Benz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Benz with 51.1% of the second votes, CDU took 20.5%.
- Turnout65.3% · Vorpommern-Greifswald (Wkr. 015, 016) 78.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters592 of 906 eligible voters
- Stands out against Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaAfD +16.1 · SPD −7.7 · Linke −6.8
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency16 Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Benz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD51.1%+16.1
- CDU20.5%+2.7
- BSW11.0%+0.4
- Linke5.2%-6.8
- SPD4.7%-7.7
- FDP2.9%-0.3
- Grüne2.2%-3.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.2%-0.9
- Others1.7%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 302 | 51.1% | 40.5% | 35.0% (+16.1) | 20.8% (+30.3) |
| CDU | 121 | 20.5% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+2.7) | 22.6% (-2.1) |
| BSW | 65 | 11.0% | 9.9% | 10.6% (+0.4) | 5.0% (+6.0) |
| Linke | 31 | 5.2% | 10.7% | 12.0% (-6.8) | 8.8% (-3.6) |
| SPD | 28 | 4.7% | 9.5% | 12.4% (-7.7) | 16.4% (-11.7) |
| FDP | 17 | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.2% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 13 | 2.2% | 5.1% | 5.4% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-9.4) |
| Volt | 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% (-0.9) | – |
| Others | 10 | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.9% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Usedom-Süd: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Amt Usedom-Süd are counted jointly for all 15 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Benz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Benz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,072 postal voters, which is 26.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.1%
- Voters7,971 of 9,834 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.0% · 2,072
- Member municipalities15
- AfD47.4%-3.7
- CDU17.7%-2.8
- BSW10.4%-0.6
- SPD8.3%+3.6
- Linke6.7%+1.5
- FDP3.2%+0.3
- Grüne3.2%+1.0
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others1.9%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Benz.
| Party | Polling station Benz | Postal vote, association | Amt Usedom-Süd total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 302 (51.1%) | 696 (33.6%) | 3,751 | 47.4% |
| CDU | 121 (20.5%) | 472 (22.8%) | 1,403 | 17.7% |
| BSW | 65 (11.0%) | 271 (13.1%) | 820 | 10.4% |
| SPD | 28 (4.7%) | 214 (10.3%) | 657 | 8.3% |
| Linke | 31 (5.2%) | 150 (7.2%) | 531 | 6.7% |
| FDP | 17 (2.9%) | 79 (3.8%) | 256 | 3.2% |
| Grüne | 13 (2.2%) | 92 (4.4%) | 255 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.2%) | 32 (1.5%) | 68 | 0.9% |
| Others | 10 (1.7%) | 51 (2.5%) | 152 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BenzAfD 51.1%
- DargenAfD 54.5%
- GarzAfD 73.0%
- KamminkeAfD 60.2%
- KorswandtAfD 52.8%
- Koserow, OstseebadAfD 45.2%
- Loddin, SeebadAfD 51.9%
- MellenthinAfD 57.3%
- PudaglaAfD 53.1%
- RankwitzAfD 52.2%
- Stolpe auf UsedomAfD 51.4%
- Ückeritz, SeebadAfD 48.2%
- UsedomAfD 57.6%
- Zempin, SeebadAfD 45.3%
- ZirchowAfD 62.5%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Benz: location in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Benz highlighted, the other members of Amt Usedom-Süd shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Vorpommern-Greifswald (Wkr. 015, 016)
- Greifswald, Universitäts- und HansestadtAfD 25.4%
- AnklamAfD 45.3%
- PasewalkAfD 40.4%
- Ueckermünde, Seebad AfD 46.0%
- Heringsdorf, OstseebadAfD 43.1%
- WolgastAfD 52.1%
- TorgelowAfD 51.2%
- Strasburg (Uckermark)AfD 48.8%
- EggesinAfD 52.9%
- Briefwahl Amt Usedom-NordAfD 28.5%
- Briefwahl Amt LandhagenCDU 24.6%
- Briefwahl Amt Am PeenestromAfD 29.3%