2025 federal election · strongholds
Where the Linke is strongest
Nationwide, the Linke took 8.8% of the second votes. Across the districts the range runs from 2.7% in Freyung-Grafenau to 24.9% in Jena, Stadt. Below, the municipalities and districts with the highest shares, the weakest regions and the divide by municipality size.
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Linke 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.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-West, Berlin · 67,905 voters35.0%
- 2.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 71,695 voters31.9%
- 3.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-West, Berlin · 111,238 voters29.4%
- 4.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Neukölln, Berlin · 146,236 voters25.3%
- 5.JenaJena, Stadt, Thuringia · 67,796 voters24.9%
- 6.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Lichtenberg, Berlin · 155,397 voters23.5%
- 7.WeimarWeimar, Stadt, Thuringia · 40,627 voters23.2%
- 8.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Pankow, Berlin · 240,341 voters22.5%
- 9.LeipzigLeipzig, Stadt, Saxony · 379,912 voters22.5%
- 10.ErfurtErfurt, Stadt, Thuringia · 130,686 voters22.1%
- 11.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 50,627 voters21.9%
- 12.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin · 169,802 voters21.7%
- 13.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg · 132,369 voters21.3%
- 14.Rostock, Hanse- und UniversitätsstadtRostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters19.5%
- 15.MarburgMarburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse · 48,189 voters19.0%
- 16.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Altona, Hamburg · 158,855 voters18.0%
- 17.Greifswald, Universitäts- und HansestadtVorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 35,869 voters17.9%
- 18.GöttingenGöttingen, Lower Saxony · 70,227 voters17.6%
- 19.PotsdamPotsdam, Stadt, Brandenburg · 115,510 voters17.6%
- 20.GießenGießen, Hesse · 49,139 voters17.4%
- 21.Halle (Saale)Halle (Saale), Stadt, Saxony-Anhalt · 134,968 voters17.4%
- 22.Offenbach am MainOffenbach am Main, Stadt, Hesse · 50,334 voters17.3%
- 23.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin · 186,838 voters17.3%
- 24.GothaGotha, Thuringia · 24,408 voters17.0%
- 25.Bad BerkaWeimarer Land, Thuringia · 4,765 voters17.0%
Cities
The strongest and weakest cities with at least 40,000 voters
Strongest
- 1.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-West, Berlin · 67,905 voters35.0%
- 2.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 71,695 voters31.9%
- 3.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-West, Berlin · 111,238 voters29.4%
- 4.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Neukölln, Berlin · 146,236 voters25.3%
- 5.JenaJena, Stadt, Thuringia · 67,796 voters24.9%
- 6.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Lichtenberg, Berlin · 155,397 voters23.5%
- 7.WeimarWeimar, Stadt, Thuringia · 40,627 voters23.2%
- 8.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Pankow, Berlin · 240,341 voters22.5%
- 9.LeipzigLeipzig, Stadt, Saxony · 379,912 voters22.5%
- 10.ErfurtErfurt, Stadt, Thuringia · 130,686 voters22.1%
- 11.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Mitte, Berlin-Ost, Berlin · 50,627 voters21.9%
- 12.Berlin, Stadt, Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin · 169,802 voters21.7%
- 13.Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Bezirk Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg · 132,369 voters21.3%
- 14.Rostock, Hanse- und UniversitätsstadtRostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters19.5%
- 15.MarburgMarburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse · 48,189 voters19.0%
Weakest
- 1.DorstenRecklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia · 48,495 voters5.6%
- 2.Villingen-SchwenningenSchwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg · 43,622 voters5.7%
- 3.BocholtBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,464 voters5.9%
- 4.IngolstadtIngolstadt, Bavaria · 67,763 voters5.9%
- 5.ArnsbergHochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia · 45,336 voters6.0%
- 6.RatingenMettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia · 54,780 voters6.7%
- 7.RheineSteinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 46,436 voters6.7%
- 8.BottropBottrop, Stadt, North Rhine-Westphalia · 69,203 voters6.9%
- 9.Castrop-RauxelRecklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia · 43,286 voters6.9%
- 10.MarlRecklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia · 48,396 voters6.9%
Districts
Strongest and weakest districts
Strongest
- 1.JenaThuringia · 67,796 voters24.9%
- 2.WeimarThuringia · 40,627 voters23.2%
- 3.LeipzigSaxony · 379,912 voters22.5%
- 4.Berlin-OstBerlin · 837,355 voters22.2%
- 5.ErfurtThuringia · 130,686 voters22.1%
- 6.RostockMecklenburg-Western Pomerania · 131,373 voters19.5%
- 7.Berlin-WestBerlin · 1,123,822 voters18.1%
- 8.PotsdamBrandenburg · 115,510 voters17.6%
- 9.Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt · 134,968 voters17.4%
- 10.Offenbach am MainHesse · 50,334 voters17.3%
- 11.Freiburg im BreisgauBaden-Württemberg · 138,091 voters16.9%
- 12.Kassel, documenta-StadtHesse · 106,991 voters15.6%
- 13.SuhlThuringia · 21,985 voters15.6%
- 14.BremenBremen · 295,332 voters15.5%
- 15.DresdenSaxony · 349,704 voters15.5%
Weakest
- 1.Freyung-GrafenauBavaria · 52,459 voters2.7%
- 2.ChamBavaria · 84,639 voters2.8%
- 3.PassauBavaria · 124,529 voters3.0%
- 4.RegenBavaria · 49,476 voters3.0%
- 5.Straubing-BogenBavaria · 67,105 voters3.1%
- 6.DeggendorfBavaria · 73,843 voters3.4%
- 7.Dingolfing-LandauBavaria · 58,040 voters3.4%
- 8.Neustadt a.d.WaldnaabBavaria · 63,800 voters3.4%
- 9.MiesbachBavaria · 62,669 voters3.6%
- 10.Rottal-InnBavaria · 75,883 voters3.6%
Urban and rural
Linke by municipality size
All municipalities grouped by number of eligible voters. All parties in the urban-rural comparison.
- under 2,0005.7%
- 2,000 to 10,0006.0%
- 10,000 to 50,0007.3%
- 50,000 to 100,00010.9%
- over 100,00013.7%
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.