Steinbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Steinbach with 41.5% of the second votes, CDU took 37.9%.
- Turnout77.9% · Eichsfeld (Wkr. 188) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters332 of 426 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +19.3 · Linke −10.7 · BSW −6.4
- 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 Steinbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD41.5%+2.9
- CDU37.9%+19.3
- Linke4.5%-10.7
- SPD4.2%-4.6
- FDP3.9%+1.1
- Grüne3.0%-1.2
- BSW3.0%-6.4
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.6%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 137 | 41.5% | 35.0% | 38.6% (+2.9) | 20.8% (+20.7) |
| CDU | 125 | 37.9% | 31.3% | 18.6% (+19.3) | 22.6% (+15.3) |
| Linke | 15 | 4.5% | 11.3% | 15.2% (-10.7) | 8.8% (-4.3) |
| SPD | 14 | 4.2% | 7.6% | 8.8% (-4.6) | 16.4% (-12.2) |
| FDP | 13 | 3.9% | 3.3% | 2.8% (+1.1) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Grüne | 10 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 4.2% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-8.6) |
| BSW | 10 | 3.0% | 6.4% | 9.4% (-6.4) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.7) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-10.0) |
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 Leinetal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Leinetal are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Steinbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Steinbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 616 postal voters, which is 16.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.4%
- Voters3,705 of 4,190 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.6% · 616
- Member municipalities6
- AfD39.2%-2.3
- CDU34.4%-3.5
- Linke8.2%+3.7
- BSW5.5%+2.5
- SPD5.0%+0.8
- FDP3.6%-0.3
- Grüne2.1%-0.9
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.6
- Volt0.2%-0.1
- Others0.3%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Steinbach.
| Party | Polling station Steinbach | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Leinetal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 137 (41.5%) | 179 (29.2%) | 1,445 | 39.2% |
| CDU | 125 (37.9%) | 226 (36.8%) | 1,270 | 34.4% |
| Linke | 15 (4.5%) | 70 (11.4%) | 304 | 8.2% |
| BSW | 10 (3.0%) | 55 (9.0%) | 202 | 5.5% |
| SPD | 14 (4.2%) | 32 (5.2%) | 184 | 5.0% |
| FDP | 13 (3.9%) | 26 (4.2%) | 133 | 3.6% |
| Grüne | 10 (3.0%) | 17 (2.8%) | 78 | 2.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (0.9%) | 6 (1.0%) | 54 | 1.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bodenrode-WesthausenAfD 38.6%
- GeisledenAfD 43.8%
- HeuthenAfD 54.8%
- ReinholterodeCDU 42.4%
- SteinbachAfD 41.5%
- WingerodeCDU 38.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Steinbach: location in the Eichsfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Steinbach highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Leinetal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.