Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II 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 16. It is located in southeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the most of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district and southeast parts of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district.[1]

16 Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II in 2013
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population273,300 (2015)
Electorate226,039 (2017)
Major settlementsNeubrandenburg
Anklam
Area4,950.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created2013
PartyCDU
MemberPhilipp Amthor
Elected2017

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II was created for the 2013 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Philipp Amthor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II is located in southeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district with the exception of municipality of Greifswald and the Amt of Landhagen, as well as the municipalities of Feldberger Seenlandschaft and Neubrandenburg and the Ämter of Friedland, Neverin, Stargarder Land, and Woldegk from the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district.[1]

History

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II was created in 2013 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Greifswald – Demmin – Ostvorpommern and Neubrandenburg – Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Uecker-Randow. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2013, and represented by Matthias Lietz. He was succeeded by party fellow Philipp Amthor in 2017.

Election Member Party %
2013 Matthias Lietz CDU 45.9
2017 Philipp Amthor CDU 31.2

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Philipp Amthor 48,269 31.2 14.7 51,789 33.5 11.5
AfD Enrico Komning 36,273 23.5 35,595 23.0 16.9
Left Toni Jaschinski 29,462 19.1 4.9 27,246 17.6 4.0
SPD Heiko Miraß 21,493 13.9 1.8 19,064 12.3 2.4
FDP Christian Bartelt 8,909 5.8 3.9 8,659 5.6 3.6
Green Timo Elias Pfarr 3,898 2.5 0.2 4,068 2.6 0.1
NPD Michael Andrejewski 2,834 1.8 4.0 3,148 2.0 2.8
FW Klaus-Dieter Gabbert 1,991 1.3 0.6 1,092 0.7 0.3
Tierschutzpartei   1,954 1.3
PARTEI Roland Gorsleben 1,499 1.0 1,340 0.9
BGE   548 0.3
MLPD   169 0.1 0.0
ÖDP   141 0.1
Informal votes 2,337 2,152
Total Valid votes 154,628 154,813
Turnout 156,965 69.4 5.9
CDU hold Majority 11,996 7.7 14.3

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Matthias Lietz 67,069 45.9 10.6 65,767 44.9 9.4
Left Torsten Koplin 34,972 23.9 7.0 31,658 21.6 8.1
SPD Holm-Henning Freier 22,870 15.7 0.3 21,603 14.8 0.8
AfD   8,850 6.0
NPD Tino Müller 8,525 5.8 0.3 6,755 4.6 0.6
Pirates Uwe Bastian 3,825 2.6 2,629 1.8 0.3
Green Ralf-Peter Hässelbarth 3,359 2.3 1.3 4,010 2.7 1.1
FW Volker Böhning 2,781 1.9 1,523 1.0
FDP Christian Bartelt 2,695 1.8 6.0 2,910 2.0 7.3
PRO 337 0.2
MLPD   162 0.1 0.1
REP   155 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,778 2,514
Total Valid votes 146,096 146,360
Turnout 148,874 63.6 1.6
CDU win new seat Majority 32,097 22.0

References
  1. "Constituency Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II
  4. Results for Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II

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