title: Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
text: # 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.
  
  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).
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## 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 |
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  | 1990 | 267 | Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen | Stralsund city Grimmen district Rügen district Stralsund district |
  | 1994 | 267 | Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen | Stralsund city Grimmen district Rügen district Stralsund district |
  | 1998 | 267 | Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen | Stralsund city Grimmen district Rügen district Stralsund district |
  | 2002 | 15 | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen | Stralsund city Nordvorpommern district Rügen district |
  | 2005 | 15 | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen | Stralsund city Nordvorpommern district Rügen district |
  | 2009 | 15 | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen | Stralsund city Nordvorpommern district Rügen district |
  | 2013 | 15 | Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I | Vorpommern-Rügen district Vorpommern-Greifswald district (only Greifswald municipality and Landhagen Amt) |
  | 2017 | 15 | Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I | Vorpommern-Rügen district Vorpommern-Greifswald district (only Greifswald municipality and Landhagen Amt) |
  | 2021 | 15 | Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I | Vorpommern-Rügen district Vorpommern-Greifswald district (only Greifswald municipality and Landhagen Amt) |
  
  ## 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 | Member | Party | % |
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  | 1990 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 48.5 |
  | 1994 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 48.6 |
  | 1998 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 37.3 |
  | 2002 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 41.6 |
  | 2005 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 41.3 |
  | 2009 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 49.3 |
  | 2013 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 56.2 |
  | 2017 | Angela Merkel | CDU | 44.0 |
  | 2021 | Anna Kassautzki | SPD | 24.3 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2021 election
  
  Federal election (2021): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | SPD | Anna Kassautzki | Anna Kassautzki | 40,429 | 24.3 | 12.7 | 41,583 | 25.1 | 12.9 |
  | | CDU | Georg Günther | Georg Günther | 33,903 | 20.4 | 23.6 | 30,910 | 18.6 | 14.3 |
  | | AfD | Leif-Erik Holm | Leif-Erik Holm | 33,025 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 31,303 | 18.9 | 0.8 |
  | | Left | Kerstin Kassner | Kerstin Kassner | 22,767 | 13.7 | 2.2 | 18,857 | 11.4 | 6.6 |
  | | Greens | Claudia Müller | Claudia Müller | 12,199 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 14,654 | 8.8 | 3.8 |
  | | FDP | Sebastian Adler | Sebastian Adler | 11,005 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 13,776 | 8.3 | 1.4 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | Robert Gabel | Robert Gabel | 5,083 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 5,169 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
  | | dieBasis | Sylvio Schmeller | Sylvio Schmeller | 2,805 | 1.7 | | 2,904 | 1.8 | |
  | | FW | Heidelind Holthusen | Heidelind Holthusen | 1,835 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1,975 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
  | | PARTEI | Mark Peter Pistor | Mark Peter Pistor | 1,782 | 1.1 | | 1,576 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
  | | NPD | | | | | | 758 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
  | | Pirates | Friedrich Smyra | 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 | Karl-Heinz Schulze | 226 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 123 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,769 | | | 3,143 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 166,153 | | | 165,779 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,922 | 70.1 | 0.3 | | | |
  | | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 6,526 | 3.9 | | | | |
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  Federal election (2017): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Angela Merkel | Y Angela Merkel | 73,746 | 44.0 | 12.3 | 55,110 | 32.9 | 12.0 |
  | | AfD | Leif-Erik Holm | Leif-Erik Holm | 32,173 | 19.2 | | 32,881 | 19.6 | 13.1 |
  | | Left | Kerstin Kassner | Kerstin Kassner | 26,650 | 15.9 | 3.4 | 30,107 | 18.0 | 2.6 |
  | | SPD | Sonja Steffen | Sonja Steffen | 19,515 | 11.6 | 2.4 | 20,405 | 12.2 | 2.4 |
  | | FDP | Patrick Meinhardt | Patrick Meinhardt | 5,229 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 11,490 | 6.9 | 4.2 |
  | | Greens | Claudia Müller | Claudia Müller | 5,081 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8,498 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
  | | Tierschutzpartei | Robert Gabel | Robert Gabel | 2,161 | 1.3 | | 3,319 | 2.0 | |
  | | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,867 | 1.1 | |
  | | FW | Armin Pagel | Armin Pagel | 1,576 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1,232 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
  | | NPD | Udo Pastörs | Udo Pastörs | 976 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1,368 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
  | | BGE | | | | | | 692 | 0.4 | |
  | | MLPD | Karl-Heinz Schulze | Karl-Heinz Schulze | 407 | 0.2 | | 249 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  | | ÖDP | | | | | | 194 | 0.1 | |
  | | Independent | Georg Tschammer-Osten | Georg Tschammer-Osten | 148 | 0.1 | | | | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,866 | | | 2,116 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 167,662 | | | 167,412 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,528 | 70.4 | 6.1 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 41,573 | 24.8 | 12.1 | | | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  Federal election (2013): Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Angela Merkel | Y Angela Merkel | 87,142 | 56.2 | 9.8 | 69,683 | 45.0 | 8.5 |
  | | Left | Kerstin Kassner | Kerstin Kassner | 29,847 | 19.3 | 7.2 | 31,930 | 20.6 | 7.4 |
  | | SPD | Sonja Steffen | Sonja Steffen | 21,688 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 22,630 | 14.6 | 1.7 |
  | | AfD | | | | | | 10,159 | 6.6 | |
  | | Greens | Claudia Müller | Claudia Müller | 4,728 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 7,372 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
  | | NPD | Michael Andrejewski | Michael Andrejewski | 3,970 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 3,525 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
  | | Pirates | Susanne Wiest | Susanne Wiest | 3,738 | 2.4 | | 3,527 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
  | | Independent | Michael Adomeit | Michael Adomeit | 1,390 | 0.9 | | | | |
  | | FDP | Gino Leonhard | Gino Leonhard | 1,227 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 4,067 | 2.6 | 8.5 |
  | | FW | Jürgen Dettmann | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,467 | | | 2,426 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 154,935 | | | 154,976 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,402 | 64.3 | 3.4 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 57,295 | 36.9 | 14.0 | | | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  Federal election (2009): Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen :
  
  | Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | CDU | Y Angela Merkel | Y Angela Merkel | 57,865 | 49.3 | 8.0 | 43,650 | 37.3 | 2.7 |
  | | Left | Marianne Linke | Marianne Linke | 30,935 | 26.4 | 2.6 | 33,522 | 28.6 | 4.5 |
  | | SPD | Sonja Steffen | Sonja Steffen | 14,040 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15,048 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
  | | FDP | Gino Leonhard | Gino Leonhard | 5,668 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 13,087 | 11.2 | 3.7 |
  | | Greens | Arnold von Bosse | Arnold von Bosse | 3,735 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 5,349 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
  | | NPD | Raimund Borrmann | Raimund Borrmann | 3,262 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3,434 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
  | | Pirates | | | | | | 2,564 | 2.2 | |
  | | Independent | Michael Harald Adomeit | Michael Harald Adomeit | 1,322 | 1.1 | | | | |
  | | Independent | Maria Hilde Wilke | Maria Hilde Wilke | 479 | 0.4 | | | | |
  | | REP | | | | | | 236 | 0.2 | |
  | | MLPD | | | | | | 210 | 0.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,063 | | | 2,269 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 117,306 | | | 117,100 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,369 | 59.8 | 9.8 | | | |
  | | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 26,930 | 23.0 | 7.1 | | | |
  