Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)

Berlin-Lichtenberg 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 85. It is located in eastern Berlin, comprising the Lichtenberg borough.^[1]

85 Berlin-Lichtenberg
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Lichtenberg in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	290,100 (2019)
Electorate	200,673 (2021)
Area	52.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	LINKE
Member	Ines Schwerdtner
Elected	2025

Berlin-Lichtenberg was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Ines Schwerdtner of The Left.

Geography

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

History

Berlin-Lichtenberg was created in 2002 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Berlin Hohenschönhausen – Pankow – Weissensee and Friedrichshain – Lichtenberg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 87 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 86. From the 2025 election, it has been number 85. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was represented by Gesine Lötzsch of The Left from its creation in 1994 until her retirement ahead of the 2025 election. Prior to the formation of The Left in 2005, she represented it as a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). She was succeeded by Ines Schwerdtner, who retained the seat for The Left.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Christa Luft	PDS	44.4
	1998			42.2
	2002	Gesine Lötzsch	PDS	39.6
	2005		LINKE	42.9
	2009			47.5
	2013			40.3
	2017			34.7
	2021			25.8
	2025	Ines Schwerdtner	LINKE	34.0

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Berlin-Lichtenberg[2]
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	%	±%
	Left	Ines Schwerdtner		52,378	34.0	8.2	36,204	23.5	5.2
	AfD	Beatrix von Storch		33,707	21.9	9.5	34,635	22.4	9.8
	CDU	Danny Freymark		27,190	17.6	5.1	21,230	13.8	1.8
	SPD	Jan Zimmerling		13,926	9.0	10.4	18,331	11.9	11.1
	Greens	Elisabeth Giesemann		8,108	5.3	8.3	16,699	10.8	4.6
	BSW	Norman Wolf		11,527	7.5	New	15,613	10.1	New
	FDP	Sören Henschel		2,231	1.4	4.6	3,877	2.5	4.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Florian Schmeding		3,576	2.3	1.8	3,100	2.0	1.4
	Volt						1,546	1.0	0.3
	PARTEI						1,243	0.8	1.3
	FW	Tobias Gill		851	0.6	1.2	595	0.4	0.9
	PdF						389	0.3	New
	BD	Holger Wilske		516	0.3	New	289	0.2	New
	Team Todenhöfer						221	0.1	0.3
	MERA25						139	0.1	New
	MLPD						100	0.1	0.0
	BüSo	Jonathan Thron		150	0.1	New	83	0.1	0.0
	SGP						39	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,237			1,064
Total valid votes				154,160			154,333
Turnout				155,397	79.0	7.2
	Left hold		Majority	18,671	12.1	5.9

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Gesine Lötzsch		36,813	25.8	9.1	26,063	18.2	11.1
	SPD	Anja Ingenbleek		28,040	19.6	5.5	33,174	23.2	8.4
	Greens	Laura Dornheim		19,485	13.6	7.8	22,112	15.5	8.8
	CDU	Wilfried Nünthel		17,695	12.4	7.3	16,869	11.8	6.7
	AfD	Dietmar Drewes		17,356	12.2	3.6	17,840	12.5	4.2
	FDP	Lina Thiel		8,682	6.1	2.7	10,045	7.0	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei	Katja Michel		5,876	4.1		4,886	3.4	1.6
	PARTEI	Nora Röhner		3,865	2.7	0.3	2,937	2.1	0.4
	Die Grauen						2,156	1.5	0.9
	FW	Tobias Bauer		2,491	1.7		1,890	1.3	1.0
	dieBasis	Ulrich Klieboldt		1,821	1.3
	Volt						941	0.7
	Gesundheitsforschung						729	0.5	0.3
	Pirates						716	0.5	0.1
	Team Todenhöfer						638	0.4
	DKP						354	0.2	0.1
	Humanists						339	0.2
	NPD						298	0.2
	du.						216	0.1	0.0
	ÖDP	Lisa Stemmer		285	0.2		215	0.2	0.0
	LKR	Matthias Bruse		195	0.1		119	0.1
	MLPD	Dagmar Arnecke		193	0.1	0.1	104	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei3						96	0.1	0.1
	BüSo						78	0.1	0.0
	SGP						49	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,772			2,706
Total valid votes				142,797			142,863
Turnout				145,569	72.5	0.1
	Left hold		Majority	8,773	6.2	8.9

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Gesine Lötzsch		51,249	34.8	5.5	43,172	29.3	5.2
	CDU	Martin Pätzold		28,905	19.7	3.1	27,284	18.5	4.5
	AfD	Marius Radtke		23,119	15.7	11.4	24,603	16.7	11.2
	SPD	Kevin Hönicke		20,720	14.1	5.5	21,850	14.9	5.6
	Greens	Hannah Neumann		8,609	5.9	1.6	9,821	6.7	0.8
	FDP	Dirk Gawlitza		5,018	3.4	2.7	7,745	5.3	3.7
	PARTEI	Stefan Sacharjew		4,392	3.0		3,627	2.5	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						2,609	1.8
	Gesundheitsforschung	Felix Werth		1,537	1.0		1,189	0.8
	Independent	Oliver Snelinski		1,394	0.9
	Pirates	Olaf Lengner		1,314	0.9	2.7	958	0.7	3.1
	Die Grauen						913	0.6
	NPD	Manuela Tönhardt		533	0.4	2.5
	DiB						524	0.4
	FW						524	0.4
	BGE						486	0.3
	DM						349	0.2
	DKP						282	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						235	0.2
	du.						215	0.1
	ÖDP						194	0.1	0.1
	V-Partei³						194	0.1
	MLPD	Dagmar Arnecke		282	0.2		181	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						62	0.0	0.1
	SGP						36	0.0	0.1
	B*						73	0.0
Informal votes				2,044			1,990
Total valid votes				147,072			147,126
Turnout				149,116	72.6	5.2
	Left hold		Majority	22,344	15.1	2.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Gesine Lötzsch		54,932	40.3	7.1	47,158	34.6	6.6
	CDU	Martin Pätzold		30,988	22.7	5.4	31,491	23.1	6.8
	SPD	Erik Gührs		26,636	19.5	1.1	27,886	20.4	3.1
	AfD	Christian Jacken		5,827	4.3		7,480	5.5
	Greens	Bartosz Lotarewicz		5,748	4.2	3.2	7,956	5.8	3.0
	Pirates	Denis Sabin		4,917	3.6		5,072	3.7	0.1
	NPD	Manuela Tönhardt		3,858	2.8	0.6	3,486	2.6	0.2
	PARTEI						1,379	1.0
	Independent	Oliver Snelinski		1,219	0.9
	FW			997	0.7		771	0.6
	FDP	Holger Schwabe		939	0.7	3.2	2,117	1.6	5.1
	PRO						595	0.4
	ÖDP						265	0.2	0.0
	REP						220	0.2	0.2
	BüSo			231	0.2	0.9	172	0.1	0.3
	MLPD						163	0.1	0.0
	PSG						117	0.1	0.0
	BIG						73	0.1
Informal votes				2,259			2,150
Total valid votes				136,292			136,401
Turnout				138,551	67.4	2.6
	Left hold		Majority	23,944	17.6	11.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Lichtenberg[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	%	±%
	Left	Y Gesine Lötzsch		61,874	47.4	4.6	53,815	41.2	5.6
	SPD	Andreas Geisel		24,028	18.4	13.7	22,618	17.3	17.1
	CDU	Edeltraut Töpfer		22,566	17.3	3.6	21,347	16.3	3.7
	Greens	Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig		9,652	7.4	3.0	11,490	8.8	2.4
	FDP	Hanaa El-Hussein		5,048	3.9	1.1	8,666	6.6	1.9
	Pirates						4,972	3.8
	NPD	Manuela Tönhardt		4,492	3.4	0.2	3,603	2.8	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,960	1.5
	Independent	Oliver Snelinski		1,439	1.1
	BüSo	Wolfgang Lillge		1,384	1.1	0.1	513	0.4	0.1
	REP						453	0.3	0.1
	DKP						286	0.2
	DVU						273	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						272	0.2
	ÖDP						225	0.2
	PSG						158	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						101	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,283			2,014
Total valid votes				130,483			130,752
Turnout				132,766	64.8	9.4
	Left hold		Majority	37,846	19.0	8.2