Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North 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 77. It is located in western Berlin, comprising the Spandau borough.

77 Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	272,000 (2019)
Electorate	180,251 (2021)
Area	99.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Helmut Kleebank
Elected	2021

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Helmut Kleebank of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North is located in western Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Spandau borough as well as small parts of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, specifically the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord and the neighbourhood of Kalowswerder from Charlottenburg locality.

History

Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Berlin-Spandau. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 251 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 252. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 79. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 78. From the 2025 election, it has been number 77. Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the borough of Spandau. In the 2002 election, it gained the area of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf north of the Spree.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Peter Kittelmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Heinrich Lummer from 1994 to 1998. It was won by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented by Wolfgang Behrendt until 2002, followed by Swen Schulz until 2009. Kai Wegner of the CDU was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013. Former member Schulz regained the constituency in the 2017 election. He was succeeded by Helmut Kleebank in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Peter Kittelmann	CDU	50.6
	1994	Heinrich Lummer	CDU	43.3
	1998	Wolfgang Behrendt	SPD	49.9
	2002	Swen Schulz	SPD	44.1
	2005			46.8
	2009	Kai Wegner	CDU	36.5
	2013			39.2
	2017	Swen Schulz	SPD	32.1
	2021	Helmut Kleebank	SPD	32.8

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
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	Helmut Kleebank		40,451	32.8	0.7	34,233	27.7	5.0
	CDU	Joe Chialo		28,904	23.5	7.4	26,266	21.3	6.8
	Greens	Steffen Laube		14,680	11.9	5.8	17,963	14.5	6.1
	AfD	Lukas Garnis		12,447	10.1	3.3	12,783	10.3	3.8
	FDP	Dominik Znanewitz		10,492	8.5	2.2	12,491	10.1	0.2
	Left	Evrim Sommer		6,771	5.5	2.1	6,353	5.1	4.6
	Tierschutzpartei	Aida Castañeda		4,381	3.6		4,252	3.4	1.8
	Team Todenhöfer						1,968	1.6
	PARTEI	Rhavin Grobert		2,455	2.0	0.5	1,922	1.6	0.2
	dieBasis	Philipp Zühlke		1,693	1.4
	Die Grauen						1,623	1.3	0.7
	FW						1,122	0.9	0.6
	Volt						568	0.5
	Pirates						481	0.4	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						382	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP	Jens-Eberhard Jahn		278	0.2	0.5	239	0.2	0.1
	Humanists						226	0.2
	Bündnis 21	Michael Dönicke		205	0.1
	Independent	Lucia Bunte		182	0.1
	du.						167	0.1	0.0
	NPD						124	0.1
	LKR	Nicole Jädicke		121	0.1		88	0.1
	V-Partei3						93	0.1	0.1
	DKP						57	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						51	0.0	0.0
	MLPD	Esther Engel		97	0.1	0.1	49	0.0	0.1
	PSG						28	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				3,394			3,022
Total valid votes				123,157			123,529
Turnout				126,551	70.2	1.8
	SPD hold		Majority	11,547	9.3	8.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
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	Swen Schulz		41,965	32.1	5.3	29,733	22.7	6.1
	CDU	N Kai Wegner		40,372	30.9	8.3	36,712	28.1	8.5
	AfD	Andreas Otti		17,551	13.4	9.1	18,481	14.1	8.3
	Left	Manuel Lambers		9,861	7.6	0.4	12,780	9.8	0.3
	FDP	Sven Paul Fresdorf		8,292	6.4	5.0	12,927	9.9	6.1
	Greens	Bettina Jarasch		8,031	6.2	1.5	11,063	8.5	0.2
	PARTEI	Rhavin Grobert		3,224	2.5		2,247	1.7	0.9
	Tierschutzpartei						2,147	1.6
	Pirates						862	0.7	2.4
	Die Grauen						807	0.6
	ÖDP	Jens-Eberhard Jahn		998	0.8		386	0.3	0.1
	BGE						380	0.3
	FW						377	0.3	0.1
	DM						331	0.3
	DiB						310	0.3
	Gesundheitsforschung						294	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						232	0.2
	V-Partei³						208	0.2
	du.						175	0.1
	MLPD	Chaker Akari		280	0.2		152	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						59	0.0	0.1
	SGP						33	0.0	0.0
	DKP						30	0.0
	B*						21	0.0
Informal votes				2,435			2,262
Total valid votes				130,574			130,747
Turnout				133,009	72.0	2.4
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	1,593	1.2

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
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 Kai Wegner		50,071	39.2	2.8	46,757	36.6	6.6
	SPD	Swen Schulz		47,790	37.4	4.2	36,932	28.9	5.4
	Left	Monika Merk		9,199	7.2	2.1	12,146	9.5	1.5
	Greens	Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson		5,942	4.7	4.1	10,542	8.2	5.0
	AfD	Sascha Paulick		5,543	4.3		7,458	5.8
	Pirates	Frank Thiesen		4,030	3.2		3,960	3.1	0.5
	NPD	Jürgen Bolte		2,022	1.6	0.4	1,815	1.4	0.3
	FDP	Sven Paul Fresdorf		1,788	1.4	7.2	4,856	3.8	10.9
	PARTEI						1,038	0.8
	FW			555	0.4		550	0.4
	PRO						494	0.4
	BIG			553	0.4		460	0.4
	REP						310	0.2	0.3
	ÖDP						224	0.2	0.0
	BüSo			270	0.2	0.8	164	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						85	0.1	0.0
	PSG						55	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,722			2,639
Total valid votes				127,763			127,846
Turnout				130,485	69.6	0.9
	CDU hold		Majority	2,281	1.8	1.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Spandau – Charlottenburg North
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	Kai Wegner		44,994	36.4	0.8	37,170	30.0	0.6
	SPD	N Swen Schulz		41,051	33.2	13.6	29,109	23.5	12.8
	Left	Monika Merk		11,446	9.3	3.7	13,611	11.0	3.7
	Greens	Christoph Sonnenberg-Westeson		10,853	8.8	4.1	16,451	13.3	2.7
	FDP	Kai Gersch		10,612	8.6	4.5	18,277	14.7	4.9
	Pirates						3,173	2.6
	NPD	Sebastian Thom		2,463	2.0	0.7	1,982	1.6	0.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,019	1.6
	REP						618	0.5	0.5
	BüSo	Horst Kreil		1,245	1.0	0.0	560	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Titus-Ivo Kaute		752	0.6
	DIE VIOLETTEN						371	0.3
	ÖDP						226	0.2
	DVU						184	0.1
	MLPD	Felix Weitenhagen		285	0.2		96	0.1	0.0
	PSG						87	0.1	0.0
	DKP						44	0.0
Informal votes				3,098			2,821
Total valid votes				123,701			123,978
Turnout				126,799	68.7	7.5
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	3,943	3.2