Karlsruhe: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, Grüne led in Karlsruhe with 24.1% of the second votes, CDU took 22.4%.
- Lord MayorFrank Mentrup (SPD), since 2013 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.1% · Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis (Wkr. 271) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters168,556 of 202,812 eligible voters
- Stands out against Baden-WürttembergGrüne +10.5 · CDU −9.2 · AfD −6.3
- First votes: leadingGrüne candidate
- Constituency271 Karlsruhe-Stadt
Second votes in Karlsruhe
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- Grüne24.1%+10.5
- CDU22.4%-9.2
- SPD15.6%+1.4
- AfD13.5%-6.3
- Linke11.2%+4.4
- FDP5.2%-0.4
- BSW3.7%-0.4
- Volt1.6%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.8
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Baden-Württemberg.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Baden-Württemberg | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grüne | 40,424 | 24.1% | 24.1% | 13.6% (+10.5) | 11.6% (+12.5) |
| CDU | 37,645 | 22.4% | 22.4% | 31.6% (-9.2) | 22.6% (-0.2) |
| SPD | 26,164 | 15.6% | 15.6% | 14.2% (+1.4) | 16.4% (-0.8) |
| AfD | 22,678 | 13.5% | 13.5% | 19.8% (-6.3) | 20.8% (-7.3) |
| Linke | 18,800 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 6.8% (+4.4) | 8.8% (+2.4) |
| FDP | 8,658 | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.6% (-0.4) | 4.3% (+0.9) |
| BSW | 6,247 | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.3) |
| Volt | 2,745 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.8% (+0.8) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 993 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.4% (-0.8) | – |
| Others | 3,491 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-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.
Karlsruhe: location in the Karlsruhe district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Karlsruhe highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.