Local elections 2025: Cologne residents decide in 503 voting districts!

Local elections 2025: Cologne residents decide in 503 voting districts!

The local elections in Cologne, which will take place on September 14, 2025, promise to become an important event for the approximately 813,000 Cologne team entitled to vote. According to 24rhein Choose district representatives. The voting is made between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., both at the urn and by postal voting or direct election.

The city of Cologne is divided into 45 constituencies and a total of 503 voting districts. This division according to the number of inhabitants is intended to ensure a fair and even distribution of the votes and is checked regularly. The latest data record shows that the voting districts have to be continuously adapted due to population growth and migratory movements, as described in the information from

voting districts in the various districts

• City district of Chorweiler (electoral district 28-30): voting districts in Lindweiler, Pesch, Esch/Auweiler, Volkhoven/Weiler, Fühlingen, Seeberg, Heimersdorf, Chorweiler, Merkenich, Blumenberg, Roggendorf/Thenhoven, Worringen.
• City district of Ehrenfeld (electoral district 18-22): voting districts in Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Bickendorf, Vogelsang, Bocklemünd/Mengenich, Ossendorf.
• city center (electoral district 1-6): voting districts in old town/south, Neustadt/Süd, old town/north, Deutz.
• Kalk (electoral district 36-39): voting districts in Humboldt/Gremberg, Vingst, Höhenberg, Kalk, Ostheim, Neubrück, Brück, Rath/Heumar.
• district of Lindenthal (electoral district 12-17): voting districts in Klettenberg, Sülz, Lindenthal, Junkersdorf, Braunsfeld, Müngersdorf, Weiden, Lövenich, Widdersdorf.
• District of Mülheim (electoral district 40-45): voting districts in Mülheim, Buchforst, Buchheim, Dellbrück, Höhenhaus, Dünnwald, Stammheim, Flittard.
• Nippes district (electoral district 23-27): vocal districts in Nippes, Riehl, Niehl, Mauenheim, picture sticks, Longerich.
• Porz (electoral district 31-35): voting districts in Porz, Zündorf, Gengel, Wahnheide, Wahn, Lind, Libur, Poll, Westhoven, Ensen.
• district of Rodenkirchen (electoral district 7-11): voting districts in Bayenthal, Raderberg, Raderthal, Zollstock, Marienburg, Rodenkirchen, Weiß, Sürth, Godorf.

In order to optimize the election organization, the assignment of the postal voting districts was also determined in a 1: 1 relationship with the vocal districts, which should apply from 2024. These steps are necessary in order to enable the voters to make a smooth voice and a clear structure in the choice, as OpenDaten-koeln.de describes.

The upcoming local elections will certainly be of great interest to the citizens of Cologne and harbors the potential to have a lasting impact on the political conditions of the city.