Constituency 37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg went to SPD with 27.8% of the first votes, 1.5 points ahead of CDU (26.3%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 24.1%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +9.6 · SPD −8.9
- Turnout
- 84.9% · 2021: 76.2%
- Voters
- 155,019 of 182,679 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 23.3%, a margin of 1.7 points over Grüne. 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 | 42,910 | 27.8% | 28.2% | -0.4 |
| CDU | 40,563 | 26.3% | 24.9% | +1.4 |
| Grüne | 25,297 | 16.4% | 25.1% | -8.7 |
| AfD | 23,895 | 15.5% | 6.3% | +9.2 |
| Linke | 10,937 | 7.1% | 3.9% | +3.2 |
| FDP | 3,894 | 2.5% | 6.9% | -4.4 |
| Freie Wähler | 3,710 | 2.4% | 1.1% | +1.3 |
| dieBasis | 1,532 | 1.0% | 1.8% | -0.8 |
| Volt | 1,338 | 0.9% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 37 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 37 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 70 municipalities in constituency 37
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Lüneburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg.
- LüneburgGrüne 22.9%
- AdendorfCDU 27.2%
- BleckedeCDU 25.8%
- Lüchow (Wendland)CDU 23.6%
- Bardowick, FleckenCDU 26.4%
- ReppenstedtCDU 25.9%
- Dannenberg (Elbe)AfD 22.4%
- Amt NeuhausAfD 28.4%
- Hitzacker (Elbe)AfD 19.2%
- BrietlingenCDU 27.8%
- AmelinghausenCDU 26.6%
- Deutsch EvernCDU 28.9%
- ScharnebeckCDU 26.3%
- Dahlenburg, FleckenAfD 27.1%
- MelbeckAfD 25.3%
- EmbsenAfD 24.1%
- NeetzeCDU 27.6%
- BarendorfCDU 23.2%
- Hohnstorf (Elbe)CDU 27.6%
- VögelsenCDU 26.4%
- KirchgellersenCDU 30.2%
- Wustrow (Wendland)CDU 23.7%
- RadbruchCDU 27.1%
- HandorfCDU 26.2%
- BarumCDU 26.9%
- WestergellersenCDU 28.0%
- RullstorfCDU 28.6%
- Wendisch EvernCDU 27.9%
- Clenze, FleckenCDU 24.5%
- Artlenburg, FleckenAfD 29.4%
- SüdergellersenCDU 26.6%
- WittorfCDU 26.9%
- SoderstorfCDU 24.9%
- ZernienCDU 25.8%
- ThomasburgAfD 29.6%
- Gartow, FleckenCDU 27.3%
The 36 largest of 70 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.