Lehesten: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Lehesten with 53.7% of the second votes, CDU took 12.1%.
- Turnout57.1% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters716 of 1,254 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +15.1 · CDU −6.5 · Linke −4.3
- 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 Lehesten
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD53.7%+15.1
- CDU12.1%-6.5
- BSW11.6%+2.2
- Linke10.9%-4.3
- SPD5.2%-3.6
- FDP2.2%-0.6
- Grüne1.5%-2.7
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.1
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.8%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 383 | 53.7% | 44.0% | 38.6% (+15.1) | 20.8% (+32.9) |
| CDU | 86 | 12.1% | 16.9% | 18.6% (-6.5) | 22.6% (-10.5) |
| BSW | 83 | 11.6% | 10.3% | 9.4% (+2.2) | 5.0% (+6.6) |
| Linke | 78 | 10.9% | 13.3% | 15.2% (-4.3) | 8.8% (+2.1) |
| SPD | 37 | 5.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% (-3.6) | 16.4% (-11.2) |
| FDP | 16 | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-2.1) |
| Grüne | 11 | 1.5% | 2.6% | 4.2% (-2.7) | 11.6% (-10.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 6 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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 Lehesten. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lehesten 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%-7.2
- CDU15.7%+3.6
- BSW11.4%-0.2
- Linke10.7%-0.2
- SPD8.7%+3.5
- FDP2.7%+0.5
- Grüne1.8%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.1
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.5%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lehesten.
| Party | Polling station Lehesten | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 383 (53.7%) | 260 (29.0%) | 1,876 | 46.5% |
| CDU | 86 (12.1%) | 179 (19.9%) | 633 | 15.7% |
| BSW | 83 (11.6%) | 137 (15.3%) | 459 | 11.4% |
| Linke | 78 (10.9%) | 119 (13.3%) | 433 | 10.7% |
| SPD | 37 (5.2%) | 126 (14.0%) | 351 | 8.7% |
| FDP | 16 (2.2%) | 30 (3.3%) | 110 | 2.7% |
| Grüne | 11 (1.5%) | 22 (2.4%) | 71 | 1.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (1.5%) | 15 (1.7%) | 65 | 1.6% |
| Others | 6 (0.8%) | 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.
Lehesten: location in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lehesten highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.