Saalekreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Saalekreis with 41.4% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 19.6%. Below, the results of all 20 municipalities.
- District AdministratorHartmut Handschak, since 2019 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.0% · Saxony-Anhalt 77.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters119,412 of 149,291 eligible voters
- Compared with Saxony-AnhaltAfD +4.3 · CDU +0.4 · BSW +0.2 · SPD −1.8
- AfD range across municipalities38.4% to 48.5%
Second votes in Saalekreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD41.4%+4.3
- CDU19.6%+0.4
- BSW11.4%+0.2
- SPD9.2%-1.8
- Linke8.3%-2.5
- FDP3.6%+0.5
- Grüne3.3%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.3%-0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others1.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Saxony-Anhalt.
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.
Strongest party by municipality in Saalekreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Saalekreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 38.4 to 48.5%, CDU 16.6 to 22.4%, BSW 8.3 to 14.1%, SPD 6.7 to 10.5%, Linke 4.7 to 10.6%, FDP 2.7 to 4.9%, Grüne 1.8 to 4.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | BSW | SPD | Linke | FDP | Grüne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merseburg | 18,643 | 74.4% | 39.7 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Landsberg | 10,258 | 83.0% | 39.0 | 20.8 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Leuna | 9,480 | 81.9% | 42.8 | 20.8 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Teutschenthal | 9,303 | 83.7% | 41.3 | 19.5 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Salzatal | 8,114 | 83.1% | 38.4 | 21.3 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Schkopau | 7,602 | 84.0% | 39.8 | 19.7 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Bad Dürrenberg, Solestadt | 6,951 | 75.1% | 42.0 | 18.1 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Petersberg | 6,657 | 83.7% | 39.4 | 22.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Querfurt | 6,654 | 76.6% | 43.5 | 18.0 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| Braunsbedra | 6,612 | 76.3% | 44.4 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Wettin-Löbejün | 6,484 | 81.4% | 40.8 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Bad Lauchstädt, Goethestadt | 6,027 | 81.0% | 44.9 | 19.8 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Kabelsketal | 5,905 | 82.6% | 40.7 | 20.6 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| Mücheln (Geiseltal) | 5,535 | 79.7% | 45.7 | 17.9 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Obhausen | 1,512 | 82.8% | 44.5 | 18.0 | 12.8 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| Farnstädt | 1,015 | 82.1% | 47.7 | 16.6 | 11.3 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Steigra | 776 | 84.7% | 44.0 | 21.7 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| Schraplau | 660 | 75.4% | 48.5 | 18.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
| Barnstädt | 641 | 80.4% | 40.3 | 22.4 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf | 583 | 85.9% | 44.1 | 20.1 | 13.6 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
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.