Herford: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Herford with 27.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 21.6%. Below, the results of all 9 municipalities.
- District AdministratorJürgen Müller (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout81.9% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters152,660 of 186,344 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −2.6 · SPD +1.6 · AfD +4.7 · Grüne −2.7
- CDU range across municipalities25.8% to 29.7%
Second votes in Herford
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.5%-2.6
- SPD21.6%+1.6
- AfD21.5%+4.7
- Grüne9.7%-2.7
- Linke7.1%-1.2
- BSW4.8%+0.7
- FDP4.1%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.6%-0.1
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 Herford
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Herford
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.8 to 29.7%, SPD 20.1 to 23.1%, AfD 18.1 to 23.6%, Grüne 8.2 to 11%, Linke 5.4 to 8.1%, BSW 3.6 to 5.2%, FDP 3.7 to 4.9%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herford | 37,049 | 78.8% | 27.1 | 20.1 | 21.3 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| Bünde | 27,470 | 81.3% | 27.2 | 21.3 | 22.4 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| Löhne | 23,983 | 81.1% | 25.8 | 22.9 | 22.1 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Enger, Widukindstadt | 13,125 | 84.5% | 28.5 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Hiddenhausen | 12,898 | 84.2% | 29.1 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| Vlotho | 11,523 | 83.3% | 29.7 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Kirchlengern | 10,593 | 84.3% | 27.5 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| Spenge | 9,470 | 86.1% | 28.1 | 23.0 | 18.1 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Rödinghausen | 6,549 | 85.1% | 28.3 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
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.