Schwalm-Eder-Kreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis with 26.5% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 23.5%. Below, the results of all 27 municipalities.
- District AdministratorWinfried Becker (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout84.5% · Hesse 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters117,316 of 138,843 eligible voters
- Compared with HesseCDU −2.4 · AfD +5.7 · SPD +4.8 · Grüne −4.6
- CDU range across municipalities21.7% to 34.9%
Second votes in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU26.5%-2.4
- AfD23.5%+5.7
- SPD23.2%+4.8
- Grüne8.0%-4.6
- Linke5.7%-3.0
- BSW4.3%-0.1
- FDP4.0%-1.0
- Freie Wähler2.1%+0.8
- Volt0.4%-0.5
- Others2.2%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
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 Schwalm-Eder-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 Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 21.7 to 34.9%, AfD 17.4 to 28.7%, SPD 18.5 to 27.6%, Grüne 3.3 to 11.1%, Linke 3.6 to 6.8%, BSW 1.9 to 5.1%, FDP 2.4 to 7.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwalmstadt, Konfirmationsstadt | 10,846 | 78.6% | 25.6 | 25.9 | 20.2 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Fritzlar, Dom- und Kaiserstadt | 9,544 | 84.2% | 32.0 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Melsungen | 8,461 | 85.1% | 25.8 | 17.8 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| Homberg (Efze), Reformationsstadt | 8,317 | 81.7% | 26.1 | 27.3 | 20.4 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| Borken (Hessen) | 7,876 | 83.9% | 23.1 | 26.6 | 25.4 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.0 |
| Felsberg | 6,980 | 86.0% | 25.2 | 22.3 | 26.7 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Gudensberg | 6,378 | 86.1% | 27.0 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| Edermünde | 5,057 | 87.1% | 24.8 | 19.4 | 27.6 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| Frielendorf, Marktflecken | 4,987 | 84.8% | 25.3 | 28.5 | 23.2 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Wabern | 4,920 | 85.4% | 25.3 | 25.0 | 22.9 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| Neukirchen | 4,431 | 80.7% | 29.0 | 28.7 | 18.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Niedenstein | 3,847 | 87.7% | 25.3 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 2.4 |
| Guxhagen | 3,802 | 88.9% | 26.2 | 17.4 | 27.1 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Spangenberg, Liebenbachstadt | 3,774 | 84.0% | 26.0 | 22.4 | 24.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Willingshausen | 3,332 | 85.9% | 28.4 | 27.3 | 19.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Knüllwald | 3,007 | 87.0% | 26.0 | 27.2 | 22.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Malsfeld | 2,660 | 87.8% | 23.3 | 20.3 | 26.7 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| Bad Zwesten | 2,600 | 84.1% | 25.1 | 24.5 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| Morschen | 2,194 | 87.0% | 21.7 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 7.3 |
| Körle | 2,173 | 88.4% | 26.6 | 18.6 | 25.9 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| Neuental | 2,164 | 86.6% | 28.0 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| Schrecksbach | 2,121 | 86.3% | 30.3 | 21.9 | 25.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| Oberaula | 2,106 | 83.3% | 30.3 | 26.5 | 19.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| Gilserberg | 2,005 | 84.3% | 27.1 | 26.7 | 22.2 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Jesberg | 1,545 | 86.4% | 25.4 | 21.5 | 26.8 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Ottrau | 1,541 | 88.5% | 30.5 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| Schwarzenborn | 648 | 85.3% | 34.9 | 27.9 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
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.