Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis with 33.8% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 18.5%. Below, the results of all 8 municipalities.
- District AdministratorHermann-Josef Tebroke (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout85.9% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters184,312 of 214,554 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +3.7 · SPD −1.5 · Grüne +2.6 · AfD −3.5
- CDU range across municipalities31.2% to 39.2%
Second votes in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU33.8%+3.7
- SPD18.5%-1.5
- Grüne15.0%+2.6
- AfD13.3%-3.5
- Linke6.5%-1.8
- FDP5.6%+1.2
- BSW3.4%-0.7
- Volt0.9%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Others2.4%-0.3
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 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 31.2 to 39.2%, SPD 16.3 to 19.4%, Grüne 12.2 to 17%, AfD 11.3 to 17.1%, Linke 4.9 to 7.3%, FDP 4.4 to 6.3%, BSW 2.7 to 4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | Grüne | AfD | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergisch Gladbach | 70,308 | 85.0% | 32.7 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| Wermelskirchen | 22,635 | 85.4% | 33.5 | 17.9 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 3.5 |
| Leichlingen (Rheinland), Blütenstadt | 18,871 | 86.8% | 33.0 | 19.0 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| Rösrath | 18,562 | 86.2% | 32.2 | 18.7 | 16.4 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 3.6 |
| Overath | 17,593 | 86.5% | 35.4 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Kürten | 13,644 | 87.2% | 38.9 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| Burscheid | 11,796 | 84.6% | 31.2 | 18.4 | 13.0 | 17.1 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Odenthal | 10,903 | 89.8% | 39.2 | 16.6 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 |
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.