Recklinghausen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Recklinghausen with 28.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.2%. Below, the results of all 10 municipalities.
- District AdministratorBodo Klimpel (CDU), since 2020 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.5% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters365,252 of 453,847 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −1.6 · SPD +3.2 · AfD +3.8 · Grüne −3.4
- CDU range across municipalities25.7% to 37.1%
Second votes in Recklinghausen
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU28.5%-1.6
- SPD23.2%+3.2
- AfD20.6%+3.8
- Grüne9.0%-3.4
- Linke6.9%-1.4
- BSW4.2%+0.1
- FDP3.5%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Others3.0%+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 Recklinghausen
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Recklinghausen
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.7 to 37.1%, SPD 20.6 to 24.8%, AfD 13.5 to 24.3%, Grüne 7 to 13.2%, Linke 5.2 to 8.4%, BSW 2.7 to 5.3%, FDP 3.1 to 4.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recklinghausen | 66,699 | 79.3% | 26.6 | 22.7 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Dorsten | 48,495 | 83.3% | 33.2 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Marl | 48,396 | 78.7% | 26.6 | 23.6 | 24.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Castrop-Rauxel | 43,286 | 79.2% | 27.0 | 24.1 | 21.8 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Gladbeck | 40,261 | 78.0% | 25.7 | 24.6 | 22.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| Herten | 34,484 | 80.2% | 26.4 | 24.8 | 21.3 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Haltern am See | 26,958 | 88.0% | 37.1 | 20.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| Datteln | 20,807 | 79.4% | 28.6 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Waltrop | 19,049 | 83.6% | 30.8 | 23.5 | 18.9 | 10.4 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Oer-Erkenschwick | 16,817 | 79.6% | 26.6 | 24.7 | 22.6 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.