[1] Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III was created for the 2002 federal election.

[2] 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.

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.

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.

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.