Blankenburg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Blankenburg with 43.0% of the second votes, BSW took 18.3%.
- Turnout74.8% · Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis (Wkr. 189) 78.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters95 of 127 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaBSW +8.9 · CDU −7.8 · AfD +4.4
- 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 Blankenburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD43.0%+4.4
- BSW18.3%+8.9
- Linke14.0%-1.2
- CDU10.8%-7.8
- SPD7.5%-1.3
- FDP5.4%+2.6
- Grüne1.1%-3.1
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 40 | 43.0% | 39.9% | 38.6% (+4.4) | 20.8% (+22.2) |
| BSW | 17 | 18.3% | 9.4% | 9.4% (+8.9) | 5.0% (+13.3) |
| Linke | 13 | 14.0% | 13.7% | 15.2% (-1.2) | 8.8% (+5.2) |
| CDU | 10 | 10.8% | 19.5% | 18.6% (-7.8) | 22.6% (-11.8) |
| SPD | 7 | 7.5% | 9.4% | 8.8% (-1.3) | 16.4% (-8.9) |
| FDP | 5 | 5.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% (+2.6) | 4.3% (+1.1) |
| Grüne | 1 | 1.1% | 2.9% | 4.2% (-3.1) | 11.6% (-10.5) |
| 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 Bad Tennstedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Tennstedt are counted jointly for all 12 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Blankenburg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Blankenburg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 944 postal voters, which is 21.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.8%
- Voters4,344 of 5,247 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.7% · 944
- Member municipalities12
- AfD44.7%+1.7
- CDU18.5%+7.7
- Linke14.2%+0.2
- BSW9.3%-9.0
- SPD7.0%-0.5
- FDP2.6%-2.8
- Grüne2.2%+1.1
- Freie Wähler1.1%
- Volt0.3%
- Others0.2%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Blankenburg.
| Party | Polling station Blankenburg | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Tennstedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 40 (43.0%) | 252 (26.8%) | 1,928 | 44.7% |
| CDU | 10 (10.8%) | 228 (24.2%) | 796 | 18.5% |
| Linke | 13 (14.0%) | 197 (20.9%) | 612 | 14.2% |
| BSW | 17 (18.3%) | 105 (11.1%) | 399 | 9.3% |
| SPD | 7 (7.5%) | 93 (9.9%) | 303 | 7.0% |
| FDP | 5 (5.4%) | 20 (2.1%) | 113 | 2.6% |
| Grüne | 1 (1.1%) | 23 (2.4%) | 94 | 2.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (1.7%) | 46 | 1.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bad TennstedtAfD 50.6%
- BallhausenAfD 60.4%
- BlankenburgAfD 43.0%
- BruchstedtAfD 50.0%
- HaussömmernAfD 57.0%
- HornsömmernAfD 47.8%
- KirchheilingenAfD 41.2%
- KutzlebenAfD 54.4%
- MittelsömmernAfD 44.5%
- SundhausenAfD 43.0%
- TottlebenAfD 42.2%
- UrlebenAfD 46.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Blankenburg: location in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Blankenburg highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Tennstedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis (Wkr. 189)
- Mühlhausen/ThüringenAfD 38.4%
- Bad LangensalzaAfD 37.9%
- SüdeichsfeldCDU 35.9%
- UnstruttalAfD 43.6%
- Unstrut-HainichAfD 41.7%
- Nottertal-Heilinger HöhenAfD 56.2%
- VogteiAfD 37.0%
- HerbslebenAfD 55.0%
- Bad TennstedtAfD 50.6%
- Briefwahl VVG Bad TennstedtAfD 26.8%
- Briefwahl EG Nottertal-Heilinger HöhenAfD 32.5%
- Briefwahl EG VogteiCDU 25.6%