Official final result · 14 September 2025
North Rhine-Westphalia local elections 2025: the results
Results of 54 districts and district-free cities and 373 municipalities from the official publications of Die Landeswahlleiterin des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, IT.NRW. Each row leads to the district page with district council, district administrator and all municipalities.
- Districts and district-free cities
- 54
- Municipalities with results
- 373
- Direct elections
- 416
- Turnout (districts)
- 56.9%
- Most often largest list
- CDU (41) · SPD (11) · Grüne (2)
Map
Largest list per district
Largest list per district: North Rhine-Westphalia local elections 2025
District council or city council, share in percent
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Districts
All districts and district-free cities
Largest list in the district or city council, elected district administrator or lord mayor, and turnout.
| District | Largest list | Administrator / mayor | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bielefeld | CDU 29.4% | Bauer, Dr. Christiana (CDU) 51.4% | 57.4% |
| Bochum | SPD 28.1% | Lukat, Jörg (SPD, GRÜNE) 64.7% | 55.0% |
| Bonn | CDU 31.9% | Dörner, Katja (GRÜNE) 46.0% | 64.9% |
| Borken | CDU 47.6% | Zwicker, Dr. Kai (CDU) 62.5% | 61.3% |
| Bottrop | SPD 31.6% | Buschfeld, Matthias (SPD) 61.9% | 55.8% |
| Coesfeld | CDU 47.1% | Schulze Pellengahr, Dr. Christian (CDU) 67.8% | 65.7% |
| Dortmund | SPD 24.9% | Westphal, Thomas (SPD) 47.1% | 53.0% |
| Duisburg | SPD 32.6% | Link, Sören (SPD) 78.6% | 48.3% |
| Düren | CDU 38.6% | Nolten, Dr. Ralf (CDU) 59.8% | 60.1% |
| Düsseldorf | CDU 33.5% | Keller, Dr. Stephan (CDU) 60.5% | 53.1% |
| Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | SPD 28.9% | Schaberick, Jan-Christoph (SPD ) 55.9% | 58.3% |
| Essen | CDU 30.2% | Kufen, Thomas Markus (CDU) 57.1% | 55.5% |
| Euskirchen | CDU 34.7% | Ramers, Markus (SPD) 68.1% | 61.4% |
| Gelsenkirchen | SPD 30.4% | Henze, Andrea (SPD) 66.9% | 49.6% |
| Gütersloh | CDU 39.7% | Laukötter, Ina (CDU) 59.2% | 54.6% |
| Hagen, Stadt der FernUniversität | CDU 26.4% | Rehbein, Dennis (CDU) 71.7% | 47.9% |
| Hamm | SPD 46.2% | Herter, Marc (SPD) 63.6% | 53.7% |
| Heinsberg | CDU 46.7% | Pusch, Stephan (CDU) 62.6% | 57.3% |
| Herford | CDU 29.8% | Diembeck, Frank (SPD/GRÜNE) 46.2% | 57.4% |
| Herne | SPD 37.0% | Dudda, Dr. Frank (SPD) 51.5% | 48.3% |
| Hochsauerlandkreis | CDU 46.6% | Grosche, Thomas (CDU) 63.2% | 61.5% |
| Höxter | CDU 44.8% | Stickeln, Michael (CDU) 64.5% | 64.4% |
| Kleve | CDU 43.4% | – | 52.9% |
| Köln | Grüne 25.0% | Aymaz, Berivan (GRÜNE) 46.5% | 57.0% |
| Krefeld | CDU 30.6% | Kühn, Timo (CDU) 45.0% | 51.4% |
| Krfr. Stadt Aachen | CDU 32.8% | Keupen, Sibylle (Grüne ) 44.0% | 58.9% |
| Leverkusen | CDU 31.0% | Hebbel, Stefan (CDU) 56.6% | 54.0% |
| Lippe | CDU 28.5% | Kottmann, Ilka (SPD ) 44.4% | 59.4% |
| Märkischer Kreis | CDU 37.0% | Schwarzkopf, Ralf Michael (CDU) 56.2% | 51.8% |
| Mettmann | CDU 36.1% | Warnecke, Dr. Bettina (CDU) 57.8% | 57.3% |
| Minden-Lübbecke | CDU 33.1% | – | 57.9% |
| Mönchengladbach | CDU 33.2% | Wellens, Dr. Christof (CDU) 36.4% | 47.4% |
| Mülheim an der Ruhr | CDU 30.1% | Buchholz, Marc (CDU) 50.2% | 57.2% |
| Münster | Grüne 31.6% | Lunemann, Dr. Georg (CDU) 42.1% | 64.8% |
| Oberbergischer Kreis | CDU 36.3% | Grootens, Klaus Jochen (CDU | FDP) 61.7% | 58.9% |
| Oberhausen | CDU 26.8% | Schranz, Daniel (CDU) 48.7% | 51.7% |
| Olpe | CDU 49.1% | Melcher, Theo (CDU) 60.8% | 60.8% |
| Paderborn | CDU 44.5% | Rüther, Christoph (CDU) 53.8% | 58.6% |
| Recklinghausen | CDU 33.4% | Klimpel, Bodo (CDU, FDP) 51.9% | 56.3% |
| Remscheid | SPD 31.7% | Wolf, Sven (SPD) 68.3% | 47.2% |
| Rhein-Erft-Kreis | CDU 37.2% | Rock, Frank (CDU) 62.9% | 58.6% |
| Rhein-Kreis Neuss | CDU 38.8% | Reinhold, Katharina-Bernhardine (CDU) 62.9% | 57.4% |
| Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | CDU 38.7% | Schuster, Sebastian (CDU) 56.2% | 61.4% |
| Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | CDU 37.3% | von Boetticher, Arne (CDU) 56.9% | 61.9% |
| Siegen-Wittgenstein | CDU 32.2% | Otto, Susanne (CDU) 37.8% | 59.5% |
| Soest | CDU 39.5% | Frieling, Heinrich (CDU) 60.3% | 58.6% |
| Solingen, Klingenstadt | CDU 29.9% | Flemm, Daniel (CDU) 57.8% | 51.8% |
| Städteregion Aachen | CDU 36.7% | Grüttemeier, Dr. Tim (CDU) 62.5% | 59.1% |
| Steinfurt | CDU 39.6% | Sommer, Dr. Martin (EZB) 70.5% | 61.0% |
| Unna | SPD 30.8% | Löhr, Mario (SPD) 58.7% | 56.6% |
| Viersen | CDU 40.5% | Gielen, Bennet (CDU) 59.2% | 57.3% |
| Warendorf | CDU 41.2% | Gericke, Dr. jur. Olaf (CDU|FDP) 64.6% | 59.9% |
| Wesel | CDU 33.2% | Brohl, Ingo (CDU-GRÜNE) 57.4% | 58.1% |
| Wuppertal | SPD 28.8% | Scherff, Miriam (SPD) 74.6% | 49.4% |
Data
What the data covers
Direktwahlen: nur Sieger und Stichwahl-Gegner mit Prozent; Wählergruppen als Summe.
Source: Die Landeswahlleiterin des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, IT.NRW, Kommunalwahlen 2025 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Endgültige Ergebnisse (Downloads) (file), final result, retrieved 30 Sep 2026, Amtliches Werk (§ 5 UrhG), Quellenangabe. Direktwahlen: nur Sieger und Stichwahl-Gegner mit Prozent; Wählergruppen als Summe. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
- Who won the North Rhine-Westphalia local elections 2025?
- Statewide, CDU was the largest list in most districts (41 districts). Turnout in the district and city council elections was 56.9%.
- When was the North Rhine-Westphalia local elections 2025?
- On 14 September 2025.