Brahmenau: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Brahmenau with 45.6% of the second votes, CDU took 20.5%.
- Turnout72.4% · Greiz (Wkr. 193) 81.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters554 of 765 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +7.0 · Linke −3.4 · SPD −3.2
- 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 Brahmenau
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD45.6%+7.0
- CDU20.5%+1.9
- Linke11.8%-3.4
- BSW9.4%±0
- SPD5.6%-3.2
- Grüne2.5%-1.7
- FDP2.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.3%-0.3
- Volt0.9%+0.4
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 251 | 45.6% | 43.7% | 38.6% (+7.0) | 20.8% (+24.8) |
| CDU | 113 | 20.5% | 19.0% | 18.6% (+1.9) | 22.6% (-2.1) |
| Linke | 65 | 11.8% | 12.2% | 15.2% (-3.4) | 8.8% (+3.0) |
| BSW | 52 | 9.4% | 10.1% | 9.4% (±0) | 5.0% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 31 | 5.6% | 7.1% | 8.8% (-3.2) | 16.4% (-10.8) |
| Grüne | 14 | 2.5% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-1.7) | 11.6% (-9.1) |
| FDP | 11 | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.8% (-0.8) | 4.3% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
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 Am Brahmetal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Am Brahmetal are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Brahmenau. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Brahmenau only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 623 postal voters, which is 19.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.6%
- Voters3,172 of 3,663 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.6% · 623
- Member municipalities6
- AfD44.8%-0.8
- CDU19.9%-0.6
- Linke10.5%-1.3
- BSW10.1%+0.7
- SPD5.9%+0.3
- FDP3.1%+1.1
- Grüne2.3%-0.2
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.9
- Volt0.6%-0.3
- Others0.6%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Brahmenau.
| Party | Polling station Brahmenau | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Am Brahmetal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 251 (45.6%) | 193 (31.1%) | 1,409 | 44.8% |
| CDU | 113 (20.5%) | 126 (20.3%) | 626 | 19.9% |
| Linke | 65 (11.8%) | 87 (14.0%) | 330 | 10.5% |
| BSW | 52 (9.4%) | 83 (13.4%) | 317 | 10.1% |
| SPD | 31 (5.6%) | 56 (9.0%) | 187 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 11 (2.0%) | 18 (2.9%) | 96 | 3.1% |
| Grüne | 14 (2.5%) | 26 (4.2%) | 73 | 2.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.3%) | 21 (3.4%) | 69 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 5 (0.9%) | 4 (0.6%) | 20 | 0.6% |
| Others | 2 (0.4%) | 6 (1.0%) | 18 | 0.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BethenhausenAfD 56.4%
- BrahmenauAfD 45.6%
- GroßensteinAfD 45.6%
- KorbußenAfD 45.1%
- PölzigAfD 52.1%
- ReichstädtAfD 49.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Brahmenau: location in the Greiz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Brahmenau highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Am Brahmetal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.