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
Population292,300 (2015)
Electorate240,887 (2017)
Major settlementsGreifswald
Stralsund
Area3,466.1 km2
Current electoral district
Created1990
PartyCDU
MemberAngela Merkel
Elected1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 1990, it has been represented by Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[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 has been held continuously by Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its formation, including during its prior configurations from 1990–2002 and 2002–2013.

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

Election results

2017 election
Federal election (2017): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Angela Merkel 73,746 44.0 12.3 55,110 32.9 12.0
AfD Leif-Erik Holm 32,173 19.2 32,881 19.6 13.1
Left Kerstin Kassner 26,650 15.9 3.4 30,107 18.0 2.6
SPD Sonja Steffen 19,515 11.6 2.4 20,405 12.2 2.4
FDP Patrick Meinhardt 5,229 3.1 2.3 11,490 6.9 4.2
Green Claudia Müller 5,081 3.0 0.0 8,498 5.1 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 0.2 1,232 0.7 0.2
NPD Udo Pastörs 976 0.6 2.0 1,368 0.8 1.5
BGE   692 0.4
MLPD Karl-Heinz Schulze 407 0.2 249 0.1 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 6.1
CDU hold Majority 41,573 24.8 12.1

2013 election
Federal election (2013): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

2009 election
Federal election (2009): Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen[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 % ±%
CDU Y Angela Merkel 57,865 49.3 8.0 43,650 37.3 2.7
Left Marianne Linke 30,935 26.4 2.6 33,522 28.6 4.5
SPD Sonja Steffen 14,040 12.0 13.4 15,048 12.9 12.8
FDP Gino Leonhard 5,668 4.8 1.9 13,087 11.2 3.7
Green Arnold von Bosse 3,735 3.2 1.2 5,349 4.6 1.4
NPD Raimund Borrmann 3,262 2.8 0.7 3,434 2.9 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 9.8
CDU hold Majority 26,930 23.0 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 Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen

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