Otter: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Otter with 29.3% of the second votes, AfD took 21.2%.
- Turnout70.1% · Harburg (Wkr. 036) 86.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters942 of 1,344 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD −7.6 · AfD +3.4 · Linke +1.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency36 Harburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Otter
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.3%+1.2
- AfD21.2%+3.4
- SPD15.4%-7.6
- Grüne10.5%-1.0
- Linke9.5%+1.4
- BSW4.9%+1.1
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- Volt1.0%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 274 | 29.3% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+1.2) | 22.6% (+6.7) |
| AfD | 198 | 21.2% | 16.8% | 17.8% (+3.4) | 20.8% (+0.4) |
| SPD | 144 | 15.4% | 20.5% | 23.0% (-7.6) | 16.4% (-1.0) |
| Grüne | 98 | 10.5% | 12.9% | 11.5% (-1.0) | 11.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 89 | 9.5% | 7.1% | 8.1% (+1.4) | 8.8% (+0.7) |
| BSW | 46 | 4.9% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+1.1) | 5.0% (-0.1) |
| FDP | 45 | 4.8% | 4.9% | 4.1% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| Volt | 9 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.4) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 26 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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 Otter. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Otter 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%-0.9
- AfD20.1%-1.1
- SPD19.3%+3.9
- Grüne12.4%+1.9
- Linke7.7%-1.8
- FDP4.4%-0.4
- BSW3.7%-1.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.7%-0.3
- Others2.4%-0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Otter.
| Party | Polling station Otter | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Tostedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 274 (29.3%) | 1,379 (31.4%) | 5,110 | 28.4% |
| AfD | 198 (21.2%) | 518 (11.8%) | 3,626 | 20.1% |
| SPD | 144 (15.4%) | 1,019 (23.2%) | 3,479 | 19.3% |
| Grüne | 98 (10.5%) | 702 (16.0%) | 2,235 | 12.4% |
| Linke | 89 (9.5%) | 282 (6.4%) | 1,379 | 7.7% |
| FDP | 45 (4.8%) | 166 (3.8%) | 796 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 46 (4.9%) | 141 (3.2%) | 666 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.5%) | 49 (1.1%) | 150 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 9 (1.0%) | 37 (0.8%) | 125 | 0.7% |
| Others | 26 (2.8%) | 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.
Otter: location in the Harburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Otter highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Tostedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.