Constituency 38 Osnabrück-Land: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 38 Osnabrück-Land went to CDU with 36.6% of the first votes, 12.4 points ahead of SPD (24.2%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 32.1%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +11.4 · SPD −9.9
- Turnout
- 84.1% · 2021: 75.9%
- Voters
- 167,747 of 199,476 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 27.0%, a margin of 1.7 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 | 60,952 | 36.6% | 36.2% | +0.4 |
| SPD | 40,394 | 24.2% | 29.7% | -5.5 |
| AfD | 29,985 | 18.0% | 6.3% | +11.7 |
| Grüne | 16,758 | 10.1% | 14.6% | -4.5 |
| Linke | 9,516 | 5.7% | 2.4% | +3.3 |
| FDP | 4,914 | 2.9% | 8.6% | -5.7 |
| Freie Wähler | 2,850 | 1.7% | 0.8% | +0.9 |
| Volt | 1,241 | 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 38 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 38 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 29 municipalities in constituency 38
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Osnabrück.
- MelleCDU 30.8%
- BramscheSPD 27.2%
- BissendorfCDU 29.8%
- Bad EssenCDU 28.3%
- BohmteCDU 27.6%
- Bad IburgCDU 37.5%
- Hilter am Teutoburger WaldCDU 33.6%
- OstercappelnCDU 30.7%
- Bad LaerCDU 41.9%
- Dissen am Teutoburger WaldCDU 27.2%
- Bad RothenfeldeCDU 33.9%
- QuakenbrückAfD 28.1%
- FürstenauCDU 33.3%
- GlandorfCDU 46.6%
- BersenbrückAfD 30.9%
- AnkumCDU 35.6%
- NeuenkirchenCDU 45.2%
- BadbergenCDU 26.8%
- BergeCDU 38.0%
- MerzenCDU 46.9%
- AlfhausenCDU 36.1%
- RiesteCDU 31.4%
- BippenCDU 33.3%
- NortrupCDU 29.1%
- GehrdeAfD 33.6%
- MenslageSPD 29.5%
- VoltlageCDU 54.3%
- EggermühlenCDU 43.1%
- KettenkampCDU 42.4%
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.