Bundestag election 2025: St. Wendel constituency in the focus of voters!

Bundestag election 2025: St. Wendel constituency in the focus of voters!

On February 26, 2025, the premature Bundestag election will be looked back, which took place on February 23. The background to the new elections was the breaking of the government coalition of the SPD, the Greens and FDP on November 6, 2024. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, shortly afterwards, on December 16, 2024, the question of trust and lost it. As a result, Scholz requested the dissolution of Parliament on December 27, 2024, which Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier immediately implemented.

In the constituency of St. Wendel in Saarland, the turnout had increased by 4.4 percentage points compared to 2021 and reached 85.2 %. Voters had the opportunity to coordinate by postal voting or in the polling station. In addition to an election notification, the vote was only possible in the polling station without prior registration.

election results in the St. Wendel

in the constituency of St. Wendel, which includes areas of the district of St. Wendel and the district of Neunkirchen, the distribution of the first and second voices was exciting. According to the preliminary results, the first votes were as follows:

• Roland Theis (CDU): 33.9%
• Christian Petry (SPD): 28.6%
• Rüdiger Klesmann (AfD): 20.6%
• Karl-Peter Scheit (left): 5.8%
• Oliver Luksic (FDP): 3.8%
• Julian Bonenberger (Greens): 3.8%
• Michael Schmitt (Free Voters): 3.7%

This confirms a remarkable increase in the AfD, which increased by 11.3 percentage points compared to the last election. On the other hand, the SPD had to accept a decline of 15.2 percentage points.

The second vote distribution also showed significant changes:

• CDU: 30.3% (+3.9)
• SPD: 22.2% (−15.2)
• AfD: 20.7% (+11.3)
• Greens: 6.2%
• Left: 6.1% (+0.3)
• BSW: 5.7% ( -)
• FDP: 4.1% (−6.8)

socio -democratic insights

The socio -demographic data of the St. Wendel constituency show a residents' density of 270 per km² and a net income per person of 22,736 euros, which is below the nationwide average of 24,415 euros. The age structure shows that 35.7 % of the population is 60 years or older, which illustrates the above -average proportion of age compared to the rest of the country.

In the Bundestag, the new voting right reform, which will come into force from July 2024, is limited to a maximum of 630. In the future, the seats will only be awarded by the second votes, which could result in further changes in the political spectrum.

In total, only 29 parties took part in the 2025 federal election, which was significantly less than the 47 parties in the last election. With 4,506 candidates there was also a decline in.

The Bundestag election 2025 therefore not only represented a significant political upheaval, but also a moment of the reassessment for voters and the political parties in Germany. The final results are published after a full count, so [Zeit.de] and [augsburger-allgemeine.de].