Lauterbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Lauterbach with 42.6% of the second votes, CDU took 23.8%.
- Turnout73.0% · Wartburgkreis (Wkr. 189) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters383 of 525 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaLinke −5.3 · CDU +5.2 · AfD +4.0
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency189 Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Lauterbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD42.6%+4.0
- CDU23.8%+5.2
- Linke9.9%-5.3
- SPD8.9%+0.1
- BSW5.7%-3.7
- Grüne3.4%-0.8
- FDP3.1%+0.3
- Freie Wähler2.6%+1.0
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 163 | 42.6% | 40.6% | 38.6% (+4.0) | 20.8% (+21.8) |
| CDU | 91 | 23.8% | 19.8% | 18.6% (+5.2) | 22.6% (+1.2) |
| Linke | 38 | 9.9% | 12.7% | 15.2% (-5.3) | 8.8% (+1.1) |
| SPD | 34 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 8.8% (+0.1) | 16.4% (-7.5) |
| BSW | 22 | 5.7% | 9.3% | 9.4% (-3.7) | 5.0% (+0.7) |
| Grüne | 13 | 3.4% | 3.0% | 4.2% (-0.8) | 11.6% (-8.2) |
| FDP | 12 | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.8% (+0.3) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 10 | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% (+1.0) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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 Hainich-Werratal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hainich-Werratal are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Lauterbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lauterbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,428 postal voters, which is 23.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.6%
- Voters6,119 of 7,408 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.3% · 1,428
- Member municipalities6
- AfD41.1%-1.5
- CDU19.0%-4.8
- Linke11.6%+1.7
- SPD9.9%+1.0
- BSW8.8%+3.1
- Freie Wähler3.1%+0.5
- Grüne3.0%-0.4
- FDP2.6%-0.5
- Volt0.5%
- Others0.3%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lauterbach.
| Party | Polling station Lauterbach | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hainich-Werratal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 163 (42.6%) | 373 (26.2%) | 2,501 | 41.1% |
| CDU | 91 (23.8%) | 341 (24.0%) | 1,157 | 19.0% |
| Linke | 38 (9.9%) | 221 (15.5%) | 707 | 11.6% |
| SPD | 34 (8.9%) | 161 (11.3%) | 601 | 9.9% |
| BSW | 22 (5.7%) | 156 (11.0%) | 533 | 8.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 10 (2.6%) | 63 (4.4%) | 190 | 3.1% |
| Grüne | 13 (3.4%) | 59 (4.1%) | 184 | 3.0% |
| FDP | 12 (3.1%) | 33 (2.3%) | 160 | 2.6% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (0.8%) | 29 | 0.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Berka v. d. HainichAfD 49.2%
- BischofrodaAfD 52.3%
- KrauthausenAfD 45.3%
- LauterbachAfD 42.6%
- NazzaAfD 45.7%
- Amt CreuzburgAfD 44.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Lauterbach: location in the Wartburgkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lauterbach highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hainich-Werratal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.