Constituency 50 Braunschweig: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 50 Braunschweig went to SPD with 33.4% of the first votes, 8.7 points ahead of CDU (24.7%).
- Second votes: leadingSPD 22.6%
- Biggest move since 2021SPD −7.8 · AfD +7.4
- Turnout83.4% · 2021: 75.0%
- Voters155,402 of 186,358 eligible voters
- StateLower 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.
- SPD22.6%-7.8
- CDU22.6%+4.0
- Grüne18.0%-6.0
- AfD13.3%+7.4
- Linke11.6%+7.0
- FDP4.0%-6.1
- BSW3.9%
- Tierschutzpartei1.1%±0
- Volt1.1%
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.1
- Others1.3%-1.1
Change compared with the 2021 federal election.
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 | 51,553 | 33.4% | 36.7% | -3.3 |
| CDU | 38,158 | 24.7% | 22.4% | +2.3 |
| Grüne | 21,984 | 14.3% | 20.2% | -5.9 |
| AfD | 20,472 | 13.3% | 5.8% | +7.5 |
| Linke | 12,660 | 8.2% | 3.8% | +4.4 |
| FDP | 4,462 | 2.9% | 7.0% | -4.1 |
| Volt | 2,447 | 1.6% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 1,671 | 1.1% | 0.9% | +0.2 |
| MLPD | 250 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +0.1 |
Where constituency 50 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 50 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The municipality in constituency 50
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Braunschweig.
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.