Ruhland: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ruhland with 43.7% of the second votes, CDU took 16.0%.
- Turnout82.0% · Oberspreewald-Lausitz (Wkr. 065) 78.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,550 of 3,110 eligible voters
- Stands out against BrandenburgAfD +11.2 · SPD −4.0 · Grüne −4.0
- 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 Ruhland
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD43.7%+11.2
- CDU16.0%-2.1
- BSW11.5%+0.8
- SPD10.8%-4.0
- Linke7.3%-3.4
- FDP4.1%+0.9
- Grüne2.6%-4.0
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.7
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Others1.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Brandenburg.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Brandenburg | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,105 | 43.7% | 41.2% | 32.5% (+11.2) | 20.8% (+22.9) |
| CDU | 405 | 16.0% | 16.0% | 18.1% (-2.1) | 22.6% (-6.6) |
| BSW | 292 | 11.5% | 11.7% | 10.7% (+0.8) | 5.0% (+6.5) |
| SPD | 274 | 10.8% | 12.4% | 14.8% (-4.0) | 16.4% (-5.6) |
| Linke | 185 | 7.3% | 9.3% | 10.7% (-3.4) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 103 | 4.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% (+0.9) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 67 | 2.6% | 2.9% | 6.6% (-4.0) | 11.6% (-9.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 56 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 13 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 31 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-9.4) |
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 Ruhland ohne Stadt Ruhland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Ruhland ohne Stadt Ruhland are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ruhland. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ruhland only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 454 postal voters, which is 9.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.7%
- Voters5,012 of 5,988 eligible voters
- Postal vote share9.1% · 454
- Member municipalities6
- AfD47.7%+4.0
- CDU15.3%-0.7
- BSW11.5%±0
- SPD9.2%-1.6
- Linke6.7%-0.6
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Grüne2.2%-0.4
- Freie Wähler2.0%-0.2
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others1.1%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ruhland.
| Party | Polling station Ruhland | Postal vote, association | Amt Ruhland ohne Stadt Ruhland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,105 (43.7%) | 144 (31.9%) | 2,375 | 47.7% |
| CDU | 405 (16.0%) | 104 (23.1%) | 762 | 15.3% |
| BSW | 292 (11.5%) | 65 (14.4%) | 574 | 11.5% |
| SPD | 274 (10.8%) | 51 (11.3%) | 457 | 9.2% |
| Linke | 185 (7.3%) | 27 (6.0%) | 335 | 6.7% |
| FDP | 103 (4.1%) | 12 (2.7%) | 191 | 3.8% |
| Grüne | 67 (2.6%) | 19 (4.2%) | 111 | 2.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 56 (2.2%) | 17 (3.8%) | 98 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 13 (0.5%) | 5 (1.1%) | 26 | 0.5% |
| Others | 31 (1.2%) | 7 (1.6%) | 54 | 1.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- GrünewaldAfD 58.6%
- GutebornAfD 52.7%
- HermsdorfAfD 56.9%
- HohenbockaAfD 56.8%
- RuhlandAfD 43.7%
- SchwarzbachAfD 55.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ruhland: location in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ruhland highlighted, the other members of Amt Ruhland ohne Stadt Ruhland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Oberspreewald-Lausitz (Wkr. 065)
- Senftenberg/Zły KomorowAfD 38.1%
- Lübbenau/Spreewald / Lubnjow/BłotaAfD 35.1%
- LauchhammerAfD 46.2%
- Großräschen/RańAfD 41.9%
- Calau/KalawaAfD 34.8%
- Vetschau/Spreewald / Wětošow/BłotaAfD 39.2%
- SchipkauAfD 46.4%
- SchwarzheideAfD 45.7%
- AltdöbernAfD 37.8%
- OrtrandAfD 52.5%
- Neupetershain/Nowe WikiAfD 52.1%
- GroßkmehlenAfD 53.1%