Ritzerau: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ritzerau with 22.6% of the second votes, CDU took 22.6%.
- Turnout70.7% · Herzogtum Lauenburg (Wkr. 010, 011) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters169 of 239 eligible voters
- Stands out against Schleswig-HolsteinAfD +6.3 · CDU −5.0 · FDP +2.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency10 Herzogtum Lauenburg – Stormarn-Süd
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Ritzerau
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD22.6%+6.3
- CDU22.6%-5.0
- SPD20.2%+1.4
- Grüne13.1%-1.8
- Linke7.7%-0.1
- FDP7.1%+2.4
- SSW4.2%+0.2
- BSW1.8%-1.6
- Volt0.6%-0.3
- Others0.0%-0.9
Change compared with the result in Schleswig-Holstein.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 38 | 22.6% | 19.1% | 16.3% (+6.3) | 20.8% (+1.8) |
| CDU | 38 | 22.6% | 28.8% | 27.6% (-5.0) | 22.6% (±0) |
| SPD | 34 | 20.2% | 18.5% | 18.8% (+1.4) | 16.4% (+3.8) |
| Grüne | 22 | 13.1% | 13.2% | 14.9% (-1.8) | 11.6% (+1.5) |
| Linke | 13 | 7.7% | 7.1% | 7.8% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-1.1) |
| FDP | 12 | 7.1% | 5.1% | 4.7% (+2.4) | 4.3% (+2.8) |
| SSW | 7 | 4.2% | 1.5% | 4.0% (+0.2) | 0.2% (+4.0) |
| BSW | 3 | 1.8% | 3.8% | 3.4% (-1.6) | 5.0% (-3.2) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% (-0.9) | 10.4% (-10.4) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Amt Sandesneben-Nusse (Gemeinden Wahlkreis 11): overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Sandesneben-Nusse (Gemeinden Wahlkreis 11) are counted jointly for all 25 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ritzerau. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ritzerau only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,344 postal voters, which is 21.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.1%
- Voters10,870 of 12,477 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.6% · 2,344
- Member municipalities25
- CDU29.0%+6.4
- AfD20.7%-1.9
- SPD16.8%-3.4
- Grüne13.0%-0.1
- Linke6.7%-1.0
- FDP5.8%-1.3
- BSW3.5%+1.7
- SSW1.8%-2.4
- Freie Wähler1.0%
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Others0.9%+0.9
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ritzerau.
| Party | Polling station Ritzerau | Postal vote, association | Amt Sandesneben-Nusse (Gemeinden Wahlkreis 11) total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 38 (22.6%) | 739 (31.6%) | 3,135 | 29.0% |
| AfD | 38 (22.6%) | 344 (14.7%) | 2,238 | 20.7% |
| SPD | 34 (20.2%) | 406 (17.4%) | 1,818 | 16.8% |
| Grüne | 22 (13.1%) | 408 (17.5%) | 1,408 | 13.0% |
| Linke | 13 (7.7%) | 128 (5.5%) | 720 | 6.7% |
| FDP | 12 (7.1%) | 119 (5.1%) | 625 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 3 (1.8%) | 61 (2.6%) | 374 | 3.5% |
| SSW | 7 (4.2%) | 60 (2.6%) | 199 | 1.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 0 (0.0%) | 32 (1.4%) | 109 | 1.0% |
| Volt | 1 (0.6%) | 24 (1.0%) | 93 | 0.9% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (0.7%) | 97 | 0.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DuvenseeCDU 32.9%
- GrinauCDU 31.2%
- Groß BodenCDU 35.1%
- Groß SchenkenbergCDU 23.8%
- KlinkradeAfD 22.2%
- KobergCDU 28.5%
- KühsenCDU 28.8%
- LabenzCDU 25.3%
- LankauCDU 29.2%
- LinauCDU 38.9%
- LüchowAfD 30.9%
- NusseAfD 24.0%
- PantenCDU 25.4%
- PoggenseeAfD 21.7%
- RitzerauAfD 22.6%
- SandesnebenCDU 28.0%
- SchiphorstCDU 36.6%
- SchönbergCDU 30.5%
- SchürensöhlenCDU 25.2%
- SiebenbäumenCDU 26.9%
- SirksfeldeCDU 23.9%
- SteinhorstCDU 32.3%
- StubbenAfD 23.6%
- WalksfeldeAfD 28.1%
- Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben)CDU 23.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ritzerau: location in the Herzogtum Lauenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ritzerau highlighted, the other members of Amt Sandesneben-Nusse (Gemeinden Wahlkreis 11) shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Herzogtum Lauenburg (Wkr. 010, 011)
- GeesthachtCDU 25.4%
- MöllnCDU 26.7%
- SchwarzenbekCDU 27.7%
- RatzeburgCDU 27.8%
- Wentorf bei HamburgCDU 30.9%
- Lauenburg/ ElbeAfD 24.4%
- Briefwahl Amt Hohe ElbgeestCDU 36.2%
- BüchenCDU 27.5%
- Briefwahl Amt BüchenCDU 32.5%
- Briefwahl Amt Sandesneben-Nusse (Gemeinden Wahlkreis 11)CDU 31.6%
- Briefwahl Amt Lauenburgische SeenCDU 33.0%
- BörnsenCDU 25.7%