Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock 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 14. It is located in northern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the independent city of Rostock and the northern part of the Landkreis Rostock district.[1]

14 Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II in 2013
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population271,600 (2015)
Electorate222,913 (2017)
Major settlementsRostock
Area993.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberPeter Stein
Elected2013, 2017

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2013, it has been represented by Peter Stein of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II is located in northern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Rostock and northern parts of the Landkreis Rostock district, specifically the municipalities of Dummerstorf, Graal-Müritz, and Sanitz and the Ämter of Carbäk, Rostocker Heide, Schwaan, Tessin, and Warnow-West.[1]

History

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Rostock. Until 2002, it was constituency 265 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised only the independent city of Rostock. In the 2005 election, it acquired the municipalities of Graal-Müritz and Sanitz and the Ämter of Carbäk, Rostocker Heide, and Tessin from the now-abolished Bad Doberan district. In the 2013 election, was further expanded to its current borders and renamed to Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II.

Election No. Name Borders
1990 265 Rostock
1994
1998
2002 14
2005
2009
2013 Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
2017
2021

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Christine Lucyga (until 2005) and Christian Kleiminger. In 2009, it was won by Steffen Bockhahn of The Left. Peter Stein of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2013, and was re-elected in 2017.

Election Member Party %
1990 Christine Lucyga SPD 34.4
1994 33.2
1998 36.8
2002 45.2
2005 Christian Kleiminger SPD 37.7
2009 Steffen Bockhahn LINKE 32.3
2013 Peter Stein CDU 35.0
2017 29.5

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock 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 Y Peter Stein 47,923 29.5 5.5 49,433 30.5 7.5
Left Dietmar Bartsch 40,202 24.8 6.0 33,575 20.7 3.1
SPD Christian Reinke 29,056 17.9 0.4 25,650 15.8 3.4
AfD Stephan Schmidt 23,785 14.7 25,171 15.5 10.1
Green Uwe Flachsmeyer 8,333 5.1 2.3 10,229 6.3 0.2
FDP Hagen Reinhold 7,368 4.5 3.5 10,661 6.6 4.6
PARTEI Eric Adelsberger 3,132 1.9 2,517 1.6
Tierschutzpartei   2,008 1.2
FW Arne Gericke 1,453 0.9 0.0 955 0.6 0.1
NPD   907 0.6 1.1
ÖDP Torsten Frosina 591 0.4 349 0.2
BGE   564 0.3
MLPD Philipp Schwartz 396 0.2 0.1 303 0.2 0.0
Informal votes 1,777 1,694
Total Valid votes 162,239 162,322
Turnout 164,016 73.6 5.3
CDU hold Majority 7,721 4.7 0.3

2013 election
Federal election (2013): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock 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 Peter Stein 52,661 35.1 7.1 57,188 37.9 10.0
Left N Steffen Bockhahn 46,160 30.7 0.8 35,792 23.7 6.8
SPD Christian Kleiminger 27,498 18.3 1.5 29,010 18.2 1.4
Green Harald Terpe 11,216 7.5 2.8 11,216 6.5 1.6
AfD   8,196 5.4
Pirates Michael Slobidnyk 3,263 2.2 3,588 2.4 0.7
NPD Normen Schreiter 3,308 2.2 0.3 2,484 1.6 0.7
Independent Steffen Wiechmann 2,509 1.7
FDP Hagen Reinhold 1,606 1.1 5.7 2,911 1.9 7.8
FW Klaus-Dieter Gabbert 1,385 0.9 1,109 0.7
MLPD Renate Voß 545 0.4 292 0.2 0.0
PRO 224 0.1
REP   106 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,669 2,046
Total Valid votes 150,151 150,774
Turnout 152,820 68.3 1.9
CDU gain from Left Majority 6,501 4.4

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Rostock[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Left Steffen Bockhahn 41,539 32.3 10.0 40,045 31.1 7.2
CDU Peter Stein 34,517 26.9 1.3 34,759 27.0 4.2
SPD N Christian Kleiminger 25,389 19.8 17.9 23,223 18.0 20.9
Green Harald Terpe 13,727 10.7 1.3 10,772 8.4 2.9
FDP Hagen Reinhold 8,517 6.6 2.5 12,234 9.5 4.1
Pirates   4,215 3.3
NPD Franziska Vorpahl 3,215 2.5 2,999 2.3 0.3
Independent Hartmut Rusin 565 0.4
MLPD Renate Voß 554 0.4 0.4 324 0.3 0.2
Independent Gabriele Radloff 479 0.4
REP   177 0.1
Informal votes 2,157 1,911
Total Valid votes 128,502 128,748
Turnout 130,659 65.8 6.2
Left gain from SPD Majority 7,022 5.5

References
  1. "Constituency Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. "Results for Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. Results for Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
  4. Results for Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
  5. Results for Rostock
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