Paderborn: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Paderborn with 37.3% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 18.9%. Below, the results of all 10 municipalities.
- District AdministratorManfred Müller (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout83.1% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters192,337 of 231,585 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +7.2 · AfD +2.1 · SPD −6.2 · Grüne −0.9
- CDU range across municipalities31.2% to 48.9%
Second votes in Paderborn
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU37.3%+7.2
- AfD18.9%+2.1
- SPD13.8%-6.2
- Grüne11.5%-0.9
- Linke7.1%-1.2
- FDP4.2%-0.2
- BSW4.0%-0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.2
- 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 Paderborn
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Paderborn
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 31.2 to 48.9%, AfD 17.7 to 23.5%, SPD 10.3 to 15.2%, Grüne 7.1 to 14.6%, Linke 4.4 to 9.3%, FDP 3.4 to 4.7%, BSW 2.9 to 5.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paderborn | 90,642 | 81.2% | 31.2 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Delbrück | 20,285 | 84.0% | 48.9 | 18.4 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Salzkotten | 16,623 | 86.0% | 42.6 | 17.8 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Büren | 13,626 | 84.4% | 42.9 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Hövelhof, Sennegemeinde | 10,810 | 84.7% | 42.2 | 19.0 | 12.8 | 9.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| Bad Lippspringe | 9,652 | 78.9% | 35.1 | 20.8 | 15.2 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Borchen | 9,072 | 86.8% | 38.9 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Bad Wünnenberg | 8,220 | 86.7% | 44.0 | 22.1 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| Lichtenau | 7,482 | 88.0% | 43.2 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Altenbeken | 5,925 | 85.5% | 39.0 | 23.5 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 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.