Wetzlar: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wetzlar with 27.2% of the second votes, AfD took 21.7%.
- Lord MayorManfred Wagner (SPD), since 2015 · Wikidata
- Turnout77.8% · Lahn-Dill-Kreis (Wkr. 171) 81.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters28,545 of 36,701 eligible voters
- Stands out against HesseAfD +3.9 · Grüne −2.3 · CDU −1.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency171 Lahn-Dill
Second votes in Wetzlar
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.2%-1.7
- AfD21.7%+3.9
- SPD19.4%+1.0
- Grüne10.3%-2.3
- Linke8.1%-0.6
- BSW5.0%+0.6
- FDP4.1%-0.9
- Freie Wähler1.1%-0.2
- Volt0.7%-0.2
- Others2.3%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Hesse | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 7,702 | 27.2% | 30.3% | 28.9% (-1.7) | 22.6% (+4.6) |
| AfD | 6,148 | 21.7% | 23.5% | 17.8% (+3.9) | 20.8% (+0.9) |
| SPD | 5,495 | 19.4% | 18.6% | 18.4% (+1.0) | 16.4% (+3.0) |
| Grüne | 2,919 | 10.3% | 8.4% | 12.6% (-2.3) | 11.6% (-1.3) |
| Linke | 2,307 | 8.1% | 6.5% | 8.7% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 1,413 | 5.0% | 4.3% | 4.4% (+0.6) | 5.0% (±0) |
| FDP | 1,169 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 5.0% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 323 | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.3% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 193 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 639 | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Wetzlar: location in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wetzlar highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.