Artern: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Artern with 48.6% of the second votes, Linke took 15.4%.
- Turnout53.1% · Kyffhäuserkreis (Wkr. 188) 77.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,788 of 5,247 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +10.0 · CDU −5.0 · Grüne −3.0
- 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 Artern
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD48.6%+10.0
- Linke15.4%+0.2
- CDU13.6%-5.0
- BSW10.1%+0.7
- SPD7.3%-1.5
- FDP2.5%-0.3
- Grüne1.2%-3.0
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.9
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,346 | 48.6% | 44.8% | 38.6% (+10.0) | 20.8% (+27.8) |
| Linke | 426 | 15.4% | 14.6% | 15.2% (+0.2) | 8.8% (+6.6) |
| CDU | 377 | 13.6% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-5.0) | 22.6% (-9.0) |
| BSW | 279 | 10.1% | 9.5% | 9.4% (+0.7) | 5.0% (+5.1) |
| SPD | 202 | 7.3% | 8.5% | 8.8% (-1.5) | 16.4% (-9.1) |
| FDP | 69 | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.8% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-1.8) |
| Grüne | 33 | 1.2% | 1.7% | 4.2% (-3.0) | 11.6% (-10.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 19 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.6% (-0.9) | – |
| Volt | 8 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 11 | 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.
EG Artern, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Artern, Stadt are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Artern. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Artern only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,392 postal voters, which is 24.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association76.8%
- Voters5,626 of 7,323 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.7% · 1,392
- Member municipalities6
- AfD43.7%-4.9
- CDU16.0%+2.4
- Linke15.9%+0.5
- BSW10.7%+0.6
- SPD8.4%+1.1
- FDP2.4%-0.1
- Grüne1.3%+0.1
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.3
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Artern.
| Party | Polling station Artern | Postal vote, association | EG Artern, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,346 (48.6%) | 363 (26.3%) | 2,442 | 43.7% |
| CDU | 377 (13.6%) | 292 (21.1%) | 897 | 16.0% |
| Linke | 426 (15.4%) | 266 (19.2%) | 888 | 15.9% |
| BSW | 279 (10.1%) | 191 (13.8%) | 596 | 10.7% |
| SPD | 202 (7.3%) | 168 (12.2%) | 471 | 8.4% |
| FDP | 69 (2.5%) | 41 (3.0%) | 137 | 2.4% |
| Grüne | 33 (1.2%) | 28 (2.0%) | 70 | 1.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 19 (0.7%) | 23 (1.7%) | 55 | 1.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BorxlebenAfD 57.5%
- GehofenAfD 53.7%
- KalbsriethAfD 44.3%
- Mönchpfiffel-NikolausriethAfD 53.4%
- ReinsdorfAfD 50.1%
- ArternAfD 48.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Artern: location in the Kyffhäuserkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Artern highlighted, the other members of EG Artern, Stadt 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%
- 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%