German politician
Kristian Klinck
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Born (1979-04-19 ) 19 April 1979 (age 45) Kiel , GermanyPolitical party SPD Occupation teacher
Kristian Klinck (born 19 April 1979) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Bundestag for Plön – Neumünster since the 2021 German federal election .
Political career
Klinck became a member of the Bundestag in 2021.[ 1] He unseated Melanie Bernstein from the Christian Democratic Union in Plön – Neumünster .[ 2]
In parliament, Klinck serves on the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he has been part of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.[ 3]
Within his parliamentary group, Klinck belongs to the Parliamentary Left , a left-wing movement.[ 4]
Other activities
Election results
Federal election (2021) : Plön – Neumünster[ 6]
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
N Melanie Bernstein
36,869
27.9
12.8
30,290
22.9
10.7
SPD
Kristian Klinck
41,498
31.4
2.5
38,672
29.2
5.4
Greens
Martin Drees
20,739
15.7
6.7
23,052
17.4
4.9
AfD
Alexis Giersch
9,404
7.1
0.7
9,741
7.4
1.2
FDP
Gunnar Schulz
12,420
9.4
2.2
15,902
12.0
0.6
Left
Gabi Gschwind-Wiese
3,718
2.8
2.6
4,233
3.2
3.3
PARTEI
Jana Käding
2.196
1.7
1,300
1.0
0.0
FW
Manfred Koch
2,386
1.8
0.8
1,275
1.0
0.4
NPD
242
0.2
0.2
ÖDP
94
0.1
0.1
MLPD
23
0.0
0.0
dieBasis
Prof. Karina Reiß
2,508
1.9
2,007
1.5
DKP
34
0.0
du.
70
0.1
LKR
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
1,766
1,198
Total valid votes
131,961
132,529
Turnout
133,727
76.5
1.2
SPD gain from CDU
Majority
4,629
3.5
References
SPD
CDU/CSU
GRÜNE
FDP
AfD
LINKE
OTHER