Eßbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Eßbach with 53.8% of the second votes, CDU took 16.1%.
- Turnout77.4% · Saale-Orla-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 81.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters144 of 186 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +15.2 · SPD −6.0 · Grüne −2.8
- 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 Eßbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD53.8%+15.2
- CDU16.1%-2.5
- Linke13.3%-1.9
- BSW7.0%-2.4
- Freie Wähler4.2%+2.6
- SPD2.8%-6.0
- FDP1.4%-1.4
- Grüne1.4%-2.8
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 77 | 53.8% | 46.1% | 38.6% (+15.2) | 20.8% (+33.0) |
| CDU | 23 | 16.1% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-2.5) | 22.6% (-6.5) |
| Linke | 19 | 13.3% | 12.7% | 15.2% (-1.9) | 8.8% (+4.5) |
| BSW | 10 | 7.0% | 9.6% | 9.4% (-2.4) | 5.0% (+2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 4.2% | 1.5% | 1.6% (+2.6) | – |
| SPD | 4 | 2.8% | 6.9% | 8.8% (-6.0) | 16.4% (-13.6) |
| FDP | 2 | 1.4% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-2.9) |
| Grüne | 2 | 1.4% | 2.2% | 4.2% (-2.8) | 11.6% (-10.2) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Eßbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Eßbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,144 postal voters, which is 24.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.2%
- Voters4,606 of 5,538 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.8% · 1,144
- Member municipalities8
- AfD49.3%-4.5
- CDU16.6%+0.5
- Linke11.5%-1.8
- BSW9.3%+2.3
- SPD6.6%+3.8
- FDP2.4%+1.0
- Grüne2.0%+0.6
- Freie Wähler1.6%-2.6
- Volt0.4%
- Others0.3%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Eßbach.
| Party | Polling station Eßbach | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 77 (53.8%) | 337 (29.7%) | 2,254 | 49.3% |
| CDU | 23 (16.1%) | 268 (23.7%) | 759 | 16.6% |
| Linke | 19 (13.3%) | 179 (15.8%) | 527 | 11.5% |
| BSW | 10 (7.0%) | 144 (12.7%) | 425 | 9.3% |
| SPD | 4 (2.8%) | 111 (9.8%) | 303 | 6.6% |
| FDP | 2 (1.4%) | 32 (2.8%) | 108 | 2.4% |
| Grüne | 2 (1.4%) | 26 (2.3%) | 92 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (4.2%) | 24 (2.1%) | 74 | 1.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- EßbachAfD 53.8%
- GössitzAfD 55.7%
- PeuschenAfD 64.0%
- Ranis, StadtAfD 53.4%
- SchöndorfAfD 50.0%
- WilhelmsdorfAfD 39.5%
- Ziegenrück, StadtAfD 54.0%
- KrölpaAfD 58.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Eßbach: location in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Eßbach highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.