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 | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I in 2013 | |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Population | 248,800 (2015) |
Electorate | 205,876 (2017) |
Major settlements | Wismar Parchim |
Area | 3,924.5 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 2002 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Karin Strenz |
Elected | 2009, 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 |
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2002 | 12 | Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim |
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2009 | |||
2013 | 13 | Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I |
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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 | % | |
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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] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 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] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 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] | |||||||||
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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
- "Constituency Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I". Federal Returning Officer.
- "Results for Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I". Federal Returning Officer.
- Results for Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
- Results for Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
- Results for Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim