Rastenberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rastenberg with 46.3% of the second votes, CDU took 15.6%.
- Turnout66.0% · Sömmerda (Wkr. 190) 81.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,365 of 2,069 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +7.7 · Linke −3.4 · CDU −3.0
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency190 Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Rastenberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD46.3%+7.7
- CDU15.6%-3.0
- Linke11.8%-3.4
- BSW10.5%+1.1
- SPD7.2%-1.6
- FDP3.9%+1.1
- Grüne3.0%-1.2
- Freie Wähler1.0%-0.6
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.3%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 629 | 46.3% | 44.2% | 38.6% (+7.7) | 20.8% (+25.5) |
| CDU | 212 | 15.6% | 17.9% | 18.6% (-3.0) | 22.6% (-7.0) |
| Linke | 160 | 11.8% | 14.0% | 15.2% (-3.4) | 8.8% (+3.0) |
| BSW | 142 | 10.5% | 9.3% | 9.4% (+1.1) | 5.0% (+5.5) |
| SPD | 98 | 7.2% | 7.2% | 8.8% (-1.6) | 16.4% (-9.2) |
| FDP | 53 | 3.9% | 2.6% | 2.8% (+1.1) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Grüne | 41 | 3.0% | 2.3% | 4.2% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-8.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.6% (-0.6) | – |
| Volt | 6 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 4 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-10.3) |
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 Kölleda: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kölleda are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rastenberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rastenberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 467 postal voters, which is 17.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.5%
- Voters2,695 of 3,308 eligible voters
- Postal vote share17.3% · 467
- Member municipalities4
- AfD45.9%-0.4
- CDU17.1%+1.5
- Linke12.2%+0.4
- BSW9.4%-1.1
- SPD7.7%+0.5
- FDP3.0%-0.9
- Grüne2.6%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.2
- Volt0.4%±0
- Others0.6%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rastenberg.
| Party | Polling station Rastenberg | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kölleda total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 629 (46.3%) | 139 (30.1%) | 1,227 | 45.9% |
| CDU | 212 (15.6%) | 105 (22.7%) | 457 | 17.1% |
| Linke | 160 (11.8%) | 74 (16.0%) | 327 | 12.2% |
| BSW | 142 (10.5%) | 57 (12.3%) | 251 | 9.4% |
| SPD | 98 (7.2%) | 48 (10.4%) | 206 | 7.7% |
| FDP | 53 (3.9%) | 9 (1.9%) | 79 | 3.0% |
| Grüne | 41 (3.0%) | 10 (2.2%) | 69 | 2.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (1.0%) | 11 (2.4%) | 33 | 1.2% |
| Others | 4 (0.3%) | 6 (1.3%) | 15 | 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.
Rastenberg: location in the Sömmerda district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rastenberg highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kölleda shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.