Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II

16 Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II in 2025
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population	267,400 (2019)
Electorate	221,421 (2021)
Major settlements	Neubrandenburg Anklam
Area	4,968.3 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2013
Party	SPD
Member	Erik von Malottki
Elected	2021

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 most of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district and southeast parts of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district.^[1]

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II was created for the 2013 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Erik von Malottki of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

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]

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.

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. Erik von Malottki won the constituency for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.

Federal election (2021): 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	%	±%
	SPD	Erik von Malottki		37,392	24.8	10.9	40,339	26.7	14.4
	AfD	Enrico Komning		36,597	24.3	0.8	35,102	23.2	0.2
	CDU	N Philipp Amthor		31,182	20.7	10.5	28,684	19.0	14.5
	Left	Toni Jaschinski		16,202	10.8	8.3	15,370	10.2	7.4
	FDP	Christian Bartelt		11,165	7.4	1.6	11,438	7.6	2.0
	Greens	Katharina Horn		6,112	4.1	1.5	6,616	4.4	1.8
	Human Environment Animal Protection	Anja Hübner		4,765	3.2		3,803	2.5	1.3
	dieBasis	Wolfgang Wodarg		3,257	2.2		2,822	1.9
	FW	Matthias Andiel		2,468	1.6	0.4	2,183	1.4	0.7
	NPD						2,006	1.3	0.7
	PARTEI						1,033	0.7	0.2
	Unabhängige	Sophie Maus		1,019	0.7
	Pirates						518	0.3
	Independent	Sören Krüger		509	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						348	0.2
	Humanists						220	0.1
	Volt						204	0.1
	DKP						140	0.1
	ÖDP						123	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						89	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				3,572			3,202
Total valid votes				150,668			151,038
Turnout				154,240	69.7	0.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	796	0.5

Federal election (2017): 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	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
	Greens	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
	Human Environment Animal Protection						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

Federal election (2013): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II[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	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
	Greens	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