Freienbessingen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Freienbessingen with 60.5% of the second votes, CDU took 16.1%.
- Population
- 167 · 19 per km²
- Turnout
- 75.3% · Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188) 77.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 125 of 166 eligible voters
- Stands out against Thuringia
- AfD +21.9 · BSW −4.6 · SPD −3.2
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Second votes in Freienbessingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 75 | 60.5% | 44.8% | 38.6% (+21.9) | 20.8% (+39.7) |
| CDU | 20 | 16.1% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-2.5) | 22.6% (-6.5) |
| Linke | 16 | 12.9% | 14.6% | 15.2% (-2.3) | 8.8% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 7 | 5.6% | 8.5% | 8.8% (-3.2) | 16.4% (-10.8) |
| BSW | 6 | 4.8% | 9.5% | 9.4% (-4.6) | 5.0% (-0.2) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 26.5% (-26.5) |
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.
2024 European election in Freienbessingen
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Freienbessingen with 50.0% of the vote; in Thuringia AfD got 30.7%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, AfD was the strongest party in Freienbessingen with 50.0%, −10.5 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 57.7% (2025 federal election: 75.3%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 50 | 50.0% | 60.5% | -10.5 |
| SPD | 15 | 15.0% | 5.6% | +9.4 |
| CDU | 10 | 10.0% | 16.1% | -6.1 |
| BSW | 7 | 7.0% | 4.8% | +2.2 |
| Linke | 6 | 6.0% | 12.9% | -6.9 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 2 | 2.0% | – | – |
| Others | 10 | 10.0% | – | – |
Tierschutzpartei: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Freienbessingen in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 167 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 8.9 km²
- Population density
- 19 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 9.2%
- 67 and older
- 20.9%
- Postcode
- 99713
- Elevation
- 298 m
- Website
- www.freienbessingen.net
- Wikipedia
- Freienbessingen (Wikipedia)
Freienbessingen has 167 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Freienbessingen: location in the Kyffhäuserkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Freienbessingen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Freienbessingen: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would remain the strongest party with 69.9% (2025: 60.5%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
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%