Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen was an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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from 1990 to 2013. Part of the state of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

, the constituency elected one representative under the

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(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.Details of the 2012 boundary review (German)
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

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, Federal Chancellor since 2005. In the 2009 federal election, Merkel won the seat by 23 percentage points over her nearest opponent.

Election results

2009 election

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stralsund - Nordvorpommern - Rugen (electoral district) Federal electoral districts in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Stralsund Rügen 1990 establishments in Germany 2013 disestablishments in Germany Constituencies established in 1990 Constituencies disestablished in 2013