Balve: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Balve with 45.5% of the second votes, AfD took 17.2%.
- Turnout85.8% · Märkischer Kreis (Wkr. 148, 149) 79.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters7,568 of 8,816 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +15.4 · Grüne −5.4 · SPD −5.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency149 Märkischer Kreis II
Second votes in Balve
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU45.5%+15.4
- AfD17.2%+0.4
- SPD14.9%-5.1
- Grüne7.0%-5.4
- FDP4.6%+0.2
- Linke4.4%-3.9
- BSW2.7%-1.4
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.9%+0.2
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,421 | 45.5% | 32.9% | 30.1% (+15.4) | 22.6% (+22.9) |
| AfD | 1,289 | 17.2% | 22.3% | 16.8% (+0.4) | 20.8% (-3.6) |
| SPD | 1,119 | 14.9% | 18.3% | 20.0% (-5.1) | 16.4% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 524 | 7.0% | 7.5% | 12.4% (-5.4) | 11.6% (-4.6) |
| FDP | 343 | 4.6% | 4.0% | 4.4% (+0.2) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| Linke | 329 | 4.4% | 6.6% | 8.3% (-3.9) | 8.8% (-4.4) |
| BSW | 203 | 2.7% | 4.6% | 4.1% (-1.4) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 41 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 31 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 215 | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.7% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
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.
Balve: location in the Märkischer Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Balve highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.