Clingen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Clingen with 48.1% of the second votes, Linke took 16.3%.
- Turnout66.3% · Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188) 77.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters552 of 832 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +9.5 · Grüne −3.5 · BSW −3.2
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Clingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD48.1%+9.5
- Linke16.3%+1.1
- CDU16.3%-2.3
- SPD8.2%-0.6
- BSW6.2%-3.2
- FDP2.9%+0.1
- Grüne0.7%-3.5
- Volt0.5%±0
- Freie Wähler0.4%-1.2
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 263 | 48.1% | 44.8% | 38.6% (+9.5) | 20.8% (+27.3) |
| Linke | 89 | 16.3% | 14.6% | 15.2% (+1.1) | 8.8% (+7.5) |
| CDU | 89 | 16.3% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-2.3) | 22.6% (-6.3) |
| SPD | 45 | 8.2% | 8.5% | 8.8% (-0.6) | 16.4% (-8.2) |
| BSW | 34 | 6.2% | 9.5% | 9.4% (-3.2) | 5.0% (+1.2) |
| FDP | 16 | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.8% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 4 | 0.7% | 1.7% | 4.2% (-3.5) | 11.6% (-10.9) |
| Volt | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.6% (-1.2) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Greußen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Greußen are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Clingen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Clingen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 306 postal voters, which is 14.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.5%
- Voters2,088 of 2,502 eligible voters
- Postal vote share14.7% · 306
- Member municipalities7
- AfD44.8%-3.3
- CDU17.5%+1.2
- Linke15.4%-0.9
- SPD9.1%+0.9
- BSW8.0%+1.8
- FDP2.3%-0.6
- Grüne1.2%+0.5
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.6
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Clingen.
| Party | Polling station Clingen | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Greußen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 263 (48.1%) | 85 (27.9%) | 926 | 44.8% |
| CDU | 89 (16.3%) | 77 (25.2%) | 363 | 17.5% |
| Linke | 89 (16.3%) | 57 (18.7%) | 319 | 15.4% |
| SPD | 45 (8.2%) | 36 (11.8%) | 188 | 9.1% |
| BSW | 34 (6.2%) | 37 (12.1%) | 165 | 8.0% |
| FDP | 16 (2.9%) | 3 (1.0%) | 48 | 2.3% |
| Grüne | 4 (0.7%) | 4 (1.3%) | 24 | 1.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.4%) | 3 (1.0%) | 20 | 1.0% |
| Others | 2 (0.4%) | 3 (1.0%) | 10 | 0.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- ClingenAfD 48.1%
- NiederbösaAfD 62.5%
- OberbösaAfD 49.2%
- TopfstedtAfD 46.1%
- TrebraAfD 44.9%
- WasserthalebenAfD 51.8%
- WestgreußenAfD 40.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Clingen: location in the Kyffhäuserkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Clingen highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Greußen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188)
- SondershausenAfD 41.4%
- Bad Frankenhausen/KyffhäuserAfD 47.7%
- Roßleben-WieheAfD 43.0%
- GreußenAfD 48.8%
- An der SchmückeAfD 56.2%
- ArternAfD 48.6%
- KyffhäuserlandAfD 48.4%
- Briefwahl EG ArternAfD 26.3%
- EbelebenAfD 49.4%
- HelbedündorfAfD 45.3%
- Briefwahl EG An der SchmückeAfD 31.4%
- Briefwahl EG Ebeleben und Gemeinde HelbedündorfAfD 27.5%