Constituency 3 Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 3 Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd went to CDU with 35.0% of the first votes, 13.9 points ahead of SPD (21.1%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 29.2%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +12.0 · SPD −10.1
- Turnout
- 83.2% · 2021: 77.0%
- Voters
- 146,393 of 175,948 eligible voters
- State
- Schleswig-Holstein
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: AfD ahead with 28.2%, a margin of 2.8 points over CDU. The constituency would switch from CDU to AfD. 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 | 50,887 | 35.0% | 29.2% | +5.8 |
| SPD | 30,702 | 21.1% | 29.2% | -8.1 |
| AfD | 29,674 | 20.4% | 7.7% | +12.7 |
| Grüne | 14,449 | 9.9% | 12.4% | -2.5 |
| Linke | 8,665 | 6.0% | 3.2% | +2.8 |
| FDP | 5,625 | 3.9% | 14.3% | -10.4 |
| Freie Wähler | 3,111 | 2.1% | 1.9% | +0.2 |
| Volt | 2,134 | 1.5% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 3 lies in Schleswig-Holstein
Constituency 3 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 166 municipalities in constituency 3
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Steinburg, Segeberg, Dithmarschen.
- ItzehoeCDU 24.3%
- Bad BramstedtCDU 29.2%
- BrunsbüttelCDU 26.4%
- GlückstadtCDU 25.3%
- Kellinghusen, StadtCDU 25.0%
- MeldorfCDU 25.3%
- HohenlockstedtCDU 28.5%
- Horst (Holstein)CDU 28.4%
- WilsterCDU 28.6%
- MarneCDU 26.8%
- Burg (Dithmarschen)AfD 28.2%
- Sankt MichaelisdonnCDU 28.9%
- AlbersdorfCDU 28.6%
- GroßenaspeCDU 30.8%
- LägerdorfAfD 32.6%
- SchenefeldCDU 33.4%
- FriedrichskoogCDU 30.2%
- KremperheideCDU 29.5%
- BrokstedtCDU 31.9%
- KiebitzreiheCDU 28.6%
- WristCDU 25.7%
- WackenCDU 29.7%
- KrempeAfD 26.3%
- HohenaspeCDU 36.9%
- MünsterdorfCDU 30.4%
- WiemersdorfCDU 32.9%
- KollmarCDU 27.1%
- OelixdorfCDU 29.3%
- HeiligenstedtenCDU 30.8%
- WewelsflethCDU 31.4%
- SchafstedtCDU 30.7%
- VaaleCDU 29.6%
- HitzhusenCDU 32.2%
- EddelakCDU 32.1%
- BreitenburgAfD 23.4%
- HerzhornCDU 25.4%
The 36 largest of 166 municipalities; all of them via the district pages.
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.