Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
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]
12 Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I in 2025 | |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Population | 269,200 (2019) |
Electorate | 214,853 (2021) |
Major settlements | Schwerin |
Area | 3,640.9 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Reem Alabali-Radovan |
Elected | 2021 |
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
editSchwerin – 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
editSchwerin – 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 |
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2002 | 13 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust |
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2013 | 12 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I |
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Members
editThe 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 | % | |
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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
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Reem Alabali-Radovan | 45,189 | 29.4 | 7.3 | 49,271 | 32.0 | 13.3 | ||
CDU | Dietrich Monstadt | 31,754 | 20.7 | 11.4 | 26,383 | 17.2 | 15.8 | ||
AfD | Steffen Beckmann | 25,393 | 16.5 | 0.6 | 24,185 | 15.7 | 0.8 | ||
Left | Ina Latendorf | 17,906 | 11.7 | 5.5 | 16,604 | 10.8 | 5.9 | ||
Greens | Claudia Tamm | 12,061 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 12,419 | 8.1 | 3.8 | ||
FDP | Yannik Meffert | 11,769 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 13,242 | 8.6 | 2.2 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,645 | 1.7 | 0.6 | ||||||
FW | Anja Klähn | 3,552 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2,476 | 1.6 | 0.6 | ||
dieBasis | Eberhard Gericke | 2,417 | 1.6 | 2,207 | 1.4 | ||||
PARTEI | Alrik Stoffers | 1,910 | 1.2 | 1,252 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |||
NPD | 1,112 | 0.7 | 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 | 0.0 | ||||||
DKP | 121 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Bert Beckmann | 243 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,957 | 2,402 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 153,608 | 154,163 | |||||||
Turnout | 156,565 | 72.9 | 0.4 | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 13,435 | 8.7 |
2017 election
editFederal election (2017): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Dietrich Monstadt | 49,733 | 32.1 | 6.9 | 51,083 | 32.9 | 7.5 | ||
SPD | Martina Tegtmeier | 34,267 | 22.1 | 3.8 | 28,947 | 18.6 | 2.9 | ||
Left | André Walther | 26,655 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 25,929 | 16.7 | 3.7 | ||
AfD | Dennis Augustin | 24,764 | 16.0 | 25,692 | 16.5 | 11.3 | |||
FDP | Stev Ötinger | 7,470 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 9,879 | 6.4 | 4.1 | ||
Greens | Mathias Engling | 5,837 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 6,606 | 4.3 | 0.2 | ||
FW | Jana Wolff | 3,874 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1,625 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,793 | 1.2 | |||||||
NPD | Stefan Köster | 1,515 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1,700 | 1.1 | 1.6 | ||
PARTEI | 1,363 | 0.9 | |||||||
Independent | Angelika Stoof | 547 | 0.4 | ||||||
MLPD | Bert Beckmann | 440 | 0.3 | 231 | 0.1 | 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 | 4.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 15,466 | 10.0 | 3.1 |
2013 election
editFederal election (2013): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Dietrich Monstadt | 56,966 | 39.0 | 8.7 | 59,081 | 40.3 | 8.9 | ||
SPD | Hans-Joachim Hacker | 37,864 | 25.9 | 1.2 | 31,566 | 21.5 | 1.3 | ||
Left | Dietmar Bartsch | 32,404 | 22.2 | 6.2 | 29,869 | 20.4 | 7.0 | ||
AfD | 7,736 | 5.3 | |||||||
Greens | Frank Fiedler | 5,205 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 6,538 | 4.5 | 1.4 | ||
NPD | Udo Pastörs | 4,928 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 3,922 | 2.7 | 0.3 | ||
Pirates | Karsten Jagau | 3,340 | 2.3 | 2,581 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |||
FW | Sabine Bank | 2,920 | 2.0 | 1,398 | 1.0 | ||||
FDP | Thomas Heldberg | 2,255 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 3,303 | 2.3 | 7.4 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 918 | 0.7 | |||||||
PRO | 251 | 0.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Independent | Benno Falk | 124 | 0.1 | ||||||
Independent | Brigitte Ahlgrim | 102 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | 70 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,506 | 2,135 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 146,108 | 146,479 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,614 | 67.5 | 1.9 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 19,102 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
2009 election
editFederal election (2009): Schwerin – Ludwigslust[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Dietrich Monstadt | 34,633 | 29.3 | 2.5 | 36,653 | 30.9 | 5.2 | ||
Left | Dietmar Bartsch | 33,681 | 28.5 | 7.2 | 32,623 | 27.5 | 5.6 | ||
SPD | Hans-Joachim Hacker | 30,247 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 24,464 | 20.6 | 16.6 | ||
FDP | Christian Ahrendt | 9,401 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 11,405 | 9.6 | 3.7 | ||
Greens | Silke Gajek | 6,353 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 6,833 | 5.8 | 1.2 | ||
NPD | Udo Pastörs | 3,945 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 3,598 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ||
Pirates | 2,579 | 2.2 | |||||||
MLPD | 211 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||
REP | 198 | 0.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 2,032 | 1,728 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 118,260 | 118,564 | |||||||
Turnout | 120,292 | 65.7 | 7.1 | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 952 | 0.8 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
- ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
- ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
- ^ Results for Schwerin – Ludwigslust