Pfaffschwende: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Pfaffschwende with 42.9% of the second votes, CDU took 29.2%.
- Turnout74.9% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters170 of 227 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +10.6 · Linke −6.3 · AfD +4.3
- 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 Pfaffschwende
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD42.9%+4.3
- CDU29.2%+10.6
- Linke8.9%-6.3
- BSW7.1%-2.3
- SPD5.4%-3.4
- FDP1.8%-1.0
- Grüne1.2%-3.0
- Freie Wähler1.2%-0.4
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others1.8%+1.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 72 | 42.9% | 35.0% | 38.6% (+4.3) | 20.8% (+22.1) |
| CDU | 49 | 29.2% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+10.6) | 22.6% (+6.6) |
| Linke | 15 | 8.9% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-6.3) | 8.8% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 12 | 7.1% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-2.3) | 5.0% (+2.1) |
| SPD | 9 | 5.4% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-3.4) | 16.4% (-11.0) |
| FDP | 3 | 1.8% | 3.3% | 2.8% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-2.5) |
| Grüne | 2 | 1.2% | 3.1% | 4.2% (-3.0) | 11.6% (-10.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 3 | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+1.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Ershausen/Geismar: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ershausen/Geismar are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Pfaffschwende. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Pfaffschwende only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 701 postal voters, which is 21.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.3%
- Voters3,302 of 4,011 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.2% · 701
- Member municipalities10
- CDU36.8%+7.6
- AfD34.8%-8.1
- Linke9.2%+0.3
- SPD5.7%+0.3
- BSW5.3%-1.8
- FDP3.1%+1.3
- Grüne2.3%+1.1
- Freie Wähler2.1%+0.9
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others0.3%-1.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Pfaffschwende.
| Party | Polling station Pfaffschwende | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ershausen/Geismar total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 49 (29.2%) | 282 (40.4%) | 1,204 | 36.8% |
| AfD | 72 (42.9%) | 184 (26.4%) | 1,139 | 34.8% |
| Linke | 15 (8.9%) | 80 (11.5%) | 301 | 9.2% |
| SPD | 9 (5.4%) | 50 (7.2%) | 186 | 5.7% |
| BSW | 12 (7.1%) | 43 (6.2%) | 175 | 5.3% |
| FDP | 3 (1.8%) | 17 (2.4%) | 100 | 3.1% |
| Grüne | 2 (1.2%) | 23 (3.3%) | 75 | 2.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (1.2%) | 15 (2.1%) | 70 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DieterodeAfD 35.7%
- GeismarAfD 35.2%
- KellaAfD 40.7%
- KrombachCDU 51.6%
- PfaffschwendeAfD 42.9%
- SchwobfeldAfD 45.1%
- SickerodeCDU 47.5%
- VolkerodeCDU 37.7%
- WiesenfeldAfD 30.4%
- SchimbergAfD 39.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Pfaffschwende: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Pfaffschwende highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ershausen/Geismar shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.