# Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II

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. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Katrin Zschau of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it was won by Steffi Burmeister, but the constituency still got vacant.

## 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 | 265 | Rostock | Rostock city |
| 1998 | 265 | Rostock | Rostock city |
| 2002 | 14 | Rostock | Rostock city |
| 2005 | 14 | Rostock | Rostock city Bad Doberan district (only Graal-Müritz and Sanitz municipalities and Carbäk Amt, Rostocker Heide Amt, Schwaan Amt, and Tessin Amt) |
| 2009 | 14 | Rostock | Rostock city Bad Doberan district (only Graal-Müritz and Sanitz municipalities and Carbäk Amt, Rostocker Heide Amt, Schwaan Amt, and Tessin Amt) |
| 2013 | 14 | 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 | 14 | 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) |
| 2021 | 14 | 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) |
| 2025 | 14 | 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) |

## 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 | Christine Lucyga | SPD | 33.2 |
| 1998 | Christine Lucyga | SPD | 36.8 |
| 2002 | Christine Lucyga | SPD | 45.2 |
| 2005 | Christian Kleiminger | SPD | 37.7 |
| 2009 | Steffen Bockhahn | LINKE | 32.3 |
| 2013 | Peter Stein | CDU | 35.0 |
| 2017 | Peter Stein | CDU | 29.5 |
| 2021 | Katrin Zschau | SPD | 27.0 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II :
| 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 | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Steffi Burmeister | Steffi Burmeister | 47,598 | 26.8 | 14.6 | 45,612 | 25.6 | 12.9 |
| | Left | Dietmar Bartsch | Dietmar Bartsch | 45,521 | 25.6 | 7.4 | 30,739 | 17.3 | 4.1 |
| | CDU | Michael Ebert | Michael Ebert | 34,403 | 19.4 | 2.4 | 29,907 | 16.8 | 2.6 |
| | SPD | N Katrin Zschau | N Katrin Zschau | 30,031 | 16.9 | 10.0 | 25,383 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 17,598 | 9.9 | New |
| | Greens | Felix Winter | Felix Winter | 9,397 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 15,933 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| | FDP | Kai-Uwe Richter | Kai-Uwe Richter | 5,037 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 6,057 | 3.4 | 5.7 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,783 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 1,702 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| | FW | Roger Schmidt | Roger Schmidt | 3,431 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1,505 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| | BD | Jeremy Brehme | Jeremy Brehme | 1,527 | 0.9 | New | 548 | 0.3 | New |
| | MLPD | Giselher Schilke | Giselher Schilke | 620 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 238 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,534 | | | 1,094 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 177,565 | | | 178,005 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,099 | 81.0 | 6.7 | | | |
| | AfD gain from SPD | AfD gain from SPD | Majority | 2,077 | 1.2 | N/A | | | |

### 2021 election

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

### 2017 election

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

### 2013 election

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

### 2009 election

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