Arnstadt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Arnstadt with 40.6% of the second votes, CDU took 15.8%.
- MayorFrank Spilling, since 2018 · Wikidata
- Turnout77.0% · Ilm-Kreis (Wkr. 191) 81.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,890 of 20,625 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency191 Gotha – Ilm-Kreis
Second votes in Arnstadt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD40.6%+2.0
- CDU15.8%-2.8
- Linke15.7%+0.5
- BSW9.2%-0.2
- SPD9.0%+0.2
- Grüne3.8%-0.4
- FDP2.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.6%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 6,402 | 40.6% | 40.6% | 38.6% (+2.0) | 20.8% (+19.8) |
| CDU | 2,497 | 15.8% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-2.8) | 22.6% (-6.8) |
| Linke | 2,473 | 15.7% | 15.0% | 15.2% (+0.5) | 8.8% (+6.9) |
| BSW | 1,452 | 9.2% | 9.5% | 9.4% (-0.2) | 5.0% (+4.2) |
| SPD | 1,424 | 9.0% | 8.2% | 8.8% (+0.2) | 16.4% (-7.4) |
| Grüne | 601 | 3.8% | 4.2% | 4.2% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-7.8) |
| FDP | 463 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.8% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 293 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 70 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 91 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-10.0) |
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.
Arnstadt: location in the Ilm-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Arnstadt highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.