2025 federal election · strongholds
Where the CDU is strongest
Nationwide, the CDU took 22.6% of the second votes. Across the districts the range runs from 14.4% in Berlin-Ost, Stadt to 46.6% in Olpe. Below, the municipalities and districts with the highest shares, the weakest regions and the divide by municipality size.
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CDU share by district
The stronger the colour, the higher the share. Tap to open the district with all its municipalities.
Municipalities
The 25 strongest municipalities with at least 1,000 voters
- 1.Eslohe (Sauerland)Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 5,926 voters56.2%
- 2.BeestenEmsland, Lower Saxony · 1,019 voters55.6%
- 3.MedebachHochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 5,099 voters53.1%
- 4.HeekBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia · 5,804 voters53.0%
- 5.SchmallenbergHochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 16,570 voters53.0%
- 6.BakumVechta, Lower Saxony · 4,262 voters52.4%
- 7.LengerichEmsland, Lower Saxony · 1,368 voters52.3%
- 8.LünneEmsland, Lower Saxony · 1,128 voters51.8%
- 9.SchapenEmsland, Lower Saxony · 1,229 voters51.3%
- 10.NeulerOstalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg · 2,318 voters51.0%
- 11.TannhausenOstalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg · 1,225 voters51.0%
- 12.MühlenbachOrtenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg · 1,111 voters50.7%
- 13.HofstettenOrtenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg · 1,262 voters50.6%
- 14.DrolshagenOlpe, North Rhine-Westphalia · 7,844 voters50.5%
- 15.HallenbergHochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 2,887 voters50.3%
- 16.EmsbürenEmsland, Lower Saxony · 7,026 voters49.8%
- 17.WendenOlpe, North Rhine-Westphalia · 13,276 voters49.0%
- 18.DelbrückPaderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia · 20,285 voters48.9%
- 19.FinnentropOlpe, North Rhine-Westphalia · 10,152 voters48.9%
- 20.Lindern (Oldenburg)Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony · 3,184 voters48.8%
- 21.LegdenBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia · 4,650 voters48.8%
- 22.LähdenEmsland, Lower Saxony · 2,421 voters48.7%
- 23.WietmarschenGrafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony · 8,605 voters48.7%
- 24.Ehrenberg (Rhön)Fulda, Hesse · 1,720 voters48.7%
- 25.KönigheimMain-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg · 2,120 voters48.7%
Cities
The strongest and weakest cities with at least 40,000 voters
Strongest
- 1.BocholtBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,464 voters38.8%
- 2.ArnsbergHochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,336 voters38.3%
- 3.RatingenMettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia · 54,780 voters34.6%
- 4.RheineSteinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 46,436 voters34.3%
- 5.DorstenRecklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia · 48,495 voters33.2%
- 6.Bergisch GladbachRheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 70,308 voters32.7%
- 7.IserlohnMärkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 51,470 voters32.2%
- 8.NeussRhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia · 86,761 voters31.7%
- 9.LippstadtSoest, North Rhine-Westphalia · 40,662 voters31.4%
- 10.ViersenViersen, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,044 voters31.3%
- 11.PaderbornPaderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia · 90,642 voters31.2%
- 12.MönchengladbachMönchengladbach, Stadt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 140,063 voters30.6%
- 13.Villingen-SchwenningenSchwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg · 43,622 voters29.9%
- 14.GüterslohGütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia · 56,185 voters29.6%
- 15.TroisdorfRhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 43,846 voters29.2%
Weakest
- 1.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-West, Berlin · 67,905 voters7.6%
- 2.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 71,695 voters9.5%
- 3.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-West, Berlin · 111,238 voters12.1%
- 4.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Lichtenberg, Berlin · 155,397 voters13.8%
- 5.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Pankow, Berlin · 240,341 voters14.0%
- 6.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg · 132,369 voters14.4%
- 7.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin · 169,802 voters15.3%
- 8.Rostock, Hanse- und UniversitätsstadtRostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters15.4%
- 9.JenaJena, Stadt, Thuringia · 67,796 voters15.8%
- 10.Cottbus/ChóśebuzCottbus, Stadt, Brandenburg · 58,282 voters16.0%
Districts
Strongest and weakest districts
Strongest
- 1.OlpeNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 84,653 voters46.6%
- 2.HochsauerlandkreisNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 165,006 voters43.6%
- 3.BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 237,343 voters42.2%
- 4.VechtaLower Saxony · 86,010 voters41.7%
- 5.EmslandLower Saxony · 205,957 voters41.4%
- 6.CoesfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 151,556 voters40.1%
- 7.HöxterNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 91,683 voters39.5%
- 8.Cochem-ZellRhineland-Palatinate · 40,035 voters39.5%
- 9.FuldaHesse · 142,323 voters39.0%
- 10.VulkaneifelRhineland-Palatinate · 39,455 voters38.3%
- 11.BiberachBaden-Württemberg · 126,034 voters38.1%
- 12.Alb-Donau-KreisBaden-Württemberg · 121,024 voters37.9%
- 13.CloppenburgLower Saxony · 101,166 voters37.7%
- 14.Main-Tauber-KreisBaden-Württemberg · 83,665 voters37.6%
- 15.PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 192,337 voters37.3%
Weakest
- 1.Berlin-OstBerlin · 837,355 voters14.4%
- 2.RostockMecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters15.4%
- 3.JenaThuringia · 67,796 voters15.8%
- 4.Spree-NeißeBrandenburg · 74,096 voters15.9%
- 5.UckermarkBrandenburg · 75,003 voters15.9%
- 6.CottbusBrandenburg · 58,282 voters16.0%
- 7.Oberspreewald-LausitzBrandenburg · 68,798 voters16.0%
- 8.HildburghausenThuringia · 39,906 voters16.0%
- 9.PotsdamBrandenburg · 115,510 voters16.3%
- 10.Märkisch-OderlandBrandenburg · 132,323 voters16.4%
Urban and rural
CDU by municipality size
All municipalities grouped by number of eligible voters. All parties in the urban-rural comparison.
- under 2,00019.2%
- 2,000 to 10,00021.1%
- 10,000 to 50,00025.8%
- 50,000 to 100,00022.2%
- over 100,00019.8%
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.