Zella-Mehlis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Zella-Mehlis with 39.9% of the second votes, CDU took 17.9%.
- Turnout79.9% · Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Wkr. 195) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,228 of 10,295 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency195 Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg
Second votes in Zella-Mehlis
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD39.9%+1.3
- CDU17.9%-0.7
- Linke14.5%-0.7
- BSW10.2%+0.8
- SPD8.9%+0.1
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler2.7%+1.1
- Grüne2.4%-1.8
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 3,263 | 39.9% | 41.6% | 38.6% (+1.3) | 20.8% (+19.1) |
| CDU | 1,459 | 17.9% | 18.2% | 18.6% (-0.7) | 22.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 1,187 | 14.5% | 12.8% | 15.2% (-0.7) | 8.8% (+5.7) |
| BSW | 837 | 10.2% | 10.0% | 9.4% (+0.8) | 5.0% (+5.2) |
| SPD | 730 | 8.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% (+0.1) | 16.4% (-7.5) |
| FDP | 219 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 218 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.6% (+1.1) | – |
| Grüne | 194 | 2.4% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-1.8) | 11.6% (-9.2) |
| Volt | 35 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 29 | 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.
Zella-Mehlis: location in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Zella-Mehlis highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.