Sondershausen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Sondershausen with 41.4% of the second votes, CDU took 18.0%.
- MayorSteffen Grimm, since 2018 · Wikidata
- Turnout77.0% · Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188) 77.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters12,871 of 16,708 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis
Second votes in Sondershausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD41.4%+2.8
- CDU18.0%-0.6
- Linke15.0%-0.2
- BSW9.6%+0.2
- SPD9.3%+0.5
- FDP3.0%+0.2
- Grüne2.2%-2.0
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 5,290 | 41.4% | 44.8% | 38.6% (+2.8) | 20.8% (+20.6) |
| CDU | 2,305 | 18.0% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-0.6) | 22.6% (-4.6) |
| Linke | 1,913 | 15.0% | 14.6% | 15.2% (-0.2) | 8.8% (+6.2) |
| BSW | 1,222 | 9.6% | 9.5% | 9.4% (+0.2) | 5.0% (+4.6) |
| SPD | 1,187 | 9.3% | 8.5% | 8.8% (+0.5) | 16.4% (-7.1) |
| FDP | 381 | 3.0% | 2.6% | 2.8% (+0.2) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Grüne | 280 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 4.2% (-2.0) | 11.6% (-9.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 114 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.6% (-0.7) | – |
| Volt | 35 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 49 | 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.
Sondershausen: location in the Kyffhäuserkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Sondershausen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188)
- 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%
- ClingenAfD 48.1%