Handeloh: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Handeloh with 24.8% of the second votes, SPD took 21.0%.
- Turnout66.3% · Harburg (Wkr. 036) 86.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,321 of 1,991 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +5.3 · CDU −3.3 · SPD −2.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency36 Harburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Handeloh
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU24.8%-3.3
- SPD21.0%-2.0
- AfD18.0%+0.2
- Grüne16.8%+5.3
- Linke8.1%±0
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW2.5%-1.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 327 | 24.8% | 30.4% | 28.1% (-3.3) | 22.6% (+2.2) |
| SPD | 276 | 21.0% | 20.5% | 23.0% (-2.0) | 16.4% (+4.6) |
| AfD | 237 | 18.0% | 16.8% | 17.8% (+0.2) | 20.8% (-2.8) |
| Grüne | 221 | 16.8% | 12.9% | 11.5% (+5.3) | 11.6% (+5.2) |
| Linke | 107 | 8.1% | 7.1% | 8.1% (±0) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 59 | 4.5% | 4.9% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 33 | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-1.3) | 5.0% (-2.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 35 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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 Tostedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Tostedt are counted jointly for all 9 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Handeloh. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Handeloh only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,412 postal voters, which is 24.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.1%
- Voters18,084 of 21,009 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.4% · 4,412
- Member municipalities9
- CDU28.4%+3.6
- AfD20.1%+2.1
- SPD19.3%-1.7
- Grüne12.4%-4.4
- Linke7.7%-0.4
- FDP4.4%-0.1
- BSW3.7%+1.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others2.4%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Handeloh.
| Party | Polling station Handeloh | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Tostedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 327 (24.8%) | 1,379 (31.4%) | 5,110 | 28.4% |
| AfD | 237 (18.0%) | 518 (11.8%) | 3,626 | 20.1% |
| SPD | 276 (21.0%) | 1,019 (23.2%) | 3,479 | 19.3% |
| Grüne | 221 (16.8%) | 702 (16.0%) | 2,235 | 12.4% |
| Linke | 107 (8.1%) | 282 (6.4%) | 1,379 | 7.7% |
| FDP | 59 (4.5%) | 166 (3.8%) | 796 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 33 (2.5%) | 141 (3.2%) | 666 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (0.8%) | 49 (1.1%) | 150 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 10 (0.8%) | 37 (0.8%) | 125 | 0.7% |
| Others | 35 (2.7%) | 103 (2.3%) | 435 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DohrenCDU 32.8%
- HandelohCDU 24.8%
- HeidenauCDU 33.2%
- KakenstorfCDU 25.8%
- KönigsmoorCDU 31.0%
- OtterCDU 29.3%
- TostedtCDU 25.7%
- WelleCDU 33.6%
- WistedtAfD 27.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Handeloh: location in the Harburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Handeloh highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Tostedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.