Peuschen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Peuschen with 64.0% of the second votes, CDU took 13.0%.
- Turnout65.6% · Saale-Orla-Kreis (Wkr. 194) 81.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters324 of 494 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +25.4 · Linke −9.0 · SPD −6.6
- 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 Peuschen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD64.0%+25.4
- CDU13.0%-5.6
- BSW9.3%-0.1
- Linke6.2%-9.0
- FDP3.1%+0.3
- SPD2.2%-6.6
- Freie Wähler1.2%-0.4
- Grüne0.6%-3.6
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.0%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 206 | 64.0% | 46.1% | 38.6% (+25.4) | 20.8% (+43.2) |
| CDU | 42 | 13.0% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-5.6) | 22.6% (-9.6) |
| BSW | 30 | 9.3% | 9.6% | 9.4% (-0.1) | 5.0% (+4.3) |
| Linke | 20 | 6.2% | 12.7% | 15.2% (-9.0) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 10 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.8% (+0.3) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| SPD | 7 | 2.2% | 6.9% | 8.8% (-6.6) | 16.4% (-14.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Grüne | 2 | 0.6% | 2.2% | 4.2% (-3.6) | 11.6% (-11.0) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| 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 Peuschen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Peuschen 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%-14.7
- CDU16.6%+3.6
- Linke11.5%+5.3
- BSW9.3%±0
- SPD6.6%+4.4
- FDP2.4%-0.7
- Grüne2.0%+1.4
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.4
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others0.3%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Peuschen.
| Party | Polling station Peuschen | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 206 (64.0%) | 337 (29.7%) | 2,254 | 49.3% |
| CDU | 42 (13.0%) | 268 (23.7%) | 759 | 16.6% |
| Linke | 20 (6.2%) | 179 (15.8%) | 527 | 11.5% |
| BSW | 30 (9.3%) | 144 (12.7%) | 425 | 9.3% |
| SPD | 7 (2.2%) | 111 (9.8%) | 303 | 6.6% |
| FDP | 10 (3.1%) | 32 (2.8%) | 108 | 2.4% |
| Grüne | 2 (0.6%) | 26 (2.3%) | 92 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.2%) | 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.
Peuschen: location in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Peuschen highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ranis-Ziegenrück shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.