Rudolstadt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rudolstadt with 39.8% of the second votes, CDU took 17.6%.
- MayorJörg Reichl · Wikidata
- Turnout77.4% · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Wkr. 194) 80.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,539 of 20,075 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency194 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis
Second votes in Rudolstadt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD39.8%+1.2
- CDU17.6%-1.0
- Linke14.1%-1.1
- BSW11.4%+2.0
- SPD8.5%-0.3
- Grüne3.2%-1.0
- FDP3.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.1
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 6,143 | 39.8% | 44.0% | 38.6% (+1.2) | 20.8% (+19.0) |
| CDU | 2,727 | 17.6% | 16.9% | 18.6% (-1.0) | 22.6% (-5.0) |
| Linke | 2,182 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 15.2% (-1.1) | 8.8% (+5.3) |
| BSW | 1,765 | 11.4% | 10.3% | 9.4% (+2.0) | 5.0% (+6.4) |
| SPD | 1,313 | 8.5% | 7.7% | 8.8% (-0.3) | 16.4% (-7.9) |
| Grüne | 501 | 3.2% | 2.6% | 4.2% (-1.0) | 11.6% (-8.4) |
| FDP | 464 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% (+0.2) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 229 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 70 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% (±0) | – |
| Others | 57 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
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.
Rudolstadt: location in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rudolstadt highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.