Bensheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bensheim with 31.5% of the second votes, SPD took 16.6%.
- MayorChristine Klein (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout85.5% · Bergstraße (Wkr. 187) 84.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters25,393 of 29,702 eligible voters
- Stands out against HesseGrüne +3.2 · CDU +2.6 · AfD −2.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency187 Bergstraße
Second votes in Bensheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.5%+2.6
- SPD16.6%-1.8
- Grüne15.8%+3.2
- AfD15.8%-2.0
- Linke6.8%-1.9
- FDP5.7%+0.7
- BSW3.9%-0.5
- Volt1.1%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.5
- Others2.0%±0
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Hesse | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 7,954 | 31.5% | 31.2% | 28.9% (+2.6) | 22.6% (+8.9) |
| SPD | 4,198 | 16.6% | 17.4% | 18.4% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+0.2) |
| Grüne | 3,991 | 15.8% | 11.2% | 12.6% (+3.2) | 11.6% (+4.2) |
| AfD | 3,983 | 15.8% | 20.1% | 17.8% (-2.0) | 20.8% (-5.0) |
| Linke | 1,708 | 6.8% | 6.1% | 8.7% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.0) |
| FDP | 1,428 | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.0% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+1.4) |
| BSW | 983 | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.4% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Volt | 276 | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 211 | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.3% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 498 | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.0% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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.
Bensheim: location in the Bergstraße district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bensheim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.