Kirchgandern: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Kirchgandern with 33.2% of the second votes, CDU took 31.3%.
- Turnout77.6% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters367 of 473 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +12.7 · AfD −5.4 · BSW −4.8
- 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 Kirchgandern
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD33.2%-5.4
- CDU31.3%+12.7
- Linke10.6%-4.6
- SPD7.1%-1.7
- Grüne5.4%+1.2
- BSW4.6%-4.8
- FDP4.4%+1.6
- Freie Wähler2.5%+0.9
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 122 | 33.2% | 35.0% | 38.6% (-5.4) | 20.8% (+12.4) |
| CDU | 115 | 31.3% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+12.7) | 22.6% (+8.7) |
| Linke | 39 | 10.6% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-4.6) | 8.8% (+1.8) |
| SPD | 26 | 7.1% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-1.7) | 16.4% (-9.3) |
| Grüne | 20 | 5.4% | 3.1% | 4.2% (+1.2) | 11.6% (-6.2) |
| BSW | 17 | 4.6% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-4.8) | 5.0% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 16 | 4.4% | 3.3% | 2.8% (+1.6) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 2.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-10.1) |
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 Kirchgandern. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kirchgandern 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%±0
- CDU32.5%+1.2
- Linke10.5%-0.1
- SPD8.4%+1.3
- BSW5.6%+1.0
- Grüne4.3%-1.1
- FDP3.0%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.6%-0.9
- Volt0.5%+0.2
- Others0.3%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kirchgandern.
| Party | Polling station Kirchgandern | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 122 (33.2%) | 175 (24.6%) | 1,262 | 33.2% |
| CDU | 115 (31.3%) | 240 (33.8%) | 1,234 | 32.5% |
| Linke | 39 (10.6%) | 102 (14.4%) | 399 | 10.5% |
| SPD | 26 (7.1%) | 70 (9.9%) | 320 | 8.4% |
| BSW | 17 (4.6%) | 53 (7.5%) | 212 | 5.6% |
| Grüne | 20 (5.4%) | 39 (5.5%) | 165 | 4.3% |
| FDP | 16 (4.4%) | 8 (1.1%) | 113 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (2.5%) | 14 (2.0%) | 62 | 1.6% |
| Volt | 1 (0.3%) | 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.
Kirchgandern: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kirchgandern highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.