Ostalbkreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ostalbkreis with 36.1% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 22.0%. Below, the results of all 42 municipalities.
- Mayor
- Klaus Pavel (CDU), since 1996 · Wikidata
- Population
- 316,328 · 209 per km²
- Largest sector
- Manufacturing 38%
- Turnout
- 84.0% · Baden-Württemberg 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 192,501 of 229,227 eligible voters
- Compared with Baden-Württemberg
- CDU +4.5 · AfD +2.2 · SPD −0.6 · Grüne −3.7
- CDU range across municipalities
- 26.5% to 51.0%
Second votes in Ostalbkreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's district file, second votes per district.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
2024 European election in Ostalbkreis
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Ostalbkreis with 38.4% of the vote; in Baden-Württemberg CDU got 32.0%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Ostalbkreis with 38.4%, +2.3 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 66.2% (2025 federal election: 84.0%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), votes per district and independent city.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 58,992 | 38.4% | 36.1% | +2.3 |
| AfD | 24,897 | 16.2% | 22.0% | -5.8 |
| SPD | 17,487 | 11.4% | 13.6% | -2.2 |
| Grüne | 15,722 | 10.2% | 9.9% | +0.3 |
| FDP | 8,571 | 5.6% | 5.0% | +0.6 |
| BSW | 6,679 | 4.3% | 4.1% | +0.2 |
| Freie Wähler | 5,663 | 3.7% | 1.5% | +2.2 |
| Linke | 2,391 | 1.6% | 5.4% | -3.8 |
| Die PARTEI | 2,375 | 1.5% | – | – |
| Volt | 2,165 | 1.4% | 0.5% | +0.9 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,456 | 0.9% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 760 | 0.5% | – | – |
| Others | 6,422 | 4.2% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by state and district (kerg2.csv) (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Berlin East and Berlin West are aggregated from the boroughs as in the 2025 federal election. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Ostalbkreis in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 316,328 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 1,511.4 km²
- Population density
- 209 inhabitants per km²
- Under 19
- 18.5%
- 67 and older
- 18.8%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 11.9%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 135,988 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Largest sectors
- Manufacturing 38% · Health and social work 13% · Trade and vehicle repair 11%
- Commuter balance
- -960 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3% (as of 2026-09)
- Carl Zeiss
- 38,770 employees (2022-09-30)
- Triumph International
- 33,000 employees
- Varta AG
- 4,000 employees (2024)
- Mahindra Forgings Europe
- 2,000 employees
- C. & E. Fein
- 900 employees
- District seat
- Aalen
- Municipalities
- 42
- Elevation
- 436 m
- Website
- www.ostalbkreis.de
- Wikipedia
- Ostalbkreis (Wikipedia)
Ostalbkreis has 316,328 inhabitants. The largest sector is Manufacturing with 38% of employees. The largest company headquartered in Ostalbkreis is Carl Zeiss with 38,770 employees. The unemployment rate is 4.3%.
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Strongest party by municipality in Ostalbkreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
Strongest party: CDU in 37 municipalities and AfD in 5 municipalities of 42. Highest share: CDU with 51.0% in Neuler.
What does the map show?
Each municipality is coloured by the party with the highest second-vote share at the 2025 federal election; the intensity follows the share. Postal votes counted at the level of a joint administration are shown on the administration's page. Click a municipality for its full result.
All municipalities in Ostalbkreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 26.5 to 51%, AfD 14.8 to 35.5%, SPD 5.9 to 17.9%, Grüne 4.3 to 12.2%, Linke 2.1 to 7.6%, FDP 3.6 to 7.3%, BSW 2.1 to 6.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen | 39,392 | 82.4% | 32.8 | 19.2 | 16.2 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | 33,704 | 80.8% | 31.8 | 20.7 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Ellwangen (Jagst) | 14,872 | 83.2% | 41.5 | 20.0 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| Bopfingen | 6,677 | 79.7% | 32.4 | 33.4 | 11.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Lorch | 6,669 | 85.5% | 37.0 | 21.3 | 14.8 | 9.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| Heubach | 5,725 | 81.4% | 32.7 | 23.5 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Neresheim | 5,107 | 86.3% | 41.9 | 23.0 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Abtsgmünd | 5,064 | 85.6% | 36.2 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| Waldstetten | 4,940 | 87.7% | 42.1 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Oberkochen | 4,393 | 81.7% | 30.6 | 23.1 | 16.8 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Essingen | 4,390 | 87.4% | 37.8 | 20.1 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Mutlangen | 4,264 | 86.3% | 35.2 | 20.5 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| Westhausen | 4,153 | 87.9% | 38.8 | 23.4 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Hüttlingen | 4,078 | 85.9% | 41.1 | 17.2 | 14.6 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Unterschneidheim | 3,392 | 89.0% | 48.0 | 25.8 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Lauchheim | 3,239 | 86.9% | 38.3 | 24.5 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Gschwend | 3,192 | 84.4% | 34.4 | 26.4 | 12.6 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Böbingen an der Rems | 3,089 | 87.9% | 33.4 | 22.7 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 |
| Mögglingen | 2,786 | 85.7% | 37.1 | 20.7 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| Rainau | 2,333 | 88.5% | 44.6 | 23.0 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Neuler | 2,318 | 89.7% | 51.0 | 14.8 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| Spraitbach | 2,222 | 87.6% | 33.5 | 30.0 | 12.1 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Durlangen | 1,837 | 85.6% | 35.0 | 28.3 | 11.8 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| Iggingen | 1,821 | 89.4% | 40.1 | 22.2 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Rosenberg | 1,770 | 86.8% | 42.8 | 23.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| Göggingen | 1,688 | 85.8% | 34.2 | 30.7 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Jagstzell | 1,641 | 90.4% | 41.9 | 21.3 | 11.2 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 3.7 |
| Schechingen | 1,548 | 88.3% | 37.7 | 25.8 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
| Riesbürg | 1,471 | 84.5% | 40.6 | 27.0 | 11.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| Bartholomä | 1,451 | 87.8% | 36.4 | 24.2 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Ruppertshofen | 1,327 | 86.3% | 29.8 | 35.5 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Eschach | 1,314 | 87.7% | 31.6 | 26.7 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Heuchlingen | 1,278 | 87.1% | 44.6 | 20.8 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| Adelmannsfelden | 1,268 | 89.4% | 38.4 | 24.6 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Leinzell | 1,264 | 84.8% | 27.6 | 29.1 | 17.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Stödtlen | 1,261 | 86.0% | 46.8 | 20.7 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Tannhausen | 1,225 | 85.4% | 51.0 | 24.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 2.1 |
| Ellenberg | 1,213 | 88.5% | 47.6 | 22.3 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| Kirchheim am Ries | 1,181 | 85.8% | 43.8 | 28.3 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Wört | 990 | 86.5% | 40.6 | 30.2 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Täferrot | 647 | 84.8% | 26.5 | 32.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Obergröningen | 307 | 84.3% | 27.4 | 29.4 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
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.