Constituency 31 Mittelems: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 31 Mittelems went to CDU with 43.9% of the first votes, 19.5 points ahead of SPD (24.4%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 39.3%
- Biggest move since 2021
- SPD −9.7 · AfD +9.2
- Turnout
- 85.3% · 2021: 77.4%
- Voters
- 199,529 of 233,785 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: CDU ahead with 34.0%, a margin of 11.6 points over SPD. CDU would hold the constituency.
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 | 86,995 | 43.9% | 40.5% | +3.4 |
| SPD | 48,325 | 24.4% | 29.2% | -4.8 |
| AfD | 27,995 | 14.1% | 5.0% | +9.1 |
| Grüne | 14,462 | 7.3% | 12.6% | -5.3 |
| Linke | 10,169 | 5.1% | 2.2% | +2.9 |
| FDP | 6,904 | 3.5% | 9.7% | -6.2 |
| Freie Wähler | 2,832 | 1.4% | – | – |
| BD | 632 | 0.3% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 31 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 31 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 48 municipalities in constituency 31
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Emsland, Grafschaft Bentheim.
- Lingen (Ems)CDU 37.0%
- NordhornCDU 29.8%
- MeppenCDU 37.4%
- HaselünneCDU 43.9%
- Bad BentheimCDU 33.0%
- WietmarschenCDU 48.7%
- GeesteCDU 43.0%
- EmsbürenCDU 49.8%
- SchüttorfCDU 28.1%
- SalzbergenCDU 45.6%
- NeuenhausCDU 31.5%
- SpelleCDU 40.5%
- EmlichheimCDU 38.7%
- UelsenCDU 36.4%
- LähdenCDU 48.7%
- FrerenCDU 41.1%
- HerzlakeCDU 42.5%
- HoogstedeCDU 46.2%
- BawinkelCDU 47.6%
- LengerichCDU 52.3%
- SchapenCDU 51.3%
- LünneCDU 51.8%
- BeestenCDU 55.6%
- RingeCDU 46.4%
- ThuineCDU 51.6%
- ItterbeckCDU 49.6%
- WilsumCDU 54.0%
- LaarCDU 58.4%
- LangenCDU 51.6%
- MessingenCDU 59.1%
- GeorgsdorfCDU 42.3%
- OsterwaldCDU 55.3%
- GerstenCDU 59.0%
- DohrenCDU 53.2%
- LageCDU 34.6%
- AndervenneCDU 58.4%
The 36 largest of 48 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.