Straufhain: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Straufhain with 55.2% of the second votes, CDU took 13.3%.
- Turnout73.3% · Hildburghausen (Wkr. 195) 81.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,542 of 2,104 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +16.6 · Linke −7.5 · CDU −5.3
- 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 Straufhain
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD55.2%+16.6
- CDU13.3%-5.3
- BSW9.4%±0
- Linke7.7%-7.5
- SPD5.4%-3.4
- Freie Wähler4.0%+2.4
- FDP2.6%-0.2
- Grüne1.8%-2.4
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.3%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 844 | 55.2% | 46.8% | 38.6% (+16.6) | 20.8% (+34.4) |
| CDU | 203 | 13.3% | 16.0% | 18.6% (-5.3) | 22.6% (-9.3) |
| BSW | 144 | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.4% (±0) | 5.0% (+4.4) |
| Linke | 118 | 7.7% | 10.9% | 15.2% (-7.5) | 8.8% (-1.1) |
| SPD | 83 | 5.4% | 7.1% | 8.8% (-3.4) | 16.4% (-11.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 61 | 4.0% | 4.8% | 1.6% (+2.4) | – |
| FDP | 40 | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.8% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-1.7) |
| Grüne | 28 | 1.8% | 2.0% | 4.2% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-9.8) |
| Volt | 4 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 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 Heldburger Unterland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heldburger Unterland are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Straufhain. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Straufhain only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 806 postal voters, which is 16.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.6%
- Voters4,965 of 5,801 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.2% · 806
- Member municipalities6
- AfD49.9%-5.3
- CDU17.2%+3.9
- BSW9.2%-0.2
- Linke8.4%+0.7
- SPD5.4%±0
- Freie Wähler4.7%+0.7
- FDP2.4%-0.2
- Grüne2.1%+0.3
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.4%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Straufhain.
| Party | Polling station Straufhain | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heldburger Unterland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 844 (55.2%) | 273 (33.9%) | 2,462 | 49.9% |
| CDU | 203 (13.3%) | 179 (22.2%) | 849 | 17.2% |
| BSW | 144 (9.4%) | 94 (11.7%) | 452 | 9.2% |
| Linke | 118 (7.7%) | 86 (10.7%) | 416 | 8.4% |
| SPD | 83 (5.4%) | 64 (7.9%) | 264 | 5.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 61 (4.0%) | 51 (6.3%) | 234 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 40 (2.6%) | 17 (2.1%) | 117 | 2.4% |
| Grüne | 28 (1.8%) | 35 (4.3%) | 104 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- SchlechtsartAfD 56.3%
- SchweickershausenAfD 47.4%
- StraufhainAfD 55.2%
- UmmerstadtAfD 37.5%
- WesthausenAfD 50.0%
- HeldburgAfD 54.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Straufhain: location in the Hildburghausen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Straufhain highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heldburger Unterland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.