Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen (electoral district)
# Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen (electoral district)

Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen was an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the German Bundestag from 1990 to 2013. Part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the constituency elected one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it was designated as constituency 15. The constituency was abolished as part of the 2012 federal boundary review, which saw the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lose one of its 7 geographic constituencies as a result of population change. It was largely replaced with the Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I constituency, which took its district number of 15.

## Members of the Bundestag

The constituency has been held since its creation in 1990 by the CDU's Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor since 2005. In the 2009 federal election, Merkel won the seat by 23 percentage points over her nearest opponent.

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1990 | Angela Merkel | CDU |

## Election results

### 2009 election

The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes.

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 |
| | Independent | Michael Adomeit | Michael Adomeit | 1,322 | 1.1 | −0.1 | | | |
| | Independent | Maria Wilke | Maria Wilke | 479 | 0.4 | N/A | | | |
| 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 | −9.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 26,930 | 22.9 | | | | |
