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

• Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member^[5]

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