Petersberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Petersberg with 34.0% of the second votes, CDU took 20.8%.
- Turnout68.8% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters159 of 231 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −4.6 · SPD −4.4 · BSW +3.8
- 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 Petersberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD34.0%-4.6
- CDU20.8%+2.2
- Linke18.2%+3.0
- BSW13.2%+3.8
- FDP5.0%+2.2
- SPD4.4%-4.4
- Grüne1.9%-2.3
- Freie Wähler1.3%-0.3
- Volt1.3%+0.8
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 54 | 34.0% | 38.7% | 38.6% (-4.6) | 20.8% (+13.2) |
| CDU | 33 | 20.8% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+2.2) | 22.6% (-1.8) |
| Linke | 29 | 18.2% | 14.3% | 15.2% (+3.0) | 8.8% (+9.4) |
| BSW | 21 | 13.2% | 9.8% | 9.4% (+3.8) | 5.0% (+8.2) |
| FDP | 8 | 5.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% (+2.2) | 4.3% (+0.7) |
| SPD | 7 | 4.4% | 7.8% | 8.8% (-4.4) | 16.4% (-12.0) |
| Grüne | 3 | 1.9% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-2.3) | 11.6% (-9.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+0.8) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-10.6) |
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.
EG Eisenberg, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Eisenberg, Stadt are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Petersberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Petersberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,319 postal voters, which is 32.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association78.1%
- Voters7,194 of 9,210 eligible voters
- Postal vote share32.2% · 2,319
- Member municipalities6
- AfD39.9%+5.9
- CDU18.6%-2.2
- Linke14.8%-3.4
- BSW10.5%-2.7
- SPD8.0%+3.6
- Grüne3.1%+1.2
- FDP2.8%-2.2
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.9
- Others0.4%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Petersberg.
| Party | Polling station Petersberg | Postal vote, association | EG Eisenberg, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 54 (34.0%) | 613 (26.5%) | 2,851 | 39.9% |
| CDU | 33 (20.8%) | 561 (24.3%) | 1,330 | 18.6% |
| Linke | 29 (18.2%) | 383 (16.6%) | 1,060 | 14.8% |
| BSW | 21 (13.2%) | 298 (12.9%) | 748 | 10.5% |
| SPD | 7 (4.4%) | 240 (10.4%) | 569 | 8.0% |
| Grüne | 3 (1.9%) | 87 (3.8%) | 224 | 3.1% |
| FDP | 8 (5.0%) | 76 (3.3%) | 203 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (1.3%) | 41 (1.8%) | 105 | 1.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- EisenbergAfD 47.7%
- GösenAfD 45.0%
- HainspitzAfD 40.6%
- MertendorfAfD 34.8%
- PetersbergAfD 34.0%
- RauschwitzAfD 38.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Petersberg: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Petersberg highlighted, the other members of EG Eisenberg, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.