Dorsten: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Dorsten with 33.2% of the second votes, SPD took 21.2%.
- MayorTobias Stockhoff (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout83.3% · Recklinghausen (Wkr. 120, 121, 124) 80.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters48,495 of 58,210 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +3.1 · Grüne −2.9 · Linke −2.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency124 Bottrop – Recklinghausen III
Second votes in Dorsten
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.2%+3.1
- SPD21.2%+1.2
- AfD19.4%+2.6
- Grüne9.5%-2.9
- Linke5.6%-2.7
- FDP3.8%-0.6
- BSW3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Others2.8%+0.1
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 15,997 | 33.2% | 28.5% | 30.1% (+3.1) | 22.6% (+10.6) |
| SPD | 10,217 | 21.2% | 23.2% | 20.0% (+1.2) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| AfD | 9,343 | 19.4% | 20.6% | 16.8% (+2.6) | 20.8% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 4,601 | 9.5% | 9.0% | 12.4% (-2.9) | 11.6% (-2.1) |
| Linke | 2,719 | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8.3% (-2.7) | 8.8% (-3.2) |
| FDP | 1,814 | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.4% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 1,712 | 3.6% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 234 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 235 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 1,333 | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.7% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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.
Dorsten: location in the Recklinghausen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Dorsten highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.