Effelder: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Effelder with 42.2% of the second votes, CDU took 36.9%.
- Turnout66.0% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters634 of 961 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +18.3 · Linke −9.5 · BSW −6.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Effelder
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD42.2%+3.6
- CDU36.9%+18.3
- Linke5.7%-9.5
- SPD4.6%-4.2
- BSW2.9%-6.5
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Grüne2.1%-2.1
- Freie Wähler2.1%+0.5
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others0.2%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 265 | 42.2% | 35.0% | 38.6% (+3.6) | 20.8% (+21.4) |
| CDU | 232 | 36.9% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+18.3) | 22.6% (+14.3) |
| Linke | 36 | 5.7% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-9.5) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| SPD | 29 | 4.6% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-4.2) | 16.4% (-11.8) |
| BSW | 18 | 2.9% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-6.5) | 5.0% (-2.1) |
| FDP | 17 | 2.7% | 3.3% | 2.8% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 13 | 2.1% | 3.1% | 4.2% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-9.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.6% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 1 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-10.4) |
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 Westerwald-Obereichsfeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Westerwald-Obereichsfeld are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Effelder. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Effelder only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 781 postal voters, which is 23.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.4%
- Voters3,390 of 3,836 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.0% · 781
- Member municipalities5
- AfD38.6%-3.6
- CDU35.4%-1.5
- Linke8.0%+2.3
- SPD5.7%+1.1
- BSW4.3%+1.4
- FDP3.2%+0.5
- Grüne2.3%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.9%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others0.2%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Effelder.
| Party | Polling station Effelder | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Westerwald-Obereichsfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 265 (42.2%) | 175 (22.6%) | 1,299 | 38.6% |
| CDU | 232 (36.9%) | 307 (39.7%) | 1,189 | 35.4% |
| Linke | 36 (5.7%) | 89 (11.5%) | 269 | 8.0% |
| SPD | 29 (4.6%) | 69 (8.9%) | 192 | 5.7% |
| BSW | 18 (2.9%) | 46 (6.0%) | 145 | 4.3% |
| FDP | 17 (2.7%) | 24 (3.1%) | 107 | 3.2% |
| Grüne | 13 (2.1%) | 33 (4.3%) | 77 | 2.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (2.1%) | 23 (3.0%) | 65 | 1.9% |
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.
Effelder: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Effelder highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Westerwald-Obereichsfeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.