Welle: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Welle with 33.6% of the second votes, AfD took 19.8%.
- Turnout70.7% · Harburg (Wkr. 036) 86.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters684 of 967 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD −8.3 · CDU +5.5 · FDP +2.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency36 Harburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Welle
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.6%+5.5
- AfD19.8%+2.0
- SPD14.7%-8.3
- Grüne11.9%+0.4
- Linke8.7%+0.6
- FDP6.2%+2.1
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others0.7%-1.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 229 | 33.6% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+5.5) | 22.6% (+11.0) |
| AfD | 135 | 19.8% | 16.8% | 17.8% (+2.0) | 20.8% (-1.0) |
| SPD | 100 | 14.7% | 20.5% | 23.0% (-8.3) | 16.4% (-1.7) |
| Grüne | 81 | 11.9% | 12.9% | 11.5% (+0.4) | 11.6% (+0.3) |
| Linke | 59 | 8.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% (+0.6) | 8.8% (-0.1) |
| FDP | 42 | 6.2% | 4.9% | 4.1% (+2.1) | 4.3% (+1.9) |
| BSW | 21 | 3.1% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.7% | 2.2% | 2.2% (-1.5) | 10.6% (-9.9) |
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 Welle. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Welle 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%-5.2
- AfD20.1%+0.3
- SPD19.3%+4.6
- Grüne12.4%+0.5
- Linke7.7%-1.0
- FDP4.4%-1.8
- BSW3.7%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.4%+1.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Welle.
| Party | Polling station Welle | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Tostedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 229 (33.6%) | 1,379 (31.4%) | 5,110 | 28.4% |
| AfD | 135 (19.8%) | 518 (11.8%) | 3,626 | 20.1% |
| SPD | 100 (14.7%) | 1,019 (23.2%) | 3,479 | 19.3% |
| Grüne | 81 (11.9%) | 702 (16.0%) | 2,235 | 12.4% |
| Linke | 59 (8.7%) | 282 (6.4%) | 1,379 | 7.7% |
| FDP | 42 (6.2%) | 166 (3.8%) | 796 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 21 (3.1%) | 141 (3.2%) | 666 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (0.9%) | 49 (1.1%) | 150 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 4 (0.6%) | 37 (0.8%) | 125 | 0.7% |
| Others | 5 (0.7%) | 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.
Welle: location in the Harburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Welle highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Tostedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.