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Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I

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12 Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I in 2025
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population269,200 (2019)
Electorate214,853 (2021)
Major settlementsSchwerin
Area3,640.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartySPD
MemberReem Alabali-Radovan
Elected2021

Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I (English: Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Northwestern Mecklenburg) is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 12. It is located in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the city of Schwerin and western parts of the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim and Nordwestmecklenburg.[1]

Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Reem Alabali-Radovan of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]

Geography

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Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I is located in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Schwerin, as well as western parts of Ludwigslust-Parchim district (specifically the municipalities of Boizenburg, Hagenow, Ludwigslust, and Lübtheen, and the Ämter of Boizenburg-Land, Dömitz-Malliß, Grabow, Hagenow-Land, Ludwigslust-Land, Neustadt-Glewe, Stralendorf, Wittenburg, and Zarrentin) and Nordwestmecklenburg (specifically the Ämter of Gadebusch, Lützow-Lübstorf, Rehna, and Schönberger Land).[1]

History

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Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I was created in 2002, then known as Schwerin – Ludwigslust. It contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Schwerin – Hagenow and Güstrow – Sternberg – Lübz – Parchim – Ludwigslust. Until 2013, it was constituency 13 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the independent city of Schwerin and the now-abolished district of Ludwigslust. In the 2013 election, it was expanded to include the Ämter of Gadebusch, Lützow-Lübstorf, Rehna, and Schönberger Land from the Nordwestmecklenburg district; it also acquired its current name and constituency number.

Election No. Name Borders
2002 13 Schwerin – Ludwigslust
2005
2009
2013 12 Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
2017
2021
2025

Members

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The constituency was held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from its creation in 2002 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Hans-Joachim Hacker. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2009, and represented by Dietrich Monstadt. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Reem Alabali-Radovan won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election Member Party %
2002 Hans-Joachim Hacker SPD 49.3
2005 41.0
2009 Dietrich Monstadt CDU 30.3
2013 39.0
2017 32.1
2021 Reem Alabali-Radovan SPD 29.4

Election results

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2021 election

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Federal election (2021): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[3]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
SPD Reem Alabali-Radovan 45,189 29.4 Increase 7.3 49,271 32.0 Increase 13.3
CDU Red XN Dietrich Monstadt 31,754 20.7 Decrease 11.4 26,383 17.2 Decrease 15.8
AfD Steffen Beckmann 25,393 16.5 Increase 0.6 24,185 15.7 Decrease 0.8
Left Ina Latendorf 17,906 11.7 Decrease 5.5 16,604 10.8 Decrease 5.9
Greens Claudia Tamm 12,061 7.9 Increase 4.1 12,419 8.1 Increase 3.8
FDP Yannik Meffert 11,769 7.7 Increase 2.8 13,242 8.6 Increase 2.2
Human Environment Animal Protection   2,645 1.7 Increase 0.6
FW Anja Klähn 3,552 2.3 Decrease 0.2 2,476 1.6 Increase 0.6
dieBasis Eberhard Gericke 2,417 1.6 2,207 1.4
PARTEI Alrik Stoffers 1,910 1.2 1,252 0.8 Decrease 0.1
NPD   1,112 0.7 Decrease 0.4
Pirates Karsten Jagau 1,414 0.9 1,023 0.7
Team Todenhöfer   399 0.3
Volt   381 0.2
Humanists   175 0.1
ÖDP   151 0.1 Steady 0.0
DKP   121 0.1
MLPD Bert Beckmann 243 0.2 Decrease 0.1 117 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,957 2,402
Total valid votes 153,608 154,163
Turnout 156,565 72.9 Increase 0.4
SPD gain from CDU Majority 13,435 8.7

2017 election

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Federal election (2017): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Dietrich Monstadt 49,733 32.1 Decrease 6.9 51,083 32.9 Decrease 7.5
SPD Martina Tegtmeier 34,267 22.1 Decrease 3.8 28,947 18.6 Decrease 2.9
Left André Walther 26,655 17.2 Decrease 5.0 25,929 16.7 Decrease 3.7
AfD Dennis Augustin 24,764 16.0 25,692 16.5 Increase 11.3
FDP Stev Ötinger 7,470 4.8 Increase 3.3 9,879 6.4 Increase 4.1
Greens Mathias Engling 5,837 3.8 Increase 0.2 6,606 4.3 Decrease 0.2
FW Jana Wolff 3,874 2.5 Increase 0.5 1,625 1.0 Increase 0.1
Human Environment Animal Protection   1,793 1.2
NPD Stefan Köster 1,515 1.0 Increase 2.4 1,700 1.1 Decrease 1.6
PARTEI   1,363 0.9
Independent Angelika Stoof 547 0.4
MLPD Bert Beckmann 440 0.3 231 0.1 Steady 0.0
BGE   416 0.3
ÖDP   147 0.1
Informal votes 1,969 1,660
Total valid votes 155,102 155,411
Turnout 157,071 72.4 Increase 4.9
CDU hold Majority 15,466 10.0 Decrease 3.1

2013 election

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Federal election (2013): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[5]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Dietrich Monstadt 56,966 39.0 Increase 8.7 59,081 40.3 Increase 8.9
SPD Hans-Joachim Hacker 37,864 25.9 Increase 1.2 31,566 21.5 Increase 1.3
Left Dietmar Bartsch 32,404 22.2 Decrease 6.2 29,869 20.4 Decrease 7.0
AfD   7,736 5.3
Greens Frank Fiedler 5,205 3.6 Decrease 1.8 6,538 4.5 Decrease 1.4
NPD Udo Pastörs 4,928 3.4 Increase 0.2 3,922 2.7 Decrease 0.3
Pirates Karsten Jagau 3,340 2.3 2,581 1.8 Decrease 0.4
FW Sabine Bank 2,920 2.0 1,398 1.0
FDP Thomas Heldberg 2,255 1.5 Decrease 6.3 3,303 2.3 Decrease 7.4
Human Environment Animal Protection   918 0.7
PRO 251 0.2
MLPD   164 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Independent Benno Falk 124 0.1
Independent Brigitte Ahlgrim 102 0.1
REP   70 0.0 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 2,506 2,135
Total valid votes 146,108 146,479
Turnout 148,614 67.5 Increase 1.9
CDU hold Majority 19,102 13.1 Increase 12.3

2009 election

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Federal election (2009): Schwerin – Ludwigslust[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Dietrich Monstadt 34,633 29.3 Increase 2.5 36,653 30.9 Increase 5.2
Left Dietmar Bartsch 33,681 28.5 Increase 7.2 32,623 27.5 Increase 5.6
SPD Red XN Hans-Joachim Hacker 30,247 25.6 Decrease 15.4 24,464 20.6 Decrease 16.6
FDP Christian Ahrendt 9,401 7.9 Increase 4.0 11,405 9.6 Increase 3.7
Greens Silke Gajek 6,353 5.4 Increase 2.7 6,833 5.8 Increase 1.2
NPD Udo Pastörs 3,945 3.3 Decrease 0.1 3,598 3.0 Decrease 0.3
Pirates   2,579 2.2
MLPD   211 0.2 Decrease 0.1
REP   198 0.2
Informal votes 2,032 1,728
Total valid votes 118,260 118,564
Turnout 120,292 65.7 Decrease 7.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority 952 0.8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
  4. ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
  5. ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
  6. ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust