Plaue: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Plaue with 48.8% of the second votes, Linke took 15.3%.
- Turnout70.1% · Ilm-Kreis (Wkr. 191) 81.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,143 of 1,630 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +10.2 · CDU −4.8 · BSW −2.7
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency191 Gotha – Ilm-Kreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Plaue
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD48.8%+10.2
- Linke15.3%+0.1
- CDU13.8%-4.8
- SPD6.7%-2.1
- BSW6.7%-2.7
- Grüne2.9%-1.3
- FDP2.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.3
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.8%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 554 | 48.8% | 40.6% | 38.6% (+10.2) | 20.8% (+28.0) |
| Linke | 174 | 15.3% | 15.0% | 15.2% (+0.1) | 8.8% (+6.5) |
| CDU | 157 | 13.8% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-4.8) | 22.6% (-8.8) |
| SPD | 76 | 6.7% | 8.2% | 8.8% (-2.1) | 16.4% (-9.7) |
| BSW | 76 | 6.7% | 9.5% | 9.4% (-2.7) | 5.0% (+1.7) |
| Grüne | 33 | 2.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% (-1.3) | 11.6% (-8.7) |
| FDP | 29 | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 22 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 6 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 9 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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 Geratal/Plaue: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Geratal/Plaue are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Plaue. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Plaue only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 583 postal voters, which is 19.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters3,019 of 3,555 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.3% · 583
- Member municipalities3
- AfD42.3%-6.5
- CDU18.1%+4.3
- Linke14.7%-0.6
- BSW8.5%+1.8
- SPD6.7%±0
- Grüne3.7%+0.8
- FDP2.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler2.1%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others0.7%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Plaue.
| Party | Polling station Plaue | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Geratal/Plaue total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 554 (48.8%) | 157 (27.1%) | 1,269 | 42.3% |
| CDU | 157 (13.8%) | 134 (23.1%) | 544 | 18.1% |
| Linke | 174 (15.3%) | 97 (16.8%) | 442 | 14.7% |
| BSW | 76 (6.7%) | 68 (11.7%) | 254 | 8.5% |
| SPD | 76 (6.7%) | 51 (8.8%) | 202 | 6.7% |
| Grüne | 33 (2.9%) | 35 (6.0%) | 112 | 3.7% |
| FDP | 29 (2.6%) | 13 (2.2%) | 83 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 22 (1.9%) | 17 (2.9%) | 62 | 2.1% |
| Others | 9 (0.8%) | 5 (0.9%) | 20 | 0.7% |
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.
Plaue: location in the Ilm-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Plaue highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Geratal/Plaue shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.