Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: ''Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost'') is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

. It elects one member via

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 82. It is located in central

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, comprising the

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg () is the second Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg. The historic Oberbaum Bridge, formerly ...

borough and part of the adjoining borough

Pankow Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...

. Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Pascal Meiser of The Left.

Geography

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East is located in central

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough as well as the area of

borough's

Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right ...

east of Prenzlauer Allee. It is the smallest federal constituency in Germany by area.

History

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created in 2002. Each section of the constituency had been an eponymous part of one of the three previous constituencies of Berlin Kreuzberg - Schöneberg, Berlin Friedrichshain - Lichtenberg and Berlin Mitte - Prenzlauer Berg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 84 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 83. From the 2025 election, it has been number 82. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

Until 2021, the constituency had the unique distinction of being the only federal constituency ever held by the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

. It was first represented by

Hans-Christian Ströbele Hans-Christian Ströbele (; 7 June 1939 – 29 August 2022) was a German politician and lawyer. He was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German green party. Education and early career Ströbele was born on 7 June 1939 in Halle, Saale, ...

, who was elected in 2002. He was re-elected in the 2005, 2009, and 2013 elections. Upon his retirement in the 2017 election, he was succeeded by Canan Bayram, who narrowly retained the constituency for the Greens. She was re-elected in 2021 with a greatly increased margin. In 2025, Pascal Meiser of The Left won the seat, taking it from the Greens for the first time.

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

2005 election

2002 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg - Prenzlauer Berg East Federal electoral districts in Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Pankow 2002 establishments in Germany Constituencies established in 2002