Soest: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Soest with 29.3% of the second votes, SPD took 19.0%.
- MayorMarcus Schiffer (SPD), since 2025 · Wikidata
- Turnout82.4% · Soest (Wkr. 145) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters30,016 of 36,432 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency145 Soest
Second votes in Soest
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.3%-0.8
- SPD19.0%-1.0
- AfD18.4%+1.6
- Grüne13.6%+1.2
- Linke7.6%-0.7
- FDP4.2%-0.2
- BSW4.1%±0
- Volt0.8%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.1
- Others2.5%-0.2
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 8,739 | 29.3% | 35.0% | 30.1% (-0.8) | 22.6% (+6.7) |
| SPD | 5,676 | 19.0% | 18.4% | 20.0% (-1.0) | 16.4% (+2.6) |
| AfD | 5,498 | 18.4% | 18.9% | 16.8% (+1.6) | 20.8% (-2.4) |
| Grüne | 4,077 | 13.6% | 10.0% | 12.4% (+1.2) | 11.6% (+2.0) |
| Linke | 2,270 | 7.6% | 6.1% | 8.3% (-0.7) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| FDP | 1,266 | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.4% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 1,216 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% (±0) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Volt | 241 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 133 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 756 | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.7% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Soest: location in the Soest district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Soest highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.