Benitz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Benitz with 30.0% of the second votes, CDU took 16.8%.
- Turnout77.7% · Landkreis Rostock (Wkr. 013, 014, 017) 81.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters251 of 323 eligible voters
- Stands out against Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaAfD −5.0 · Linke +4.0 · BSW +1.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency14 Rostock – Landkreis Rostock II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Benitz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD30.0%-5.0
- CDU16.8%-1.0
- Linke16.0%+4.0
- SPD12.0%-0.4
- BSW12.0%+1.4
- Grüne6.0%+0.6
- FDP4.0%+0.8
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.1
- Others2.0%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 75 | 30.0% | 35.2% | 35.0% (-5.0) | 20.8% (+9.2) |
| CDU | 42 | 16.8% | 19.4% | 17.8% (-1.0) | 22.6% (-5.8) |
| Linke | 40 | 16.0% | 10.7% | 12.0% (+4.0) | 8.8% (+7.2) |
| SPD | 30 | 12.0% | 12.9% | 12.4% (-0.4) | 16.4% (-4.4) |
| BSW | 30 | 12.0% | 10.4% | 10.6% (+1.4) | 5.0% (+7.0) |
| Grüne | 15 | 6.0% | 4.7% | 5.4% (+0.6) | 11.6% (-5.6) |
| FDP | 10 | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.2% (+0.8) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 5 | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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 Schwaan: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Schwaan are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Benitz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Benitz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,258 postal voters, which is 22.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.4%
- Voters5,495 of 6,588 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.9% · 1,258
- Member municipalities7
- AfD36.8%+6.8
- CDU17.2%+0.4
- Linke11.7%-4.3
- SPD11.6%-0.4
- BSW11.3%-0.7
- Grüne4.6%-1.4
- FDP3.0%-1.0
- Freie Wähler1.2%±0
- Volt0.4%
- Others2.0%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Benitz.
| Party | Polling station Benitz | Postal vote, association | Amt Schwaan total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 75 (30.0%) | 315 (25.1%) | 2,011 | 36.8% |
| CDU | 42 (16.8%) | 288 (22.9%) | 941 | 17.2% |
| Linke | 40 (16.0%) | 146 (11.6%) | 642 | 11.7% |
| SPD | 30 (12.0%) | 197 (15.7%) | 635 | 11.6% |
| BSW | 30 (12.0%) | 135 (10.7%) | 618 | 11.3% |
| Grüne | 15 (6.0%) | 78 (6.2%) | 252 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 10 (4.0%) | 36 (2.9%) | 164 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (1.2%) | 21 (1.7%) | 68 | 1.2% |
| Others | 5 (2.0%) | 33 (2.6%) | 112 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BenitzAfD 30.0%
- BröbberowAfD 30.1%
- KassowAfD 39.5%
- RukietenAfD 45.0%
- SchwaanAfD 43.4%
- VorbeckAfD 31.6%
- WiendorfAfD 39.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Benitz: location in the Landkreis Rostock district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Benitz highlighted, the other members of Amt Schwaan shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.