Rittersdorf: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rittersdorf with 47.4% of the second votes, CDU took 14.1%.
- Turnout76.0% · Weimarer Land (Wkr. 190, 192) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters158 of 208 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +8.8 · CDU −4.5 · Linke −4.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency190 Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Rittersdorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD47.4%+8.8
- CDU14.1%-4.5
- Linke10.9%-4.3
- BSW8.3%-1.1
- Grüne5.8%+1.6
- SPD5.1%-3.7
- FDP3.2%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.3
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others2.6%+2.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 | 47.4% | 40.6% | 38.6% (+8.8) | 20.8% (+26.6) |
| CDU | 22 | 14.1% | 18.9% | 18.6% (-4.5) | 22.6% (-8.5) |
| Linke | 17 | 10.9% | 14.1% | 15.2% (-4.3) | 8.8% (+2.1) |
| BSW | 13 | 8.3% | 9.8% | 9.4% (-1.1) | 5.0% (+3.3) |
| Grüne | 9 | 5.8% | 3.5% | 4.2% (+1.6) | 11.6% (-5.8) |
| SPD | 8 | 5.1% | 7.4% | 8.8% (-3.7) | 16.4% (-11.3) |
| FDP | 5 | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% (+0.4) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 4 | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+2.2) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kranichfeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kranichfeld are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rittersdorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rittersdorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 980 postal voters, which is 23.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.7%
- Voters4,169 of 4,978 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.5% · 980
- Member municipalities6
- AfD36.9%-10.5
- CDU18.4%+4.3
- Linke17.2%+6.3
- BSW9.6%+1.3
- SPD7.1%+2.0
- Grüne4.5%-1.3
- FDP3.2%±0
- Freie Wähler1.7%-0.2
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Others0.6%-2.0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rittersdorf.
| Party | Polling station Rittersdorf | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kranichfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 74 (47.4%) | 243 (24.9%) | 1,528 | 36.9% |
| CDU | 22 (14.1%) | 198 (20.3%) | 762 | 18.4% |
| Linke | 17 (10.9%) | 205 (21.0%) | 713 | 17.2% |
| BSW | 13 (8.3%) | 96 (9.9%) | 397 | 9.6% |
| SPD | 8 (5.1%) | 103 (10.6%) | 294 | 7.1% |
| Grüne | 9 (5.8%) | 66 (6.8%) | 187 | 4.5% |
| FDP | 5 (3.2%) | 28 (2.9%) | 132 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (1.9%) | 19 (2.0%) | 69 | 1.7% |
| Volt | 1 (0.6%) | 9 (0.9%) | 36 | 0.9% |
| Others | 4 (2.6%) | 7 (0.7%) | 23 | 0.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- HohenfeldenAfD 36.7%
- KlettbachAfD 36.9%
- KranichfeldAfD 41.9%
- NauendorfAfD 49.1%
- RittersdorfAfD 47.4%
- TonndorfAfD 38.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rittersdorf: location in the Weimarer Land district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rittersdorf highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Kranichfeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.