Bad Köstritz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Bad Köstritz with 47.2% of the second votes, CDU took 17.2%.
- Turnout60.8% · Greiz (Wkr. 193) 81.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,897 of 3,120 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +8.6 · Linke −4.2 · SPD −2.2
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency193 Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bad Köstritz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD47.2%+8.6
- CDU17.2%-1.4
- Linke11.0%-4.2
- BSW8.6%-0.8
- SPD6.6%-2.2
- FDP4.5%+1.7
- Grüne3.3%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.7
- Volt0.2%-0.3
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 890 | 47.2% | 43.7% | 38.6% (+8.6) | 20.8% (+26.4) |
| CDU | 325 | 17.2% | 19.0% | 18.6% (-1.4) | 22.6% (-5.4) |
| Linke | 208 | 11.0% | 12.2% | 15.2% (-4.2) | 8.8% (+2.2) |
| BSW | 163 | 8.6% | 10.1% | 9.4% (-0.8) | 5.0% (+3.6) |
| SPD | 124 | 6.6% | 7.1% | 8.8% (-2.2) | 16.4% (-9.8) |
| FDP | 84 | 4.5% | 2.9% | 2.8% (+1.7) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| Grüne | 62 | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-0.9) | 11.6% (-8.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.7) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 10 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-10.1) |
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 Bad Köstritz, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Bad Köstritz, Stadt are counted jointly for all 2 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bad Köstritz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bad Köstritz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 677 postal voters, which is 23.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.9%
- Voters2,940 of 3,632 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.0% · 677
- Member municipalities2
- AfD42.2%-5.0
- CDU19.6%+2.4
- Linke12.1%+1.1
- BSW8.9%+0.3
- SPD7.5%+0.9
- FDP3.9%-0.6
- Grüne3.9%+0.6
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.2
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others0.4%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bad Köstritz.
| Party | Polling station Bad Köstritz | Postal vote, association | EG Bad Köstritz, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 890 (47.2%) | 172 (25.4%) | 1,235 | 42.2% |
| CDU | 325 (17.2%) | 180 (26.6%) | 574 | 19.6% |
| Linke | 208 (11.0%) | 102 (15.1%) | 355 | 12.1% |
| BSW | 163 (8.6%) | 72 (10.7%) | 262 | 8.9% |
| SPD | 124 (6.6%) | 81 (12.0%) | 221 | 7.5% |
| FDP | 84 (4.5%) | 15 (2.2%) | 114 | 3.9% |
| Grüne | 62 (3.3%) | 36 (5.3%) | 113 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 17 (0.9%) | 10 (1.5%) | 31 | 1.1% |
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.
Bad Köstritz: location in the Greiz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Köstritz highlighted, the other members of EG Bad Köstritz, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.