Ritschenhausen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ritschenhausen with 42.5% of the second votes, CDU took 21.8%.
- Turnout67.0% · Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Wkr. 195) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters175 of 261 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaLinke −8.3 · AfD +3.9 · CDU +3.2
- 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 Ritschenhausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD42.5%+3.9
- CDU21.8%+3.2
- SPD9.2%+0.4
- BSW9.2%-0.2
- Linke6.9%-8.3
- FDP5.7%+2.9
- Grüne2.9%-1.3
- Freie Wähler1.1%-0.5
- Others0.6%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 | 42.5% | 41.6% | 38.6% (+3.9) | 20.8% (+21.7) |
| CDU | 38 | 21.8% | 18.2% | 18.6% (+3.2) | 22.6% (-0.8) |
| SPD | 16 | 9.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% (+0.4) | 16.4% (-7.2) |
| BSW | 16 | 9.2% | 10.0% | 9.4% (-0.2) | 5.0% (+4.2) |
| Linke | 12 | 6.9% | 12.8% | 15.2% (-8.3) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| FDP | 10 | 5.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% (+2.9) | 4.3% (+1.4) |
| Grüne | 5 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-1.3) | 11.6% (-8.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 1 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-10.0) |
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 Dolmar-Salzbrücke: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dolmar-Salzbrücke are counted jointly for all 14 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ritschenhausen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ritschenhausen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 944 postal voters, which is 16.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.0%
- Voters5,904 of 7,117 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.0% · 944
- Member municipalities14
- AfD45.5%+3.0
- CDU18.3%-3.5
- Linke10.4%+3.5
- BSW10.0%+0.8
- SPD7.9%-1.3
- Grüne2.5%-0.4
- Freie Wähler2.5%+1.4
- FDP2.3%-3.4
- Volt0.4%
- Others0.3%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ritschenhausen.
| Party | Polling station Ritschenhausen | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dolmar-Salzbrücke total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 (42.5%) | 261 (27.7%) | 2,665 | 45.5% |
| CDU | 38 (21.8%) | 214 (22.7%) | 1,069 | 18.3% |
| Linke | 12 (6.9%) | 124 (13.2%) | 609 | 10.4% |
| BSW | 16 (9.2%) | 152 (16.1%) | 586 | 10.0% |
| SPD | 16 (9.2%) | 100 (10.6%) | 460 | 7.9% |
| Grüne | 5 (2.9%) | 31 (3.3%) | 144 | 2.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (1.1%) | 29 (3.1%) | 144 | 2.5% |
| FDP | 10 (5.7%) | 22 (2.3%) | 137 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BelriethAfD 48.6%
- ChristesAfD 60.2%
- DillstädtAfD 54.8%
- EinhausenAfD 45.2%
- EllingshausenAfD 45.5%
- KühndorfAfD 55.9%
- LeutersdorfAfD 34.1%
- NeubrunnAfD 42.6%
- Obermaßfeld-GrimmenthalAfD 50.0%
- RitschenhausenAfD 42.5%
- RohrAfD 46.6%
- SchwarzaAfD 52.4%
- UtendorfAfD 47.5%
- VachdorfAfD 39.5%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ritschenhausen: location in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ritschenhausen highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dolmar-Salzbrücke shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.