Heringen/Helme: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Heringen/Helme with 45.0% of the second votes, CDU took 16.3%.
- Turnout62.6% · Nordhausen (Wkr. 188) 78.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,376 of 3,796 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +6.4 · Grüne −3.1 · CDU −2.3
- 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 Heringen/Helme
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD45.0%+6.4
- CDU16.3%-2.3
- Linke13.4%-1.8
- BSW11.2%+1.8
- SPD8.5%-0.3
- FDP3.3%+0.5
- Grüne1.1%-3.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-1.0
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,063 | 45.0% | 39.0% | 38.6% (+6.4) | 20.8% (+24.2) |
| CDU | 384 | 16.3% | 18.4% | 18.6% (-2.3) | 22.6% (-6.3) |
| Linke | 317 | 13.4% | 14.9% | 15.2% (-1.8) | 8.8% (+4.6) |
| BSW | 265 | 11.2% | 10.6% | 9.4% (+1.8) | 5.0% (+6.2) |
| SPD | 201 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 8.8% (-0.3) | 16.4% (-7.9) |
| FDP | 77 | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% (+0.5) | 4.3% (-1.0) |
| Grüne | 27 | 1.1% | 3.0% | 4.2% (-3.1) | 11.6% (-10.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.6% (-1.0) | – |
| Volt | 6 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 10 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
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.
EG Heringen/Helme, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Heringen/Helme, Stadt are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Heringen/Helme. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Heringen/Helme only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 798 postal voters, which is 18.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.7%
- Voters4,299 of 5,325 eligible voters
- Postal vote share18.6% · 798
- Member municipalities3
- AfD39.9%-5.1
- CDU18.5%+2.2
- Linke14.1%+0.7
- BSW12.0%+0.8
- SPD9.3%+0.8
- FDP2.9%-0.4
- Grüne2.0%+0.9
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.1
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.3%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Heringen/Helme.
| Party | Polling station Heringen/Helme | Postal vote, association | EG Heringen/Helme, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,063 (45.0%) | 202 (25.5%) | 1,702 | 39.9% |
| CDU | 384 (16.3%) | 182 (23.0%) | 791 | 18.5% |
| Linke | 317 (13.4%) | 148 (18.7%) | 603 | 14.1% |
| BSW | 265 (11.2%) | 106 (13.4%) | 513 | 12.0% |
| SPD | 201 (8.5%) | 88 (11.1%) | 395 | 9.3% |
| FDP | 77 (3.3%) | 29 (3.7%) | 125 | 2.9% |
| Grüne | 27 (1.1%) | 22 (2.8%) | 84 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (0.6%) | 9 (1.1%) | 28 | 0.7% |
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.
Heringen/Helme: location in the Nordhausen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Heringen/Helme highlighted, the other members of EG Heringen/Helme, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.