Voter turnout
Turnout at the Bundestag election, 2025
83.1% of eligible voters in the former West voted in 2025, against 80.3% in the East. The gap narrowed from 3.4 points in 2021 to 2.8 points.
< 77.4%77.4%79.4%81.4%83.4%≥ 85.4%
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
83.1%
excl. Berlin
Former East
80.3%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
81.3%
West Berlin
79.6%
Germany
82.5%
The East stands at 97% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Bayern84.3%
- Schleswig-Holstein83.5%
- Niedersachsen83.4%
- Baden-Württemberg83.4%
- Hessen83.1%
- Rheinland-Pfalz83.0%
- Saarland82.4%
- Nordrhein-Westfalen82.2%
- Brandenburg81.6%
- Sachsen81.1%
- Hamburg80.9%
- Thüringen80.7%
- Berlin80.3%
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern79.5%
- Bremen77.8%
- Sachsen-Anhalt77.7%
2025
Then and now
Drag across the map to compare 2021 with 2025. Both maps share one colour key.
< 70.8%≥ 70.8%≥ 74.0%≥ 77.2%≥ 80.3%≥ 83.5%
Former West
77.2%
excl. Berlin
Former East
73.8%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
68.5%
West Berlin
70.2%
Germany
76.4%
The East stands at 96% of the West's level (2021).
Notes & caveats
- Berlin is shown as one unit on the map; the Federal Returning Officer publishes East and West Berlin separately, shown in the figures.
- 2021 figures include the partial re-run of the election in Berlin on 11 February 2024.
- Berlin's 2021 turnout is lower than on election day because the file counts the much lower turnout of the 2024 partial re-run in the affected precincts.
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| State | Side | 2025 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 82.4% | 77.3% |
| Berlin | berlin | 80.3% | 69.5% |
| Brandenburg | east | 81.6% | 75.6% |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 79.5% | 71.1% |
| Sachsen | east | 81.1% | 76.5% |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 77.7% | 67.9% |
| Thüringen | east | 80.7% | 74.9% |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 83.5% | 78.2% |
| Hamburg | west | 80.9% | 77.8% |
| Niedersachsen | west | 83.4% | 74.7% |
| Bremen | west | 77.8% | 71.9% |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 82.2% | 76.4% |
| Hessen | west | 83.1% | 76.2% |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 83.0% | 77.2% |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 83.4% | 77.8% |
| Bayern | west | 84.3% | 79.9% |