Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I

Bundestag constituency 12, in western Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She won it in 2021 and stood again in 2025. All figures come from the Federal Returning Officer's structural data unless stated otherwise.

Schematic of the constituency: Schwerin marked in terracotta, linked to Schönberg, Rehna, Gadebusch, Zarrentin, Wittenburg, Hagenow, Boizenburg, Lübtheen, Dömitz, Ludwigslust, Grabow and Neustadt-Glewe within a dashed outline — Fig. 01Schematic, not the legal boundary. Towns are plotted by approximate coordinates. Graphic: reemalabaliradovan.com.

Geographic identity

A capital and its countryside

The constituency combines the state capital, Schwerin, with a large rural area stretching to the Elbe in the south-west and towards Lübeck Bay in the north-west.

City: Schwerin.
From Ludwigslust-Parchim: the towns of Boizenburg/Elbe, Hagenow, Ludwigslust and Lübtheen, and the Ämter Boizenburg-Land, Dömitz-Malliß, Grabow, Hagenow-Land, Ludwigslust-Land, Neustadt-Glewe, Stralendorf, Wittenburg and Zarrentin.
From Nordwestmecklenburg: the Ämter Gadebusch, Lützow-Lübstorf, Rehna and Schönberger Land.

Structural data

The constituency in numbers

269,600Population31 Dec 2023

3,641km²Area; 74 inhabitants per km²Bundeswahlleiterin

127MunicipalitiesBundeswahlleiterin

33.7%Aged 60 and over31 Dec 2023

7.2%Foreign residents31 Dec 2023

7.7%Unemployment rateNov 2024

€33,777GDP per inhabitant2021

c. 98,000Inhabitants of Schwerin31 Dec 2025 · citypopulation.de

Source: Bundeswahlleiterin, structural data for constituency 12 (2025 election).

Local economy

Where people work

Employees subject to social insurance contributions, by sector (Bundeswahlleiterin):

Other services37.2%

Manufacturing24.2%

Trade, hospitality, transport19.8%

Public & private services16.2%

Agriculture & forestry2.5%

Rural & urban

Issues of the region

Demographics. One in three residents is 60 or older, and many villages face a shrinking, ageing population, a long-term trend across Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Infrastructure. Distances are long: at 74 people per square kilometre, public transport, healthcare and broadband in rural areas are recurring questions.

Social issues. Unemployment (7.7 per cent in November 2024) is higher than the national average, and the share of foreign residents (7.2 per cent) is lower.

Representation. The Bundestag lists her constituency offices in Schwerin and Hagenow. Since 2025, her website says, she has also looked after constituencies 15 and 16 in Western Pomerania, with an office in Greifswald.

Editorial standardThis page describes the region and does not list personal constituency initiatives, which are not documented in the sources used.

Elections

2021 and 2025

First votes, constituency 12
Year	Winner	Alabali-Radovan (SPD)	Turnout
2021	SPD, 29.4%	45,189 votes, 29.4%, elected	72.9%
2025	AfD (Leif-Erik Holm), 35.9%	34,100 votes, 20.1%, third; elected via state list	80.7%

Sources: 2021 · 2025

Four people standing in front of a red SPD backdrop reading #GemeinsaM, with Reem Alabali-Radovan third from left; an spd_schwerin repost label at the bottom — Fig. 02At an SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern event (#GemeinsaM), as shared by SPD Schwerin. Second from left: Minister-President Manuela Schwesig. Date not stated in the supplied file.