Briefwahl EG Meiningen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Briefwahl EG Meiningen with 26.0% of the second votes, CDU took 20.2%.
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −12.6 · SPD +4.3 · BSW +2.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl EG Meiningen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD26.0%-12.6
- CDU20.2%+1.6
- Linke17.0%+1.8
- SPD13.1%+4.3
- BSW11.4%+2.0
- Grüne5.9%+1.7
- FDP2.8%±0
- Freie Wähler2.8%+1.2
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,255 | 26.0% | 41.6% | 38.6% (-12.6) | 20.8% (+5.2) |
| CDU | 975 | 20.2% | 18.2% | 18.6% (+1.6) | 22.6% (-2.4) |
| Linke | 817 | 17.0% | 12.8% | 15.2% (+1.8) | 8.8% (+8.2) |
| SPD | 630 | 13.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% (+4.3) | 16.4% (-3.3) |
| BSW | 547 | 11.4% | 10.0% | 9.4% (+2.0) | 5.0% (+6.4) |
| Grüne | 283 | 5.9% | 2.7% | 4.2% (+1.7) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| FDP | 136 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% (±0) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 134 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 1.6% (+1.2) | – |
| Volt | 24 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 18 | 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 Briefwahl EG Meiningen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG 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%+12.7
- CDU16.9%-3.3
- Linke14.4%-2.6
- SPD10.3%-2.8
- BSW9.8%-1.6
- Grüne4.0%-1.9
- FDP2.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler2.2%-0.6
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl EG Meiningen.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl EG Meiningen | Postal vote, association | EG Meiningen, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,255 (26.0%) | 1,255 (26.0%) | 6,461 | 38.7% |
| CDU | 975 (20.2%) | 975 (20.2%) | 2,822 | 16.9% |
| Linke | 817 (17.0%) | 817 (17.0%) | 2,415 | 14.4% |
| SPD | 630 (13.1%) | 630 (13.1%) | 1,727 | 10.3% |
| BSW | 547 (11.4%) | 547 (11.4%) | 1,638 | 9.8% |
| Grüne | 283 (5.9%) | 283 (5.9%) | 664 | 4.0% |
| FDP | 136 (2.8%) | 136 (2.8%) | 488 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 134 (2.8%) | 134 (2.8%) | 364 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 24 (0.5%) | 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.