Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 15. It is located in northeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the Vorpommern-Rügen district and a small part of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district.[1]

15 Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I in 2013
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population294,400 (2019)
Electorate241,066 (2021)
Major settlementsGreifswald
Stralsund
Area3,475.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartySPD
MemberAnna Kassautzki
Elected2021

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Anna Kassautzki of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I is located in northeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Vorpommern-Rügen district, as well as the municipality of Greifswald and the Amt of Landhagen from the Vorpommern-Greifswald district.[1]

History

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen. Until 2002, it was constituency 267 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the now-abolished districts of Grimmen, Rügen, and Stralsund, and the independent city of Stralsund. In the 2002 election, it was expanded to contain the former Ribnitz-Damgarten district, which had been abolished in 1994; it now covered the entirety of the later-abolished Nordvorpommern district. At this time, it was renamed to Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen, and acquired its current constituency number of 15. In the 2013 election, it was further expanded to include the independent city of Greifswald and the Amt of Landhagen, and was renamed to Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 267 Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen
1994
1998
2002 15 Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen
2005
2009
2013 Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was held continuously by Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its formation until her retirement. Merkel served as leader of the CDU from 2000 and Chancellor of Germany from 2005 until 2021. In the 2021 federal election, it was won by Anna Kassautzki of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Election Member Party  %
1990 Angela Merkel CDU 48.5
1994 48.6
1998 37.3
2002 41.6
2005 41.3
2009 49.3
2013 56.2
2017 44.0
2021 Anna Kassautzki SPD 24.3

Election results

2021 election
Federal election (2021): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I[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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Anna Kassautzki 40,429 24.3 Increase 12.7 41,583 25.1 Increase 12.9
CDU Georg Günther 33,903 20.4 Decrease 23.6 30,910 18.6 Decrease 14.3
AfD Leif-Erik Holm 33,025 19.9 Increase 0.7 31,303 18.9 Decrease 0.8
Left Kerstin Kassner 22,767 13.7 Decrease 2.2 18,857 11.4 Decrease 6.6
Greens Claudia Müller 12,199 7.3 Increase 4.3 14,654 8.8 Increase 3.8
FDP Sebastian Adler 11,005 6.6 Increase 3.5 13,776 8.3 Increase 1.4
Tierschutzpartei Robert Gabel 5,083 3.1 Increase 1.8 5,169 3.1 Increase 1.1
dieBasis Sylvio Schmeller 2,805 1.7 2,904 1.8
FW Heidelind Holthusen 1,835 1.1 Increase 0.2 1,975 1.2 Increase 0.5
PARTEI Mark Peter Pistor 1,782 1.1 1,576 1.0 Decrease 0.2
NPD   758 0.5 Decrease 0.4
Pirates Friedrich Smyra 1,094 0.7 797 0.5
Team Todenhöfer   392 0.2
Volt   354 0.2
Humanists   295 0.2
ÖDP   201 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   152 0.1
MLPD Karl-Heinz Schulze 226 0.1 Decrease 0.1 123 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,769 3,143
Total Valid votes 166,153 165,779
Turnout 168,922 70.1 Decrease 0.3
SPD gain from CDU Majority 6,526 3.9

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I[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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Angela Merkel 73,746 44.0 Decrease 12.3 55,110 32.9 Decrease 12.0
AfD Leif-Erik Holm 32,173 19.2 32,881 19.6 Increase 13.1
Left Kerstin Kassner 26,650 15.9 Decrease 3.4 30,107 18.0 Decrease 2.6
SPD Sonja Steffen 19,515 11.6 Decrease 2.4 20,405 12.2 Decrease 2.4
FDP Patrick Meinhardt 5,229 3.1 Increase 2.3 11,490 6.9 Increase 4.2
Greens Claudia Müller 5,081 3.0 Steady 0.0 8,498 5.1 Increase 0.3
Tierschutzpartei Robert Gabel 2,161 1.3 3,319 2.0
PARTEI   1,867 1.1
FW Armin Pagel 1,576 0.9 Increase 0.2 1,232 0.7 Decrease 0.2
NPD Udo Pastörs 976 0.6 Decrease 2.0 1,368 0.8 Decrease 1.5
BGE   692 0.4
MLPD Karl-Heinz Schulze 407 0.2 249 0.1 Steady 0.0
ÖDP   194 0.1
Independent Georg Tschammer-Osten 148 0.1
Informal votes 1,866 2,116
Total Valid votes 167,662 167,412
Turnout 169,528 70.4 Increase 6.1
CDU hold Majority 41,573 24.8 Decrease 12.1

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I[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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Angela Merkel 87,142 56.2 Increase 9.8 69,683 45.0 Increase 8.5
Left Kerstin Kassner 29,847 19.3 Decrease 7.2 31,930 20.6 Decrease 7.4
SPD Sonja Steffen 21,688 14.0 Decrease 1.4 22,630 14.6 Increase 1.7
AfD   10,159 6.6
Greens Claudia Müller 4,728 3.1 Decrease 1.4 7,372 4.8 Decrease 0.9
NPD Michael Andrejewski 3,970 2.6 Decrease 0.2 3,525 2.3 Decrease 0.5
Pirates Susanne Wiest 3,738 2.4 3,527 2.3 Decrease 0.3
Independent Michael Adomeit 1,390 0.9
FDP Gino Leonhard 1,227 0.8 Decrease 4.8 4,067 2.6 Decrease 8.5
FW Jürgen Dettmann 1,205 0.8 1,466 0.9
PRO 330 0.2
MLPD   161 0.1 Decrease 0.1
REP   126 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,467 2,426
Total Valid votes 154,935 154,976
Turnout 157,402 64.3 Increase 3.4
CDU hold Majority 57,295 36.9 Increase 14.0

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen[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.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Angela Merkel 57,865 49.3 Increase 8.0 43,650 37.3 Increase 2.7
Left Marianne Linke 30,935 26.4 Increase 2.6 33,522 28.6 Increase 4.5
SPD Sonja Steffen 14,040 12.0 Decrease 13.4 15,048 12.9 Decrease 12.8
FDP Gino Leonhard 5,668 4.8 Increase 1.9 13,087 11.2 Increase 3.7
Greens Arnold von Bosse 3,735 3.2 Increase 1.2 5,349 4.6 Increase 1.4
NPD Raimund Borrmann 3,262 2.8 Decrease 0.7 3,434 2.9 Decrease 0.7
Pirates   2,564 2.2
Independent Michael Harald Adomeit 1,322 1.1
Independent Maria Hilde Wilke 479 0.4
REP   236 0.2
MLPD   210 0.2
Informal votes 2,063 2,269
Total Valid votes 117,306 117,100
Turnout 119,369 59.8 Decrease 9.8
CDU hold Majority 26,930 23.0 Increase 7.1

References
  1. "Constituency Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
  4. Results for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
  5. Results for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
  6. Results for Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen

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