Geilenkirchen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Geilenkirchen with 34.8% of the second votes, AfD took 22.0%.
- MayorDaniela Ritzerfeld, since 2020 · Wikidata
- Turnout81.3% · Heinsberg (Wkr. 088) 81.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters16,763 of 20,625 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaAfD +5.2 · CDU +4.7 · Grüne −3.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency88 Heinsberg
Second votes in Geilenkirchen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU34.8%+4.7
- AfD22.0%+5.2
- SPD16.5%-3.5
- Grüne8.7%-3.7
- Linke5.9%-2.4
- FDP4.0%-0.4
- BSW3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.2
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others2.9%+0.2
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 5,798 | 34.8% | 35.2% | 30.1% (+4.7) | 22.6% (+12.2) |
| AfD | 3,671 | 22.0% | 20.1% | 16.8% (+5.2) | 20.8% (+1.2) |
| SPD | 2,749 | 16.5% | 17.1% | 20.0% (-3.5) | 16.4% (+0.1) |
| Grüne | 1,445 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 12.4% (-3.7) | 11.6% (-2.9) |
| Linke | 981 | 5.9% | 6.3% | 8.3% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| FDP | 665 | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.4% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 635 | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 109 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.5% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 108 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 489 | 2.9% | 3.0% | 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.
Geilenkirchen: location in the Heinsberg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Geilenkirchen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.