Rothenstein: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rothenstein with 32.2% of the second votes, CDU took 21.5%.
- Turnout70.7% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters676 of 956 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD −6.4 · Grüne +3.2 · 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 Rothenstein
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD32.2%-6.4
- CDU21.5%+2.9
- Linke12.3%-2.9
- BSW9.9%+0.5
- SPD9.8%+1.0
- Grüne7.4%+3.2
- FDP4.5%+1.7
- Volt1.3%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.6%-1.0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 217 | 32.2% | 38.7% | 38.6% (-6.4) | 20.8% (+11.4) |
| CDU | 145 | 21.5% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+2.9) | 22.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 83 | 12.3% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-2.9) | 8.8% (+3.5) |
| BSW | 67 | 9.9% | 9.8% | 9.4% (+0.5) | 5.0% (+4.9) |
| SPD | 66 | 9.8% | 7.8% | 8.8% (+1.0) | 16.4% (-6.6) |
| Grüne | 50 | 7.4% | 4.0% | 4.2% (+3.2) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| FDP | 30 | 4.5% | 3.0% | 2.8% (+1.7) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| Volt | 9 | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% (+0.8) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% (-1.0) | – |
| Others | 3 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
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 Südliches Saaletal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südliches Saaletal are counted jointly for all 21 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rothenstein. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rothenstein only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,385 postal voters, which is 17.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.8%
- Voters7,988 of 8,996 eligible voters
- Postal vote share17.3% · 1,385
- Member municipalities21
- AfD36.4%+4.2
- CDU21.6%+0.1
- Linke13.9%+1.6
- BSW9.6%-0.3
- SPD7.8%-2.0
- Grüne5.1%-2.3
- FDP3.2%-1.3
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.9
- Volt0.7%-0.6
- Others0.2%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rothenstein.
| Party | Polling station Rothenstein | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südliches Saaletal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 217 (32.2%) | 313 (22.6%) | 2,884 | 36.4% |
| CDU | 145 (21.5%) | 358 (25.9%) | 1,715 | 21.6% |
| Linke | 83 (12.3%) | 251 (18.2%) | 1,106 | 13.9% |
| BSW | 67 (9.9%) | 165 (11.9%) | 764 | 9.6% |
| SPD | 66 (9.8%) | 136 (9.8%) | 618 | 7.8% |
| Grüne | 50 (7.4%) | 94 (6.8%) | 403 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 30 (4.5%) | 31 (2.2%) | 255 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (0.6%) | 16 (1.2%) | 117 | 1.5% |
| Volt | 9 (1.3%) | 16 (1.2%) | 55 | 0.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltenbergaAfD 43.9%
- BibraAfD 52.9%
- BuchaAfD 31.2%
- EichenbergAfD 53.7%
- FreienorlaAfD 46.6%
- GroßeutersdorfAfD 44.3%
- GroßpürschützAfD 36.4%
- GumperdaAfD 40.6%
- HummelshainAfD 41.1%
- KleineutersdorfAfD 43.2%
- LaasdorfAfD 33.9%
- LindigAfD 39.4%
- MildaAfD 37.1%
- OrlamündeAfD 46.2%
- ReinstädtAfD 49.1%
- RothensteinAfD 32.2%
- SchöpsAfD 41.4%
- SeitenrodaAfD 41.9%
- SulzaAfD 32.3%
- UnterbodnitzAfD 57.4%
- ZöllnitzAfD 28.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rothenstein: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rothenstein highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südliches Saaletal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.