Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme with 25.5% of the second votes, CDU took 23.0%.
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −13.1 · CDU +4.4 · BSW +4.0
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD25.5%-13.1
- CDU23.0%+4.4
- Linke18.7%+3.5
- BSW13.4%+4.0
- SPD11.1%+2.3
- FDP3.7%+0.9
- Grüne2.8%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.1%-0.5
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others0.3%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 202 | 25.5% | 39.0% | 38.6% (-13.1) | 20.8% (+4.7) |
| CDU | 182 | 23.0% | 18.4% | 18.6% (+4.4) | 22.6% (+0.4) |
| Linke | 148 | 18.7% | 14.9% | 15.2% (+3.5) | 8.8% (+9.9) |
| BSW | 106 | 13.4% | 10.6% | 9.4% (+4.0) | 5.0% (+8.4) |
| SPD | 88 | 11.1% | 9.9% | 8.8% (+2.3) | 16.4% (-5.3) |
| FDP | 29 | 3.7% | 2.9% | 2.8% (+0.9) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Grüne | 22 | 2.8% | 3.0% | 4.2% (-1.4) | 11.6% (-8.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-10.3) |
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 Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG 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%+14.4
- CDU18.5%-4.5
- Linke14.1%-4.6
- BSW12.0%-1.4
- SPD9.3%-1.8
- FDP2.9%-0.8
- Grüne2.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.4
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others0.3%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl EG Heringen/Helme | Postal vote, association | EG Heringen/Helme, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 202 (25.5%) | 202 (25.5%) | 1,702 | 39.9% |
| CDU | 182 (23.0%) | 182 (23.0%) | 791 | 18.5% |
| Linke | 148 (18.7%) | 148 (18.7%) | 603 | 14.1% |
| BSW | 106 (13.4%) | 106 (13.4%) | 513 | 12.0% |
| SPD | 88 (11.1%) | 88 (11.1%) | 395 | 9.3% |
| FDP | 29 (3.7%) | 29 (3.7%) | 125 | 2.9% |
| Grüne | 22 (2.8%) | 22 (2.8%) | 84 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (1.1%) | 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.