# Kristian Klinck

Kristian Klinck (born 19 April 1979) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was the member of the Bundestag for Plön – Neumünster since the 2021 German federal election.

## Political career

Klinck became a member of the Bundestag in 2021. He unseated Melanie Bernstein from the Christian Democratic Union in Plön – Neumünster.
In parliament, Klinck served on the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.
Within his parliamentary group, Klinck belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.

## Other activities

* Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member

## Election results

Federal election (2021): Plön – Neumünster :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | N Melanie Bernstein | N Melanie Bernstein | 36,869 | 27.9 | 12.8 | 30,290 | 22.9 | 10.7 |
| | SPD | Kristian Klinck | Kristian Klinck | 41,498 | 31.4 | 2.5 | 38,672 | 29.2 | 5.4 |
| | Greens | Martin Drees | Martin Drees | 20,739 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 23,052 | 17.4 | 4.9 |
| | AfD | Alexis Giersch | Alexis Giersch | 9,404 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 9,741 | 7.4 | 1.2 |
| | FDP | Gunnar Schulz | Gunnar Schulz | 12,420 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 15,902 | 12.0 | 0.6 |
| | Left | Gabi Gschwind-Wiese | Gabi Gschwind-Wiese | 3,718 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 4,233 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| | PARTEI | Jana Käding | Jana Käding | 2.196 | 1.7 | | 1,300 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| | FW | Manfred Koch | Manfred Koch | 2,386 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1,275 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 242 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | dieBasis | Prof. Karina Reiß | Prof. Karina Reiß | 2,508 | 1.9 | | 2,007 | 1.5 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 34 | 0.0 | |
| | du. | | | | | | 70 | 0.1 | |
| | LKR | Jürgen Joost | Jürgen Joost | 223 | 0.2 | | 93 | 0.1 | |
| | PDV | | | | | | 111 | 0.1 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,446 | 1.1 | |
| | SSW | | | | | | 3,201 | 2.4 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 415 | 0.3 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 230 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 98 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,766 | | | 1,198 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 131,961 | | | 132,529 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,727 | 76.5 | 1.2 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,629 | 3.5 | | | | |