Witten: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Witten with 24.4% of the second votes, CDU took 24.2%.
- MayorDirk Leistner (SPD), since 2025 · Wikidata
- Turnout82.4% · Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (Wkr. 137, 138) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters58,575 of 71,084 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −5.9 · SPD +4.4 · Linke +1.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency138 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II
Second votes in Witten
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD24.4%+4.4
- CDU24.2%-5.9
- AfD17.0%+0.2
- Grüne12.9%+0.5
- Linke9.3%+1.0
- BSW4.5%+0.4
- FDP3.5%-0.9
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.1
- Others3.3%+0.6
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 14,193 | 24.4% | 23.2% | 20.0% (+4.4) | 16.4% (+8.0) |
| CDU | 14,091 | 24.2% | 27.9% | 30.1% (-5.9) | 22.6% (+1.6) |
| AfD | 9,893 | 17.0% | 17.6% | 16.8% (+0.2) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 7,502 | 12.9% | 11.7% | 12.4% (+0.5) | 11.6% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 5,426 | 9.3% | 7.2% | 8.3% (+1.0) | 8.8% (+0.5) |
| BSW | 2,605 | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 2,022 | 3.5% | 4.1% | 4.4% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-0.8) |
| Volt | 313 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% (-0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 234 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 1,895 | 3.3% | 3.0% | 2.7% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.3) |
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.
Witten: location in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Witten highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.