Forchheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CSU led in Forchheim with 36.4% of the second votes, AfD took 18.2%.
- MayorUwe Kirschstein (SPD), since 2016 · Wikidata
- Turnout82.4% · Forchheim (Wkr. 235, 236) 87.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,300 of 23,434 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCSU candidate
- Constituency235 Bamberg
Second votes in Forchheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CSU36.4%-0.8
- AfD18.2%-0.8
- SPD13.1%+1.6
- Grüne12.3%+0.3
- Linke6.2%+0.5
- FDP4.4%+0.2
- BSW3.3%+0.2
- Freie Wähler3.1%-1.2
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Others2.0%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Bavaria.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Bavaria | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSU | 6,994 | 36.4% | 40.3% | 37.2% (-0.8) | 6.0% (+30.4) |
| AfD | 3,496 | 18.2% | 19.0% | 19.0% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-2.6) |
| SPD | 2,527 | 13.1% | 11.1% | 11.5% (+1.6) | 16.4% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 2,359 | 12.3% | 11.0% | 12.0% (+0.3) | 11.6% (+0.7) |
| Linke | 1,194 | 6.2% | 4.7% | 5.7% (+0.5) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 847 | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.2% (+0.2) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 634 | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.1% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 605 | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% (-1.2) | – |
| Volt | 177 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Others | 394 | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.3% (-0.3) | 27.2% (-25.2) |
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.
Forchheim: location in the Forchheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Forchheim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.