Herford: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Herford with 27.1% of the second votes, AfD took 21.3%.
- MayorAnke Theisen (CDU), since 2025 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.8% · Herford (Wkr. 132) 81.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters37,049 of 47,035 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaAfD +4.5 · CDU −3.0 · Grüne −2.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency132 Herford – Minden-Lübbecke II
Second votes in Herford
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.1%-3.0
- AfD21.3%+4.5
- SPD20.1%+0.1
- Grüne10.3%-2.1
- Linke8.1%-0.2
- BSW5.1%+1.0
- FDP4.4%±0
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.6%-0.1
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 9,968 | 27.1% | 27.5% | 30.1% (-3.0) | 22.6% (+4.5) |
| AfD | 7,857 | 21.3% | 21.5% | 16.8% (+4.5) | 20.8% (+0.5) |
| SPD | 7,398 | 20.1% | 21.6% | 20.0% (+0.1) | 16.4% (+3.7) |
| Grüne | 3,789 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 12.4% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-1.3) |
| Linke | 2,985 | 8.1% | 7.1% | 8.3% (-0.2) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 1,867 | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 5.0% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 1,617 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.4% (±0) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 210 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 141 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 973 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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.
Herford: location in the Herford district
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