Results of the Bundestag election 2025: Who are the winners in Cologne?

Ergebnisse der Bundestagswahl 2025 in Köln: Wahlbeteiligung, Stimmenverteilung und Kandidaten im Überblick.
Results of the Bundestag election 2025 in Cologne: Voter turnout, distribution of votes and candidates at an overview. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Results of the Bundestag election 2025: Who are the winners in Cologne?

On February 28, 2025, Cologne district election manager Andrea Blome confirmed the final result of the Bundestag election for the Cologne I to III constituencies. In a press conference, she found that there were no relevant changes compared to the preliminary result. Preliminary results are determined on the election night and checked by the district election committees before they are officially announced. The full election result is published about three weeks after the election in the Federal Gazette, with some results, such as the one for constituency 100.

The turnout was 80.2%, which represents an increase of 6.3 percentage points compared to the last election. According to Zeit.de , the votes are distributed in the individual constituencies as follows:

constituency 92 Cologne I

  • eligible to vote: 190.951
  • voters: 153.110
  • invalid first votes: 1.515
  • valid first votes: 151.595
  • Invalid second votes: 876
  • valid second votes: 152.234
  • Most first votes: Sanae Abdi (SPD) with 37,717
  • second votes: CDU 33.934, SPD 29.775, Greens 27.274

constituency 93 Cologne II

  • eligible to vote: 243,912
  • voters: 214.600
  • invalid first votes: 1.213
  • valid first votes: 213.387
  • invalid second votes: 679
  • valid second votes: 213.921
  • Direct mandate: Sven Lehmann (Greens) with 72,858 votes
  • second votes: Greens 55.085, CDU 53.426, SPD 37.916

constituency 94 Cologne III

  • eligible voting: 206,670
  • voters: 169.136
  • invalid first votes: 1.314
  • valid first votes: 167.822
  • Invalid second votes: 782
  • valid second votes: 168.354
  • Most first votes: Katharina Dröge (Greens) with 43,697
  • second votes: SPD 43.307, CDU 32.639

The results of the parties in constituency Cologne I show an interested voter hike. The CDU received 22.3% of the votes, which means an increase of 2.5 percentage points compared to the last election. The SPD, on the other hand, fell to 19.6%, which represents a drastic decline of 6.8 percentage points. The Green Party also experienced a decline of 6% to 17.9% of the vote. However, the left succeeded in increasing its votes by 9% to 14.9%, while the AfD won 12.4% of the vote, which corresponds to an increase of 6.4 percentage points ksta.de .

In terms of the candidates, Sanae Abdi received the most votes in the constituency of Cologne I with 24.9%, followed by Serap Güler from the CDU with 24.6%. The Green Roman Schulte reached 20.1%, while the AfD and the left 13.2% and 11.1% of the vote achieved.

In summary, it can be said that the Bundestag election 2025 in Cologne brought a significant political landscape renewal. According to the results, the new parliament is now expected to start work on March 25, and the Federal President has the task of choosing the new Chancellor at the suggestion of the Bundestag, which promises exciting development in view of the coalition negotiations.

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