Kirschkau: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Kirschkau with 52.8% of the second votes, CDU took 18.1%.
- Population
- 185 · 31 per km²
- Turnout
- 74.3% · Saale-Orla-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 81.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 127 of 171 eligible voters
- Stands out against Thuringia
- AfD +14.2 · Linke −4.2 · SPD −3.3
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 194 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 Kirschkau
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 67 | 52.8% | 46.1% | 38.6% (+14.2) | 20.8% (+32.0) |
| CDU | 23 | 18.1% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-0.5) | 22.6% (-4.5) |
| Linke | 14 | 11.0% | 12.7% | 15.2% (-4.2) | 8.8% (+2.2) |
| BSW | 11 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.4% (-0.7) | 5.0% (+3.7) |
| SPD | 7 | 5.5% | 6.9% | 8.8% (-3.3) | 16.4% (-10.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% (+0.8) | – |
| FDP | 2 | 1.6% | 2.7% | 2.8% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-2.7) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% (-0.4) | 22.2% (-22.2) |
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 Seenplatte: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Seenplatte are counted jointly for all 12 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kirschkau. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kirschkau only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 374 postal voters, which is 13.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 87.2%
- Voters
- 2,789 of 3,199 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 13.4% · 374
- Member municipalities
- 12
| Party | Polling station Kirschkau | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Seenplatte total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 67 (52.8%) | 113 (30.5%) | 1,335 | 48.3% |
| CDU | 23 (18.1%) | 100 (27.0%) | 497 | 18.0% |
| Linke | 14 (11.0%) | 56 (15.1%) | 306 | 11.1% |
| BSW | 11 (8.7%) | 39 (10.5%) | 268 | 9.7% |
| SPD | 7 (5.5%) | 29 (7.8%) | 149 | 5.4% |
| FDP | 2 (1.6%) | 9 (2.4%) | 79 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (2.4%) | 12 (3.2%) | 59 | 2.1% |
| Grüne | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (3.0%) | 53 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DittersdorfAfD 50.6%
- GörkwitzAfD 52.3%
- GöschitzAfD 71.4%
- KirschkauAfD 52.8%
- LöhmaAfD 41.2%
- MoßbachAfD 57.3%
- Neundorf (bei Schleiz)AfD 49.7%
- OettersdorfAfD 52.6%
- PlothenAfD 41.0%
- PörmitzAfD 39.2%
- TegauAfD 57.3%
- VolkmannsdorfAfD 40.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kirschkau in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 185 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 6 km²
- Population density
- 31 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 26.9%
- Postcode
- 07919
- Elevation
- 475 m
- Website
- www.kirschkau.de
- Wikipedia
- Kirschkau (Wikipedia)
Kirschkau has 185 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Kirschkau: location in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kirschkau highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Seenplatte shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Kirschkau: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would remain the strongest party with 63.8% (2025: 52.8%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.