Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Berlin Lichtenberg is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in East Berlin, the constituency was created for the 2002 election and all elections to date have been won by The Left Party or their predecessors, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Although the constituency has proved to be a safe seat for The Left, its creation proved controversial as it combined two of their best areas in Berlin into one constituency, resulting in the reduction of their number of seats from four to two and consequently costing them a further 15 national list MPs as they had failed to meet the qualifying threshold of winning three constituencies.. }
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- Berlin_Lichtenberg_(electoral_district) abstract "Berlin Lichtenberg is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. Located in East Berlin, the constituency was created for the 2002 election and all elections to date have been won by The Left Party or their predecessors, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Although the constituency has proved to be a safe seat for The Left, its creation proved controversial as it combined two of their best areas in Berlin into one constituency, resulting in the reduction of their number of seats from four to two and consequently costing them a further 15 national list MPs as they had failed to meet the qualifying threshold of winning three constituencies.".