Bad Arolsen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Arolsen with 31.6% of the second votes, AfD took 21.1%.
- MayorMarko Lambion, since 2022 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.9% · Waldeck-Frankenberg (Wkr. 166, 169) 82.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters9,583 of 11,851 eligible voters
- Stands out against HesseGrüne −3.4 · AfD +3.3 · CDU +2.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency166 Waldeck
Second votes in Bad Arolsen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.6%+2.7
- AfD21.1%+3.3
- SPD18.7%+0.3
- Grüne9.2%-3.4
- Linke6.5%-2.2
- FDP4.5%-0.5
- BSW4.1%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.5
- Others2.3%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Hesse | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,012 | 31.6% | 31.1% | 28.9% (+2.7) | 22.6% (+9.0) |
| AfD | 2,006 | 21.1% | 23.1% | 17.8% (+3.3) | 20.8% (+0.3) |
| SPD | 1,782 | 18.7% | 19.6% | 18.4% (+0.3) | 16.4% (+2.3) |
| Grüne | 872 | 9.2% | 8.0% | 12.6% (-3.4) | 11.6% (-2.4) |
| Linke | 620 | 6.5% | 5.7% | 8.7% (-2.2) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| FDP | 430 | 4.5% | 4.4% | 5.0% (-0.5) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 393 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.4% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 146 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 40 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.9% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 217 | 2.3% | 2.0% | 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.
Bad Arolsen: location in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Arolsen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg (Wkr. 166, 169)
- Korbach, HansestadtCDU 29.0%
- Frankenberg (Eder), Philipp-Soldan-StadtCDU 29.5%
- Bad WildungenCDU 28.2%
- Waldeck, NationalparkstadtCDU 31.3%
- Allendorf (Eder)CDU 30.9%
- Edertal, NationalparkgemeindeCDU 30.0%
- VolkmarsenCDU 31.1%
- Vöhl, NationalparkgemeindeCDU 29.4%
- Willingen (Upland)CDU 42.2%
- Battenberg (Eder)CDU 31.9%
- BurgwaldCDU 33.5%
- DiemelstadtCDU 32.1%