Rauschwitz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rauschwitz with 38.8% of the second votes, CDU took 21.5%.
- Turnout71.3% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters122 of 171 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaBSW −3.6 · Grüne −3.4 · CDU +2.9
- 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 Rauschwitz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD38.8%+0.2
- CDU21.5%+2.9
- Linke14.9%-0.3
- SPD9.1%+0.3
- BSW5.8%-3.6
- FDP4.1%+1.3
- Volt2.5%+2.0
- Grüne0.8%-3.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.8
- Others1.7%+1.3
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 47 | 38.8% | 38.7% | 38.6% (+0.2) | 20.8% (+18.0) |
| CDU | 26 | 21.5% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+2.9) | 22.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 18 | 14.9% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-0.3) | 8.8% (+6.1) |
| SPD | 11 | 9.1% | 7.8% | 8.8% (+0.3) | 16.4% (-7.3) |
| BSW | 7 | 5.8% | 9.8% | 9.4% (-3.6) | 5.0% (+0.8) |
| FDP | 5 | 4.1% | 3.0% | 2.8% (+1.3) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Volt | 3 | 2.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+2.0) | – |
| Grüne | 1 | 0.8% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-3.4) | 11.6% (-10.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-0.8) | – |
| Others | 2 | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% (+1.3) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Rauschwitz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rauschwitz 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%+1.1
- CDU18.6%-2.9
- Linke14.8%-0.1
- BSW10.5%+4.7
- SPD8.0%-1.1
- Grüne3.1%+2.3
- FDP2.8%-1.3
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.4%-2.1
- Others0.4%-1.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rauschwitz.
| Party | Polling station Rauschwitz | Postal vote, association | EG Eisenberg, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 47 (38.8%) | 613 (26.5%) | 2,851 | 39.9% |
| CDU | 26 (21.5%) | 561 (24.3%) | 1,330 | 18.6% |
| Linke | 18 (14.9%) | 383 (16.6%) | 1,060 | 14.8% |
| BSW | 7 (5.8%) | 298 (12.9%) | 748 | 10.5% |
| SPD | 11 (9.1%) | 240 (10.4%) | 569 | 8.0% |
| Grüne | 1 (0.8%) | 87 (3.8%) | 224 | 3.1% |
| FDP | 5 (4.1%) | 76 (3.3%) | 203 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.8%) | 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.
Rauschwitz: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rauschwitz highlighted, the other members of EG Eisenberg, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.