Lehesten: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Lehesten with 37.4% of the second votes, CDU took 21.5%.
- Turnout74.5% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters397 of 533 eligible voters
- 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.
- AfD37.4%-1.2
- CDU21.5%+2.9
- Linke12.6%-2.6
- BSW9.8%+0.4
- SPD7.3%-1.5
- Grüne6.8%+2.6
- FDP2.8%±0
- Volt1.0%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.3%-1.3
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 148 | 37.4% | 38.7% | 38.6% (-1.2) | 20.8% (+16.6) |
| CDU | 85 | 21.5% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+2.9) | 22.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 50 | 12.6% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-2.6) | 8.8% (+3.8) |
| BSW | 39 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.4% (+0.4) | 5.0% (+4.8) |
| SPD | 29 | 7.3% | 7.8% | 8.8% (-1.5) | 16.4% (-9.1) |
| Grüne | 27 | 6.8% | 4.0% | 4.2% (+2.6) | 11.6% (-4.8) |
| FDP | 11 | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.8% (±0) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| Volt | 4 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+0.5) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-1.3) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 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 Dornburg-Camburg ohne Stadt Dornburg-Camburg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg ohne Stadt Dornburg-Camburg are counted jointly for all 13 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 540 postal voters, which is 7.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.4%
- Voters7,015 of 8,219 eligible voters
- Postal vote share7.7% · 540
- Member municipalities13
- AfD38.0%+0.6
- CDU19.3%-2.2
- Linke14.9%+2.3
- BSW9.0%-0.8
- SPD7.9%+0.6
- Grüne4.6%-2.2
- FDP3.3%+0.5
- Freie Wähler1.6%+1.3
- Volt0.7%-0.3
- Others0.5%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lehesten.
| Party | Polling station Lehesten | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg ohne Stadt Dornburg-Camburg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 148 (37.4%) | 117 (21.7%) | 2,649 | 38.0% |
| CDU | 85 (21.5%) | 125 (23.1%) | 1,345 | 19.3% |
| Linke | 50 (12.6%) | 106 (19.6%) | 1,041 | 14.9% |
| BSW | 39 (9.8%) | 70 (13.0%) | 630 | 9.0% |
| SPD | 29 (7.3%) | 58 (10.7%) | 554 | 7.9% |
| Grüne | 27 (6.8%) | 26 (4.8%) | 319 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 11 (2.8%) | 21 (3.9%) | 231 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.3%) | 11 (2.0%) | 114 | 1.6% |
| Volt | 4 (1.0%) | 5 (0.9%) | 52 | 0.7% |
| Others | 2 (0.5%) | 1 (0.2%) | 37 | 0.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Dornburg-CamburgAfD 39.4%
- FrauenprießnitzAfD 46.3%
- GolmsdorfAfD 37.7%
- GroßlöbichauAfD 34.6%
- HainichenAfD 37.8%
- JenalöbnitzAfD 37.0%
- LehestenAfD 37.4%
- LöberschützAfD 39.4%
- NeuengönnaAfD 39.7%
- TautenburgAfD 28.3%
- ThierschneckAfD 50.0%
- WichmarAfD 36.7%
- ZimmernAfD 53.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Lehesten: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lehesten highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg ohne Stadt Dornburg-Camburg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.