Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I

Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I 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 13. It is located in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the eastern parts of the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim and Nordwestmecklenburg, and the northwestern part of Landkreis Rostock.[1]

13 Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
electoral district
for the Bundestag
Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I in 2013
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population248,800 (2015)
Electorate205,876 (2017)
Major settlementsWismar
Parchim
Area3,924.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created2002
PartyCDU
MemberKarin Strenz
Elected2009, 2013, 2017

Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Karin Strenz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I is located in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the western parts of Ludwigslust-Parchim district (specifically the municipality of Parchim and the Ämter of Crivitz, Eldenburg Lübz, Goldberg-Mildenitz, Parchimer Umland, Plau am See, and Sternberger Seenlandschaft) and Nordwestmecklenburg (specifically the municipalities of Grevesmühlen, Poel, and Wismar, and the Ämter of Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen, Grevesmühlen-Land, Klützer Winkel, Neuburg, and Neukloster-Warin), as well as northwestern parts of Landkreis Rostock (specifically the municipalities of Bad Doberan, Kröpelin, Kühlungsborn, Neubukow, and Satow and the Ämter of Bad Doberan-Land and Neubukow-Salzhaff).[1]

History

Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I was created in 2002, then known as Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim. It contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Wismar – Gadebusch – Grevesmühlen – Doberan – Bützow, Schwerin – Hagenow, and Güstrow – Sternberg – Lübz – Parchim – Ludwigslust. Until 2013, it was constituency 12 in the numbering system. Originally, it comprised the now-abolished independent city of Wismar, the district of Nordwestmecklenburg, and the now-abolished district of Parchim. In the 2013 election, it lost the Ämter of Gadebusch, Lützow-Lübstorf, Rehna, and Schönberger Land from the Nordwestmecklenburg district, while it gained northwestern parts of Landkreis Rostock; it also acquired its current name and constituency number.

Election No. Name Borders
2002 12 Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim
2005
2009
2013 13 Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
2017
2021

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 Iris Hoffmann. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2009, and represented by Karin Strenz. She was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Election Member Party %
2002 Iris Hoffmann SPD 47.4
2005 37.8
2009 Karin Strenz CDU 33.7
2013 43.0
2017 30.0

Election results

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Karin Strenz 43,453 30.0 13.0 48,841 33.7 8.4
SPD Frank Junge 34,705 24.0 1.2 25,029 17.2 2.5
AfD Christoph Grimm 25,262 17.4 25,688 17.7 12.4
Left Horst Krumpen 23,433 16.2 6.7 24,409 16.8 4.5
FDP Chris Rehhagen 8,290 5.7 4.1 9,008 6.2 4.0
Green Claudia Schulz 5,858 4.0 0.6 5,521 3.8 0.2
FW Gustav Graf von Westarp 2,573 1.8 0.7 1,216 0.8 0.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,807 1.2
NPD Rainer Schütt 1,264 0.9 2.3 1,642 1.1 1.4
PARTEI   1,188 0.8
BGE   355 0.2
ÖDP   213 0.1
MLPD   194 0.1 0.0
Informal votes 1,930 1,657
Total Valid votes 144,838 145,111
Turnout 146,768 71.3 5.7
CDU hold Majority 8,748 6.0 14.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Y Karin Strenz 57,917 43.0 9.4 56,922 42.1 9.4
Left Martina Bunge 30,812 22.9 6.8 28,803 21.3 7.3
SPD Frank Junge 30,711 22.8 1.9 26,641 19.7 1.3
AfD   7,138 5.3
Green Ulrike Seemann-Katz 4,641 3.4 1.4 5,448 4.0 1.2
NPD Stefan Köster 4,244 3.1 0.0 3,465 2.6 0.3
Pirates Dennis Klüver 2,964 2.2 2,126 1.6 0.4
FDP René Domke 2,125 1.6 5.9 3,006 2.2 7.5
FW Gustav Graf von Westarp 1,398 1.0 1,106 0.8
PRO 291 0.2
MLPD   153 0.1 0.1
REP   86 0.1 0.1
Informal votes 2,359 1,986
Total Valid votes 134,812 135,185
Turnout 137,171 65.6 2.2
CDU hold Majority 27,105 20.1 16.5

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Karin Strenz 45,383 33.7 4.7 44,340 32.9 4.8
Left Martina Bunge 40,419 30.1 8.2 38,466 28.5 6.5
SPD Stephan Bliemel 27,590 20.5 17.2 25,047 18.6 16.6
FDP Martin Broziat 9,969 7.4 2.2 12,865 9.5 3.3
Green Ulrike Seemann-Katz 6,520 4.8 2.0 7,139 5.3 1.1
NPD Stefan Köster 3,976 3.0 0.4 3,766 2.8 0.3
Pirates   2,745 2.0
Independent Lutz Kind 618 0.5
MLPD   246 0.2 0.1
REP   195 0.1
Informal votes 2,448 2,114
Total Valid votes 134,475 134,809
Turnout 136,923 63.2 8.1
CDU gain from SPD Majority 4,964 3.7

References

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