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%.
- Mayor
- Anke Hofmann, since 2023 · Wikidata
- Population
- 30,632 · 415 per km²
- Turnout
- 78.3% · Hersfeld-Rotenburg (Wkr. 168) 82.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 16,262 of 20,773 eligible voters
- Stands out against Hesse
- AfD +5.5 · Grüne −4.5 · SPD +2.8
- First votes: leading
- SPD candidate
- Constituency
- 168 Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Hesse local elections 2026: result in Bad Hersfeld
Official result of the election of 15 March 2026, run-offs on 29 March 2026, from the data of Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. Overview of all districts.
- Largest list in the Gemeindevertretung
- SPD 31.0% (12/39)
- Turnout
- 48.5%
Turnout 48.5% · 21,941 eligible voters · 39 seats
Source: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, Kommunalwahlen 2026 in Hessen, Ergebnispräsentation (CSV) und Tabelle Direktwahlen (file), final result, retrieved 3 Nov 2026, Amtliches Werk (§ 5 UrhG), Vervielfältigung mit Quellenangabe. Gemeindevertretungen und Kreistage vollständig; Bürgermeister- und Landratswahlen nur, soweit sie am 15. oder 29. März 2026 stattfanden. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
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.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| 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.
2024 European election in Bad Hersfeld
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Bad Hersfeld with 29.5% of the vote; in Hesse CDU got 30.0%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Bad Hersfeld with 29.5%, +2.4 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 57.4% (2025 federal election: 78.3%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,573 | 29.5% | 27.1% | +2.4 |
| SPD | 2,380 | 19.7% | 21.2% | -1.5 |
| AfD | 2,155 | 17.8% | 23.3% | -5.5 |
| Grüne | 940 | 7.8% | 8.1% | -0.3 |
| BSW | 699 | 5.8% | 4.8% | +1.0 |
| FDP | 615 | 5.1% | 4.4% | +0.7 |
| Freie Wähler | 346 | 2.9% | 1.7% | +1.2 |
| Volt | 327 | 2.7% | 1.0% | +1.7 |
| Linke | 207 | 1.7% | 6.7% | -5.0 |
| Die PARTEI | 174 | 1.4% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 154 | 1.3% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 39 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 488 | 4.0% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Bad Hersfeld in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 30,632 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 73.9 km²
- Population density
- 415 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- intermediate density (town, suburb)
- Under 19
- 18.5%
- 67 and older
- 21.4%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 18.0%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 19,738 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- +7,692 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.0% (as of 2026-09)
- VR-Bankverein Bad Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- 198 employees (2016-12-31)
- Postcode
- 36251
- Elevation
- 212 m
- Twin towns
- 3
- Website
- www.bad-hersfeld.de
- Wikipedia
- Bad Hersfeld (Wikipedia)
Bad Hersfeld has 30,632 inhabitants and is intermediate density (town, suburb). The largest company headquartered in Bad Hersfeld is VR-Bankverein Bad Hersfeld-Rotenburg with 198 employees. The unemployment rate is 7.0%.
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
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.
Bad Hersfeld: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would be the strongest party with 31.8%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.