Bechstedt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Bechstedt with 52.4% of the second votes, Linke took 14.6%.
- Population
- 144 · 41 per km²
- Turnout
- 80.5% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 103 of 128 eligible voters
- Stands out against Thuringia
- AfD +13.8 · CDU −7.9 · Grüne −3.2
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 194 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bechstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 54 | 52.4% | 44.0% | 38.6% (+13.8) | 20.8% (+31.6) |
| Linke | 15 | 14.6% | 13.3% | 15.2% (-0.6) | 8.8% (+5.8) |
| SPD | 12 | 11.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% (+2.9) | 16.4% (-4.7) |
| CDU | 11 | 10.7% | 16.9% | 18.6% (-7.9) | 22.6% (-11.9) |
| BSW | 7 | 6.8% | 10.3% | 9.4% (-2.6) | 5.0% (+1.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+0.3) | – |
| FDP | 1 | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-1.8) | 4.3% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 1 | 1.0% | 2.6% | 4.2% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-10.6) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-10.6) |
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.
EG Königsee, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Königsee, Stadt are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bechstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bechstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,032 postal voters, which is 20.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 81.3%
- Voters
- 5,118 of 6,294 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 20.2% · 1,032
- Member municipalities
- 3
| Party | Polling station Bechstedt | Postal vote, association | EG Königsee, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 54 (52.4%) | 308 (30.0%) | 2,510 | 49.6% |
| CDU | 11 (10.7%) | 238 (23.2%) | 801 | 15.8% |
| Linke | 15 (14.6%) | 153 (14.9%) | 592 | 11.7% |
| BSW | 7 (6.8%) | 123 (12.0%) | 493 | 9.7% |
| SPD | 12 (11.7%) | 103 (10.0%) | 335 | 6.6% |
| FDP | 1 (1.0%) | 38 (3.7%) | 136 | 2.7% |
| Grüne | 1 (1.0%) | 37 (3.6%) | 83 | 1.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (1.9%) | 14 (1.4%) | 78 | 1.5% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (0.5%) | 25 | 0.5% |
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.
2024 European election in Bechstedt
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Bechstedt with 40.5% of the vote; in Thuringia AfD got 30.7%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, AfD was the strongest party in Bechstedt with 40.5%, −11.9 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 66.7% (2025 federal election: 80.5%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 34 | 40.5% | 52.4% | -11.9 |
| SPD | 14 | 16.7% | 11.7% | +5.0 |
| CDU | 12 | 14.3% | 10.7% | +3.6 |
| BSW | 11 | 13.1% | 6.8% | +6.3 |
| Linke | 4 | 4.8% | 14.6% | -9.8 |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 3.6% | 1.9% | +1.7 |
| FDP | 1 | 1.2% | 1.0% | +0.2 |
| Grüne | 1 | 1.2% | 1.0% | +0.2 |
| Others | 4 | 4.8% | – | – |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Bechstedt in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 144 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- Population density
- 41 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 23.3%
- Postcode
- 07426
- Elevation
- 347 m
- Website
- www.mittleres-schwarzatal.de
- Wikipedia
- Bechstedt (Wikipedia)
Bechstedt has 144 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Bechstedt: location in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bechstedt highlighted, the other members of EG Königsee, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Bechstedt: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would remain the strongest party with 61.7% (2025: 52.4%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.