Bottrop: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bottrop with 28.6% of the second votes, SPD took 23.6%.
- Lord MayorMatthias Buschfeld (SPD), since 2025 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.9% · Bottrop, Stadt (Wkr. 124) 80.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters69,203 of 85,524 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaAfD +4.3 · Grüne −4.0 · SPD +3.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency124 Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
Second votes in Bottrop
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.6%-1.5
- SPD23.6%+3.6
- AfD21.1%+4.3
- Grüne8.4%-4.0
- Linke6.9%-1.4
- BSW4.2%+0.1
- FDP3.4%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others3.0%+0.3
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 19,653 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 30.1% (-1.5) | 22.6% (+6.0) |
| SPD | 16,213 | 23.6% | 23.6% | 20.0% (+3.6) | 16.4% (+7.2) |
| AfD | 14,474 | 21.1% | 21.1% | 16.8% (+4.3) | 20.8% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 5,777 | 8.4% | 8.4% | 12.4% (-4.0) | 11.6% (-3.2) |
| Linke | 4,724 | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.3% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| BSW | 2,881 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 2,314 | 3.4% | 3.4% | 4.4% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 377 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 281 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 2,062 | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.7% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-7.6) |
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.
Bottrop: location in the Bottrop district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bottrop highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.