2025 federal election · strongholds
Where the AfD is strongest
Nationwide, the AfD took 20.8% of the second votes. Across the districts the range runs from 6.9% in Münster, Stadt to 46.8% in Hildburghausen. Below, the municipalities and districts with the highest shares, the weakest regions and the divide by municipality size.
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AfD share by district
The stronger the colour, the higher the share. Tap to open the district with all its municipalities.
Municipalities
The 25 strongest municipalities with at least 1,000 voters
- 1.OppachGörlitz, Saxony · 1,108 voters63.4%
- 2.Neusalza-SprembergGörlitz, Saxony · 1,609 voters60.7%
- 3.Neschwitz / NjeswačidłoBautzen, Saxony · 1,259 voters59.3%
- 4.KindelbrückSömmerda, Thuringia · 2,007 voters59.1%
- 5.KrölpaSaale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia · 1,208 voters58.4%
- 6.Großpostwitz/O.L. / BudestecyBautzen, Saxony · 1,209 voters58.3%
- 7.Hohendubrau / Wysoka DubrawaGörlitz, Saxony · 1,016 voters57.9%
- 8.RositzAltenburger Land, Thuringia · 1,379 voters57.5%
- 9.HohnsteinSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony · 2,123 voters57.4%
- 10.SchwallungenSchmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia · 1,294 voters57.0%
- 11.Schleife / SlepoGörlitz, Saxony · 1,300 voters56.8%
- 12.GützkowVorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 1,295 voters56.6%
- 13.PlessaElbe-Elster, Brandenburg · 1,185 voters56.5%
- 14.GroßschönauGörlitz, Saxony · 2,604 voters56.4%
- 15.FriedlandMecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 2,897 voters56.3%
- 16.Bernstadt a. d. EigenGörlitz, Saxony · 1,641 voters56.3%
- 17.Woldegk, WindmühlenstadtMecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 2,015 voters56.2%
- 18.Nottertal-Heilinger HöhenUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thuringia · 2,761 voters56.2%
- 19.An der SchmückeKyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia · 2,907 voters56.2%
- 20.Küstriner VorlandMärkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg · 1,237 voters55.4%
- 21.FerdinandshofVorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 1,252 voters55.3%
- 22.StraufhainHildburghausen, Thuringia · 1,542 voters55.2%
- 23.Großdubrau / Wulka DubrawaBautzen, Saxony · 2,856 voters55.0%
- 24.KodersdorfGörlitz, Saxony · 1,649 voters55.0%
- 25.HerbslebenUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thuringia · 1,468 voters55.0%
Cities
The strongest and weakest cities with at least 40,000 voters
Strongest
- 1.GeraGera, Stadt, Thuringia · 54,546 voters40.5%
- 2.Zwickau, Stadt, HochschulstadtZwickau, Saxony · 51,522 voters39.8%
- 3.Cottbus/ChóśebuzCottbus, Stadt, Brandenburg · 58,282 voters34.0%
- 4.Dessau-RoßlauDessau-Roßlau, Stadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 47,611 voters32.9%
- 5.ChemnitzChemnitz, Stadt, Saxony · 144,921 voters32.7%
- 6.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin · 149,493 voters31.2%
- 7.Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg an der Havel, Stadt, Brandenburg · 43,395 voters29.6%
- 8.PforzheimPforzheim, Stadtkreis, Baden-Württemberg · 54,291 voters29.3%
- 9.MagdeburgMagdeburg, Landeshauptstadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 140,733 voters28.0%
- 10.ErfurtErfurt, Stadt, Thuringia · 130,686 voters27.2%
- 11.SchwerinSchwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 59,651 voters27.1%
- 12.DresdenDresden, Stadt, Saxony · 349,704 voters26.7%
- 13.SalzgitterSalzgitter, Stadt, Lower Saxony · 52,163 voters26.3%
- 14.Villingen-SchwenningenSchwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg · 43,622 voters26.3%
- 15.Halle (Saale)Halle (Saale), Stadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 134,968 voters25.4%
Weakest
- 1.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-West, Berlin · 67,905 voters4.3%
- 2.TübingenTübingen, Baden-Württemberg · 57,715 voters6.5%
- 3.MünsterMünster, Stadt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 207,991 voters6.9%
- 4.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Altona, Hamburg · 158,855 voters7.3%
- 5.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Eimsbüttel, Hamburg · 165,712 voters7.6%
- 6.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 71,695 voters7.8%
- 7.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg · 198,872 voters7.9%
- 8.MainzMainz, kreisfreie Stadt, Rhineland-Palatinate · 128,787 voters8.4%
- 9.Freiburg im BreisgauFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis, Baden-Württemberg · 138,091 voters8.8%
- 10.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-West, Berlin · 111,238 voters8.8%
Districts
Strongest and weakest districts
Strongest
- 1.HildburghausenThuringia · 39,906 voters46.8%
- 2.GörlitzSaxony · 155,057 voters46.7%
- 3.Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeSaxony · 160,372 voters46.5%
- 4.Saale-Orla-KreisThuringia · 51,544 voters46.1%
- 5.SonnebergThuringia · 35,266 voters45.8%
- 6.Altenburger LandThuringia · 55,631 voters45.8%
- 7.ErzgebirgskreisSaxony · 216,319 voters45.4%
- 8.BautzenSaxony · 193,325 voters45.4%
- 9.KyffhäuserkreisThuringia · 45,978 voters44.8%
- 10.Mansfeld-SüdharzSaxony-Anhalt · 82,703 voters44.3%
- 11.SömmerdaThuringia · 44,633 voters44.2%
- 12.Saalfeld-RudolstadtThuringia · 65,909 voters44.0%
- 13.GreizThuringia · 63,523 voters43.7%
- 14.MeißenSaxony · 157,184 voters43.6%
- 15.Spree-NeißeBrandenburg · 74,096 voters43.0%
Weakest
- 1.MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 207,991 voters6.9%
- 2.Mainz, kreisfreie StadtRhineland-Palatinate · 128,787 voters8.4%
- 3.Freiburg im BreisgauBaden-Württemberg · 138,091 voters8.8%
- 4.BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 193,699 voters8.9%
- 5.HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg · 86,125 voters8.9%
- 6.MünchenBavaria · 782,788 voters9.3%
- 7.KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia · 610,832 voters10.0%
- 8.Frankfurt am MainHesse · 351,711 voters10.0%
- 9.OsnabrückLower Saxony · 99,407 voters10.1%
- 10.DarmstadtHesse · 89,929 voters10.3%
Urban and rural
AfD by municipality size
All municipalities grouped by number of eligible voters. All parties in the urban-rural comparison.
- under 2,00027.6%
- 2,000 to 10,00025.0%
- 10,000 to 50,00021.6%
- 50,000 to 100,00018.6%
- over 100,00015.0%
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.