Gerstenberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Gerstenberg with 52.5% of the second votes, CDU took 17.7%.
- Turnout74.1% · Altenburger Land (Wkr. 193) 78.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters300 of 405 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +13.9 · Linke −4.5 · Grüne −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 Gerstenberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD52.5%+13.9
- CDU17.7%-0.9
- Linke10.7%-4.5
- SPD7.4%-1.4
- BSW6.4%-3.0
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Grüne1.0%-3.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.9
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.7%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 157 | 52.5% | 45.8% | 38.6% (+13.9) | 20.8% (+31.7) |
| CDU | 53 | 17.7% | 17.4% | 18.6% (-0.9) | 22.6% (-4.9) |
| Linke | 32 | 10.7% | 11.8% | 15.2% (-4.5) | 8.8% (+1.9) |
| SPD | 22 | 7.4% | 8.2% | 8.8% (-1.4) | 16.4% (-9.0) |
| BSW | 19 | 6.4% | 9.1% | 9.4% (-3.0) | 5.0% (+1.4) |
| FDP | 8 | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.8% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 3 | 1.0% | 2.5% | 4.2% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-10.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.6% (-0.9) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 2 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-9.9) |
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 Pleißenaue: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Pleißenaue are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Gerstenberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Gerstenberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 882 postal voters, which is 25.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.8%
- Voters3,519 of 4,249 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.1% · 882
- Member municipalities5
- AfD47.0%-5.5
- CDU19.6%+1.9
- Linke9.8%-0.9
- BSW8.0%+1.6
- SPD7.6%+0.2
- FDP3.5%+0.8
- Grüne2.4%+1.4
- Freie Wähler1.4%+0.7
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.5%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Gerstenberg.
| Party | Polling station Gerstenberg | Postal vote, association | Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Pleißenaue total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 157 (52.5%) | 284 (32.4%) | 1,642 | 47.0% |
| CDU | 53 (17.7%) | 210 (23.9%) | 684 | 19.6% |
| Linke | 32 (10.7%) | 113 (12.9%) | 342 | 9.8% |
| BSW | 19 (6.4%) | 80 (9.1%) | 278 | 8.0% |
| SPD | 22 (7.4%) | 102 (11.6%) | 266 | 7.6% |
| FDP | 8 (2.7%) | 41 (4.7%) | 121 | 3.5% |
| Grüne | 3 (1.0%) | 22 (2.5%) | 84 | 2.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.7%) | 18 (2.1%) | 49 | 1.4% |
| Others | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (0.2%) | 17 | 0.5% |
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.
Gerstenberg: location in the Altenburger Land district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gerstenberg highlighted, the other members of Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Pleißenaue shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.