Berlin-Mitte (electoral district)

74 Berlin-Mitte
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Mitte in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	377,400 (2019)
Electorate	207,483 (2021)
Area	39.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	GRÜNE
Member	Hanna Steinmüller
Elected	2021

Berlin-Mitte 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 74. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Mitte borough.

Berlin-Mitte was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Hanna Steinmüller of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Geography

Berlin-Mitte is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Mitte borough.

History

Berlin-Mitte was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin-Tiergarten – Wedding – Nord-Charlottenburg and Berlin-Mitte – Prenzlauer Berg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 76 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 75. From the 2025 election, it has been number 74. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Jörg-Otto Spiller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2002 to 2009. Eva Högl was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. She resigned in May 2020 after being appointed Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces. Hanna Steinmüller won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Jörg-Otto Spiller	SPD	41.3
	2005			41.9
	2009	Eva Högl	SPD	26.0
	2013			28.2
	2017			23.5
	2021	Hanna Steinmüller	GRÜNE	30.5

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Mitte
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	%	±%
	Greens	Hanna Steinmüller		45,870	30.5	12.6	46,120	30.7	13.5
	SPD	Annika Klose		34,072	22.7	0.8	32,133	21.4	3.4
	Left	Martin Neise		21,291	14.2	6.3	20,820	13.8	7.6
	CDU	Ottilie Klein		20,002	13.3	5.2	16,856	11.2	7.2
	FDP	Anna Kryszan		10,038	6.7	0.6	13,186	8.8	0.1
	AfD	Beatrix von Storch		7,597	5.1	2.8	7,734	5.1	3.1
	Team Todenhöfer						3,262	2.2
	PARTEI	Martin Pohlmann		2,958	2.0	1.6	2,390	1.6	1.0
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Georg Daniel Tsambasis		2,810	1.9		2,568	1.7	0.5
	dieBasis	Ulrike Fischer		2,146	1.4
	Volt	Valerie Sternberg-Mottaghi Irvani		1,492	1.0		1,356	0.9
	Die Grauen						875	0.6	0.3
	FW						848	0.6	0.3
	Pirates	Torsten Schwald		836	0.6		599	0.4	0.4
	Humanists	Juliane Mörsel		416	0.3		345	0.2
	du.						264	0.2	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						235	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP	Richard Borrmann		200	0.1	0.3	204	0.1	0.0
	DKP						199	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						126	0.1	0.1
	NPD						85	0.1
	MLPD	Annegret Höcker		196	0.1	0.1	83	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Ayman Zebian		155	0.1
	LKR	Rudolf Fritz		70	0.0		47	0.0
	Independent	Michael Fielsch		61	0.0
	SGP						44	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						40	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,296			2,087
Total valid votes				150,210			150,419
Turnout				152,506	73.5	0.3
	Greens gain from SPD		Majority	11,798	7.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Mitte
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 Eva Högl		35,036	23.5	4.8	26,788	17.9	8.2
	Left	Stephan Rauhut		30,492	20.5	3.8	32,118	21.5	2.8
	CDU	Frank Henkel		27,654	18.6	5.3	27,861	18.6	4.0
	Greens	Özcan Mutlu		26,781	18.0	0.5	25,708	17.2	0.5
	AfD	Beatrix von Storch		11,782	7.9	4.9	12,289	8.2	4.3
	FDP	Katharina Ziolkowski		9,017	6.0	4.5	12,972	8.7	5.0
	PARTEI	Lea Joy Friedel		5,342	3.6	2.3	3,811	2.6	1.3
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,777	1.2
	Pirates						1,229	0.8	3.9
	DiB						919	0.6
	BGE						836	0.6
	Independent	Michael Fielsch		766	0.5
	Die Grauen						492	0.3
	DM						372	0.2
	ÖDP	Tim-Oliver Kray		715	0.5		272	0.2	0.0
	FW	Markus Krätzschmar		648	0.4	0.3	336	0.2	0.0
	du.						294	0.2
	V-Partei³						273	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						260	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						254	0.2
	MLPD	Mohamad Tawil		360	0.2	0.1	172	0.1	0.0
	DKP						167	0.1
	B*						100	0.1
	SGP	Andreas Niklaus		275	0.2		66	0.0	0.0
	BüSo	Helga Zepp-LaRouche		203	0.1	0.0	77	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,341			1,969
Total valid votes				149,071			149,443
Turnout				151,412	73.2	3.9
	SPD hold		Majority	4,544	3.0	1.4

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Mitte
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 Eva Högl		39,360	28.3	2.3	36,403	26.1	4.9
	CDU	Philipp Lengsfeld		33,265	23.9	1.9	31,544	22.6	3.7
	Greens	Özcan Mutlu		25,687	18.4	3.1	23,329	16.7	5.3
	Left	Klaus Lederer		23,200	16.7	2.4	26,068	18.7	0.5
	Pirates	Therese Lehnen		5,463	3.9		6,608	4.7	0.6
	AfD	Beatrix von Storch		4,212	3.0		5,443	3.9
	FDP	Hartmut Bade		2,088	1.5	5.3	5,134	3.7	6.7
	PARTEI	David Hamann		1,856	1.3		1,686	1.2
	NPD	Richard Miosga		1,363	1.0	0.6	1,234	0.9	0.3
	Independent	Ralph Boes		1,053	0.8
	BIG	Selcuk Bulat		479	0.3		473	0.3
	Independent	Sylla		347	0.2
	ÖDP						319	0.2	0.0
	FW	Furat Mohammed		239	0.2		304	0.2
	PRO						292	0.2
	DKP						261	0.2
	REP						198	0.1	0.3
	BüSo	Daniel Köppen		217	0.2	0.6	144	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Annegret Höcker		202	0.1		145	0.1	0.0
	PSG						76	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,282			2,174
Total valid votes				139,292			139,400
Turnout				141,574	69.4	1.8
	SPD hold		Majority	6,095	4.4	0.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Mitte
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	Eva Högl		33,943	26.0	15.9	27,780	21.2	13.5
	CDU	Christian Burholt		28,760	22.0	1.2	24,854	19.0	0.4
	Greens	Wolfgang Wieland		28,108	21.5	7.6	28,880	22.0	3.9
	Left	Klaus Lederer		24,871	19.0	5.2	25,216	19.2	4.2
	FDP	Kurt Lehner		8,869	6.8	3.1	13,590	10.4	2.8
	Pirates						5,450	4.2
	Independent	Ralph Boes		2,301	1.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection						1,576	1.2
	NPD	Cornelia Berger		2,110	1.6	0.4	1,530	1.2	0.0
	Independent	Ali Kamburoglu		693	0.5
	DIE VIOLETTEN						527	0.4
	REP						519	0.4	0.4
	BüSo	Helga Zepp-LaRouche		951	0.7	0.0	329	0.3	0.1
	ÖDP						245	0.2
	DKP						167	0.1
	DVU						129	0.1
	PSG						116	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						107	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,749			2,340
Total valid votes				130,606			131,015
Turnout				133,355	67.6	6.3
	SPD hold		Majority	5,183	4.0	14.7