15 Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I in 2013
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

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.

Members

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 results

2021 election

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

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

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

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

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