Gerstengrund: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Gerstengrund with 53.5% of the second votes, AfD took 25.6%.
- Turnout95.6% · Wartburgkreis (Wkr. 189) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters43 of 45 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +34.9 · AfD −13.0 · Linke −8.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency189 Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Gerstengrund
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU53.5%+34.9
- AfD25.6%-13.0
- SPD7.0%-1.8
- Linke7.0%-8.2
- Freie Wähler2.3%+0.7
- BSW2.3%-7.1
- Others2.3%+1.9
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 23 | 53.5% | 19.8% | 18.6% (+34.9) | 22.6% (+30.9) |
| AfD | 11 | 25.6% | 40.6% | 38.6% (-13.0) | 20.8% (+4.8) |
| SPD | 3 | 7.0% | 9.3% | 8.8% (-1.8) | 16.4% (-9.4) |
| Linke | 3 | 7.0% | 12.7% | 15.2% (-8.2) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.6% (+0.7) | – |
| BSW | 1 | 2.3% | 9.3% | 9.4% (-7.1) | 5.0% (-2.7) |
| Others | 1 | 2.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+1.9) | 26.5% (-24.2) |
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 Geisa, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Geisa, Stadt are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Gerstengrund. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Gerstengrund only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 938 postal voters, which is 19.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.9%
- Voters4,742 of 5,523 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.8% · 938
- Member municipalities4
- CDU37.8%-15.7
- AfD37.5%+11.9
- Linke5.3%-1.7
- BSW5.3%+3.0
- SPD5.1%-1.9
- FDP2.9%
- Grüne2.9%
- Freie Wähler2.2%-0.1
- Volt0.5%
- Others0.5%-1.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Gerstengrund.
| Party | Polling station Gerstengrund | Postal vote, association | EG Geisa, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 23 (53.5%) | 367 (39.2%) | 1,777 | 37.8% |
| AfD | 11 (25.6%) | 252 (26.9%) | 1,762 | 37.5% |
| Linke | 3 (7.0%) | 89 (9.5%) | 248 | 5.3% |
| BSW | 1 (2.3%) | 62 (6.6%) | 250 | 5.3% |
| SPD | 3 (7.0%) | 63 (6.7%) | 241 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (1.9%) | 136 | 2.9% |
| Grüne | 0 (0.0%) | 47 (5.0%) | 135 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (2.3%) | 25 (2.7%) | 102 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (0.4%) | 23 | 0.5% |
| Others | 1 (2.3%) | 9 (1.0%) | 22 | 0.5% |
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.
Gerstengrund: location in the Wartburgkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gerstengrund highlighted, the other members of EG Geisa, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.