Döschnitz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Döschnitz with 38.8% of the second votes, CDU took 24.6%.
- Turnout74.6% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters135 of 181 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +6.0 · Linke −3.3 · BSW −2.7
- 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 Döschnitz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD38.8%+0.2
- CDU24.6%+6.0
- Linke11.9%-3.3
- SPD8.2%-0.6
- BSW6.7%-2.7
- FDP4.5%+1.7
- Grüne3.0%-1.2
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.6
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 52 | 38.8% | 44.0% | 38.6% (+0.2) | 20.8% (+18.0) |
| CDU | 33 | 24.6% | 16.9% | 18.6% (+6.0) | 22.6% (+2.0) |
| Linke | 16 | 11.9% | 13.3% | 15.2% (-3.3) | 8.8% (+3.1) |
| SPD | 11 | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% (-0.6) | 16.4% (-8.2) |
| BSW | 9 | 6.7% | 10.3% | 9.4% (-2.7) | 5.0% (+1.7) |
| FDP | 6 | 4.5% | 2.7% | 2.8% (+1.7) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| Grüne | 4 | 3.0% | 2.6% | 4.2% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-8.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+0.6) | – |
| 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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schwarzatal ohne Stadt Schwarzatal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schwarzatal ohne Stadt Schwarzatal are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Döschnitz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Döschnitz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 770 postal voters, which is 13.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.7%
- Voters5,755 of 6,962 eligible voters
- Postal vote share13.4% · 770
- Member municipalities10
- AfD50.3%+11.5
- CDU16.2%-8.4
- BSW10.9%+4.2
- Linke10.6%-1.3
- SPD6.3%-1.9
- FDP2.1%-2.4
- Freie Wähler1.6%-0.6
- Grüne1.5%-1.5
- Volt0.3%
- Others0.4%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Döschnitz.
| Party | Polling station Döschnitz | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schwarzatal ohne Stadt Schwarzatal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 52 (38.8%) | 277 (36.1%) | 2,871 | 50.3% |
| CDU | 33 (24.6%) | 176 (22.9%) | 923 | 16.2% |
| BSW | 9 (6.7%) | 111 (14.5%) | 620 | 10.9% |
| Linke | 16 (11.9%) | 99 (12.9%) | 608 | 10.6% |
| SPD | 11 (8.2%) | 55 (7.2%) | 359 | 6.3% |
| FDP | 6 (4.5%) | 15 (2.0%) | 119 | 2.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (2.2%) | 15 (2.0%) | 89 | 1.6% |
| Grüne | 4 (3.0%) | 14 (1.8%) | 88 | 1.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- CursdorfAfD 47.1%
- DeesbachAfD 65.3%
- DöschnitzAfD 38.8%
- KatzhütteAfD 61.4%
- MeuraAfD 56.5%
- RohrbachAfD 56.0%
- SchwarzburgAfD 56.2%
- SitzendorfAfD 53.2%
- UnterweißbachAfD 53.9%
- SchwarzatalAfD 48.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Döschnitz: location in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Döschnitz highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schwarzatal ohne Stadt Schwarzatal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.