Rethem (Aller): the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rethem (Aller) with 31.4% of the second votes, SPD took 25.4%.
- Turnout62.0% · Heidekreis (Wkr. 035) 82.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,072 of 1,729 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −4.7 · CDU +3.3 · SPD +2.4
- 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 Rethem (Aller)
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.4%+3.3
- SPD25.4%+2.4
- AfD17.0%-0.8
- Linke8.7%+0.6
- Grüne6.8%-4.7
- FDP3.2%-0.9
- BSW2.9%-0.9
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt1.0%+0.4
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 335 | 31.4% | 27.4% | 28.1% (+3.3) | 22.6% (+8.8) |
| SPD | 271 | 25.4% | 25.8% | 23.0% (+2.4) | 16.4% (+9.0) |
| AfD | 181 | 17.0% | 20.7% | 17.8% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Linke | 93 | 8.7% | 6.7% | 8.1% (+0.6) | 8.8% (-0.1) |
| Grüne | 73 | 6.8% | 8.5% | 11.5% (-4.7) | 11.6% (-4.8) |
| FDP | 34 | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4.1% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| BSW | 31 | 2.9% | 3.4% | 3.8% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-2.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 11 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 25 | 2.3% | 2.2% | 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 Rethem (Aller), Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Rethem (Aller), Stadt are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rethem (Aller). The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rethem (Aller) only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 721 postal voters, which is 24.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.4%
- Voters2,985 of 3,580 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.2% · 721
- Member municipalities4
- CDU28.3%-3.1
- SPD26.2%+0.8
- AfD18.6%+1.6
- Grüne8.1%+1.3
- Linke7.0%-1.7
- FDP3.8%+0.6
- BSW3.0%+0.1
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.7
- Volt0.6%-0.4
- Others2.4%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rethem (Aller).
| Party | Polling station Rethem (Aller) | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Rethem (Aller), Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 335 (31.4%) | 208 (29.0%) | 841 | 28.3% |
| SPD | 271 (25.4%) | 212 (29.5%) | 776 | 26.2% |
| AfD | 181 (17.0%) | 102 (14.2%) | 553 | 18.6% |
| Grüne | 73 (6.8%) | 72 (10.0%) | 240 | 8.1% |
| Linke | 93 (8.7%) | 22 (3.1%) | 208 | 7.0% |
| FDP | 34 (3.2%) | 23 (3.2%) | 113 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 31 (2.9%) | 35 (4.9%) | 90 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (1.2%) | 21 (2.9%) | 55 | 1.9% |
| Volt | 11 (1.0%) | 4 (0.6%) | 19 | 0.6% |
| Others | 25 (2.3%) | 19 (2.6%) | 72 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rethem (Aller): location in the Heidekreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rethem (Aller) highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Rethem (Aller), Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.