Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
# 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.

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).

## Geography

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).

## History

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 | Schwerin city Ludwigslust district |
| 2005 | 13 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust | Schwerin city Ludwigslust district |
| 2009 | 13 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust | Schwerin city Ludwigslust district |
| 2013 | 12 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I | Schwerin city Ludwigslust-Parchim district (only Boizenburg, Hagenow, Ludwigslust, and Lübtheen municipalities, and Boizenburg-Land Amt, Dömitz-Malliß Amt, Grabow Amt, Hagenow-Land Amt, Ludwigslust-Land Amt, Neustadt-Glewe Amt, Stralendorf Amt, Wittenburg Amt, and Zarrentin Amt) Nordwestmecklenburg district (only Gadebusch Amt, Lützow-Lübstorf Amt, Rehna Amt, and Schönberger Land Amt) |
| 2017 | 12 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I | Schwerin city Ludwigslust-Parchim district (only Boizenburg, Hagenow, Ludwigslust, and Lübtheen municipalities, and Boizenburg-Land Amt, Dömitz-Malliß Amt, Grabow Amt, Hagenow-Land Amt, Ludwigslust-Land Amt, Neustadt-Glewe Amt, Stralendorf Amt, Wittenburg Amt, and Zarrentin Amt) Nordwestmecklenburg district (only Gadebusch Amt, Lützow-Lübstorf Amt, Rehna Amt, and Schönberger Land Amt) |
| 2021 | 12 | Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I | Schwerin city Ludwigslust-Parchim district (only Boizenburg, Hagenow, Ludwigslust, and Lübtheen municipalities, and Boizenburg-Land Amt, Dömitz-Malliß Amt, Grabow Amt, Hagenow-Land Amt, Ludwigslust-Land Amt, Neustadt-Glewe Amt, Stralendorf Amt, Wittenburg Amt, and Zarrentin Amt) Nordwestmecklenburg district (only Gadebusch Amt, Lützow-Lübstorf Amt, Rehna Amt, and Schönberger Land Amt) |

## Members

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 | Hans-Joachim Hacker | SPD | 41.0 |
| 2009 | Dietrich Monstadt | CDU | 30.3 |
| 2013 | Dietrich Monstadt | CDU | 39.0 |
| 2017 | Dietrich Monstadt | CDU | 32.1 |
| 2021 | Reem Alabali-Radovan | SPD | 29.4 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | SPD | Reem Alabali-Radovan | Reem Alabali-Radovan | 45,189 | 29.4 | 7.3 | 49,271 | 32.0 | 13.3 |
| | CDU | N Dietrich Monstadt | N Dietrich Monstadt | 31,754 | 20.7 | 11.4 | 26,383 | 17.2 | 15.8 |
| | AfD | Steffen Beckmann | Steffen Beckmann | 25,393 | 16.5 | 0.6 | 24,185 | 15.7 | 0.8 |
| | Left | Ina Latendorf | Ina Latendorf | 17,906 | 11.7 | 5.5 | 16,604 | 10.8 | 5.9 |
| | Greens | Claudia Tamm | Claudia Tamm | 12,061 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 12,419 | 8.1 | 3.8 |
| | FDP | Yannik Meffert | Yannik Meffert | 11,769 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 13,242 | 8.6 | 2.2 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,645 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| | FW | Anja Klähn | Anja Klähn | 3,552 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2,476 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| | dieBasis | Eberhard Gericke | Eberhard Gericke | 2,417 | 1.6 | | 2,207 | 1.4 | |
| | PARTEI | Alrik Stoffers | Alrik Stoffers | 1,910 | 1.2 | | 1,252 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 1,112 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| | Pirates | Karsten Jagau | 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 | Bert Beckmann | 243 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,957 | | | 2,402 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 153,608 | | | 154,163 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,565 | 72.9 | 0.4 | | | |
| | SPD gain from CDU | SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 13,435 | 8.7 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I :

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

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I :

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

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Schwerin – Ludwigslust :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Dietrich Monstadt | Dietrich Monstadt | 34,633 | 29.3 | 2.5 | 36,653 | 30.9 | 5.2 |
| | Left | Dietmar Bartsch | Dietmar Bartsch | 33,681 | 28.5 | 7.2 | 32,623 | 27.5 | 5.6 |
| | SPD | N Hans-Joachim Hacker | N Hans-Joachim Hacker | 30,247 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 24,464 | 20.6 | 16.6 |
| | FDP | Christian Ahrendt | Christian Ahrendt | 9,401 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 11,405 | 9.6 | 3.7 |
| | Greens | Silke Gajek | Silke Gajek | 6,353 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 6,833 | 5.8 | 1.2 |
| | NPD | Udo Pastörs | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,032 | | | 1,728 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 118,260 | | | 118,564 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,292 | 65.7 | 7.1 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 952 | 0.8 | | | | |
