Kaltennordheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Kaltennordheim with 43.6% of the second votes, CDU took 20.5%.
- Turnout61.7% · Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Wkr. 195) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,910 of 4,713 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +5.0 · Linke −4.7 · CDU +1.9
- 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 Kaltennordheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD43.6%+5.0
- CDU20.5%+1.9
- Linke10.5%-4.7
- BSW9.4%±0
- SPD7.2%-1.6
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Grüne2.5%-1.7
- Freie Wähler2.5%+0.9
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.7%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,260 | 43.6% | 41.6% | 38.6% (+5.0) | 20.8% (+22.8) |
| CDU | 592 | 20.5% | 18.2% | 18.6% (+1.9) | 22.6% (-2.1) |
| Linke | 304 | 10.5% | 12.8% | 15.2% (-4.7) | 8.8% (+1.7) |
| BSW | 270 | 9.4% | 10.0% | 9.4% (±0) | 5.0% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 207 | 7.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% (-1.6) | 16.4% (-9.2) |
| FDP | 77 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 71 | 2.5% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-1.7) | 11.6% (-9.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 72 | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.6% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 13 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 21 | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-9.9) |
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 Kaltennordheim. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kaltennordheim 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%-1.9
- CDU21.2%+0.7
- Linke10.7%+0.2
- BSW9.4%±0
- SPD7.8%+0.6
- Freie Wähler2.9%+0.4
- FDP2.7%±0
- Grüne2.5%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.6%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kaltennordheim.
| Party | Polling station Kaltennordheim | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hohe Rhön total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,260 (43.6%) | 412 (32.5%) | 2,197 | 41.7% |
| CDU | 592 (20.5%) | 311 (24.6%) | 1,119 | 21.2% |
| Linke | 304 (10.5%) | 166 (13.1%) | 565 | 10.7% |
| BSW | 270 (9.4%) | 127 (10.0%) | 495 | 9.4% |
| SPD | 207 (7.2%) | 116 (9.2%) | 409 | 7.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 72 (2.5%) | 44 (3.5%) | 151 | 2.9% |
| FDP | 77 (2.7%) | 29 (2.3%) | 143 | 2.7% |
| Grüne | 71 (2.5%) | 48 (3.8%) | 131 | 2.5% |
| Others | 21 (0.7%) | 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.
Kaltennordheim: location in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kaltennordheim highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hohe Rhön shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.