Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue with 27.1% of the second votes, CDU took 23.1%.
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −11.5 · CDU +4.5 · BSW +2.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD27.1%-11.5
- CDU23.1%+4.5
- Linke16.8%+1.6
- BSW11.7%+2.3
- SPD8.8%±0
- Grüne6.0%+1.8
- Freie Wähler2.9%+1.3
- FDP2.2%-0.6
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.9%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 157 | 27.1% | 40.6% | 38.6% (-11.5) | 20.8% (+6.3) |
| CDU | 134 | 23.1% | 17.0% | 18.6% (+4.5) | 22.6% (+0.5) |
| Linke | 97 | 16.8% | 15.0% | 15.2% (+1.6) | 8.8% (+8.0) |
| BSW | 68 | 11.7% | 9.5% | 9.4% (+2.3) | 5.0% (+6.7) |
| SPD | 51 | 8.8% | 8.2% | 8.8% (±0) | 16.4% (-7.6) |
| Grüne | 35 | 6.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.8) | 11.6% (-5.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+1.3) | – |
| FDP | 13 | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-2.1) |
| Volt | 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-9.7) |
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 Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VVG Geratal/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%+15.2
- CDU18.1%-5.0
- Linke14.7%-2.1
- BSW8.5%-3.2
- SPD6.7%-2.1
- Grüne3.7%-2.3
- FDP2.8%+0.6
- Freie Wähler2.1%-0.8
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others0.7%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Geratal/Plaue total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 157 (27.1%) | 157 (27.1%) | 1,269 | 42.3% |
| CDU | 134 (23.1%) | 134 (23.1%) | 544 | 18.1% |
| Linke | 97 (16.8%) | 97 (16.8%) | 442 | 14.7% |
| BSW | 68 (11.7%) | 68 (11.7%) | 254 | 8.5% |
| SPD | 51 (8.8%) | 51 (8.8%) | 202 | 6.7% |
| Grüne | 35 (6.0%) | 35 (6.0%) | 112 | 3.7% |
| FDP | 13 (2.2%) | 13 (2.2%) | 83 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 17 (2.9%) | 17 (2.9%) | 62 | 2.1% |
| Others | 5 (0.9%) | 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.