Schwäbisch Gmünd: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Schwäbisch Gmünd with 31.8% of the second votes, AfD took 20.7%.
- Lord MayorRichard Arnold (CDU), since 2009 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.8% · Ostalbkreis (Wkr. 269, 270) 84.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters33,704 of 41,735 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency269 Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd
Second votes in Schwäbisch Gmünd
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.8%+0.2
- AfD20.7%+0.9
- SPD14.5%+0.3
- Grüne12.2%-1.4
- Linke7.6%+0.8
- FDP4.9%-0.7
- BSW4.5%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.6
- Volt0.6%-0.2
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Baden-Württemberg.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Baden-Württemberg | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 10,676 | 31.8% | 36.1% | 31.6% (+0.2) | 22.6% (+9.2) |
| AfD | 6,938 | 20.7% | 22.0% | 19.8% (+0.9) | 20.8% (-0.1) |
| SPD | 4,869 | 14.5% | 13.6% | 14.2% (+0.3) | 16.4% (-1.9) |
| Grüne | 4,096 | 12.2% | 9.9% | 13.6% (-1.4) | 11.6% (+0.6) |
| Linke | 2,559 | 7.6% | 5.4% | 6.8% (+0.8) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| FDP | 1,652 | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.6% (-0.7) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| BSW | 1,517 | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 261 | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.4% (-0.6) | – |
| Volt | 201 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 756 | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Schwäbisch Gmünd: location in the Ostalbkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schwäbisch Gmünd highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.