Bischofswerda: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Bischofswerda with 52.4% of the second votes, CDU took 15.6%.
- Turnout58.4% · Bautzen (Wkr. 155, 159) 81.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters5,068 of 8,684 eligible voters
- Stands out against SaxonyAfD +15.1 · Grüne −5.1 · CDU −4.1
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency155 Bautzen I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bischofswerda
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD52.4%+15.1
- CDU15.6%-4.1
- BSW9.4%+0.4
- Linke9.1%-2.2
- SPD5.7%-2.8
- FDP2.7%-0.5
- Grüne1.4%-5.1
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.2
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.2%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 2,632 | 52.4% | 45.4% | 37.3% (+15.1) | 20.8% (+31.6) |
| CDU | 784 | 15.6% | 20.1% | 19.7% (-4.1) | 22.6% (-7.0) |
| BSW | 472 | 9.4% | 9.1% | 9.0% (+0.4) | 5.0% (+4.4) |
| Linke | 455 | 9.1% | 7.8% | 11.3% (-2.2) | 8.8% (+0.3) |
| SPD | 284 | 5.7% | 6.6% | 8.5% (-2.8) | 16.4% (-10.7) |
| FDP | 137 | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.2% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 70 | 1.4% | 3.3% | 6.5% (-5.1) | 11.6% (-10.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 69 | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 11 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 111 | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.3% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bischofswerda: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bischofswerda are counted jointly for all 2 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bischofswerda. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bischofswerda only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,605 postal voters, which is 21.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association76.2%
- Voters7,427 of 9,749 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.6% · 1,605
- Member municipalities2
- AfD47.7%-4.7
- CDU17.9%+2.3
- BSW9.7%+0.3
- Linke8.8%-0.3
- SPD6.3%+0.6
- FDP2.9%+0.2
- Grüne2.3%+0.9
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.2
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bischofswerda.
| Party | Polling station Bischofswerda | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bischofswerda total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 2,632 (52.4%) | 494 (30.9%) | 3,513 | 47.7% |
| CDU | 784 (15.6%) | 405 (25.3%) | 1,317 | 17.9% |
| BSW | 472 (9.4%) | 167 (10.5%) | 714 | 9.7% |
| Linke | 455 (9.1%) | 153 (9.6%) | 648 | 8.8% |
| SPD | 284 (5.7%) | 147 (9.2%) | 465 | 6.3% |
| FDP | 137 (2.7%) | 53 (3.3%) | 211 | 2.9% |
| Grüne | 70 (1.4%) | 77 (4.8%) | 169 | 2.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 69 (1.4%) | 32 (2.0%) | 116 | 1.6% |
| Others | 111 (2.2%) | 64 (4.0%) | 194 | 2.6% |
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.
Bischofswerda: location in the Bautzen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bischofswerda highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bischofswerda shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.