Rothenburg/O.L.: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rothenburg/O.L. with 51.5% of the second votes, CDU took 17.3%.
- Turnout56.1% · Görlitz (Wkr. 156) 78.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,994 of 3,554 eligible voters
- Stands out against SaxonyAfD +14.2 · Grüne −3.9 · Linke −3.0
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency156 Görlitz
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Rothenburg/O.L.
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD51.5%+14.2
- CDU17.3%-2.4
- BSW8.4%-0.6
- Linke8.3%-3.0
- SPD5.8%-2.7
- FDP2.7%-0.5
- Grüne2.6%-3.9
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.1
- Volt0.1%-0.5
- Others1.9%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,019 | 51.5% | 46.7% | 37.3% (+14.2) | 20.8% (+30.7) |
| CDU | 343 | 17.3% | 19.8% | 19.7% (-2.4) | 22.6% (-5.3) |
| BSW | 167 | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.0% (-0.6) | 5.0% (+3.4) |
| Linke | 165 | 8.3% | 7.7% | 11.3% (-3.0) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| SPD | 114 | 5.8% | 6.4% | 8.5% (-2.7) | 16.4% (-10.6) |
| FDP | 53 | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.2% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 51 | 2.6% | 3.4% | 6.5% (-3.9) | 11.6% (-9.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 29 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 37 | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.3% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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 Rothenburg/O.L.: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rothenburg/O.L. are counted jointly for all 2 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rothenburg/O.L.. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rothenburg/O.L. only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 924 postal voters, which is 26.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association77.9%
- Voters3,521 of 4,521 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.2% · 924
- Member municipalities2
- AfD46.6%-4.9
- CDU18.9%+1.6
- BSW10.0%+1.6
- Linke8.8%+0.5
- SPD6.5%+0.7
- Grüne3.0%+0.4
- FDP2.5%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.3
- Volt0.2%+0.1
- Others1.8%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rothenburg/O.L..
| Party | Polling station Rothenburg/O.L. | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rothenburg/O.L. total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,019 (51.5%) | 279 (30.5%) | 1,625 | 46.6% |
| CDU | 343 (17.3%) | 221 (24.1%) | 658 | 18.9% |
| BSW | 167 (8.4%) | 120 (13.1%) | 348 | 10.0% |
| Linke | 165 (8.3%) | 104 (11.4%) | 307 | 8.8% |
| SPD | 114 (5.8%) | 85 (9.3%) | 226 | 6.5% |
| Grüne | 51 (2.6%) | 38 (4.1%) | 104 | 3.0% |
| FDP | 53 (2.7%) | 21 (2.3%) | 88 | 2.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 29 (1.5%) | 24 (2.6%) | 64 | 1.8% |
| Others | 37 (1.9%) | 19 (2.1%) | 62 | 1.8% |
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.
Rothenburg/O.L.: location in the Görlitz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rothenburg/O.L. highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rothenburg/O.L. shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Görlitz (Wkr. 156)
- Görlitz, Stadt, HochschulstadtAfD 41.0%
- Zittau, Stadt, HochschulstadtAfD 42.9%
- LöbauAfD 47.6%
- Ebersbach-NeugersdorfAfD 48.4%
- Weißwasser/O.L., Stadt / Běła WodaAfD 52.9%
- NieskyAfD 46.7%
- KottmarAfD 50.5%
- HerrnhutAfD 44.5%
- OderwitzAfD 47.0%
- Reichenbach/O.L.AfD 49.2%
- Boxberg/O.L. / HamorAfD 49.7%
- MarkersdorfAfD 49.8%