Lüdenscheid: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Lüdenscheid with 29.7% of the second votes, AfD took 22.7%.
- MayorSebastian Wagemeyer (SPD), since 2020 · Wikidata
- Turnout77.1% · Märkischer Kreis (Wkr. 148, 149) 79.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters36,559 of 47,446 eligible voters
- Stands out against North Rhine-WestphaliaAfD +5.9 · Grüne −5.0 · BSW +1.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency148 Olpe – Märkischer Kreis I
Second votes in Lüdenscheid
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.7%-0.4
- AfD22.7%+5.9
- SPD19.2%-0.8
- Grüne7.4%-5.0
- Linke7.4%-0.9
- BSW5.6%+1.5
- FDP4.1%-0.3
- 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 | 10,787 | 29.7% | 32.9% | 30.1% (-0.4) | 22.6% (+7.1) |
| AfD | 8,238 | 22.7% | 22.3% | 16.8% (+5.9) | 20.8% (+1.9) |
| SPD | 6,983 | 19.2% | 18.3% | 20.0% (-0.8) | 16.4% (+2.8) |
| Grüne | 2,692 | 7.4% | 7.5% | 12.4% (-5.0) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| Linke | 2,697 | 7.4% | 6.6% | 8.3% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-1.4) |
| BSW | 2,028 | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.6) |
| FDP | 1,484 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.4% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 170 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 150 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 1,052 | 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.
Lüdenscheid: location in the Märkischer Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lüdenscheid highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.