2025 federal election · strongholds
Where the BSW is strongest
Nationwide, the BSW took 5.0% of the second votes. Across the districts the range runs from 2.3% in Starnberg to 13.3% in Frankfurt (Oder), Stadt. Below, the municipalities and districts with the highest shares, the weakest regions and the divide by municipality size.
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BSW 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.Boitzenburger LandUckermark, Brandenburg · 2,071 voters16.0%
- 2.SchliebenElbe-Elster, Brandenburg · 1,625 voters15.9%
- 3.WegelebenHarz, Saxony-Anhalt · 1,540 voters15.7%
- 4.LebusMärkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg · 2,300 voters15.4%
- 5.TemplinUckermark, Brandenburg · 10,362 voters15.4%
- 6.LychenUckermark, Brandenburg · 2,125 voters15.2%
- 7.LangenweißbachZwickau, Saxony · 1,662 voters14.4%
- 8.SeelowMärkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg · 3,236 voters14.3%
- 9.RauenOder-Spree, Brandenburg · 1,462 voters14.2%
- 10.Freyburg (Unstrut)Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt · 2,935 voters14.1%
- 11.KlietzStendal, Saxony-Anhalt · 1,042 voters14.0%
- 12.SchönewaldeElbe-Elster, Brandenburg · 2,059 voters13.9%
- 13.EilslebenBörde, Saxony-Anhalt · 2,406 voters13.8%
- 14.MertendorfBurgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt · 1,043 voters13.8%
- 15.Bad ElsterVogtlandkreis, Saxony · 2,299 voters13.7%
- 16.ChorinBarnim, Brandenburg · 1,260 voters13.6%
- 17.Grünheide (Mark)Oder-Spree, Brandenburg · 6,176 voters13.6%
- 18.Bad BibraBurgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt · 1,622 voters13.6%
- 19.Herzberg (Elster)Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg · 5,569 voters13.5%
- 20.Neubrandenburg, Vier-Tore-StadtMecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 38,134 voters13.4%
- 21.GenthinJerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt · 8,336 voters13.4%
- 22.Frankfurt (Oder)Frankfurt (Oder), Stadt, Brandenburg · 31,663 voters13.3%
- 23.LetschinMärkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg · 2,471 voters13.3%
- 24.AltdöbernOberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg · 1,592 voters13.3%
- 25.MüllroseOder-Spree, Brandenburg · 2,304 voters13.3%
Cities
The strongest and weakest cities with at least 40,000 voters
Strongest
- 1.Dessau-RoßlauDessau-Roßlau, Stadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 47,611 voters11.4%
- 2.MagdeburgMagdeburg, Landeshauptstadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 140,733 voters11.3%
- 3.Cottbus/ChóśebuzCottbus, Stadt, Brandenburg · 58,282 voters11.1%
- 4.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin · 149,493 voters10.9%
- 5.ChemnitzChemnitz, Stadt, Saxony · 144,921 voters10.8%
- 6.GeraGera, Stadt, Thuringia · 54,546 voters10.5%
- 7.Zwickau, Stadt, HochschulstadtZwickau, Saxony · 51,522 voters10.3%
- 8.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Lichtenberg, Berlin · 155,397 voters10.1%
- 9.Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg an der Havel, Stadt, Brandenburg · 43,395 voters10.1%
- 10.SchwerinSchwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 59,651 voters10.1%
- 11.Halle (Saale)Halle (Saale), Stadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 134,968 voters10.0%
- 12.Rostock, Hanse- und UniversitätsstadtRostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters9.7%
- 13.WeimarWeimar, Stadt, Thuringia · 40,627 voters9.3%
- 14.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin · 169,802 voters9.2%
- 15.ErfurtErfurt, Stadt, Thuringia · 130,686 voters8.8%
Weakest
- 1.MünsterMünster, Stadt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 207,991 voters2.7%
- 2.WürzburgWürzburg, Bavaria · 80,549 voters2.9%
- 3.MünchenMünchen, Landeshauptstadt, Bavaria · 782,788 voters3.1%
- 4.BambergBamberg, Bavaria · 45,401 voters3.1%
- 5.BocholtBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,464 voters3.2%
- 6.RegensburgRegensburg, Bavaria · 88,393 voters3.2%
- 7.FlensburgFlensburg, Stadt, Schleswig-Holstein · 55,072 voters3.3%
- 8.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Altona, Hamburg · 158,855 voters3.3%
- 9.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Eimsbüttel, Hamburg · 165,712 voters3.3%
- 10.MainzMainz, kreisfreie Stadt, Rhineland-Palatinate · 128,787 voters3.3%
Districts
Strongest and weakest districts
Strongest
- 1.Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg · 31,663 voters13.3%
- 2.UckermarkBrandenburg · 75,003 voters13.2%
- 3.Märkisch-OderlandBrandenburg · 132,323 voters12.6%
- 4.Oder-SpreeBrandenburg · 118,110 voters12.4%
- 5.Jerichower LandSaxony-Anhalt · 58,003 voters12.3%
- 6.SuhlThuringia · 21,985 voters12.2%
- 7.Mecklenburgische SeenplatteMecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 164,775 voters12.1%
- 8.Spree-NeißeBrandenburg · 74,096 voters11.8%
- 9.HarzSaxony-Anhalt · 133,441 voters11.8%
- 10.Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg · 65,690 voters11.7%
- 11.Oberspreewald-LausitzBrandenburg · 68,798 voters11.7%
- 12.Mansfeld-SüdharzSaxony-Anhalt · 82,703 voters11.7%
- 13.BarnimBrandenburg · 127,804 voters11.6%
- 14.BurgenlandkreisSaxony-Anhalt · 108,055 voters11.6%
- 15.Dessau-RoßlauSaxony-Anhalt · 47,611 voters11.4%
Weakest
- 1.StarnbergBavaria · 85,437 voters2.3%
- 2.Neustadt a.d.WaldnaabBavaria · 63,800 voters2.4%
- 3.Aichach-FriedbergBavaria · 88,890 voters2.4%
- 4.ChamBavaria · 84,639 voters2.5%
- 5.SchwandorfBavaria · 95,810 voters2.5%
- 6.EbersbergBavaria · 88,420 voters2.6%
- 7.Garmisch-PartenkirchenBavaria · 54,769 voters2.6%
- 8.MiesbachBavaria · 62,669 voters2.6%
- 9.MünchenBavaria · 205,548 voters2.6%
- 10.RegenBavaria · 49,476 voters2.6%
Urban and rural
BSW by municipality size
All municipalities grouped by number of eligible voters. All parties in the urban-rural comparison.
- under 2,0004.7%
- 2,000 to 10,0004.8%
- 10,000 to 50,0005.0%
- 50,000 to 100,0005.0%
- over 100,0005.1%
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.