Kristian Klinck
German politician
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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.
Kristian Klinck | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag from Plön – Neumünster | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Melanie Bernstein |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Carstensen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1979 Kiel, Germany |
| Party | SPD |
| Occupation | teacher |
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 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.[3]
Within his parliamentary group, Klinck belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[4]
Other activities
- Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member[5]
Election results
| Federal election (2021): Plön – Neumünster[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU |  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 |
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| SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 4,629 | 3.5 | ||||||
