Rustenfelde: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rustenfelde with 37.7% of the second votes, AfD took 37.1%.
- Turnout76.3% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters306 of 401 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +19.1 · Linke −8.9 · BSW −5.8
- 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 Rustenfelde
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU37.7%+19.1
- AfD37.1%-1.5
- SPD7.0%-1.8
- Linke6.3%-8.9
- FDP3.6%+0.8
- BSW3.6%-5.8
- Grüne3.0%-1.2
- Freie Wähler1.3%-0.3
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 114 | 37.7% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+19.1) | 22.6% (+15.1) |
| AfD | 112 | 37.1% | 35.0% | 38.6% (-1.5) | 20.8% (+16.3) |
| SPD | 21 | 7.0% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-1.8) | 16.4% (-9.4) |
| Linke | 19 | 6.3% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-8.9) | 8.8% (-2.5) |
| FDP | 11 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.8% (+0.8) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 11 | 3.6% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-5.8) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 9 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 4.2% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-8.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-10.6) |
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 Rustenfelde. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rustenfelde 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%-3.9
- CDU32.5%-5.2
- Linke10.5%+4.2
- SPD8.4%+1.4
- BSW5.6%+2.0
- Grüne4.3%+1.3
- FDP3.0%-0.6
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.2
- Others0.3%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rustenfelde.
| Party | Polling station Rustenfelde | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 112 (37.1%) | 175 (24.6%) | 1,262 | 33.2% |
| CDU | 114 (37.7%) | 240 (33.8%) | 1,234 | 32.5% |
| Linke | 19 (6.3%) | 102 (14.4%) | 399 | 10.5% |
| SPD | 21 (7.0%) | 70 (9.9%) | 320 | 8.4% |
| BSW | 11 (3.6%) | 53 (7.5%) | 212 | 5.6% |
| Grüne | 9 (3.0%) | 39 (5.5%) | 165 | 4.3% |
| FDP | 11 (3.6%) | 8 (1.1%) | 113 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.3%) | 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.
Rustenfelde: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rustenfelde highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.