Frankenheim/Rhön: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Frankenheim/Rhön with 52.9% of the second votes, CDU took 15.7%.
- Turnout56.3% · Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Wkr. 195) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters483 of 858 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +14.3 · Linke −6.4 · Freie Wähler +3.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency195 Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Frankenheim/Rhön
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD52.9%+14.3
- CDU15.7%-2.9
- Linke8.8%-6.4
- BSW7.9%-1.5
- SPD6.3%-2.5
- Freie Wähler5.0%+3.4
- FDP1.5%-1.3
- Grüne0.8%-3.4
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 253 | 52.9% | 41.6% | 38.6% (+14.3) | 20.8% (+32.1) |
| CDU | 75 | 15.7% | 18.2% | 18.6% (-2.9) | 22.6% (-6.9) |
| Linke | 42 | 8.8% | 12.8% | 15.2% (-6.4) | 8.8% (±0) |
| BSW | 38 | 7.9% | 10.0% | 9.4% (-1.5) | 5.0% (+2.9) |
| SPD | 30 | 6.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% (-2.5) | 16.4% (-10.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 24 | 5.0% | 2.2% | 1.6% (+3.4) | – |
| FDP | 7 | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% (-1.3) | 4.3% (-2.8) |
| Grüne | 4 | 0.8% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-3.4) | 11.6% (-10.8) |
| Volt | 3 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 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 Hohe Rhön: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hohe Rhön are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Frankenheim/Rhön. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Frankenheim/Rhön only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,268 postal voters, which is 23.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.3%
- Voters5,301 of 6,517 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.9% · 1,268
- Member municipalities5
- AfD41.7%-11.2
- CDU21.2%+5.5
- Linke10.7%+1.9
- BSW9.4%+1.5
- SPD7.8%+1.5
- Freie Wähler2.9%-2.1
- FDP2.7%+1.2
- Grüne2.5%+1.7
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others0.6%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Frankenheim/Rhön.
| Party | Polling station Frankenheim/Rhön | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hohe Rhön total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 253 (52.9%) | 412 (32.5%) | 2,197 | 41.7% |
| CDU | 75 (15.7%) | 311 (24.6%) | 1,119 | 21.2% |
| Linke | 42 (8.8%) | 166 (13.1%) | 565 | 10.7% |
| BSW | 38 (7.9%) | 127 (10.0%) | 495 | 9.4% |
| SPD | 30 (6.3%) | 116 (9.2%) | 409 | 7.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 24 (5.0%) | 44 (3.5%) | 151 | 2.9% |
| FDP | 7 (1.5%) | 29 (2.3%) | 143 | 2.7% |
| Grüne | 4 (0.8%) | 48 (3.8%) | 131 | 2.5% |
| Others | 2 (0.4%) | 7 (0.6%) | 33 | 0.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Frankenheim/Rhön: location in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Frankenheim/Rhön highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hohe Rhön shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.