Essen, Stadt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Essen with 26.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 22.2%. Below, the results of all 1 municipalities.
- Lord MayorThomas Kufen (CDU), since 2015 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.1% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters318,771 of 397,968 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −3.6 · SPD +2.2 · AfD +0.2 · Grüne +0.0
- CDU range across municipalities26.5% to 26.5%
Second votes in Essen
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU26.5%-3.6
- SPD22.2%+2.2
- AfD17.0%+0.2
- Grüne12.4%±0
- Linke9.5%+1.2
- BSW4.4%+0.3
- FDP4.0%-0.4
- Volt0.7%±0
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.1
- Others2.9%+0.2
Change compared with the result in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Essen
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Essen
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 26.5 to 26.5%, SPD 22.2 to 22.2%, AfD 17 to 17%, Grüne 12.4 to 12.4%, Linke 9.5 to 9.5%, BSW 4.4 to 4.4%, FDP 4 to 4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essen | 318,771 | 80.1% | 26.5 | 22.2 | 17.0 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
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.