Appel: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Appel with 30.2% of the second votes, AfD took 22.5%.
- Turnout62.2% · Harburg (Wkr. 036) 86.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,004 of 1,613 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD −8.3 · AfD +4.7 · Linke −2.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency36 Harburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Appel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.2%+2.1
- AfD22.5%+4.7
- SPD14.7%-8.3
- Grüne12.0%+0.5
- FDP6.3%+2.2
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.5
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 302 | 30.2% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+2.1) | 22.6% (+7.6) |
| AfD | 225 | 22.5% | 16.8% | 17.8% (+4.7) | 20.8% (+1.7) |
| SPD | 147 | 14.7% | 20.5% | 23.0% (-8.3) | 16.4% (-1.7) |
| Grüne | 120 | 12.0% | 12.9% | 11.5% (+0.5) | 11.6% (+0.4) |
| FDP | 63 | 6.3% | 4.9% | 4.1% (+2.2) | 4.3% (+2.0) |
| Linke | 57 | 5.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| BSW | 44 | 4.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 7 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 22 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Hollenstedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Hollenstedt are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Appel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Appel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,344 postal voters, which is 28.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.1%
- Voters8,123 of 9,219 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.9% · 2,344
- Member municipalities7
- CDU32.0%+1.8
- AfD18.9%-3.6
- SPD18.0%+3.3
- Grüne12.0%±0
- Linke6.0%+0.3
- FDP5.2%-1.1
- BSW3.4%-1.0
- Freie Wähler1.3%±0
- Volt0.7%±0
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Appel.
| Party | Polling station Appel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hollenstedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 302 (30.2%) | 837 (35.8%) | 2,588 | 32.0% |
| AfD | 225 (22.5%) | 272 (11.6%) | 1,526 | 18.9% |
| SPD | 147 (14.7%) | 466 (19.9%) | 1,457 | 18.0% |
| Grüne | 120 (12.0%) | 312 (13.3%) | 974 | 12.0% |
| Linke | 57 (5.7%) | 132 (5.6%) | 489 | 6.0% |
| FDP | 63 (6.3%) | 127 (5.4%) | 422 | 5.2% |
| BSW | 44 (4.4%) | 75 (3.2%) | 274 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (1.3%) | 36 (1.5%) | 104 | 1.3% |
| Volt | 7 (0.7%) | 21 (0.9%) | 55 | 0.7% |
| Others | 22 (2.2%) | 63 (2.7%) | 198 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AppelCDU 30.2%
- DrestedtAfD 26.8%
- HalvesbostelCDU 36.6%
- HollenstedtCDU 28.9%
- MoisburgCDU 31.3%
- RegesbostelCDU 36.6%
- WenzendorfCDU 27.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Appel: location in the Harburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Appel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hollenstedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.