Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III (English: Mecklenburg Lake District II - Rostock District III) 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 17. It is located in central Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising most of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district and the southern part of the Landkreis Rostock district.^[1]

17 Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III in 2025
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Population	251,300 (2019)
Electorate	209,348 (2021)
Major settlements	Güstrow Waren (Müritz) Neustrelitz
Area	6,277.7 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	AfD
Member	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing
Elected	2025

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III was created for the 2002 federal election. From 2021 to 2025, it has been represented by Johannes Arlt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2] Since 2025 it is represented by Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing of AfD.

Geography

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III is located in central Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises all of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district with the exception of the municipalities of Feldberger Seenlandschaft and Neubrandenburg and the Ämter of Friedland, Neverin, Stargarder Land, and Woldegk, as well as the municipalities of Güstrow and Teterow and the Ämter of Bützow Land, Gnoien, Güstrow-Land, Krakow am See, Laage, and Mecklenburgische Schweiz from the Landkreis Rostock district.^[1] It is the largest federal constituency by area in Germany.

History

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III was created in 2002, then known as Bad Doberan – Güstrow – Müritz. It contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Wismar – Gadebusch – Grevesmühlen – Doberan – Bützow, Güstrow – Sternberg – Lübz – Parchim – Ludwigslust, Rostock-Land – Ribnitz-Damgarten – Teterow – Malchin, Neubrandenburg – Altentreptow – Waren – Röbel, and Neustrelitz – Strasburg – Pasewalk – Ueckermünde – Anklam. Originally, it comprised the now-abolished districts of Güstrow, Müritz, and Bad Doberan. In the 2005 election, it lost the municipalities of Graal-Müritz and Sanitz and the Ämter of Carbäk, Rostocker Heide, and Tessin from the Bad Doberan district. In the 2013 election, it lost the remainder of its territory from the former Bad Doberan district, while expanding to cover most of the newly-formed Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district. It also acquired its current name.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
2002	17	Bad Doberan – Güstrow – Müritz	Güstrow district Müritz district Bad Doberan district
2005			Güstrow district Müritz district Bad Doberan district (excluding Graal-Müritz and Sanitz municipalities and Carbäk Amt, Rostocker Heide Amt, and Tessin Amt)
2009
2013		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district (excluding Feldberger Seenlandschaft and Neubrandenburg municipalities and Friedland Amt, Neverin Amt, Stargarder Land Amt, and Woldegk Amt) Landkreis Rostock district (only Güstrow and Teterow municipalities and Bützow Land Amt, Gnoien Amt, Güstrow-Land Amt, Krakow am See Amt, Laage Amt, and Mecklenburgische Schweiz Amt)
2017
2021
2025

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 Dirk Manzewski. It was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2009, and represented by Eckhardt Rehberg. He was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. The constituency was won by Johannes Arlt in 2021 and in 2025 by Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Dirk Manzewski	SPD	44.5
	2005			33.6
	2009	Eckhardt Rehberg	CDU	34.7
	2013			47.0
	2017			37.6
	2021	Johannes Arlt	SPD	31.1
	2025	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing	AfD	41.1

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III[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	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing		65,035	41.1	19.5	63,396	39.8	18.9
	SPD	N Johannes Arlt		31,002	19.6	11.5	18,162	11.4	18.5
	CDU	Stephan Bunge		30,808	19.4	1.9	28,482	17.9	0.9
	BSW						17,740	11.1	New
	Left	Niklas Henenkamp		16,952	10.7	0.4	16,377	10.3	0.0
	FDP	Christoph Stitz		4,314	2.7	4.3	4,632	2.9	4.6
	FW	Sabine Schröter		3,582	2.3	0.8	1,630	1.0	0.7
	Greens	Jana Klinkenberg		3,370	2.1	3.3	5,363	3.4	1.7
	Tierschutzpartei						1,973	1.2	0.5
	BD	Nadine Warncke		3,364	2.1	New	724	0.5	New
	Volt						584	0.4	0.2
	MLPD						96	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,186			1,454
Total valid votes				158,427			159,159
Turnout				160,613	78.5	9.9
	AfD gain from SPD		Majority	34,033	21.5	N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III[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	Johannes Arlt		43,730	31.1	15.4	42,049	29.9	15.4
	AfD	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing		30,320	21.6	3.2	29,421	20.9	1.7
	CDU	Stephan Bunge		29,950	21.3	16.3	26,402	18.8	17.1
	Left	Amina Kanew		14,494	10.3	7.1	14,434	10.3	6.7
	FDP	Tobias Schubert		9,825	7.0	2.3	10,609	7.5	1.8
	Greens	Falk Jagszent		7,573	5.4	2.1	7,179	5.1	1.9
	FW	Klaus-Dieter Gabbert		4,264	3.0	1.4	2,455	1.7	0.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,468	1.8	0.6
	dieBasis						2,305	1.6
	PARTEI						984	0.7	0.0
	NPD						939	0.7	0.5
	Pirates						443	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer						267	0.2
	ÖDP						245	0.2	0.1
	Volt						210	0.1
	MLPD	Lena Goltz		445	0.3	0.0	163	0.1	0.0
	Humanists						140	0.1
	DKP						85	0.1
Informal votes				3,021			2,824
Total valid votes				140,601			140,798
Turnout				143,622	68.6	0.6
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	13,410	9.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III[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 Eckhardt Rehberg		53,538	37.6	9.4	51,007	35.8	9.3
	AfD	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing		26,199	18.4		27,382	19.2	14.1
	Left	Heidrun Bluhm		24,728	17.4	5.3	24,102	16.9	4.6
	SPD	Jeannine Pflugradt		22,401	15.7	3.0	20,594	14.5	2.7
	FDP	Sascha Zimmermann		6,633	4.7	3.2	8,198	5.8	3.7
	Greens	Monika Göpper		4,739	3.3	0.3	4,592	3.2	0.1
	FW	Christian Ronge		2,327	1.6	0.1	1,423	1.0	0.0
	Tierschutzpartei						1,626	1.1
	NPD	David Petereit		1,388	1.0	2.2	1,643	1.2	1.5
	PARTEI						1,034	0.7
	BGE						459	0.3
	MLPD	Barbara Schilke		423	0.3	0.1	220	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP						161	0.1
Informal votes				1,863			1,798
Total valid votes				142,376			142,441
Turnout				144,239	68.0	5.4
	CDU hold		Majority	27,339	19.2	5.1

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III[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 Eckhardt Rehberg		62,852	47.0	11.9	60,407	45.1	10.4
	Left	Heidrun Bluhm		30,284	22.7	7.6	28,819	21.5	8.2
	SPD	Jeannine Pflugradt		25,029	18.7	0.3	22,981	17.2	0.9
	AfD						6,806	5.1
	NPD	Hannes Welchar		4,243	3.2	0.3	3,584	2.7	0.7
	Greens	Kerstin Felgner		4,083	3.1	0.8	4,474	3.3	1.1
	Pirates	Harro Glienke		2,653	2.0		2,112	1.6	0.2
	FW	Hartwig Kurth		2,024	1.5		1,402	1.0
	FDP	Dietrich-Eckard Krause		1,983	1.5	5.7	2,771	2.1	7.3
	MLPD	Barbara Schilke		491	0.4		233	0.2	0.0
	PRO						260	0.2
	REP						120	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				3,195			2,868
Total valid votes				133,642			133,969
Turnout				136,837	62.6	2.3
	CDU hold		Majority	32,568	24.3	16.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Bad Doberan – Güstrow – Müritz[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	Eckhardt Rehberg		45,176	34.7	2.6	66,654	34.2	3.7
	Left	Heidrun Bluhm		35,601	27.3	4.3	36,412	27.9	4.8
	SPD	N Dirk Manzewski		28,457	21.8	11.7	22,778	17.4	14.2
	FDP	Toralf Schnur		9,485	7.3	3.4	13,038	10.0	3.7
	Greens	Steffen Marklein		6,255	4.8	2.0	6,762	5.2	1.2
	NPD	Dirk Susemihl		4,118	3.2	0.3	3,869	3.0	0.4
	Pirates						2,525	1.9
	Independent	Karl Heinz Lüder		647	0.5
	ÖDP	Achim Klein		523	0.4
	MLPD						277	0.2	0.1
	REP						237	0.2
Informal votes				2,616			2,326
Total valid votes				130,262			130,552
Turnout				132,878	62.8	9.0
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	9,575	7.4