Gräfenthal: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Gräfenthal with 49.0% of the second votes, CDU took 18.5%.
- Turnout64.2% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,001 of 1,560 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +10.4 · Linke −5.8 · Grüne −2.8
- 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 Gräfenthal
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD49.0%+10.4
- CDU18.5%-0.1
- BSW9.5%+0.1
- Linke9.4%-5.8
- SPD6.4%-2.4
- FDP3.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.2
- Grüne1.4%-2.8
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 487 | 49.0% | 44.0% | 38.6% (+10.4) | 20.8% (+28.2) |
| CDU | 184 | 18.5% | 16.9% | 18.6% (-0.1) | 22.6% (-4.1) |
| BSW | 94 | 9.5% | 10.3% | 9.4% (+0.1) | 5.0% (+4.5) |
| Linke | 93 | 9.4% | 13.3% | 15.2% (-5.8) | 8.8% (+0.6) |
| SPD | 64 | 6.4% | 7.7% | 8.8% (-2.4) | 16.4% (-10.0) |
| FDP | 30 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% (+0.2) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 18 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Grüne | 14 | 1.4% | 2.6% | 4.2% (-2.8) | 11.6% (-10.2) |
| Volt | 5 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-10.1) |
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 Schiefergebirge: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Gräfenthal. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Gräfenthal only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 901 postal voters, which is 22.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association79.1%
- Voters4,056 of 5,130 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.2% · 901
- Member municipalities3
- AfD46.5%-2.5
- CDU15.7%-2.8
- BSW11.4%+1.9
- Linke10.7%+1.3
- SPD8.7%+2.3
- FDP2.7%-0.3
- Grüne1.8%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.6%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.5%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Gräfenthal.
| Party | Polling station Gräfenthal | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 487 (49.0%) | 260 (29.0%) | 1,876 | 46.5% |
| CDU | 184 (18.5%) | 179 (19.9%) | 633 | 15.7% |
| BSW | 94 (9.5%) | 137 (15.3%) | 459 | 11.4% |
| Linke | 93 (9.4%) | 119 (13.3%) | 433 | 10.7% |
| SPD | 64 (6.4%) | 126 (14.0%) | 351 | 8.7% |
| FDP | 30 (3.0%) | 30 (3.3%) | 110 | 2.7% |
| Grüne | 14 (1.4%) | 22 (2.4%) | 71 | 1.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 18 (1.8%) | 15 (1.7%) | 65 | 1.6% |
| Others | 5 (0.5%) | 4 (0.4%) | 21 | 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.
Gräfenthal: location in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gräfenthal highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.