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Election results

2025 local elections

Official final results of 14 September 2025 for the district council and all 13 towns, compared with 2020.

District Council

The AfD on Gütersloh District Council

13.7%of the vote · +9.3 points
10seats · before 3
54.6%turnout
CDU39.7 %28 seats
SPD18.2 %13 seats
AfD13.7 %10 seats
GRÜNE13.0 %9 seats
Wählergruppe 16.0 %4 seats
Die Linke4.6 %3 seats
FDP4.2 %3 seats
Volt0.6 %0 seats
Line: 2020 result. District council seats: 70.

Town councils

29 seats for the AfD

On the district and town councils combined, up from 9 in 2020. This is how the AfD did in the towns where it stood.

  1. Harsewinkel15.7 %+11.15 seats
  2. Gütersloh13.8 %+9.29 seats
  3. Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock7.4 %new2 seats
  4. Rheda-Wiedenbrück4.9 %+2.72 seats
  5. Rietberg2.8 %new1 seat
  6. SteinhagenDid not stand in 20252020: 2.9 %

2025 2020

All results

Results by town

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Gütersloh District CouncilAfD 13.7 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU39.7 %39.1 %28 (28)
SPD18.2 %19.2 %13 (14)
AfD13.7 %4.4 %10 (3)
GRÜNE13.0 %21.0 %9 (15)
Wählergruppe 16.0 %–4
Die Linke4.6 %2.4 %3 (2)
FDP4.2 %5.8 %3 (4)
Volt0.6 %–0
Die PARTEI–0.4 %– (0)
Sonstige–7.6 %– (6)

Turnout 54.6 %Seats 70 (before 72)Official result

Borgholzhausen town council
Party / list20252020Seats
SPD34.3 %29.9 %9 (9)
CDU29.5 %20.8 %8 (7)
Wählergruppe 124.0 %–6
GRÜNE12.2 %17.4 %3 (5)
FDP–11.1 %– (3)
Einzelbewerber/-innen–1.4 %– (0)
Sonstige–19.4 %– (6)

Turnout 58.0 %Seats 26 (before 30)Official result

Gütersloh town councilAfD 13.8 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU32.9 %30.3 %21 (17)
SPD22.3 %19.4 %14 (11)
GRÜNE15.4 %24.6 %10 (14)
AfD13.8 %4.6 %9 (3)
Wählergruppe 17.0 %–4
Die Linke5.8 %2.6 %4 (1)
FDP2.9 %3.2 %2 (2)
Einzelbewerber/-innen–0.0 %– (0)
Sonstige–15.3 %– (8)

Turnout 47.1 %Seats 64 (before 56)Official result

Halle (Westf.) town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU43.3 %36.1 %18 (14)
SPD22.3 %23.7 %9 (9)
GRÜNE20.6 %26.9 %8 (10)
Wählergruppe 110.1 %–4
FDP3.6 %3.8 %1 (1)
Sonstige–9.5 %– (4)

Turnout 60.3 %Seats 40 (before 38)Official result

Harsewinkel town councilAfD 15.7 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU44.2 %44.1 %15 (14)
SPD25.3 %27.2 %9 (9)
AfD15.7 %4.6 %5 (1)
GRÜNE9.1 %14.3 %3 (5)
FDP5.7 %9.7 %2 (3)

Turnout 56.2 %Seats 34 (before 32)Official result

Herzebrock-Clarholz town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU44.9 %39.5 %15 (14)
Wählergruppe 124.1 %–8
GRÜNE17.0 %23.9 %6 (8)
SPD9.4 %10.1 %3 (3)
FDP4.6 %4.8 %2 (2)
Sonstige–21.7 %– (7)

Turnout 57.7 %Seats 34Official result

Langenberg town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU48.5 %43.0 %13 (12)
Wählergruppe 126.6 %–7
SPD13.2 %9.2 %3 (2)
GRÜNE11.7 %11.4 %3 (3)
FDP–5.2 %– (1)
Sonstige–31.3 %– (8)

Turnout 62.5 %Seats 26Official result

Rheda-Wiedenbrück town councilAfD 4.9 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU41.6 %31.4 %18 (17)
Wählergruppe 118.6 %–8
GRÜNE12.8 %20.0 %6 (10)
SPD10.4 %11.2 %5 (6)
FDP5.1 %6.8 %2 (4)
AfD4.9 %2.2 %2 (1)
Die Linke4.6 %2.3 %2 (1)
Wählergruppe 22.1 %–1
Sonstige–26.1 %– (13)

Turnout 50.4 %Seats 44 (before 52)Official result

Rietberg town councilAfD 2.8 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU46.0 %43.1 %20 (17)
Wählergruppe 128.0 %–12
GRÜNE8.0 %11.5 %4 (4)
SPD7.5 %8.4 %3 (3)
Die Linke4.3 %–2
FDP3.4 %4.7 %2 (2)
AfD2.8 %–1
Sonstige–32.4 %– (12)

Turnout 61.4 %Seats 44 (before 38)Official result

Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock town councilAfD 7.4 %
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU48.3 %49.7 %16 (16)
GRÜNE13.2 %20.5 %4 (7)
SPD13.0 %10.4 %4 (3)
Wählergruppe 18.3 %–3
AfD7.4 %–2
FDP6.9 %8.9 %2 (3)
Die Linke2.9 %–1
Sonstige–10.4 %– (3)

Turnout 58.9 %Seats 32Official result

Steinhagen town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU39.7 %33.9 %13 (13)
SPD38.8 %33.8 %13 (13)
GRÜNE11.9 %18.6 %4 (7)
Die PARTEI5.0 %2.6 %2 (1)
FDP4.7 %5.7 %2 (2)
AfD–2.9 %– (1)
Sonstige–2.6 %– (1)

Turnout 63.6 %Seats 34 (before 38)Official result

Verl town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU56.3 %58.1 %22 (22)
SPD13.4 %14.3 %5 (5)
GRÜNE13.3 %15.5 %5 (6)
Wählergruppe 111.5 %–4
FDP5.5 %4.8 %2 (2)
Sonstige–7.4 %– (3)

Turnout 56.1 %Seats 38Official result

Versmold town council
Party / list20252020Seats
CDU49.8 %45.8 %17 (18)
SPD22.6 %21.8 %8 (8)
GRÜNE13.1 %18.1 %4 (7)
Wählergruppe 17.8 %–3
FDP6.6 %7.8 %2 (3)
Einzelbewerber/-innen–0.4 %– (0)
Sonstige–6.1 %– (2)

Turnout 51.1 %Seats 34 (before 38)Official result

Werther (Westf.) town council
Party / list20252020Seats
SPD36.3 %26.3 %12 (7)
CDU22.8 %22.1 %8 (6)
Wählergruppe 119.1 %–7
GRÜNE16.0 %19.0 %5 (5)
FDP5.9 %4.6 %2 (1)
Einzelbewerber/-innen–2.2 %– (1)
Sonstige–25.8 %– (8)

Turnout 65.7 %Seats 34 (before 28)Official result

Source: IT.NRW, official final results. Seats in brackets: previous election.

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