Constituency 53 Göttingen I: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 53 Göttingen I went to CDU with 29.1% of the first votes, 3.5 points ahead of SPD (25.6%).
- Second votes: leadingCDU 25.6%
- Biggest move since 2021SPD −9.9 · AfD +8.4
- Turnout83.5% · 2021: 75.5%
- Voters175,553 of 210,202 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.
- CDU25.6%+4.0
- SPD22.0%-9.9
- Grüne15.7%-4.5
- AfD14.5%+8.4
- Linke11.1%+6.0
- FDP4.0%-5.8
- BSW3.8%
- Tierschutzpartei1.1%±0
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others1.6%-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDUConstituency seat | 50,736 | 29.1% | 26.9% | +2.2 |
| SPD | 44,623 | 25.6% | 32.2% | -6.6 |
| Grüne | 26,771 | 15.4% | 23.2% | -7.8 |
| AfD | 24,753 | 14.2% | – | – |
| Linke | 15,935 | 9.1% | 5.1% | +4.0 |
| FDP | 6,321 | 3.6% | 9.6% | -6.0 |
| Volt | 2,557 | 1.5% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 2,217 | 1.3% | – | – |
| MLPD | 292 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +0.1 |
Where constituency 53 lies in Lower Saxony
Constituency 53 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 32 municipalities in constituency 53
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Göttingen.
- GöttingenGrüne 23.5%
- Hann. MündenSPD 25.2%
- DuderstadtCDU 40.7%
- Bovenden, FleckenCDU 27.8%
- Herzberg am HarzCDU 26.5%
- RosdorfCDU 27.1%
- Bad Lauterberg im HarzCDU 29.4%
- GleichenSPD 25.8%
- StaufenbergCDU 27.7%
- FriedlandCDU 26.5%
- Bad SachsaCDU 28.8%
- Adelebsen, FleckenCDU 28.2%
- DransfeldCDU 28.5%
- Gieboldehausen, FleckenCDU 30.5%
- EbergötzenSPD 28.2%
- BilshausenCDU 35.5%
- SchedenCDU 29.7%
- NiemetalCDU 32.3%
- SeeburgCDU 33.7%
- RhumspringeCDU 52.1%
- SeulingenCDU 49.9%
- WaakeCDU 26.4%
- LandolfshausenSPD 30.5%
- KrebeckCDU 46.8%
- JühndeCDU 31.5%
- ObernfeldCDU 42.3%
- BodenseeCDU 37.7%
- RollshausenCDU 42.4%
- RüdershausenCDU 40.6%
- WollbrandshausenCDU 47.2%
- BührenCDU 33.6%
- WollershausenCDU 34.9%
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.