Crossen an der Elster: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Crossen an der Elster with 54.0% of the second votes, CDU took 14.7%.
- Turnout65.1% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters800 of 1,229 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +15.4 · Linke −6.4 · CDU −3.9
- 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 Crossen an der Elster
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD54.0%+15.4
- CDU14.7%-3.9
- BSW9.0%-0.4
- Linke8.8%-6.4
- SPD6.4%-2.4
- FDP2.8%±0
- Grüne1.6%-2.6
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.1
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.9%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 430 | 54.0% | 38.7% | 38.6% (+15.4) | 20.8% (+33.2) |
| CDU | 117 | 14.7% | 19.6% | 18.6% (-3.9) | 22.6% (-7.9) |
| BSW | 72 | 9.0% | 9.8% | 9.4% (-0.4) | 5.0% (+4.0) |
| Linke | 70 | 8.8% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-6.4) | 8.8% (±0) |
| SPD | 51 | 6.4% | 7.8% | 8.8% (-2.4) | 16.4% (-10.0) |
| FDP | 22 | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.8% (±0) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 13 | 1.6% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-2.6) | 11.6% (-10.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 7 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-9.7) |
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 Heideland-Elstertal-Schkölen ohne Stadt Schkölen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heideland-Elstertal-Schkölen ohne Stadt Schkölen are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Crossen an der Elster. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Crossen an der Elster only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 641 postal voters, which is 12.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.2%
- Voters5,220 of 6,130 eligible voters
- Postal vote share12.3% · 641
- Member municipalities7
- AfD45.2%-8.8
- CDU19.5%+4.8
- Linke12.1%+3.3
- BSW9.5%+0.5
- SPD6.6%+0.2
- FDP2.5%-0.3
- Grüne1.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.3
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.4%-0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Crossen an der Elster.
| Party | Polling station Crossen an der Elster | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heideland-Elstertal-Schkölen ohne Stadt Schkölen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 430 (54.0%) | 177 (27.8%) | 2,348 | 45.2% |
| CDU | 117 (14.7%) | 172 (27.0%) | 1,014 | 19.5% |
| Linke | 70 (8.8%) | 103 (16.2%) | 628 | 12.1% |
| BSW | 72 (9.0%) | 64 (10.1%) | 495 | 9.5% |
| SPD | 51 (6.4%) | 58 (9.1%) | 344 | 6.6% |
| FDP | 22 (2.8%) | 18 (2.8%) | 131 | 2.5% |
| Grüne | 13 (1.6%) | 24 (3.8%) | 100 | 1.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (1.5%) | 14 (2.2%) | 93 | 1.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Crossen an der ElsterAfD 54.0%
- HartmannsdorfAfD 45.6%
- HeidelandAfD 45.5%
- RaudaAfD 43.0%
- SilbitzAfD 49.5%
- WalpernhainAfD 46.7%
- SchkölenAfD 46.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Crossen an der Elster: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Crossen an der Elster highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heideland-Elstertal-Schkölen ohne Stadt Schkölen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.