Gotha: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Gotha with 38.2% of the second votes, Linke took 17.0%.
- MayorKnut Kreuch (SPD), since 2006 · Wikidata
- Turnout74.8% · Gotha (Wkr. 191) 79.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters24,408 of 32,629 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency191 Gotha – Ilm-Kreis
Second votes in Gotha
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD38.2%-0.4
- Linke17.0%+1.8
- CDU16.0%-2.6
- SPD11.3%+2.5
- BSW9.0%-0.4
- Grüne3.6%-0.6
- FDP2.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.2
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 9,253 | 38.2% | 40.6% | 38.6% (-0.4) | 20.8% (+17.4) |
| Linke | 4,108 | 17.0% | 14.9% | 15.2% (+1.8) | 8.8% (+8.2) |
| CDU | 3,878 | 16.0% | 18.2% | 18.6% (-2.6) | 22.6% (-6.6) |
| SPD | 2,742 | 11.3% | 9.3% | 8.8% (+2.5) | 16.4% (-5.1) |
| BSW | 2,170 | 9.0% | 9.1% | 9.4% (-0.4) | 5.0% (+4.0) |
| Grüne | 860 | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.2% (-0.6) | 11.6% (-8.0) |
| FDP | 585 | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 341 | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 125 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 129 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-10.1) |
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.
Gotha: location in the Gotha district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gotha highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.