Arenshausen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Arenshausen with 40.7% of the second votes, CDU took 28.9%.
- Turnout65.2% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters497 of 762 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +10.3 · Linke −6.4 · BSW −3.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Arenshausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD40.7%+2.1
- CDU28.9%+10.3
- Linke8.8%-6.4
- SPD8.4%-0.4
- BSW6.1%-3.3
- Grüne2.6%-1.6
- FDP1.6%-1.2
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.2
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others0.8%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 200 | 40.7% | 35.0% | 38.6% (+2.1) | 20.8% (+19.9) |
| CDU | 142 | 28.9% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+10.3) | 22.6% (+6.3) |
| Linke | 43 | 8.8% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-6.4) | 8.8% (±0) |
| SPD | 41 | 8.4% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-0.4) | 16.4% (-8.0) |
| BSW | 30 | 6.1% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-3.3) | 5.0% (+1.1) |
| Grüne | 13 | 2.6% | 3.1% | 4.2% (-1.6) | 11.6% (-9.0) |
| FDP | 8 | 1.6% | 3.3% | 2.8% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-2.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 4 | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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 Hanstein-Rusteberg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg are counted jointly for all 14 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Arenshausen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Arenshausen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 712 postal voters, which is 18.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.7%
- Voters3,817 of 4,405 eligible voters
- Postal vote share18.7% · 712
- Member municipalities14
- AfD33.2%-7.5
- CDU32.5%+3.6
- Linke10.5%+1.7
- SPD8.4%±0
- BSW5.6%-0.5
- Grüne4.3%+1.7
- FDP3.0%+1.4
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others0.3%-0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Arenshausen.
| Party | Polling station Arenshausen | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 200 (40.7%) | 175 (24.6%) | 1,262 | 33.2% |
| CDU | 142 (28.9%) | 240 (33.8%) | 1,234 | 32.5% |
| Linke | 43 (8.8%) | 102 (14.4%) | 399 | 10.5% |
| SPD | 41 (8.4%) | 70 (9.9%) | 320 | 8.4% |
| BSW | 30 (6.1%) | 53 (7.5%) | 212 | 5.6% |
| Grüne | 13 (2.6%) | 39 (5.5%) | 165 | 4.3% |
| FDP | 8 (1.6%) | 8 (1.1%) | 113 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.4%) | 14 (2.0%) | 62 | 1.6% |
| Volt | 3 (0.6%) | 7 (1.0%) | 18 | 0.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- ArenshausenAfD 40.7%
- BornhagenAfD 46.4%
- BurgwaldeCDU 39.2%
- FreienhagenCDU 38.7%
- FretterodeAfD 34.9%
- GerbershausenCDU 38.3%
- HohengandernCDU 34.7%
- KirchgandernAfD 33.2%
- LindewerraAfD 33.8%
- MarthAfD 42.2%
- RohrbergCDU 38.6%
- RustenfeldeCDU 37.7%
- SchachtebichCDU 38.0%
- WahlhausenCDU 31.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Arenshausen: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Arenshausen highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.