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%.
- Turnout80.5% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters103 of 128 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +13.8 · CDU −7.9 · Grüne −3.2
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency194 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.
- AfD52.4%+13.8
- Linke14.6%-0.6
- SPD11.7%+2.9
- CDU10.7%-7.9
- BSW6.8%-2.6
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.3
- FDP1.0%-1.8
- Grüne1.0%-3.2
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| 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 association81.3%
- Voters5,118 of 6,294 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.2% · 1,032
- Member municipalities3
- AfD49.6%-2.8
- CDU15.8%+5.1
- Linke11.7%-2.9
- BSW9.7%+2.9
- SPD6.6%-5.1
- FDP2.7%+1.7
- Grüne1.6%+0.6
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.4
- Volt0.2%
- Others0.5%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bechstedt.
| 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.
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.