Schmeheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Schmeheim with 44.3% of the second votes, CDU took 21.0%.
- Turnout74.2% · Hildburghausen (Wkr. 195) 81.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters167 of 225 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaLinke −6.8 · AfD +5.7 · BSW +3.8
- 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 Schmeheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD44.3%+5.7
- CDU21.0%+2.4
- BSW13.2%+3.8
- SPD8.4%-0.4
- Linke8.4%-6.8
- Freie Wähler3.6%+2.0
- FDP1.2%-1.6
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 | 44.3% | 46.8% | 38.6% (+5.7) | 20.8% (+23.5) |
| CDU | 35 | 21.0% | 16.0% | 18.6% (+2.4) | 22.6% (-1.6) |
| BSW | 22 | 13.2% | 9.4% | 9.4% (+3.8) | 5.0% (+8.2) |
| SPD | 14 | 8.4% | 7.1% | 8.8% (-0.4) | 16.4% (-8.0) |
| Linke | 14 | 8.4% | 10.9% | 15.2% (-6.8) | 8.8% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 3.6% | 4.8% | 1.6% (+2.0) | – |
| FDP | 2 | 1.2% | 2.3% | 2.8% (-1.6) | 4.3% (-3.1) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 22.2% (-22.2) |
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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Feldstein: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Feldstein are counted jointly for all 17 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schmeheim. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schmeheim only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 822 postal voters, which is 16.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.1%
- Voters4,876 of 5,801 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.9% · 822
- Member municipalities17
- AfD50.2%+5.9
- CDU13.8%-7.2
- Linke10.5%+2.1
- BSW9.6%-3.6
- SPD8.0%-0.4
- Freie Wähler4.0%+0.4
- FDP1.7%+0.5
- Grüne1.5%
- Volt0.3%
- Others0.4%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schmeheim.
| Party | Polling station Schmeheim | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Feldstein total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 (44.3%) | 287 (35.1%) | 2,423 | 50.2% |
| CDU | 35 (21.0%) | 134 (16.4%) | 667 | 13.8% |
| Linke | 14 (8.4%) | 126 (15.4%) | 506 | 10.5% |
| BSW | 22 (13.2%) | 100 (12.2%) | 465 | 9.6% |
| SPD | 14 (8.4%) | 92 (11.3%) | 388 | 8.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (3.6%) | 31 (3.8%) | 194 | 4.0% |
| FDP | 2 (1.2%) | 23 (2.8%) | 84 | 1.7% |
| Grüne | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (1.8%) | 71 | 1.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AhlstädtAfD 59.5%
- BeinerstadtAfD 53.9%
- BischofrodAfD 55.7%
- DingslebenAfD 50.0%
- EhrenbergAfD 49.1%
- EichenbergAfD 47.7%
- GrimmelshausenAfD 66.7%
- GrubAfD 56.5%
- HenfstädtAfD 60.9%
- Kloster VeßraAfD 64.0%
- LengfeldAfD 55.7%
- MarisfeldAfD 58.0%
- OberstadtAfD 60.1%
- ReuriethAfD 53.2%
- SchmeheimAfD 44.3%
- St.BernhardAfD 57.4%
- ThemarAfD 48.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Schmeheim: location in the Hildburghausen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schmeheim highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Feldstein shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.