Gütersloh: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Gütersloh with 33.3% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 18.4%. Below, the results of all 13 municipalities.
- District AdministratorSven-Georg Adenauer (CDU), since 1999 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.0% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters217,221 of 261,602 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +3.2 · AfD +1.6 · SPD −1.9 · Grüne −0.8
- CDU range across municipalities26.3% to 43.3%
Second votes in Gütersloh
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU33.3%+3.2
- AfD18.4%+1.6
- SPD18.1%-1.9
- Grüne11.6%-0.8
- Linke6.4%-1.9
- FDP4.5%+0.1
- BSW4.2%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.1
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others2.3%-0.4
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 Gütersloh
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Gütersloh
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 26.3 to 43.3%, AfD 12.9 to 22.5%, SPD 13.2 to 24%, Grüne 9.1 to 17.1%, Linke 5.2 to 8.7%, FDP 3.9 to 5%, BSW 3.3 to 4.8%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gütersloh | 56,185 | 80.1% | 29.6 | 18.6 | 20.6 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Rheda-Wiedenbrück | 26,613 | 82.7% | 35.0 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
| Rietberg | 18,755 | 85.1% | 43.3 | 16.2 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock | 17,252 | 84.8% | 35.1 | 21.3 | 15.5 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Verl | 15,928 | 85.1% | 38.4 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Harsewinkel, Die Mähdrescherstadt | 14,761 | 83.2% | 34.0 | 22.5 | 16.9 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Halle (Westf.) | 13,472 | 83.6% | 29.2 | 17.3 | 20.8 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Steinhagen | 13,341 | 85.6% | 30.8 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 13.1 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Versmold | 12,439 | 80.6% | 29.8 | 21.9 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Herzebrock-Clarholz | 10,136 | 85.9% | 37.6 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| Werther (Westf.) | 7,300 | 85.8% | 26.3 | 12.9 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Borgholzhausen | 5,593 | 84.0% | 26.5 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 12.9 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Langenberg | 5,446 | 86.4% | 38.3 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
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.