Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen with 25.4% of the second votes, CDU took 22.1%.
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −13.2 · CDU +3.5 · BSW +3.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD25.4%-13.2
- CDU22.1%+3.5
- Linke17.8%+2.6
- BSW12.6%+3.2
- SPD11.9%+3.1
- Grüne3.6%-0.6
- Freie Wähler3.0%+1.4
- FDP2.5%-0.3
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,080 | 25.4% | 40.6% | 38.6% (-13.2) | 20.8% (+4.6) |
| CDU | 941 | 22.1% | 19.8% | 18.6% (+3.5) | 22.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 756 | 17.8% | 12.7% | 15.2% (+2.6) | 8.8% (+9.0) |
| BSW | 536 | 12.6% | 9.3% | 9.4% (+3.2) | 5.0% (+7.6) |
| SPD | 507 | 11.9% | 9.3% | 8.8% (+3.1) | 16.4% (-4.5) |
| Grüne | 153 | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.2% (-0.6) | 11.6% (-8.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 129 | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% (+1.4) | – |
| FDP | 105 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-1.8) |
| Volt | 21 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 21 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-10.1) |
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 Bad Salzungen, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Bad Salzungen, Stadt are counted jointly for all 2 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,280 postal voters, which is 28.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association78.2%
- Voters14,924 of 19,084 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.7% · 4,280
- Member municipalities2
- AfD42.7%+17.3
- CDU17.5%-4.6
- Linke13.4%-4.4
- BSW10.2%-2.4
- SPD8.5%-3.4
- FDP2.4%-0.1
- Freie Wähler2.3%-0.7
- Grüne2.2%-1.4
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.4%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen | Postal vote, association | EG Bad Salzungen, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,080 (25.4%) | 1,080 (25.4%) | 6,319 | 42.7% |
| CDU | 941 (22.1%) | 941 (22.1%) | 2,587 | 17.5% |
| Linke | 756 (17.8%) | 756 (17.8%) | 1,991 | 13.4% |
| BSW | 536 (12.6%) | 536 (12.6%) | 1,517 | 10.2% |
| SPD | 507 (11.9%) | 507 (11.9%) | 1,264 | 8.5% |
| FDP | 105 (2.5%) | 105 (2.5%) | 361 | 2.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 129 (3.0%) | 129 (3.0%) | 336 | 2.3% |
| Grüne | 153 (3.6%) | 153 (3.6%) | 324 | 2.2% |
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.