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navigator.berlin/en now speaks English, and that finally includes the election data. See how Berlin voted on 20 September, Kiez by Kiez: Die Linke leads in 73 of 143 Kieze (2023: 4), the CDU in 39 (2023: 96). Enter your address to see your neighbourhood. navigator.berlin/en/berlin-wahlen

  • Screenshot of the English election portal on navigator.berlin. Headline: "Leading party in 730 of 1572 areas: Die Linke". A map of Berlin's polling districts is coloured by the strongest party in the 2026 Berlin House of Representatives election: Die Linke (pink) dominates the inner city, the CDU (dark grey) the west and south-west, the AfD (blue) the east and north-east, with small Green patches in the centre. Next to it, the provisional result as of 21 September 2026: Die Linke 25.7% (+13.4 percentage points vs. 2023), CDU 18.8% (−9.5), AfD 16.3% (+7.2), Greens 14.3% (−4.1), SPD 12.1% (−6.3), BSW 4.7%, FDP 2.5% (−2.1), other 5.7% (−3.1). Source: Berlin State Election Commissioner.
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Berlin voted on 20 Sept, and navigator.berlin now maps it Kiez by Kiez. In 2023 the CDU led the party vote in 96 of 143 Kieze. Now 39. Die Linke leads in 73, up from 4. In 97 Kieze the strongest party changed.

  • Seven small maps of Berlin, one per party, showing the vote share in the 143 Kieze in the 2026 election. Each marks the strongest and the weakest Kiez. SPD: Gropiusstadt West 18.5%, Neu-Hohenschönhausen Nord 6.2%. CDU: Grunewald 40.8%, Nördliche Luisenstadt 5.0%. Greens: Helmholtzplatz 27.8%, Marzahn Nord 2.8%. FDP: Grunewald 7.1%, Schillerpromenade 0.7%. AfD: Marzahn Nord 45.6%, Südliche Luisenstadt 3.1%. Die Linke: Südliche Luisenstadt 54.5%, Frohnau/Hermsdorf 9.0%. BSW: Köllnische Heide 9.4%, Zehlendorf Südwest 1.6%.
  • Flow diagram of the strongest party in Berlin's 143 Kieze across three elections: 2016, 2023 (repeat election) and 2026. In 2016 the Kieze are split between SPD, Die Linke, CDU, Greens and AfD. In 2023 the CDU leads in most Kieze, the Greens in many others. In 2026 almost all Green Kieze and many CDU Kieze flow to Die Linke, a large share of CDU Kieze goes to the AfD.
  • Map of Berlin showing the strongest party in each polling district in the 2026 state election, party vote, provisional. Die Linke leads in 730 of 1,572 areas, mostly in the inner city (pink). The AfD dominates the north-east and south-east (blue), the CDU the west and south-west (grey). Next to it the Berlin-wide result: Die Linke 25.7% (+13.4), CDU 18.8% (−9.5), AfD 16.3% (+7.2), Greens 14.3% (−4.1), SPD 12.1% (−6.3), BSW 4.7%, FDP 2.5%.
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Yesterday I presented navigator.berlin at the Svelte Society Meetup Berlin: 65 layers of Berlin's open data on one map, from heat to elections to cool places. Thanks to @fubits.dev for the invitation! Slides: svelte-meetup.schmidbauer.dev

  • A man in a plaid shirt presents a Berlin map titled "The Kiez-Score" on a wall-mounted screen to a seated audience in a bright loft space.
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