Berlin Elections 2026: for all EU citizens, for everyone aged 16 and over!
Berlin votes on September 20, 2026. And you can have a say:
Pankow District Council
Everyone with an EU passport can vote in the district council elections (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung), even without German citizenship. From the age of 16. The BVV decides on what happens right in your neighborhood: local transport, green spaces, construction and housing, schools, and youth clubs.
Berlin House of Representatives
You are also eligible to vote in the Berlin House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus) from the age of 16—if you have German citizenship. The House of Representatives sets the political course for the entire city. As the state parliament, it decides on education, mobility, climate protection, and funding for local projects and institutions.
For both elections, you must have been registered as a resident in Berlin for at least three months prior to the election.
Official information about the Berlin elections:
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On election day Berlin will experience democracy in action – but the democratic process is much larger than that: Democracy also lives at information stands, in local events and meetups, advertisement online and offline, when putting up posters. Support us in this huge effort—with your time, with visibility, or with a donation!
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Our plan for Pankow:
We love Pankow and want to make it an even better place to live.
Here is our plan for our home, Pankow.
🌍 Climate, Environment and Nature
- Shade when it’s hot. Trees and canopies will provide shade in public spaces and playgrounds so that all of us – especially older people and children – can cope with hot days.
- More green and less tarmac. We’ll care for and water our trees and parks. We’ll collect rainwater for plants and cooling and we’ll create more green spaces.
- Local electricity for Pankow. We’ll erect more wind turbines in the Buchholz-Nord industrial area and give Pankow’s residents a financial stake in the project.
🏡 Living and Housing
- Cracking down on exorbitant rents. A special team will take action against excessive rents (usury), against the illegal use of furnished rentals to evade rent controls, and against abandoned properties. We will also expand the renters’ advice service.
- Returning holiday lets to the housing market. We will systematically track down illegal short-term and holiday lets and return them to the normal rental market.
- Yes to growth – but for everyone. The new Pankower Tor and Alte Schäferei developments will include schools, nurseries, green spaces and public transport links right from the start.
🚋 Mobility in Pankow
- Safe routes for children and older people. More 30 km/h zones near schools, nurseries, playgrounds and in shopping streets. Pavements will be repaired, kerbs lowered and trip hazards removed.
- Peace and quiet for residential streets. We’ll introduce measures to reduce traffic in residential areas, including traffic-calmed neighbourhood blocks (“Kiezblocks”). We’ll create more space for trees, for benches and for meeting neighbours.
- Finally, more cycle paths. We will build a continuous, protected cycle network – especially in accident hotspots: Berliner Allee and Grabbeallee. The Panke Trail will be extended to Buch.
🏫 Schools, Education, Youth and Sports
- Reliable funding. Working with children, young people and families requires reliable funding over several years. The aim is for staff to have more time for people because there’s less bureaucracy.
- Taking young people seriously. Youth centres belong in every new neighbourhood. We want a youth parliament and the right to vote in local elections from the age of 14.
- Supporting families. A mobile family service office will come directly into the neighbourhoods. Early support services for families with young children will be expanded. Every family will automatically receive a nursery voucher.
🩺 Health, Social Affairs and a Strong Economy
- Strengthening care and mental health. We will expand care information and advice centres and set up a coordination office to link schools, youth support services and family centres.
- Inclusive by 2035. Accessibility standards will become mandatory. We will convene a poverty conference and develop a district-wide strategy to tackle loneliness.
- Strengthening Pankow’s economy. We will develop the Berlin-Buch Biotech Campus and the Stener Berg industrial estate. We will improve high streets, strengthen tourism, promote repair cafés and the circular economy.
🇪🇺 Culture and Europe
- Safeguarding cultural venues. We will ensure the future of the Kulturbrauerei, the Brotfabrik and the Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade. A cultural register will help prevent the creeping loss of arts venues.
- Library on wheels. A mobile library will bring books to areas of northern Pankow that don’t have branch libraries.
- Europe within reach. Youth and educational exchanges with our twin towns of Kołobrzeg, Ashkelon and Rivne should be open to every child – regardless of their parents’ income.
🗳️ Diversity and Democracy
- Participation becomes the norm. The Office for Citizens’ Participation will be expanded, with the addition of a citizens’ budget and neighbourhood funds for micro-projects.
- Protection that makes a difference. Pankow needs a second women’s refuge and more emergency accommodation and protected housing – including for queer people. Larger residential projects will have space set aside for this purpose.
- Masterplan for an Accessible Pankow. By 2036, we will develop a binding plan that ties urban development and transport planning to clear inclusion standards.
⛑️ Pankow as a Modern District
- Prepared for crises. We will make Pankow more resilient to disasters. We will regularly inform residents about what to do in an emergency.
- Council services come to the people. A mobile citizens’ service centre will reduce travel and waiting times. We will expand digital services and the use of AI for case management.
- Sound finances. We will increase revenue through property lettings, by leasing land for wind power and by expanding parking management.