Meiningen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Meiningen with 43.8% of the second votes, CDU took 15.3%.
- MayorFabian Giesder (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout55.8% · Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Wkr. 195) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters11,038 of 19,775 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +5.2 · CDU −3.3 · Linke −1.7
- 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 Meiningen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD43.8%+5.2
- CDU15.3%-3.3
- Linke13.5%-1.7
- SPD9.3%+0.5
- BSW9.1%-0.3
- Grüne3.3%-0.9
- FDP2.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 4,797 | 43.8% | 41.6% | 38.6% (+5.2) | 20.8% (+23.0) |
| CDU | 1,675 | 15.3% | 18.2% | 18.6% (-3.3) | 22.6% (-7.3) |
| Linke | 1,479 | 13.5% | 12.8% | 15.2% (-1.7) | 8.8% (+4.7) |
| SPD | 1,021 | 9.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% (+0.5) | 16.4% (-7.1) |
| BSW | 996 | 9.1% | 10.0% | 9.4% (-0.3) | 5.0% (+4.1) |
| Grüne | 360 | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-0.9) | 11.6% (-8.3) |
| FDP | 320 | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 203 | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 48 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 42 | 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.
EG Meiningen, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Meiningen, Stadt are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Meiningen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Meiningen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,845 postal voters, which is 28.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association78.6%
- Voters16,849 of 21,439 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.8% · 4,845
- Member municipalities3
- AfD38.7%-5.1
- CDU16.9%+1.6
- Linke14.4%+0.9
- SPD10.3%+1.0
- BSW9.8%+0.7
- Grüne4.0%+0.7
- FDP2.9%±0
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.1
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Meiningen.
| Party | Polling station Meiningen | Postal vote, association | EG Meiningen, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 4,797 (43.8%) | 1,255 (26.0%) | 6,461 | 38.7% |
| CDU | 1,675 (15.3%) | 975 (20.2%) | 2,822 | 16.9% |
| Linke | 1,479 (13.5%) | 817 (17.0%) | 2,415 | 14.4% |
| SPD | 1,021 (9.3%) | 630 (13.1%) | 1,727 | 10.3% |
| BSW | 996 (9.1%) | 547 (11.4%) | 1,638 | 9.8% |
| Grüne | 360 (3.3%) | 283 (5.9%) | 664 | 4.0% |
| FDP | 320 (2.9%) | 136 (2.8%) | 488 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 203 (1.9%) | 134 (2.8%) | 364 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 48 (0.4%) | 24 (0.5%) | 76 | 0.5% |
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.
Meiningen: location in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Meiningen highlighted, the other members of EG Meiningen, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.