Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt with 22.7% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 20.7%.
- First Mayor
- Peter Tschentscher (SPD), since 2018 · Wikidata
- Population
- 1,869,473 · 2,476 per km²
- Largest sector
- Real estate, professional services 14%
- Turnout
- 80.9% · Hamburg 80.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 1,050,805 of 1,299,289 eligible voters
- Compared with Hamburg
- SPD +0.0 · CDU +0.0 · Grüne +0.0 · Linke +0.0
- SPD range across municipalities
- ∞% to -∞%
Second votes in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
Deviation from the state result in points.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's district file, second votes per district.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
2024 European election in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
In the European election on 9 June 2024, Grüne came first in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt with 21.1% of the vote; in Hamburg Grüne got 21.1%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, Grüne was the strongest party in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt with 21.1%, +1.8 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 66.0% (2025 federal election: 80.9%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), votes per district and independent city.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grüne | 182,577 | 21.1% | 19.3% | +1.8 |
| SPD | 162,776 | 18.8% | 22.7% | -3.9 |
| CDU | 159,977 | 18.5% | 20.7% | -2.2 |
| AfD | 69,318 | 8.0% | 10.9% | -2.9 |
| FDP | 60,621 | 7.0% | 4.5% | +2.5 |
| Volt | 51,349 | 5.9% | 1.5% | +4.4 |
| Linke | 44,373 | 5.1% | 14.5% | -9.4 |
| BSW | 42,586 | 4.9% | 4.0% | +0.9 |
| Die PARTEI | 21,787 | 2.5% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 13,019 | 1.5% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 4,086 | 0.5% | 0.4% | +0.1 |
| ÖDP | 3,494 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 49,323 | 5.7% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by state and district (kerg2.csv) (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Berlin East and Berlin West are aggregated from the boroughs as in the 2025 federal election. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 1,869,473 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 755.1 km²
- Population density
- 2,476 inhabitants per km²
- Under 19
- 17.9%
- 67 and older
- 16.3%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 16.9%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 1,091,980 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Largest sectors
- Real estate, professional services 14% · Trade and vehicle repair 13% · Health and social work 13%
- Commuter balance
- +255,621 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 8.4% (as of 2026-09)
- Otto Group
- 49,895 employees (2020)
- Fielmann
- 23,412 employees (2023)
- Beiersdorf AG
- 21,743 employees (2023-12-31)
- Jungheinrich AG
- 21,000 employees (2023)
- District seat
- Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
- Municipalities
- 1
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Twin towns
- 15
- Website
- www.hamburg.de
Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt has 1,869,473 inhabitants. The largest sector is Real estate, professional services with 14% of employees. The largest company headquartered in Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt is EDEKA with 413,000 employees. The unemployment rate is 8.4%.
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)