Constituency 26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund went to SPD with 35.4% of the first votes, 8.6 points ahead of CDU (26.8%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 26.4%
- Biggest move since 2021
- SPD −12.5 · AfD +12.0
- Turnout
- 81.1% · 2021: 71.0%
- Voters
- 150,806 of 185,864 eligible voters
- State
- Lower Saxony
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: SPD ahead with 30.8%, a margin of 3.2 points over AfD. SPD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPDConstituency seat | 52,918 | 35.4% | 45.4% | -10.0 |
| CDU | 40,095 | 26.8% | 22.0% | +4.8 |
| AfD | 29,533 | 19.7% | 7.7% | +12.0 |
| Grüne | 8,630 | 5.8% | 10.2% | -4.4 |
| Linke | 8,246 | 5.5% | 2.6% | +2.9 |
| FDP | 3,974 | 2.7% | 7.1% | -4.4 |
| Freie Wähler | 2,535 | 1.7% | 2.0% | -0.3 |
| Die PARTEI | 1,508 | 1.0% | 2.0% | -1.0 |
| dieBasis | 1,189 | 0.8% | 1.0% | -0.2 |
| Volt | 1,021 | 0.7% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 26 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 26 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 28 municipalities in constituency 26
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Wilhelmshaven, Friesland, Wittmund.
- WilhelmshavenSPD 25.1%
- VarelSPD 26.1%
- SchortensSPD 26.6%
- WittmundCDU 30.2%
- JeverCDU 29.0%
- ZetelCDU 24.8%
- FriedeburgCDU 29.1%
- WangerlandCDU 30.5%
- BockhornCDU 26.5%
- SandeSPD 29.1%
- EsensSPD 30.1%
- WesterholtAfD 28.0%
- BlombergCDU 27.2%
- HoltgastCDU 30.6%
- StedesdorfCDU 27.6%
- LangeoogCDU 33.8%
- Wangerooge, NordseebadCDU 26.8%
- NeuschooAfD 39.7%
- DunumCDU 27.3%
- NeuharlingersielCDU 31.5%
- MoorwegAfD 26.4%
- SpiekeroogSPD 22.3%
- OchtersumCDU 32.3%
- EversmeerAfD 29.0%
- NenndorfSPD 28.8%
- WerdumCDU 35.9%
- UtarpCDU 27.9%
- SchweindorfAfD 27.0%
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.