Bestwig: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bestwig with 43.0% of the second votes, SPD took 18.0%.
- Turnout83.6% · Hochsauerlandkreis (Wkr. 146) 83.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,325 of 7,568 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +12.9 · Grüne −6.5 · Linke −2.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency146 Hochsauerlandkreis
Second votes in Bestwig
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU43.0%+12.9
- SPD18.0%-2.0
- AfD16.7%-0.1
- Grüne5.9%-6.5
- Linke5.9%-2.4
- BSW3.5%-0.6
- FDP3.2%-1.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.2
- 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 | 2,703 | 43.0% | 43.6% | 30.1% (+12.9) | 22.6% (+20.4) |
| SPD | 1,132 | 18.0% | 16.4% | 20.0% (-2.0) | 16.4% (+1.6) |
| AfD | 1,053 | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.8% (-0.1) | 20.8% (-4.1) |
| Grüne | 369 | 5.9% | 7.3% | 12.4% (-6.5) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| Linke | 374 | 5.9% | 5.3% | 8.3% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| BSW | 221 | 3.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% (-0.6) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 201 | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.4% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 45 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.5% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 25 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 164 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 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.
Bestwig: location in the Hochsauerlandkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bestwig highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.