Constituency 46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden went to SPD with 33.0% of the first votes, 4.4 points ahead of CDU (28.6%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 27.0%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +12.4 · SPD −12.2
- Turnout
- 81.2% · 2021: 72.0%
- Voters
- 145,350 of 179,071 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: AfD ahead with 29.1%, a margin of 0.6 points over SPD. The constituency would switch from SPD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPDConstituency seat | 47,556 | 33.0% | 43.2% | -10.2 |
| CDU | 41,181 | 28.6% | 25.5% | +3.1 |
| AfD | 30,078 | 20.9% | 8.5% | +12.4 |
| Grüne | 10,314 | 7.2% | 10.1% | -2.9 |
| Linke | 7,757 | 5.4% | 2.8% | +2.6 |
| FDP | 4,628 | 3.2% | 6.9% | -3.7 |
| Freie Wähler | 2,623 | 1.8% | 1.5% | +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 46 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 46 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 42 municipalities in constituency 46
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Hameln-Pyrmont, Holzminden, Northeim.
- HamelnCDU 26.4%
- Hessisch OldendorfCDU 27.9%
- Bad PyrmontCDU 28.7%
- HolzmindenCDU 25.5%
- Bad Münder am DeisterCDU 27.6%
- UslarSPD 28.3%
- Aerzen, FleckenCDU 27.5%
- EmmerthalCDU 29.4%
- Salzhemmendorf, FleckenCDU 25.9%
- Delligsen, FleckenSPD 31.3%
- Coppenbrügge, FleckenCDU 28.1%
- Bodenwerder, MünchhausenstadtSPD 25.5%
- StadtoldendorfAfD 34.8%
- Bodenfelde, FleckenSPD 26.8%
- Bevern, FleckenAfD 26.4%
- EschershausenAfD 32.8%
- BoffzenSPD 28.9%
- Lauenförde, FleckenSPD 27.6%
- HehlenSPD 29.9%
- HalleCDU 30.3%
- DeensenAfD 30.3%
- Ottenstein, FleckenCDU 31.1%
- Polle, FleckenCDU 27.9%
- GolmbachSPD 32.4%
- FürstenbergCDU 27.7%
- EimenSPD 29.3%
- KirchbrakCDU 26.6%
- HeinadeSPD 26.4%
- HeinsenCDU 30.6%
- NegenbornCDU 26.0%
- BrevördeCDU 28.1%
- DielmissenAfD 35.6%
- LenneCDU 28.9%
- DerentalSPD 30.3%
- WangelnstedtCDU 35.1%
- HolzenSPD 27.3%
The 36 largest of 42 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.