Rückersdorf: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rückersdorf with 42.8% of the second votes, CDU took 18.2%.
- Turnout71.0% · Greiz (Wkr. 193) 81.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters399 of 562 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +4.2 · SPD −3.0 · BSW +2.5
- 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 Rückersdorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD42.8%+4.2
- CDU18.2%-0.4
- Linke12.9%-2.3
- BSW11.9%+2.5
- SPD5.8%-3.0
- Grüne3.8%-0.4
- Freie Wähler2.0%+0.4
- FDP1.8%-1.0
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.5%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 169 | 42.8% | 43.7% | 38.6% (+4.2) | 20.8% (+22.0) |
| CDU | 72 | 18.2% | 19.0% | 18.6% (-0.4) | 22.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 51 | 12.9% | 12.2% | 15.2% (-2.3) | 8.8% (+4.1) |
| BSW | 47 | 11.9% | 10.1% | 9.4% (+2.5) | 5.0% (+6.9) |
| SPD | 23 | 5.8% | 7.1% | 8.8% (-3.0) | 16.4% (-10.6) |
| Grüne | 15 | 3.8% | 2.7% | 4.2% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-7.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% (+0.4) | – |
| FDP | 7 | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2.8% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-2.5) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 2 | 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.
Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ländereck: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ländereck are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rückersdorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rückersdorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 516 postal voters, which is 16.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.2%
- Voters3,192 of 3,621 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.2% · 516
- Member municipalities10
- AfD43.9%+1.1
- CDU19.3%+1.1
- Linke12.3%-0.6
- BSW10.2%-1.7
- SPD5.7%-0.1
- FDP3.2%+1.4
- Grüne2.4%-1.4
- Freie Wähler2.3%+0.3
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others0.4%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rückersdorf.
| Party | Polling station Rückersdorf | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ländereck total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 169 (42.8%) | 162 (31.5%) | 1,395 | 43.9% |
| CDU | 72 (18.2%) | 113 (21.9%) | 613 | 19.3% |
| Linke | 51 (12.9%) | 77 (15.0%) | 389 | 12.3% |
| BSW | 47 (11.9%) | 61 (11.8%) | 323 | 10.2% |
| SPD | 23 (5.8%) | 46 (8.9%) | 181 | 5.7% |
| FDP | 7 (1.8%) | 19 (3.7%) | 101 | 3.2% |
| Grüne | 15 (3.8%) | 20 (3.9%) | 75 | 2.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (2.0%) | 14 (2.7%) | 72 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BraunichswaldeAfD 48.3%
- EndschützAfD 45.5%
- GauernAfD 46.8%
- HilbersdorfAfD 35.4%
- KauernAfD 55.3%
- Linda b. WeidaAfD 42.2%
- PaitzdorfAfD 49.2%
- RückersdorfAfD 42.8%
- SeelingstädtAfD 45.2%
- TeichwitzAfD 57.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rückersdorf: location in the Greiz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rückersdorf highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ländereck shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.