Constituency 34 Osterholz – Verden: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 34 Osterholz – Verden went to CDU with 35.9% of the first votes, 11.1 points ahead of SPD (24.8%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 28.0%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +10.1 · SPD −9.9
- Turnout
- 84.7% · 2021: 76.6%
- Voters
- 166,168 of 196,082 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 26.4%, a margin of 2.6 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 | 59,337 | 35.9% | 33.7% | +2.2 |
| SPD | 40,965 | 24.8% | 32.5% | -7.7 |
| AfD | 28,057 | 17.0% | – | – |
| Grüne | 18,452 | 11.2% | 14.7% | -3.5 |
| Linke | 11,072 | 6.7% | 4.3% | +2.4 |
| FDP | 4,952 | 3.0% | 9.2% | -6.2 |
| Volt | 2,254 | 1.4% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 34 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 34 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 22 municipalities in constituency 34
- AchimCDU 27.8%
- Osterholz-ScharmbeckCDU 26.1%
- Verden (Aller)CDU 25.7%
- LilienthalCDU 29.3%
- SchwanewedeCDU 30.4%
- OytenCDU 29.8%
- RitterhudeCDU 28.1%
- Langwedel, FleckenCDU 29.6%
- Ottersberg, FleckenCDU 24.1%
- KirchlintelnCDU 30.2%
- WorpswedeCDU 28.3%
- DörverdenCDU 26.6%
- GrasbergCDU 32.4%
- ThedinghausenCDU 26.8%
- HambergenSPD 27.4%
- VollersodeCDU 26.1%
- RiedeCDU 32.7%
- BlenderCDU 31.2%
- EmtinghausenCDU 28.8%
- HolsteAfD 25.1%
- AxstedtSPD 25.0%
- LübberstedtCDU 28.5%
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.