Merzdorf: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Merzdorf with 59.6% of the second votes, CDU took 12.9%.
- Turnout72.5% · Elbe-Elster (Wkr. 065) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters509 of 702 eligible voters
- Stands out against BrandenburgAfD +27.1 · SPD −8.2 · Linke −5.9
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency65 Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Merzdorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD59.6%+27.1
- CDU12.9%-5.2
- BSW7.6%-3.1
- SPD6.6%-8.2
- Linke4.8%-5.9
- FDP3.4%+0.2
- Freie Wähler2.6%+1.1
- Grüne1.4%-5.2
- Others1.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Brandenburg.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Brandenburg | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 297 | 59.6% | 40.7% | 32.5% (+27.1) | 20.8% (+38.8) |
| CDU | 64 | 12.9% | 17.0% | 18.1% (-5.2) | 22.6% (-9.7) |
| BSW | 38 | 7.6% | 11.7% | 10.7% (-3.1) | 5.0% (+2.6) |
| SPD | 33 | 6.6% | 12.6% | 14.8% (-8.2) | 16.4% (-9.8) |
| Linke | 24 | 4.8% | 8.1% | 10.7% (-5.9) | 8.8% (-4.0) |
| FDP | 17 | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.2% (+0.2) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% (+1.1) | – |
| Grüne | 7 | 1.4% | 2.7% | 6.6% (-5.2) | 11.6% (-10.2) |
| Others | 5 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-9.6) |
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.
Amt Schradenland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Schradenland are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Merzdorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Merzdorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 529 postal voters, which is 17.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.2%
- Voters3,056 of 3,628 eligible voters
- Postal vote share17.3% · 529
- Member municipalities4
- AfD55.7%-3.9
- CDU15.9%+3.0
- BSW7.9%+0.3
- SPD7.6%+1.0
- Linke5.1%+0.3
- FDP3.1%-0.3
- Grüne1.8%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.8
- Volt0.3%
- Others0.8%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Merzdorf.
| Party | Polling station Merzdorf | Postal vote, association | Amt Schradenland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 297 (59.6%) | 212 (40.2%) | 1,688 | 55.7% |
| CDU | 64 (12.9%) | 112 (21.2%) | 482 | 15.9% |
| BSW | 38 (7.6%) | 50 (9.5%) | 240 | 7.9% |
| SPD | 33 (6.6%) | 67 (12.7%) | 229 | 7.6% |
| Linke | 24 (4.8%) | 37 (7.0%) | 156 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 17 (3.4%) | 10 (1.9%) | 94 | 3.1% |
| Grüne | 7 (1.4%) | 14 (2.7%) | 54 | 1.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (2.6%) | 17 (3.2%) | 56 | 1.8% |
| Others | 5 (1.0%) | 6 (1.1%) | 23 | 0.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Merzdorf: location in the Elbe-Elster district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Merzdorf highlighted, the other members of Amt Schradenland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.