Elke Twesten (born 7 July 1963 in Scheeßel) is a German politician for the CDU in Lower Saxony who switched parties from the Alliance 90/The Greens in 2017.

Twesten previously worked in the Hamburg Customs Administration.

She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2008.

[2] Twesten defected to the CDU from the Greens in August 2017, thus depriving the Lower Saxony Parliament's SDP/Green coalition of its one-seat majority and triggering an early election in October 2017.

[3] Twesten is married and has three daughters.