Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II is one of 299 single member constituencies used by the German parliament, the Bundestag. One of six districts covering the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the constituency covers the city of Rostock and the north-eastern half of the district that bears the same name. The constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 14.

Location of constituency in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The constituency was created for the 1990 election, the first election in a unified Germany.

Developments from 1990 to 2013

Constituency results

Year	Candidate	Party	First vote
2013	Peter Stein	CDU	35.1%
2009	Steffen Bockhahn	LINKE	32.3%
2005	Christian Kleiminger	SDP	37.7%
2002	Christine Lucyga	SDP	45.2%
1998	Christine Lucyga	SDP	36.8%
1994	Christine Lucyga	SDP	33.2%
1990	Christine Lucyga	SDP	34.4%

Party-list results

Party	1990	1994	1998	2002	2005	2009	2013[1]
PDS			31.4	18.2	–	–	–
LINKE	–	–	–	–	23.9	31.1	23.7
CDU			25.5	21.5	22.8	27.0	37.9
SPD			37.1	48.5	38.9	18.0	19.2
FDP			1.6	4.6	5.4	9.5	1.9
GRÜNE			2.6	5.0	5.4	8.4	6.5
PIRATEN	–	–	–	–	–	3.3	2.4
NPD				0.5	2.0	2.3	1.6
MLPD				–	0.4	0.3	0.2
GRAUE				–	0.9	–	–
PBC				–	0.2	–	–
REP	–	–	–	0.1	–	0.1	0.1
Offensive				1.4	–	–	–
AfD	–	–	–	–	–	–	5.4

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in percentage:

1998	2002	2005	2009	2013
78.4	71.4	72.0	65.8	68.3

Detailed results

2013 federal election

223,551 residents were eligible to vote, with 152,870 people voting. This was a turnout of 68.3%.

Party		Constituency results				List results
		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union	Peter Stein	52,661	35.1	+8.2	57,188	37.9	+10.9
	The Left	Steffen Bockhahn	46,160	30.7	-1.6	35,792	23.7	-7.4
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Christian Kleiminger	27,498	18.3	-1.3	29,010	19.2	+1.2
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Harald Terpe	11,216	7.5	-3.2	9,874	6.5	-1.9
	National Democratic Party	Normen Schreiter	3,308	2.2	-0.3	2,484	1.6	-0.7
	Pirate Party	Michael Slobidnyk	3,263	2.2	‒	3,588	2.4	-0.9
	Free Democratic Party	Hagen Reinhold	1,606	1.1	-5.5	2,911	1.9	-7.6
N/A	Free Voters	Klaus-Dieter Gabbert	1,385	0.9	‒	1,109	0.7	‒
	Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany	Renate Voß	545	0.4	/	292	0.2	-0.1
	Alternative for Germany	‒	‒	‒	‒	8,196	5.4	‒
N/A	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement	‒	‒	‒	‒	224	0.1	‒
	The Republicans	‒	‒	‒	‒	106	0.1	/
	Independent	Steffen Wiechmann	2,509	1.7	‒	‒	‒	‒

2009 federal election

198,527 residents were eligible to vote, with 130,659 people voting. This was a turnout of 65.8%.[2]

Party		Constituency results				List results
		Candidate	Votes	% share	+/-	Votes	% share	+/-
	The Left	Steffen Bockhahn	41,539	32.3	+10.0	40,045	31.1	+7.2
	Christian Democratic Union	Peter Stein	34,517	26.9	+1.3	34,759	27.0	+4.2
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	Christian Kleiminger	25,389	19.8	-17.9	23,233	18.0	-20.9
	Alliance '90/The Greens	Harald Terpe	13,727	10.7	+1.3	10,772	8.4	+2.9
	Free Democratic Party	Hagen Reinhold	8,517	6.6	+2.5	12,234	9.5	+4.1
	National Democratic Party	Franziska Vorpahl	3,215	2.5	‒	2,999	2.3	+0.3
	Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany	Renate Voß	554	0.4	-0.4	324	0.3	-0.2
	Pirate Party	‒	‒	‒	‒	4,215	3.3	‒
	The Republicans	‒	‒	‒	‒	177	0.1	‒
	Independent	Hartmut Rusin	565	0.4	‒	‒	‒	‒
	Independent	Gabriele Radloff	479	0.4	‒	‒	‒	‒

References

1. "Wahl zum Bundestag der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 22. September 2013" (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2016.
2. "Wahlkreisergebnis Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Wahlkreis 014 - Rostock" (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2016.