	2017, 2021

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Thomas Heilmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).^[2]

Geography

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

History

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 252 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 253. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 80. In the 2013 through 2021 election, it was number 79. From the 2025 election, it has been number 78.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf, excluding the area of Steglitz east of the Teltow Canal, specifically the locality of Lankwitz and part of Lichterfelde. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of Steglitz and Zehlendorf boroughs. Since their merger ahead of the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Gero Pfennig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Renate Rennebach until 2002, followed by Klaus Uwe Benneter until 2005. Karl-Georg Wellmann of the CDU was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Thomas Heilmann in the 2017 election.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Gero Pfennig	CDU	51.7
	1994			47.5
	1998	Renate Rennebach	SPD	42.7
	2002	Klaus Uwe Benneter	SPD	40.8
	2005	Karl-Georg Wellmann	CDU	40.0
	2009			38.8
	2013			42.5
	2017	Thomas Heilmann	CDU	35.4
	2021			28.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Thomas Heilmann		48,949	28.0	7.4	39,943	22.9	6.9
	SPD	Ruppert Stüwe		43,465	24.9	0.3	42,910	24.5	5.4
	Greens	Nina Stahr		38,873	22.2	9.5	39,550	22.6	8.4
	FDP	Hanns-Henning Krumrey		15,967	9.1	0.1	22,208	12.7	1.5
	AfD	Birgit Malsack-Winkemann		9,221	5.3	2.9	9,915	5.7	3.2
	Left	Marcus Otto		7,455	4.3	3.2	8,311	4.8	4.4
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Laura Höll		3,874	2.2		3,430	2.0	0.9
	PARTEI	Erik Westmann		2,039	1.2	0.9	1,699	1.0	0.2
	dieBasis	Claus-Henning Hacker		1,912	1.1
	FW	Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke		1,430	0.8		1,388	0.8	0.6
	Die Grauen						1,214	0.7	0.4
	Volt						1,139	0.7
	Team Todenhöfer						1,065	0.6
	Pirates	Georg Boroviczény		705	0.4		589	0.3	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung	Karl-Friedrich Harter		439	0.3		359	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP	Alina Sahl		370	0.2		296	0.2	0.0
	Humanists						264	0.2
	du.						167	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						123	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Carsten Schanz		111	0.1		85	0.0
	NPD						64	0.0
	DKP						58	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						51	0.0	0.0
	SGP						27	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,421			2,372
Total valid votes				174,820			174,869
Turnout				177,241	81.4	0.3
	CDU hold		Majority	5,494	3.1	7.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas Heilmann		63,085	35.4	7.1	53,281	29.8	7.4
	SPD	Ute Finckh-Krämer		43,801	24.6	4.7	34,279	19.2	6.4
	Greens	Urban Aykal		22,712	12.7	0.9	25,361	14.2	0.6
	FDP	Hartmut Ebbing		16,159	9.1	6.4	25,461	14.2	7.9
	AfD	Sabine Gollombeck		14,549	8.2	3.9	15,824	8.8	3.5
	Left	Franziska Brychcy		13,392	7.5	2.2	16,352	9.1	2.0
	PARTEI	Alina Kranzosch		3,681	2.1	1.3	2,143	1.2	0.5
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,846	1.0
	Pirates						651	0.4	2.1
	Die Grauen						609	0.3
	DiB						496	0.3
	BGE						456	0.3
	DIE FRAUEN	Christine Kuhlmann		439	0.2
	ÖDP						389	0.2	0.0
	FW						332	0.2	0.1
	DM						296	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						274	0.2
	V-Partei³						268	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						240	0.1
	du.						212	0.1
	BüSo	Stephan Ossenkopp		555	0.3	0.1	120	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						58	0.0	0.0
	DKP						55	0.0
	B*						35	0.0
	SGP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,347			1,763
Total valid votes				178,373			178,957
Turnout				180,720	81.7	1.9
	CDU hold		Majority	19,284	10.8	2.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Karl-Georg Wellmann		73,460	42.5	3.6	64,500	37.2	6.1
	SPD	Ute Finckh-Krämer		50,540	29.2	2.4	44,371	25.6	5.4
	Greens	Nina Stahr		20,416	11.8	4.3	23,487	13.5	5.8
	Left	Lampros Savvidis		9,102	5.3	0.2	12,426	7.2	0.0
	AfD	Hans-Joachim Berg		7,321	4.2		9,257	5.3
	FDP	Martin Lindner		4,605	2.7	6.2	11,057	6.4	10.6
	Pirates	Gerwald Claus-Brunner		4,216	2.4		4,358	2.5	0.3
	PARTEI	Martin Schippan		1,276	0.7		1,155	0.7
	NPD	Josef Graf		1,165	0.7	0.2	1,016	0.6	0.2
	FW	Burak Macit		598	0.3		552	0.3
	ÖDP						353	0.2	0.0
	PRO						331	0.2
	REP						169	0.1	0.2
	BIG						160	0.1
	BüSo	Helga Zepp-LaRouche		281	0.2	0.1	140	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						55	0.0	0.0
	PSG						50	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,559			2,102
Total valid votes				172,980			173,437
Turnout				175,539	79.8	0.3
	CDU hold		Majority	22,920	13.3	1.3

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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	Y Karl-Georg Wellmann		66,075	38.8	1.2	53,085	31.1	0.9
	SPD	Klaus Uwe Benneter		45,691	26.8	11.8	34,488	20.2	10.2
	Greens	Benedikt Lux		27,392	16.1	6.1	33,004	19.3	3.4
	FDP	Rolf Breidenbach		15,138	8.9	3.6	28,876	16.9	4.0
	Left	Olaf Ostertag		9,325	5.5	1.6	12,270	7.2	2.0
	Pirates						3,739	2.2
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,860	1.1
	NPD	Fritz Liebenow		1,544	0.9	0.1	1,309	0.8	0.0
	Independent	Enno Munzel		1,437	0.8
	FAMILIE	Jürgen Tartz		1,416	0.8
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Ingrid Cölsch		875	0.5		623	0.4
	Independent	Rainer Helmar Christiansen		830	0.5
	REP						472	0.3	0.0
	ÖDP						312	0.2
	BüSo	Silvia Heinel		462	0.3	0.3	283	0.2	0.0
	DVU						137	0.1
	PSG						79	0.0	0.0
	DKP						36	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,610			2,188
Total valid votes				170,185			170,607
Turnout				172,795	79.5	4.1
	CDU hold		Majority	20,384	12.0	10.7

References

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