Rostock: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Rostock with 23.4% of the second votes, followed by Linke with 19.5%. Below, the results of all 1 municipalities.
- Mayor
- Eva-Maria Kröger (Linke), since 2023 · Wikidata
- Population
- 204,929 · 1,130 per km²
- Largest sector
- Health and social work 21%
- Turnout
- 79.3% · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 79.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 131,373 of 165,596 eligible voters
- Compared with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- AfD −11.6 · Linke +7.5 · CDU −2.4 · SPD +2.2
- AfD range across municipalities
- 23.4% to 23.4%
Second votes in Rostock
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 Rostock
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Rostock with 18.5% of the vote; in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania AfD got 28.3%. 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, AfD was the strongest party in Rostock with 18.5%, −4.9 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 62.8% (2025 federal election: 79.3%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 19,312 | 18.5% | 23.4% | -4.9 |
| CDU | 17,495 | 16.7% | 15.4% | +1.3 |
| BSW | 16,340 | 15.6% | 9.7% | +5.9 |
| SPD | 13,332 | 12.8% | 14.6% | -1.8 |
| Grüne | 9,941 | 9.5% | 10.1% | -0.6 |
| Linke | 8,530 | 8.2% | 19.5% | -11.3 |
| FDP | 3,440 | 3.3% | 3.2% | +0.1 |
| Volt | 3,444 | 3.3% | 1.1% | +2.2 |
| Die PARTEI | 3,304 | 3.2% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,650 | 1.6% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 806 | 0.8% | 0.8% | ±0 |
| ÖDP | 403 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 6,532 | 6.2% | – | – |
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.
Rostock 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
- 204,929 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 181.4 km²
- Population density
- 1,130 inhabitants per km²
- Under 19
- 15.0%
- 67 and older
- 22.9%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 6.6%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 97,913 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Largest sectors
- Health and social work 21% · Business services 10% · Manufacturing 10%
- Commuter balance
- +12,475 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.5% (as of 2026-09)
- Stadtwerke Rostock
- 545 employees (2016)
- Stadtentsorgung Rostock
- 175 employees (2012-01-01)
- Rostocker Volks- und Raiffeisenbank
- 92 employees (2015-12-31)
- SR Service GmbH
- 45 employees (2012-01-01)
- Hugo Stinnes Schiffahrt
- 15 employees
- District seat
- Rostock, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt
- Municipalities
- 1
- Elevation
- 18 m
- First mention or foundation
- 1201
- Twin towns
- 15
- Website
- www.rostock.de
- Wikipedia
- Rostock (Wikipedia)
Rostock has 204,929 inhabitants. The largest sector is Health and social work with 21% of employees. The largest company headquartered in Rostock is Stadtwerke Rostock with 545 employees. The unemployment rate is 7.5%.
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 Rostock
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
Strongest party: AfD in 1 municipality of 1. Highest share: AfD with 23.4% in Rostock, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt.
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 Rostock
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 23.4 to 23.4%, Linke 19.5 to 19.5%, CDU 15.4 to 15.4%, SPD 14.6 to 14.6%, Grüne 10.1 to 10.1%, BSW 9.7 to 9.7%, FDP 3.2 to 3.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | Linke | CDU | SPD | Grüne | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostock, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt | 131,373 | 79.3% | 23.4 | 19.5 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 3.2 |
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.