Waltrop: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Waltrop with 30.8% of the second votes, SPD took 23.5%.
- MayorMarcel Mittelbach (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout83.6% · Recklinghausen (Wkr. 120, 121, 124) 80.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,049 of 22,776 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaSPD +3.5 · Linke −2.7 · AfD +2.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency120 Recklinghausen I
Second votes in Waltrop
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.8%+0.7
- SPD23.5%+3.5
- AfD18.9%+2.1
- Grüne10.4%-2.0
- Linke5.6%-2.7
- FDP3.7%-0.7
- BSW3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.8%+0.1
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 5,826 | 30.8% | 28.5% | 30.1% (+0.7) | 22.6% (+8.2) |
| SPD | 4,458 | 23.5% | 23.2% | 20.0% (+3.5) | 16.4% (+7.1) |
| AfD | 3,583 | 18.9% | 20.6% | 16.8% (+2.1) | 20.8% (-1.9) |
| Grüne | 1,964 | 10.4% | 9.0% | 12.4% (-2.0) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 1,066 | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8.3% (-2.7) | 8.8% (-3.2) |
| FDP | 692 | 3.7% | 3.5% | 4.4% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| BSW | 649 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 98 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 70 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 524 | 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.
Waltrop: location in the Recklinghausen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Waltrop highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.