Remscheid: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Remscheid with 28.1% of the second votes, SPD took 20.4%.
- Lord MayorSven Wolf (SPD), since 2025 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.2% · Remscheid, Stadt (Wkr. 102) 78.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters58,553 of 74,875 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaGrüne −3.3 · AfD +3.1 · CDU −2.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency102 Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
Second votes in Remscheid
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.1%-2.0
- SPD20.4%+0.4
- AfD19.9%+3.1
- Grüne9.1%-3.3
- Linke8.7%+0.4
- BSW5.2%+1.1
- FDP4.7%+0.3
- 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 | 16,312 | 28.1% | 28.1% | 30.1% (-2.0) | 22.6% (+5.5) |
| SPD | 11,883 | 20.4% | 20.4% | 20.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+4.0) |
| AfD | 11,587 | 19.9% | 19.9% | 16.8% (+3.1) | 20.8% (-0.9) |
| Grüne | 5,282 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 12.4% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-2.5) |
| Linke | 5,041 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.3% (+0.4) | 8.8% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 3,027 | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.1% (+1.1) | 5.0% (+0.2) |
| FDP | 2,711 | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.4% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| Volt | 383 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% (±0) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 242 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 1,676 | 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.
Remscheid: location in the Remscheid district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Remscheid highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.