Soest: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Soest with 35.0% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 18.9%. Below, the results of all 14 municipalities.
- District AdministratorEva Irrgang (CDU), since 2007 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.0% · North Rhine-Westphalia 82.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters190,466 of 229,384 eligible voters
- Compared with North Rhine-WestphaliaCDU +4.9 · AfD +2.1 · SPD −1.6 · Grüne −2.4
- CDU range across municipalities29.3% to 45.1%
Second votes in Soest
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU35.0%+4.9
- AfD18.9%+2.1
- SPD18.4%-1.6
- Grüne10.0%-2.4
- Linke6.1%-2.2
- FDP4.1%-0.3
- BSW3.9%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.5%±0
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- 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 Soest
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Soest
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 29.3 to 45.1%, AfD 15.6 to 22.7%, SPD 16.1 to 20.6%, Grüne 7.5 to 13.6%, Linke 4.5 to 7.6%, FDP 3.2 to 4.8%, BSW 2.9 to 4.5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lippstadt | 40,662 | 80.9% | 31.4 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Soest | 30,016 | 82.4% | 29.3 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Werl | 17,630 | 79.1% | 34.8 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Warstein | 16,137 | 82.9% | 37.8 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| Geseke | 13,357 | 83.4% | 34.3 | 22.7 | 17.1 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Erwitte | 10,614 | 84.9% | 37.8 | 19.8 | 17.9 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Welver | 8,514 | 87.7% | 33.9 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Ense | 8,414 | 86.5% | 42.2 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Bad Sassendorf | 8,232 | 83.3% | 35.5 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Lippetal | 8,063 | 86.6% | 44.0 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Möhnesee | 7,680 | 85.4% | 40.3 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 11.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Wickede (Ruhr) | 7,164 | 82.6% | 35.1 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Rüthen | 7,050 | 87.3% | 45.1 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Anröchte | 6,933 | 86.0% | 38.0 | 22.4 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
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.