Constituency 176 Wetterau I: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 176 Wetterau I went to CDU with 33.7% of the first votes, 8 points ahead of SPD (25.7%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 30.7%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +8.9 · SPD −8.6
- Turnout
- 84.7% · 2021: 78.5%
- Voters
- 149,796 of 176,870 eligible voters
- State
- Hesse
Second votes compared with 2021
Shares in percent, change from the 2021 federal election in points. Parties below one percent are grouped as Others.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election published by the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), second votes per constituency, compared with the 2021 result in the same area boundaries.
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.
If the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to this constituency. A rough estimate, not a forecast for individual candidates.
First votes: CDU ahead with 24.8%, a margin of 0.2 points over AfD. CDU would hold the constituency. The margin lies within the usual polling error, the constituency is close.
First votes and constituency seat
Since the 2025 electoral reform, the candidate with the most first votes only takes the seat if it is covered by their party's second-vote result in the state.
| Party | Votes | 2025 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDUConstituency seat | 49,929 | 33.7% | 28.3% | +5.4 |
| SPD | 38,192 | 25.7% | 29.7% | -4.0 |
| AfD | 25,930 | 17.5% | 8.3% | +9.2 |
| Grüne | 14,407 | 9.7% | 13.9% | -4.2 |
| Linke | 7,726 | 5.2% | 2.9% | +2.3 |
| FDP | 5,766 | 3.9% | 11.0% | -7.1 |
| Freie Wähler | 3,830 | 2.6% | 3.1% | -0.5 |
| Volt | 2,575 | 1.7% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 176 lies in Hesse
Constituency 176 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 17 municipalities in constituency 176
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Wetteraukreis.
- Bad VilbelCDU 33.0%
- Bad NauheimCDU 32.5%
- Friedberg (Hessen)CDU 27.7%
- Butzbach, Friedrich-Ludwig-Weidig-StadtCDU 28.4%
- KarbenCDU 32.3%
- NiddaCDU 28.7%
- Rosbach v. d. HöheCDU 31.7%
- WölfersheimCDU 26.9%
- NiddatalCDU 32.0%
- FlorstadtCDU 26.9%
- Reichelsheim (Wetterau)CDU 29.2%
- WöllstadtCDU 33.8%
- MünzenbergCDU 34.4%
- Ober-MörlenCDU 32.5%
- EchzellCDU 28.7%
- RanstadtCDU 29.7%
- RockenbergCDU 38.2%
Neighbours and context
Source: Federal Returning Officer, results by constituency, federal election of 23 February 2025, final (as of 14 March 2025), Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0.. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.