Kristian Klinck

Kristian Klinck (born 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 since 2021. He defeated Melanie Bernstein from the Christian Democratic Union.

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.

Within his parliamentary group, Klinck belongs 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: Green 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. 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
style="background-color: Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/shortname]]	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
	[[Die PARTEI|Template:Die PARTEI/meta/shortname]]	Jana Käding		2.196	1.7		1,300	1.0	0.0
style="background-color: Template:Free Voters/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	FW	Manfred Koch		2,386	1.8	0.8	1,275	1.0	0.4
	NPD						242	0.2	0.2
	[[Ecological Democratic Party|Template:Ecological Democratic Party/meta/shortname]]						94	0.1	0.1
style="background-color: Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany|Template:Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany/meta/shortname]]						23	0.0	0.0
	dieBasis	Prof. Karina Reiß		2,508	1.9		2,007	1.5
	[[German Communist Party|Template:German Communist Party/meta/shortname]]						34	0.0
	du.						70	0.1
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Liberal Conservative Reformers|Template:Liberal Conservative Reformers/meta/shortname]]	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
style="background-color: Template:Volt Europa/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Volt Europa|Template:Volt Europa/meta/shortname]]						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