Essen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Essen with 26.5% of the second votes, SPD took 22.2%.
- Lord MayorThomas Kufen (CDU), since 2015 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.1% · Essen, Stadt (Wkr. 117, 118, 119) 80.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters318,771 of 397,968 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −3.6 · SPD +2.2 · Linke +1.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituencies117 Mülheim – Essen I, 118 Essen II, 119 Essen III
Second votes in Essen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.5%-3.6
- SPD22.2%+2.2
- AfD17.0%+0.2
- Grüne12.4%±0
- Linke9.5%+1.2
- BSW4.4%+0.3
- FDP4.0%-0.4
- Volt0.7%±0
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.1
- Others2.9%+0.2
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 84,032 | 26.5% | 26.5% | 30.1% (-3.6) | 22.6% (+3.9) |
| SPD | 70,289 | 22.2% | 22.2% | 20.0% (+2.2) | 16.4% (+5.8) |
| AfD | 53,958 | 17.0% | 17.0% | 16.8% (+0.2) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 39,442 | 12.4% | 12.4% | 12.4% (±0) | 11.6% (+0.8) |
| Linke | 30,002 | 9.5% | 9.5% | 8.3% (+1.2) | 8.8% (+0.7) |
| BSW | 13,897 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 12,711 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.4% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| Volt | 2,254 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% (±0) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 1,320 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 9,113 | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.7% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Essen: location in the Essen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Essen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.