Rahden: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rahden with 35.7% of the second votes, AfD took 20.9%.
- MayorBert Honsel (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout83.5% · Minden-Lübbecke (Wkr. 132, 133) 81.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters10,270 of 12,304 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +5.6 · Grüne −4.7 · AfD +4.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency133 Minden-Lübbecke I
Second votes in Rahden
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU35.7%+5.6
- AfD20.9%+4.1
- SPD17.3%-2.7
- Grüne7.7%-4.7
- Linke5.7%-2.6
- FDP4.8%+0.4
- BSW4.1%±0
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.5
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.3%-0.4
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,649 | 35.7% | 27.7% | 30.1% (+5.6) | 22.6% (+13.1) |
| AfD | 2,137 | 20.9% | 21.5% | 16.8% (+4.1) | 20.8% (+0.1) |
| SPD | 1,766 | 17.3% | 22.0% | 20.0% (-2.7) | 16.4% (+0.9) |
| Grüne | 785 | 7.7% | 9.5% | 12.4% (-4.7) | 11.6% (-3.9) |
| Linke | 584 | 5.7% | 6.7% | 8.3% (-2.6) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| FDP | 488 | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.4% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| BSW | 423 | 4.1% | 4.6% | 4.1% (±0) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 103 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.5% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 44 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 239 | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.7% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Rahden: location in the Minden-Lübbecke district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rahden highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.