# 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.
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.

## 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 | Christa Luft | PDS | 42.2 |
| 2002 | Gesine Lötzsch | PDS | 39.6 |
| 2005 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 42.9 |
| 2009 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 47.5 |
| 2013 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 40.3 |
| 2017 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 34.7 |
| 2021 | Gesine Lötzsch | LINKE | 25.8 |
| 2025 | Ines Schwerdtner | LINKE | 34.0 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

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

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Lichtenberg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y Gesine Lötzsch | Y Gesine Lötzsch | 36,813 | 25.8 | 9.1 | 26,063 | 18.2 | 11.1 |
| | SPD | Anja Ingenbleek | Anja Ingenbleek | 28,040 | 19.6 | 5.5 | 33,174 | 23.2 | 8.4 |
| | Greens | Laura Dornheim | Laura Dornheim | 19,485 | 13.6 | 7.8 | 22,112 | 15.5 | 8.8 |
| | CDU | Wilfried Nünthel | Wilfried Nünthel | 17,695 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 16,869 | 11.8 | 6.7 |
| | AfD | Dietmar Drewes | Dietmar Drewes | 17,356 | 12.2 | 3.6 | 17,840 | 12.5 | 4.2 |
| | FDP | Lina Thiel | Lina Thiel | 8,682 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 10,045 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | Katja Michel | Katja Michel | 5,876 | 4.1 | | 4,886 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| | PARTEI | Nora Röhner | 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 | Tobias Bauer | 2,491 | 1.7 | | 1,890 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| | dieBasis | Ulrich Klieboldt | 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 | Lisa Stemmer | 285 | 0.2 | | 215 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | LKR | Matthias Bruse | Matthias Bruse | 195 | 0.1 | | 119 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | Dagmar Arnecke | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,772 | | | 2,706 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 142,797 | | | 142,863 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,569 | 72.5 | 0.1 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 8,773 | 6.2 | 8.9 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Lichtenberg :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y Gesine Lötzsch | Y Gesine Lötzsch | 51,249 | 34.8 | 5.5 | 43,172 | 29.3 | 5.2 |
| | CDU | Martin Pätzold | Martin Pätzold | 28,905 | 19.7 | 3.1 | 27,284 | 18.5 | 4.5 |
| | AfD | Marius Radtke | Marius Radtke | 23,119 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 24,603 | 16.7 | 11.2 |
| | SPD | Kevin Hönicke | Kevin Hönicke | 20,720 | 14.1 | 5.5 | 21,850 | 14.9 | 5.6 |
| | Greens | Hannah Neumann | Hannah Neumann | 8,609 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 9,821 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| | FDP | Dirk Gawlitza | Dirk Gawlitza | 5,018 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 7,745 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| | PARTEI | Stefan Sacharjew | Stefan Sacharjew | 4,392 | 3.0 | | 3,627 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,609 | 1.8 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | Felix Werth | Felix Werth | 1,537 | 1.0 | | 1,189 | 0.8 | |
| | Independent | Oliver Snelinski | Oliver Snelinski | 1,394 | 0.9 | | | | |
| | Pirates | Olaf Lengner | Olaf Lengner | 1,314 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 958 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| | Die Grauen | | | | | | 913 | 0.6 | |
| | NPD | Manuela Tönhardt | 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 | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,044 | | | 1,990 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 147,072 | | | 147,126 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,116 | 72.6 | 5.2 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 22,344 | 15.1 | 2.5 | | | |

### 2013 election

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

### 2009 election

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