Melsungen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Melsungen with 26.0% of the second votes, CDU took 25.8%.
- Turnout85.1% · Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Wkr. 169) 84.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,461 of 9,948 eligible voters
- Stands out against HesseSPD +7.6 · CDU −3.1 · Linke −2.9
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency169 Schwalm-Eder
Second votes in Melsungen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.0%+7.6
- CDU25.8%-3.1
- AfD17.8%±0
- Grüne10.5%-2.1
- Linke5.8%-2.9
- FDP5.5%+0.5
- BSW4.1%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.3
- Volt0.8%-0.1
- Others2.1%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Hesse | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 2,176 | 26.0% | 23.2% | 18.4% (+7.6) | 16.4% (+9.6) |
| CDU | 2,163 | 25.8% | 26.5% | 28.9% (-3.1) | 22.6% (+3.2) |
| AfD | 1,494 | 17.8% | 23.5% | 17.8% (±0) | 20.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 881 | 10.5% | 8.0% | 12.6% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 485 | 5.8% | 5.7% | 8.7% (-2.9) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| FDP | 461 | 5.5% | 4.0% | 5.0% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+1.2) |
| BSW | 343 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.4% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 131 | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.3% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 66 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 176 | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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.
Melsungen: location in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Melsungen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Wkr. 169)
- Schwalmstadt, KonfirmationsstadtAfD 25.9%
- Fritzlar, Dom- und KaiserstadtCDU 32.0%
- Homberg (Efze), ReformationsstadtAfD 27.3%
- Borken (Hessen)AfD 26.6%
- FelsbergSPD 26.7%
- GudensbergCDU 27.0%
- EdermündeSPD 27.6%
- Frielendorf, MarktfleckenAfD 28.5%
- WabernCDU 25.3%
- NeukirchenCDU 29.0%
- NiedensteinCDU 25.3%
- GuxhagenSPD 27.1%