78 Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Electoral district for theBundestag
Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	293,900 (2019)
Electorate	217,814 (2021)
Area	102.6 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	CDU
Member	Adrian Grasse
Elected	2025

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf is an electoral constituency (German:Wahlkreis) represented in theBundestag. It elects one member viafirst-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 78. It is located in southwesternBerlin, comprising theSteglitz-Zehlendorf borough.^[1]

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created for the inaugural1990 federal election afterGerman reunification. Since 2025, it has been represented byAdrian Grasse of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU).

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

Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 election, it was constituency 252 in the numbering system. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it was number 253. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was number 80. In the 2013 through 2021 election, it was number 79. From the 2025 election, it has been number 78.

Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs ofSteglitz andZehlendorf, excluding the area of Steglitz east of theTeltow Canal, specifically the locality ofLankwitz and part ofLichterfelde. In the 1994 and 1998 elections, it comprised the entirety of Steglitz and Zehlendorf boroughs. Since their merger ahead of the 2002 election, it has been coterminous with the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.

The constituency was first represented byGero Pfennig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and represented byRenate Rennebach until 2002, followed byKlaus Uwe Benneter until 2005.Karl-Georg Wellmann of the CDU was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He was succeeded by fellow CDU memberThomas Heilmann in the 2017 election. He retired ahead of the 2025 election and Adrian Grasse retained the seat for the CDU.

Federal election (2025): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Adrian Grasse		55,398	30.7	2.1	48,500	26.8	3.3
	SPD	Ruppert Stüwe		40,355	22.4	2.0	32,989	18.2	5.8
	Greens	Nina Stahr		39,843	22.1	0.2	35,848	19.8	2.9
	AfD	Peer Döhnert		18,539	10.3	4.8	18,678	10.3	4.4
	Left	Marcus Otto		15,823	8.8	4.5	20,722	11.4	6.7
	FDP	Hanns-Henning Krumrey		7,382	4.1	4.7	10,750	5.9	6.3
	BSW						7,070	3.9	New
	Tierschutzpartei						2,207	1.2	1.7
	Volt						1,719	0.9	0.3
	PARTEI						816	0.5	0.5
	FW	Stephan Weiß		1,905	1.1	0.2	656	0.4	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						334	0.2	0.4
	PdF						303	0.2	New
	BD	Anna Schäfer		944	0.5	New	257	0.1	New
	MERA25						125	0.1	New
	BüSo						38	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						26	0.0	0.0
	SGP						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,694			819
Total valid votes				180,189			181,064
Turnout				181,883	84.7	5.7
	CDUhold		Majority	15,043	8.3	4.2

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YThomas Heilmann		48,949	28.0	7.4	39,943	22.9	6.9
	SPD	Ruppert Stüwe		43,465	24.9	0.3	42,910	24.5	5.4
	Greens	Nina Stahr		38,873	22.2	9.5	39,550	22.6	8.4
	FDP	Hanns-Henning Krumrey		15,967	9.1	0.1	22,208	12.7	1.5
	AfD	Birgit Malsack-Winkemann		9,221	5.3	2.9	9,915	5.7	3.2
	Left	Marcus Otto		7,455	4.3	3.2	8,311	4.8	4.4
	Tierschutzpartei	Laura Höll		3,874	2.2		3,430	2.0	0.9
	PARTEI	Erik Westmann		2,039	1.2	0.9	1,699	1.0	0.2
	dieBasis	Claus-Henning Hacker		1,912	1.1
	FW	Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke		1,430	0.8		1,388	0.8	0.6
	Die Grauen						1,214	0.7	0.4
	Volt						1,139	0.7
	Team Todenhöfer						1,065	0.6
	Pirates	Georg Boroviczény		705	0.4		589	0.3	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung	Karl-Friedrich Harter		439	0.3		359	0.2	0.1
	ÖDP	Alina Sahl		370	0.2		296	0.2	0.0
	Humanists						264	0.2
	du.						167	0.1	0.0
	V-Partei3						123	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Carsten Schanz		111	0.1		85	0.0
	NPD						64	0.0
	DKP						58	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						51	0.0	0.0
	SGP						27	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						14	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,421			2,372
Total valid votes				174,820			174,869
Turnout				177,241	81.4	0.3
	CDUhold		Majority	5,494	3.1	7.7

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Thomas Heilmann		63,085	35.4	7.1	53,281	29.8	7.4
	SPD	Ute Finckh-Krämer		43,801	24.6	4.7	34,279	19.2	6.4
	Greens	Urban Aykal		22,712	12.7	0.9	25,361	14.2	0.6
	FDP	Hartmut Ebbing		16,159	9.1	6.4	25,461	14.2	7.9
	AfD	Sabine Gollombeck		14,549	8.2	3.9	15,824	8.8	3.5
	Left	Franziska Brychcy		13,392	7.5	2.2	16,352	9.1	2.0
	PARTEI	Alina Kranzosch		3,681	2.1	1.3	2,143	1.2	0.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,846	1.0
	Pirates						651	0.4	2.1
	Die Grauen						609	0.3
	DiB						496	0.3
	BGE						456	0.3
	DIE FRAUEN	Christine Kuhlmann		439	0.2
	ÖDP						389	0.2	0.0
	FW						332	0.2	0.1
	DM						296	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						274	0.2
	V-Partei³						268	0.1
	Menschliche Welt						240	0.1
	du.						212	0.1
	BüSo	Stephan Ossenkopp		555	0.3	0.1	120	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						58	0.0	0.0
	DKP						55	0.0
	B*						35	0.0
	SGP						19	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,347			1,763
Total valid votes				178,373			178,957
Turnout				180,720	81.7	1.9
	CDUhold		Majority	19,284	10.8	2.4

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YKarl-Georg Wellmann		73,460	42.5	3.6	64,500	37.2	6.1
	SPD	Ute Finckh-Krämer		50,540	29.2	2.4	44,371	25.6	5.4
	Greens	Nina Stahr		20,416	11.8	4.3	23,487	13.5	5.8
	Left	Lampros Savvidis		9,102	5.3	0.2	12,426	7.2	0.0
	AfD	Hans-Joachim Berg		7,321	4.2		9,257	5.3
	FDP	Martin Lindner		4,605	2.7	6.2	11,057	6.4	10.6
	Pirates	Gerwald Claus-Brunner		4,216	2.4		4,358	2.5	0.3
	PARTEI	Martin Schippan		1,276	0.7		1,155	0.7
	NPD	Josef Graf		1,165	0.7	0.2	1,016	0.6	0.2
	FW	Burak Macit		598	0.3		552	0.3
	ÖDP						353	0.2	0.0
	PRO						331	0.2
	REP						169	0.1	0.2
	BIG						160	0.1
	BüSo	Helga Zepp-LaRouche		281	0.2	0.1	140	0.1	0.1
	MLPD						55	0.0	0.0
	PSG						50	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,559			2,102
Total valid votes				172,980			173,437
Turnout				175,539	79.8	0.3
	CDUhold		Majority	22,920	13.3	1.3

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	YKarl-Georg Wellmann		66,075	38.8	1.2	53,085	31.1	0.9
	SPD	Klaus Uwe Benneter		45,691	26.8	11.8	34,488	20.2	10.2
	Greens	Benedikt Lux		27,392	16.1	6.1	33,004	19.3	3.4
	FDP	Rolf Breidenbach		15,138	8.9	3.6	28,876	16.9	4.0
	Left	Olaf Ostertag		9,325	5.5	1.6	12,270	7.2	2.0
	Pirates						3,739	2.2
	Tierschutzpartei						1,860	1.1
	NPD	Fritz Liebenow		1,544	0.9	0.1	1,309	0.8	0.0
	Independent	Enno Munzel		1,437	0.8
	FAMILIE	Jürgen Tartz		1,416	0.8
	DIE VIOLETTEN	Ingrid Cölsch		875	0.5		623	0.4
	Independent	Rainer Helmar Christiansen		830	0.5
	REP						472	0.3	0.0
	ÖDP						312	0.2
	BüSo	Silvia Heinel		462	0.3	0.3	283	0.2	0.0
	DVU						137	0.1
	PSG						79	0.0	0.0
	DKP						36	0.0
	MLPD						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,610			2,188
Total valid votes				170,185			170,607
Turnout				172,795	79.5	4.1
	CDUhold		Majority	20,384	12.0	10.7

Federal election (2005):Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf[7]
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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Karl-Georg Wellmann		70,874	40.0	1.6	56,937	32.0	3.3
	SPD	NKlaus Uwe Benneter		68,537	38.7	2.2	54,034	30.4	1.2
	Greens	Alice Ströver		17,724	10.0	0.0	28,356	15.9	2.3
	FDP	Markus Löning		9,358	5.3	2.1	23,027	12.9	3.3
	Left	Bärbel Holzheuer-Rothensteiner		6,849	3.9	2.3	9,253	5.2	3.3
	GRAUEN						2,739	1.5	0.8
	NPD	Horst Sinning		1,696	1.0		1,355	0.8	0.6
	Independent	Christoph Michalak		1,166	0.7
	BüSo	Monika Hahn		962	0.5	0.3	337	0.2	0.1
	REP						579	0.3	0.1
	PARTEI						537	0.3
	Feminist						490	0.3	0.1
	APPD						105	0.1
	SGP						100	0.1
	MLPD						37	0.0
Informal votes				3,081			2,361
Total valid votes				177,166			177,886
Turnout				180,247	83.6	0.8
	CDUgain fromSPD		Majority	2,337	1.3

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