Green vote
Second-vote share of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen at the Bundestag election, 2025
The Greens won 12.5% in the former West but only 5.6% in the eastern states. Eastern university cities are the exception: Potsdam 16.1%, Jena 14.0%, Leipzig 13.6%.
< 6.0%6.0%9.4%12.9%16.3%≥ 19.7%
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
12.5%
excl. Berlin
Former East
5.6%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
14.9%
West Berlin
18.2%
Germany
11.6%
The East stands at 45% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Hamburg19.3%
- Berlin16.8%
- Bremen15.6%
- Schleswig-Holstein14.9%
- Baden-Württemberg13.6%
- Hessen12.6%
- Nordrhein-Westfalen12.4%
- Bayern12.0%
- Niedersachsen11.5%
- Rheinland-Pfalz10.3%
- Saarland7.2%
- Brandenburg6.6%
- Sachsen6.5%
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern5.4%
- Sachsen-Anhalt4.4%
- Thüringen4.2%
2025
Then and now
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< 6.6%≥ 6.6%≥ 10.4%≥ 14.3%≥ 18.2%≥ 22.0%
Former West
15.7%
excl. Berlin
Former East
7.9%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
19.7%
West Berlin
23.7%
Germany
14.7%
The East stands at 50% 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.
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| State | Side | 2025 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 7.2% | 0.0% |
| Berlin | berlin | 16.8% | 22.0% |
| Brandenburg | east | 6.6% | 9.0% |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 5.4% | 7.8% |
| Sachsen | east | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 4.4% | 6.5% |
| Thüringen | east | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 14.9% | 18.3% |
| Hamburg | west | 19.3% | 24.9% |
| Niedersachsen | west | 11.5% | 16.1% |
| Bremen | west | 15.6% | 20.9% |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 12.4% | 16.1% |
| Hessen | west | 12.6% | 15.8% |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 10.3% | 12.6% |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 13.6% | 17.2% |
| Bayern | west | 12.0% | 14.1% |