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Election results: Problems with local elections in NRW-hacker attack suspects the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia were anything but smooth.IT problems occurred in the transmission of the election results.A hacker attack could be the cause.September 15, 2025 at 9:01 am Düsseldorf An article by Laura Mensch, dpa Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, speaks on stage during an event in front of the NRW municipal election on September 14th.Fabian Strauch/dpa Summary New IT problems in NRW municipal election-suspected hacker attack after many server access. Despite losses, the CDU remains the strongest force, AfD almost tripled, Greens with clear losses. Preliminary results: CDU 33.3 %, SPD 22.1 %, AfD 14.5 %, green 13.5 %, turnout 56.8 %. Stick elections on September 28, etc.in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Gelsenkirchen and Duisburg. AfD candidates achieve stabbing against SPD/CDU candidates in Ruhr area cities.The summary was created by artificial intelligence.Was that helpful for you? The results of the local elections of September 14th in NRW have been determined.But on Sunday there were significant problems with the evaluation.There were probably IT problems in the transmission of election results.The reason for this could have been a hacker attack. As a spokesman for the city of Münster announced in the evening opposite the "Tagesschau", there was an unusually high number of server access.There is suspicion of a hacker attack, but this cannot be confirmed with certainty. Results of the local elections in NRW The CDU remains the strongest force in the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia despite slight declines.The AfD, which could almost triple its result, is also one of the winners in the most populous federal state.In this way, she ended up in third place behind the SPD in the nationwide election.The Greens had to accept considerable losses compared to the 2020 local elections. The coordination in North Rhine-Westphalia was the first political mood test for the black-red federal government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) after the early Bundestag election in February. SPD reaches 22.1 percent According to the temporary state result, the CDU achieved 33.3 percent in the city councils and district days (2020: 34.3 percent).The SPD came to 22.1 percent (2020: 24.3 percent), as the state election manager announced on the Internet.The AfD won 14.5 percent in the most populous state (2020: 5.1 percent), the Greens received 13.5 percent (2020: 20.0 percent).The AfD in North Rhine -Westphalia had already overtaken the Greens in the Bundestag election in February. The left came to 5.6 percent (2020: 3.8 percent) and the FDP to 3.7 percent (2020: 5.6 percent). According to the state election manager, the turnout was 56.8 percent and thus well above that of 2020 (51.9 percent). The strengthening of the AfD in the west triggered worries with the other parties."This result has to give us thinking, nor can let us sleep calmly," said NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU)."Even my party who won this choice so clearly." Stab in many NRW major cities In addition to the local parliaments, mayors, mayors and district councilors were also elected.In many major cities such as Aachen, Bonn, Bochum, Bielefeld, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Cologne and Münster, there will be stab elections for the mayor positions on September 28. In the largest NRW city of Cologne there is a runoff election between the Green State Vice President Berivan Aymaz and the SPD man Torsten Burmester.In the state capital of Düsseldorf, incumbent Stephan Keller (CDU) was ahead, but he has to go to the runoff against Clara Gerlach (Greens).In Bonn, the Green Mayor Katja Dörner has to face a runoff election against the CDU candidate Guido Déus, who was ahead in the first ballot. In the Ruhr area cities Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg and Hagen, AfD candidates came into the runoff election, they compete against SPD candidates (Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg) and a CDU candidate (Hagen).