Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II

14 Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II in 2025
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population	276,500 (2019)
Electorate	222,705 (2021)
Major settlements	Rostock
Area	994.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	SPD
Member	Katrin Zschau
Elected	2021

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock 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 14. It is located in northern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the independent city of Rostock and the northern part of the Landkreis Rostock district.

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Katrin Zschau of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II is located in northern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Rostock and northern parts of the Landkreis Rostock district, specifically the municipalities of Dummerstorf, Graal-Müritz, and Sanitz and the Ämter of Carbäk, Rostocker Heide, Schwaan, Tessin, and Warnow-West.

History

Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Rostock. Until 2002, it was constituency 265 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised only the independent city of Rostock. In the 2005 election, it acquired the municipalities of Graal-Müritz and Sanitz and the Ämter of Carbäk, Rostocker Heide, and Tessin from the now-abolished Bad Doberan district. In the 2013 election, was further expanded to its current borders and renamed to Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	265	Rostock	Rostock city
1994
1998
2002	14
2005			Rostock city Bad Doberan district (only Graal-Müritz and Sanitz municipalities and Carbäk Amt, Rostocker Heide Amt, Schwaan Amt, and Tessin Amt)
2009
2013		Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II	Rostock city Bad Doberan district (only Dummerstorf, Graal-Müritz, and Sanitz municipalities and Carbäk Amt, Rostocker Heide Amt, Schwaan Amt, Tessin Amt, and Warnow-West Amt)
2017
2021
2025

Members

The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 1990 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Christine Lucyga (until 2005) and Christian Kleiminger. In 2009, it was won by Steffen Bockhahn of The Left. Peter Stein of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the constituency in 2013, and was re-elected in 2017. Katrin Zschau regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Christine Lucyga	SPD	34.4
	1994			33.2
	1998			36.8
	2002			45.2
	2005	Christian Kleiminger	SPD	37.7
	2009	Steffen Bockhahn	LINKE	32.3
	2013	Peter Stein	CDU	35.0
	2017			29.5
	2021	Katrin Zschau	SPD	27.0

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
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	Katrin Zschau		43,932	27.0	9.0	47,280	29.0	13.2
	Left	Dietmar Bartsch		29,715	18.2	6.6	21,491	13.2	7.5
	CDU	N Peter Stein		27,672	17.0	12.6	23,103	14.2	16.3
	AfD	Tobias Pontow		19,882	12.2	2.5	20,658	12.7	2.8
	Greens	Andreas Tesche		16,556	10.2	5.0	20,941	12.8	6.5
	FDP	Hagen Reinhold		12,242	7.5	3.0	14,852	9.1	2.5
	dieBasis	Susanne Kreft		4,744	2.9		3,488	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei	Seraphine Jörn		4,476	2.7		3,935	2.4	1.2
	PARTEI						2,036	1.2	0.3
	FW	Christine Dubberke		2,131	1.3	0.4	1,871	1.1	0.6
	Pirates	Jan-Peter Rühmann		1,304	0.8		854	0.5
	NPD						696	0.4	0.1
	Volt						501	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						408	0.3
	Humanists						290	0.2
	ÖDP						274	0.2	0.0
	MLPD	Eric Dunst		356	0.2	0.0	152	0.1	0.1
	DKP						147	0.1
Informal votes				2,319			2,352
Total valid votes				163,010			162,977
Turnout				165,329	74.2	0.7
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	14,217	8.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
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 Peter Stein		47,923	29.5	5.5	49,433	30.5	7.5
	Left	Dietmar Bartsch		40,202	24.8	6.0	33,575	20.7	3.1
	SPD	Christian Reinke		29,056	17.9	0.4	25,650	15.8	3.4
	AfD	Stephan Schmidt		23,785	14.7		25,171	15.5	10.1
	Greens	Uwe Flachsmeyer		8,333	5.1	2.3	10,229	6.3	0.2
	FDP	Hagen Reinhold		7,368	4.5	3.5	10,661	6.6	4.6
	PARTEI	Eric Adelsberger		3,132	1.9		2,517	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						2,008	1.2
	FW	Arne Gericke		1,453	0.9	0.0	955	0.6	0.1
	NPD						907	0.6	1.1
	ÖDP	Torsten Frosina		591	0.4		349	0.2
	BGE						564	0.3
	MLPD	Philipp Schwartz		396	0.2	0.1	303	0.2	0.0
Informal votes				1,777			1,694
Total valid votes				162,239			162,322
Turnout				164,016	73.6	5.3
	CDU hold		Majority	7,721	4.7	0.3

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
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	Peter Stein		52,661	35.1	7.1	57,188	37.9	10.0
	Left	N Steffen Bockhahn		46,160	30.7	0.8	35,792	23.7	6.8
	SPD	Christian Kleiminger		27,498	18.3	1.5	29,010	18.2	1.4
	Greens	Harald Terpe		11,216	7.5	2.8	11,216	6.5	1.6
	AfD						8,196	5.4
	Pirates	Michael Slobidnyk		3,263	2.2		3,588	2.4	0.7
	NPD	Normen Schreiter		3,308	2.2	0.3	2,484	1.6	0.7
	Independent	Steffen Wiechmann		2,509	1.7
	FDP	Hagen Reinhold		1,606	1.1	5.7	2,911	1.9	7.8
	FW	Klaus-Dieter Gabbert		1,385	0.9		1,109	0.7
	MLPD	Renate Voß		545	0.4		292	0.2	0.0
	PRO						224	0.1
	REP						106	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,669			2,046
Total valid votes				150,151			150,774
Turnout				152,820	68.3	1.9
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	6,501	4.4

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Rostock
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	%	±%
	Left	Steffen Bockhahn		41,539	32.3	10.0	40,045	31.1	7.2
	CDU	Peter Stein		34,517	26.9	1.3	34,759	27.0	4.2
	SPD	N Christian Kleiminger		25,389	19.8	17.9	23,223	18.0	20.9
	Greens	Harald Terpe		13,727	10.7	1.3	10,772	8.4	2.9
	FDP	Hagen Reinhold		8,517	6.6	2.5	12,234	9.5	4.1
	Pirates						4,215	3.3
	NPD	Franziska Vorpahl		3,215	2.5		2,999	2.3	0.3
	Independent	Hartmut Rusin		565	0.4
	MLPD	Renate Voß		554	0.4	0.4	324	0.3	0.2
	Independent	Gabriele Radloff		479	0.4
	REP						177	0.1
Informal votes				2,157			1,911
Total valid votes				128,502			128,748
Turnout				130,659	65.8	6.2
	Left gain from SPD		Majority	7,022	5.5