Schmölln: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Schmölln with 47.8% of the second votes, CDU took 15.8%.
- Turnout72.9% · Altenburger Land (Wkr. 193) 78.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters7,929 of 10,882 eligible voters
- Stands out against ThuringiaAfD +9.2 · Linke −3.8 · CDU −2.8
- 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 Schmölln
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD47.8%+9.2
- CDU15.8%-2.8
- Linke11.4%-3.8
- BSW9.3%-0.1
- SPD7.5%-1.3
- FDP3.3%+0.5
- Grüne2.5%-1.7
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others0.7%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 3,764 | 47.8% | 45.8% | 38.6% (+9.2) | 20.8% (+27.0) |
| CDU | 1,244 | 15.8% | 17.4% | 18.6% (-2.8) | 22.6% (-6.8) |
| Linke | 895 | 11.4% | 11.8% | 15.2% (-3.8) | 8.8% (+2.6) |
| BSW | 735 | 9.3% | 9.1% | 9.4% (-0.1) | 5.0% (+4.3) |
| SPD | 594 | 7.5% | 8.2% | 8.8% (-1.3) | 16.4% (-8.9) |
| FDP | 263 | 3.3% | 3.1% | 2.8% (+0.5) | 4.3% (-1.0) |
| Grüne | 196 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 4.2% (-1.7) | 11.6% (-9.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 107 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 23 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 54 | 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.
EG Schmölln, Stadt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in EG Schmölln, Stadt are counted jointly for all 2 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schmölln. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schmölln only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 950 postal voters, which is 10.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.2%
- Voters9,136 of 11,248 eligible voters
- Postal vote share10.4% · 950
- Member municipalities2
- AfD45.5%-2.3
- CDU16.9%+1.1
- Linke11.7%+0.3
- BSW9.7%+0.4
- SPD7.8%+0.3
- FDP3.3%±0
- Grüne2.7%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.1
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others0.7%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schmölln.
| Party | Polling station Schmölln | Postal vote, association | EG Schmölln, Stadt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 3,764 (47.8%) | 240 (25.5%) | 4,130 | 45.5% |
| CDU | 1,244 (15.8%) | 233 (24.7%) | 1,537 | 16.9% |
| Linke | 895 (11.4%) | 138 (14.6%) | 1,062 | 11.7% |
| BSW | 735 (9.3%) | 123 (13.0%) | 876 | 9.7% |
| SPD | 594 (7.5%) | 102 (10.8%) | 704 | 7.8% |
| FDP | 263 (3.3%) | 31 (3.3%) | 296 | 3.3% |
| Grüne | 196 (2.5%) | 44 (4.7%) | 244 | 2.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 107 (1.4%) | 22 (2.3%) | 132 | 1.5% |
| Others | 54 (0.7%) | 5 (0.5%) | 62 | 0.7% |
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.
Schmölln: location in the Altenburger Land district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schmölln highlighted, the other members of EG Schmölln, Stadt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.