Bad Hersfeld: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Hersfeld with 27.1% of the second votes, AfD took 23.3%.
- MayorAnke Hofmann, since 2023 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.3% · Hersfeld-Rotenburg (Wkr. 168) 82.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters16,262 of 20,773 eligible voters
- Stands out against HesseAfD +5.5 · Grüne −4.5 · SPD +2.8
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency168 Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Second votes in Bad Hersfeld
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.1%-1.8
- AfD23.3%+5.5
- SPD21.2%+2.8
- Grüne8.1%-4.5
- Linke6.7%-2.0
- BSW4.8%+0.4
- FDP4.4%-0.6
- Freie Wähler1.7%+0.4
- Volt1.0%+0.1
- Others1.7%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Hesse.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Hesse | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,366 | 27.1% | 28.9% | 28.9% (-1.8) | 22.6% (+4.5) |
| AfD | 3,747 | 23.3% | 24.7% | 17.8% (+5.5) | 20.8% (+2.5) |
| SPD | 3,408 | 21.2% | 21.9% | 18.4% (+2.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| Grüne | 1,297 | 8.1% | 6.3% | 12.6% (-4.5) | 11.6% (-3.5) |
| Linke | 1,077 | 6.7% | 5.5% | 8.7% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| BSW | 773 | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.4% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.2) |
| FDP | 710 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 5.0% (-0.6) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 277 | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.3% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 163 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 279 | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.0% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Bad Hersfeld: location in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Hersfeld highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.