Nicklas Kappe (CDU) was elected from Bottrop – Recklinghausen III with 31.7% of first votes.
Nicklas Kappe won the constituency seat for Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands. The official elected-candidates file records a 31.69% 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 | 49,625 | 31.69% | +4.65 pp |
| 2 | SPD | party | 46,276 | 29.55% | -9.52 pp |
| 3 | AfD | party | 32,869 | 20.99% | +11.43 pp |
| 4 | GRÜNE | party | 10,249 | 6.54% | -3.73 pp |
| 5 | Die Linke | party | 8,927 | 5.70% | +3.06 pp |
| 6 | FDP | party | 4,185 | 2.67% | -5.03 pp |
| 7 | Die PARTEI | party | 2,426 | 1.55% | -0.68 pp |
| 8 | FREIE WÄHLER | party | 1,810 | 1.16% | No comparison |
| 9 | MLPD | party | 252 | 0.16% | +0.09 pp |
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 | 45,953 | 29.27% | +4.34 pp |
| 2 | SPD | 36,280 | 23.11% | -11.87 pp |
| 3 | AfD | 32,770 | 20.88% | +11.46 pp |
| 4 | GRÜNE | 13,164 | 8.39% | -2.75 pp |
| 5 | Die Linke | 10,512 | 6.70% | +3.66 pp |
| 6 | BSW | 6,710 | 4.27% | No comparison |
| 7 | FDP | 5,422 | 3.45% | -6.47 pp |
| 8 | Tierschutzpartei | 2,471 | 1.57% | -0.14 pp |
| 9 | Die PARTEI | 955 | 0.61% | -0.58 pp |
| 10 | FREIE WÄHLER | 862 | 0.55% | +0.10 pp |
| 11 | Volt | 661 | 0.42% | +0.25 pp |
| 12 | Team Todenhöfer | 313 | 0.20% | -0.64 pp |
| 13 | 246 | 0.16% | +0.12 pp | |
| 14 | dieBasis | 238 | 0.15% | -0.56 pp |
| 15 | BÜNDNIS DEUTSCHLAND | 196 | 0.12% | No comparison |
| 16 | MLPD | 98 | 0.06% | +0.01 pp |
| 17 | WerteUnion | 77 | 0.05% | No comparison |
| 18 | MERA25 | 49 | 0.03% | No comparison |
The official site no longer makes the complete 2025 candidate CSV available online. Election.org 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.
