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Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in south-west Berlin the constituency was created for the 1990 election and assumed its current form for the 1994 election. At the 1998, 2002 and 2005 elections it was the only single member constituency in Berlin to be represented by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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History and boundaries
The constituency, numbered constituency 80 by the German electoral authorities, contains the whole of the Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. This borough, a merger of two former boroughs, was created by the 2001 administrative reform. It was first contested in 1990, when it contained all of Zehlendorf district but only contained parts of the Steglitz district, the remainder of which were in the Berlin Tempelhof - South-east-Steglitz constituency. All of the Steglitz area was unified in boundary changes which took effect for the 1994 election.
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In 2004, the number of residents with German citizenship was 90.6%, a figure above the Berlin average of 86.6%. 45.2% of residents had qualifications which met the requirements for University entry. At the time of the 1998 election, 23.2% of the population were pensioners while 6.3% were receiving social benefits.
The district has been one of the most marginal in Berlin in recent elections. The CDU won the seat in the 1990 and 1994 elections but lost it to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at the 1998 election. The SPD held the seat at the 2002 election but the CDU regained it in 2005.
Electoral system
Elections in Germany take place using the Additional Member System. Voters have two votes, one for a constituency MP and one for a regional list to elect representatives for the whole of Berlin city. Elections for the Steglitz-Zehlendorf constituency take place using the First past the post system.
2005 election
Out of a total electorate of 215,568, the total number of votes cast was 180,247 (83.6%) of which 3,081 votes were invalid.
Votes for other parties were: Independent Michalak 1,166 (0.7%) BüSo 962 (0.5%)
2002 election
Out of a total electorate of 217,030, the total number of votes cast was 183,251 (84.4%) of which 2,573 votes were invalid.
Votes for other parties were: Independent Michalak 656 (0.4%) BüSo 512 (0.3%)
1998 election
Out of a total electorate of 219,320, the total number of votes cast was 188,078 (84.4%) of which 2,439 votes were invalid.