Kosel: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kosel with 29.6% of the second votes, AfD took 21.2%.
- Turnout66.3% · Rendsburg-Eckernförde (Wkr. 004, 005) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters764 of 1,152 eligible voters
- Stands out against Schleswig-HolsteinGrüne −5.5 · AfD +4.9 · SSW +4.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency4 Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kosel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.6%+2.0
- AfD21.2%+4.9
- SPD16.1%-2.7
- Grüne9.4%-5.5
- SSW8.6%+4.6
- Linke6.7%-1.1
- FDP3.4%-1.3
- BSW3.0%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.4
- Volt0.5%-0.4
- Others0.4%-0.5
Change compared with the result in Schleswig-Holstein.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 224 | 29.6% | 29.3% | 27.6% (+2.0) | 22.6% (+7.0) |
| AfD | 161 | 21.2% | 15.5% | 16.3% (+4.9) | 20.8% (+0.4) |
| SPD | 122 | 16.1% | 17.9% | 18.8% (-2.7) | 16.4% (-0.3) |
| Grüne | 71 | 9.4% | 15.3% | 14.9% (-5.5) | 11.6% (-2.2) |
| SSW | 65 | 8.6% | 6.0% | 4.0% (+4.6) | 0.2% (+8.4) |
| Linke | 51 | 6.7% | 6.4% | 7.8% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| FDP | 26 | 3.4% | 4.7% | 4.7% (-1.3) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| BSW | 23 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.4% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 3 | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% (-0.5) | 10.4% (-10.0) |
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 Schlei-Ostsee: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Schlei-Ostsee are counted jointly for all 19 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kosel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kosel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,840 postal voters, which is 29.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.1%
- Voters13,035 of 14,965 eligible voters
- Postal vote share29.5% · 3,840
- Member municipalities19
- CDU29.7%+0.1
- AfD16.7%-4.5
- SPD16.1%±0
- Grüne14.0%+4.6
- SSW8.0%-0.6
- Linke6.0%-0.7
- FDP4.4%+1.0
- BSW3.2%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.3
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.7%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kosel.
| Party | Polling station Kosel | Postal vote, association | Amt Schlei-Ostsee total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 224 (29.6%) | 1,227 (32.1%) | 3,852 | 29.7% |
| AfD | 161 (21.2%) | 410 (10.7%) | 2,163 | 16.7% |
| SPD | 122 (16.1%) | 608 (15.9%) | 2,092 | 16.1% |
| Grüne | 71 (9.4%) | 657 (17.2%) | 1,813 | 14.0% |
| SSW | 65 (8.6%) | 309 (8.1%) | 1,040 | 8.0% |
| Linke | 51 (6.7%) | 197 (5.1%) | 772 | 6.0% |
| FDP | 26 (3.4%) | 200 (5.2%) | 573 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 23 (3.0%) | 133 (3.5%) | 417 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (1.1%) | 33 (0.9%) | 98 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 4 (0.5%) | 26 (0.7%) | 65 | 0.5% |
| Others | 3 (0.4%) | 28 (0.7%) | 86 | 0.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltenhofCDU 36.8%
- BarkelsbyCDU 30.7%
- BrodersbyCDU 34.5%
- DampCDU 30.3%
- DörphofCDU 26.1%
- FleckebyCDU 27.8%
- GammelbyCDU 27.9%
- GübyCDU 27.1%
- HolzdorfCDU 27.5%
- HummelfeldCDU 29.9%
- KarbyCDU 33.7%
- KoselCDU 29.6%
- LooseCDU 28.7%
- GoosefeldCDU 27.2%
- RiesebyCDU 26.1%
- ThumbyCDU 35.1%
- WaabsCDU 30.1%
- WindebyCDU 24.5%
- WinnemarkCDU 28.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kosel: location in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kosel highlighted, the other members of Amt Schlei-Ostsee shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.