Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I

12 Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I
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	AfD
Member	Leif-Erik Holm
Elected	2025

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. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Reem Alabali-Radovan of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2] Since 2025 it is represented by Leif-Erik Holm of the AfD.

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]

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.

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 and Leif-Erik Holm won the constituency for the AfD in 2025.

Federal election (2025): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	AfD	Leif-Erik Holm		60,863	35.9	19.3	54,975	32.3	16.6
	CDU	Dietrich Monstadt		35,453	20.9	0.2	32,209	18.9	1.8
	SPD	N Reem Alabali-Radovan		34,101	20.1	9.3	24,693	14.5	17.5
	Left	Ina Latendorf		21,569	12.7	1.0	19,558	11.5	0.7
	BSW						17,652	10.4	New
	Greens	Miroslava Zahradníčková		5,531	3.3	4.8	9,494	5.6	2.5
	FDP	Paul-Christian Schulz		4,870	2.9	4.8	5,613	3.3	5.3
	Tierschutzpartei						2,310	1.4	0.4
	FW	Alexander Dutz		4,753	2.8	0.5	1,977	1.2	0.4
	Volt						1,050	0.6	0.4
	BD	Berthold Riech		1,945	1.1	New	706	0.4	New
	MLPD	Bert Beckmann		664	0.4	0.2	183	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				2,126			1,455
Total valid votes				169,749			170,420
Turnout				171,875	80.7	7.9
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	25,410	15.0	N/A

Federal election (2021): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Reem Alabali-Radovan		45,189	29.4	7.3	49,271	32.0	13.3
	CDU	N 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
	Tierschutzpartei						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

Federal election (2017): 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y 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
	Tierschutzpartei						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

Federal election (2013): Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y 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
	Tierschutzpartei						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

Federal election (2009): Schwerin – Ludwigslust[7]
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	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	N 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