Ruttersdorf-Lotschen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ruttersdorf-Lotschen with 34.2% of the second votes, CDU took 29.0%.
- Turnout74.5% · Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 83.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters193 of 259 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaCDU +10.4 · Linke −5.9 · FDP +5.5
- 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 Ruttersdorf-Lotschen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD34.2%-4.4
- CDU29.0%+10.4
- Linke9.3%-5.9
- SPD8.3%-0.5
- FDP8.3%+5.5
- BSW8.3%-1.1
- Grüne2.6%-1.6
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 66 | 34.2% | 38.7% | 38.6% (-4.4) | 20.8% (+13.4) |
| CDU | 56 | 29.0% | 19.6% | 18.6% (+10.4) | 22.6% (+6.4) |
| Linke | 18 | 9.3% | 14.3% | 15.2% (-5.9) | 8.8% (+0.5) |
| SPD | 16 | 8.3% | 7.8% | 8.8% (-0.5) | 16.4% (-8.1) |
| FDP | 16 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2.8% (+5.5) | 4.3% (+4.0) |
| BSW | 16 | 8.3% | 9.8% | 9.4% (-1.1) | 5.0% (+3.3) |
| Grüne | 5 | 2.6% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-1.6) | 11.6% (-9.0) |
| 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 Stadtroda, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Stadtroda, Stadt are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ruttersdorf-Lotschen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ruttersdorf-Lotschen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,078 postal voters, which is 23.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.1%
- Voters4,694 of 5,647 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.0% · 1,078
- Member municipalities3
- AfD35.4%+1.2
- CDU18.8%-10.2
- Linke16.1%+6.8
- BSW10.2%+1.9
- SPD8.5%+0.2
- Grüne4.9%+2.3
- FDP3.2%-5.1
- Freie Wähler2.0%
- Volt0.5%
- Others0.3%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ruttersdorf-Lotschen.
| Party | Polling station Ruttersdorf-Lotschen | Postal vote, association | EG Stadtroda, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 66 (34.2%) | 225 (20.9%) | 1,652 | 35.4% |
| CDU | 56 (29.0%) | 254 (23.6%) | 877 | 18.8% |
| Linke | 18 (9.3%) | 207 (19.2%) | 752 | 16.1% |
| BSW | 16 (8.3%) | 132 (12.3%) | 475 | 10.2% |
| SPD | 16 (8.3%) | 132 (12.3%) | 396 | 8.5% |
| Grüne | 5 (2.6%) | 79 (7.3%) | 230 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 16 (8.3%) | 20 (1.9%) | 148 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 0 (0.0%) | 21 (1.9%) | 92 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (0.5%) | 24 | 0.5% |
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.
Ruttersdorf-Lotschen: location in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ruttersdorf-Lotschen highlighted, the other members of EG Stadtroda, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.