Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I

Federal electoral district of Germany

15 Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I

Electoral district
for the Bundestag

Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I in 2025

State| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population| 294,400 (2019)
Electorate| 241,066 (2021)
Major settlements| Greifswald
Stralsund
Area| 3,475.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created| 1990
Party| SPD
Member| Anna Kassautzki
Elected| 2021

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]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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  |

* Stralsund city
* Grimmen district
* Rügen district
* Stralsund district

1994
1998
2002 | 15  | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen |

* Stralsund city
* Nordvorpommern district
* Rügen district

2005
2009
2013 | Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I  |

* Vorpommern-Rügen district
* Vorpommern-Greifswald district (only Greifswald municipality and Landhagen Amt)

2017
2021
2025

## Members

[edit]

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

[edit]

### 2021 election

[edit]

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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

### 2017 election

[edit]

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 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
| Greens | 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

[edit]

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 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  |
| Greens | 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

[edit]

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 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
| Greens | 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

[edit]

1. ^ a b "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

* v
* t
* e

Electoral districts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the German Bundestag

Current|

* Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
* Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
* Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
* Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
* Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II
* Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III

Defunct|

* Greifswald – Demmin – Ostvorpommern
* Neubrandenburg – Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Uecker-Randow

Other states|

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria‎
* Berlin
* Brandenburg‎
* Bremen
* Hamburg‎
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate‎
* Saarland
* Saxony‎
* Saxony-Anhalt‎
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia‎

See also|

* List of Bundestag constituencies
* Elections in Germany

Bundestag | Vacant

Party list from Lower Saxony (1998-2005)

Title last held by

Ludwigshafen |  Constituency represented by the chancellor
2005-2021  | Succeeded by

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II

|
|
|

*[No.]: Constituency number
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template