Reichenbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Reichenbach with 44.5% of the second votes, CDU took 23.9%.
- Turnout70.8% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters501 of 708 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +5.9 · CDU +5.3 · Linke −3.5
- 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 Reichenbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD44.5%+5.9
- CDU23.9%+5.3
- Linke11.7%-3.5
- BSW7.1%-2.3
- SPD5.5%-3.3
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.6
- FDP2.0%-0.8
- Grüne1.8%-2.4
- Volt1.0%+0.5
- Others0.2%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 220 | 44.5% | 38.7% | 38.6% (+5.9) | 20.8% (+23.7) |
| CDU | 118 | 23.9% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+5.3) | 22.6% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 58 | 11.7% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-3.5) | 8.8% (+2.9) |
| BSW | 35 | 7.1% | 9.8% | 9.4% (-2.3) | 5.0% (+2.1) |
| SPD | 27 | 5.5% | 7.8% | 8.8% (-3.3) | 16.4% (-10.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.6% (+0.6) | – |
| FDP | 10 | 2.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% (-0.8) | 4.3% (-2.3) |
| Grüne | 9 | 1.8% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-9.8) |
| Volt | 5 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+0.5) | – |
| Others | 1 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-10.4) |
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 Hermsdorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hermsdorf are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Reichenbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Reichenbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,013 postal voters, which is 28.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.3%
- Voters7,009 of 8,624 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.7% · 2,013
- Member municipalities5
- AfD37.0%-7.5
- CDU20.0%-3.9
- Linke14.8%+3.1
- BSW9.7%+2.6
- SPD8.6%+3.1
- Grüne3.9%+2.1
- FDP2.8%+0.8
- Freie Wähler2.0%-0.2
- Volt0.9%-0.1
- Others0.3%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Reichenbach.
| Party | Polling station Reichenbach | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hermsdorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 220 (44.5%) | 482 (24.0%) | 2,576 | 37.0% |
| CDU | 118 (23.9%) | 488 (24.3%) | 1,391 | 20.0% |
| Linke | 58 (11.7%) | 344 (17.1%) | 1,033 | 14.8% |
| BSW | 35 (7.1%) | 235 (11.7%) | 673 | 9.7% |
| SPD | 27 (5.5%) | 224 (11.2%) | 602 | 8.6% |
| Grüne | 9 (1.8%) | 120 (6.0%) | 274 | 3.9% |
| FDP | 10 (2.0%) | 53 (2.6%) | 196 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (2.2%) | 35 (1.7%) | 138 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 5 (1.0%) | 22 (1.1%) | 60 | 0.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Reichenbach: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Reichenbach highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hermsdorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.