Electionpedia.comRalph Brinkhaus (CDU) was elected from Gütersloh I with 41.6% of first votes.
Ralph Brinkhaus won the constituency seat for Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands. The official elected-candidates file records a 41.58% first-vote share.
Ranked by first votes. Party labels are official result choices, not substitutes for a complete candidate roster.
| Rank | Party or choice | Type | Votes | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDUMost first votes | party | 79,373 | 41.58% | +1.61 pp |
| 2 | SPD | party | 40,229 | 21.07% | -4.68 pp |
| 3 | AfD | party | 32,673 | 17.12% | +9.92 pp |
| 4 | GRÜNE | party | 17,268 | 9.05% | -3.78 pp |
| 5 | Die Linke | party | 10,489 | 5.49% | +3.09 pp |
| 6 | FDP | party | 5,942 | 3.11% | -4.47 pp |
| 7 | FREIE WÄHLER | party | 2,489 | 1.30% | +0.13 pp |
| 8 | Volt | party | 1,966 | 1.03% | No comparison |
| 9 | EB:Martinschledde | individual candidate or voter group | 473 | 0.25% | No comparison |
The second vote determines proportional party entitlement and whether a constituency plurality receives seat coverage.
| Rank | Party or choice | Votes | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDUMost second votes | 63,902 | 33.39% | +4.00 pp |
| 2 | AfD | 35,112 | 18.35% | +10.89 pp |
| 3 | SPD | 34,664 | 18.11% | -8.45 pp |
| 4 | GRÜNE | 22,189 | 11.59% | -4.28 pp |
| 5 | Die Linke | 12,239 | 6.40% | +3.49 pp |
| 6 | FDP | 8,477 | 4.43% | -7.46 pp |
| 7 | BSW | 8,065 | 4.21% | No comparison |
| 8 | Tierschutzpartei | 1,908 | 1.00% | -0.07 pp |
| 9 | Volt | 1,229 | 0.64% | +0.43 pp |
| 10 | FREIE WÄHLER | 1,124 | 0.59% | -0.22 pp |
| 11 | Die PARTEI | 956 | 0.50% | -0.54 pp |
| 12 | dieBasis | 425 | 0.22% | -0.90 pp |
| 13 | Team Todenhöfer | 323 | 0.17% | -0.25 pp |
| 14 | 318 | 0.17% | +0.14 pp | |
| 15 | BÜNDNIS DEUTSCHLAND | 230 | 0.12% | No comparison |
| 16 | WerteUnion | 127 | 0.07% | No comparison |
| 17 | MERA25 | 54 | 0.03% | No comparison |
| 18 | MLPD | 30 | 0.02% | +0.00 pp |
The official site no longer makes the complete 2025 candidate CSV available online. The source compiler therefore publishes every official first- and second-vote choice but names only elected people supported by the separate elected-candidates file.
These are official final results for the 23 February 2025 federal election. First votes and second votes are separate. A first-vote plurality did not always produce a constituency seat under the 2025 second-vote-coverage rule.
Gütersloh I Election Result 2025: Ralph Brinkhaus
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