Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I

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13 Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I in 2025
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population	249,300 (2019)
Electorate	205,042 (2021)
Major settlements	Wismar Parchim
Area	3,937.0 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	SPD
Member	Frank Junge
Elected	2021

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]

Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Frank Junge of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

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]

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.

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. Frank Junge won the constituency for the SPD In 2021.

Federal election (2021): 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	%	±%
	SPD	Frank Junge		50,736	35.2	11.3	46,846	32.5	15.3
	CDU	Simone Borchardt		26,208	18.2	11.8	24,621	17.1	16.6
	AfD	Andreas-Michael Mrachacz		24,760	17.2	0.2	24,673	17.1	0.6
	Left	Judith Keller		14,949	10.4	5.8	14,979	10.4	6.4
	FDP	Daniel Bohl		10,322	7.2	1.4	11,638	8.1	1.9
	Greens	Martin Mölau		8,163	5.7	1.6	10,147	7.0	3.2
	FW	Torsten Neitzel		3,531	2.5	0.7	2,384	1.7	0.8
	dieBasis	Stephanie Zajonc		2,796	1.9		2,610	1.8
	Independent	Rainer Löwe		2,581	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						2,562	1.8	0.5
	PARTEI						1,019	0.7	0.1
	The Homeland						889	0.6	0.5
	Pirates						624	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						332	0.2
	Volt						254	0.2
	ÖDP						195	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						157	0.1
	DKP						109	0.1
	MLPD						65	0.0	0.1
Informal votes				2,316			2,258
Total valid votes				144,046			144,104
Turnout				146,362	71.4	0.1
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	24,528	17.0

Federal election (2017): 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		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
	Greens	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
	The Homeland	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

Federal election (2013): Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock 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 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
	Greens	Ulrike Seemann-Katz		4,641	3.4	1.4	5,448	4.0	1.2
	The Homeland	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

Federal election (2009): Wismar – Nordwestmecklenburg – Parchim[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	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
	Greens	Ulrike Seemann-Katz		6,520	4.8	2.0	7,139	5.3	1.1
	The Homeland	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