Bothel: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bothel with 27.1% of the second votes, AfD took 24.8%.
- Turnout69.8% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,316 of 1,886 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.0 · Grüne −3.8 · SPD −1.7
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency35 Rotenburg I – Heidekreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bothel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.1%-1.0
- AfD24.8%+7.0
- SPD21.3%-1.7
- Grüne7.7%-3.8
- Linke7.5%-0.6
- BSW3.8%±0
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 354 | 27.1% | 31.8% | 28.1% (-1.0) | 22.6% (+4.5) |
| AfD | 325 | 24.8% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+7.0) | 20.8% (+4.0) |
| SPD | 278 | 21.3% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-1.7) | 16.4% (+4.9) |
| Grüne | 101 | 7.7% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-3.8) | 11.6% (-3.9) |
| Linke | 98 | 7.5% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-1.3) |
| BSW | 50 | 3.8% | 3.1% | 3.8% (±0) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| FDP | 44 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 16 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 12 | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Others | 30 | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Bothel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bothel are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bothel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bothel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,276 postal voters, which is 21.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.9%
- Voters5,852 of 6,733 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.8% · 1,276
- Member municipalities6
- CDU31.0%+3.9
- SPD21.8%+0.5
- AfD19.9%-4.9
- Grüne9.0%+1.3
- Linke6.8%-0.7
- FDP4.0%+0.6
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.1
- Volt0.7%-0.2
- Others2.5%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bothel.
| Party | Polling station Bothel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bothel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 354 (27.1%) | 435 (34.2%) | 1,808 | 31.0% |
| SPD | 278 (21.3%) | 341 (26.8%) | 1,274 | 21.8% |
| AfD | 325 (24.8%) | 153 (12.0%) | 1,162 | 19.9% |
| Grüne | 101 (7.7%) | 140 (11.0%) | 523 | 9.0% |
| Linke | 98 (7.5%) | 63 (4.9%) | 396 | 6.8% |
| FDP | 44 (3.4%) | 41 (3.2%) | 235 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 50 (3.8%) | 36 (2.8%) | 174 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 16 (1.2%) | 17 (1.3%) | 73 | 1.3% |
| Volt | 12 (0.9%) | 10 (0.8%) | 41 | 0.7% |
| Others | 30 (2.3%) | 37 (2.9%) | 145 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BothelCDU 27.1%
- BrockelCDU 29.0%
- HemsbündeCDU 27.9%
- HemslingenCDU 29.2%
- KirchwalsedeCDU 34.2%
- WesterwalsedeCDU 38.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Bothel: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bothel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bothel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.