Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis with 27.9% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.2%. Below, the results of all 9 municipalities.
- Turnout83.1% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters202,012 of 243,096 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU −2.2 · SPD +3.2 · AfD +0.8 · Grüne −0.7
- CDU range across municipalities24.2% to 33.1%
Second votes in Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.9%-2.2
- SPD23.2%+3.2
- AfD17.6%+0.8
- Grüne11.7%-0.7
- Linke7.2%-1.1
- FDP4.1%-0.3
- BSW4.1%±0
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- 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 Ennepe-Ruhr-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 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 24.2 to 33.1%, SPD 20 to 24.9%, AfD 15.7 to 22%, Grüne 8.7 to 12.9%, Linke 4.4 to 9.3%, FDP 3.5 to 5%, BSW 3.4 to 4.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witten | 58,575 | 82.4% | 24.2 | 24.4 | 17.0 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Hattingen | 34,477 | 82.7% | 28.9 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Gevelsberg | 18,703 | 81.8% | 28.2 | 24.9 | 17.9 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Ennepetal, Stadt der Kluterthöhle | 18,024 | 81.7% | 29.9 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Sprockhövel | 17,450 | 87.8% | 31.9 | 22.0 | 16.9 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
| Wetter (Ruhr) | 16,884 | 83.4% | 27.3 | 24.9 | 16.3 | 12.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Schwelm | 16,322 | 80.7% | 28.9 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Herdecke | 15,472 | 85.7% | 30.4 | 23.7 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
| Breckerfeld | 6,105 | 87.4% | 33.1 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 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.