Wartburgkreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Wartburgkreis with 40.6% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 19.8%. Below, the results of all 30 municipalities.
- District AdministratorMichael Brodführer (CDU), since 2024 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.0% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters99,532 of 124,474 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +2.0 · CDU +1.2 · Linke −2.5 · SPD +0.5
- AfD range across municipalities25.6% to 60.0%
Second votes in Wartburgkreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD40.6%+2.0
- CDU19.8%+1.2
- Linke12.7%-2.5
- SPD9.3%+0.5
- BSW9.3%-0.1
- Grüne3.0%-1.2
- FDP2.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.2
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
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 Wartburgkreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Wartburgkreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 25.6 to 60%, CDU 14.3 to 53.5%, Linke 3.1 to 15.3%, SPD 3.6 to 12.9%, BSW 2.3 to 13.2%, Grüne 0 to 4.6%, FDP 0 to 3.4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | SPD | BSW | Grüne | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenach | 23,684 | 76.1% | 35.8 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 2.8 |
| Bad Salzungen | 9,767 | 55.2% | 49.3 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| Gerstungen | 5,983 | 82.5% | 42.3 | 19.8 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Bad Liebenstein | 4,817 | 77.7% | 41.5 | 18.6 | 13.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Briefwahl EG Bad Salzungen, Stadt | 4,280 | – | 25.4 | 22.1 | 17.8 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Werra-Suhl-Tal | 4,186 | 82.5% | 43.5 | 20.6 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Hörselberg-Hainich | 4,126 | 83.5% | 40.9 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| Treffurt | 4,018 | 82.4% | 36.4 | 19.4 | 14.1 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Dermbach | 3,901 | 66.8% | 49.5 | 21.4 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| Wutha-Farnroda | 3,831 | 79.9% | 42.7 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| Ruhla | 3,534 | 81.1% | 42.2 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Vacha | 3,268 | 80.5% | 42.9 | 19.5 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Krayenberggemeinde | 3,165 | 80.6% | 48.6 | 16.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Barchfeld-Immelborn | 3,004 | 82.4% | 43.7 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Geisa | 2,406 | 65.0% | 43.3 | 33.6 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| Amt Creuzburg | 2,357 | 57.3% | 44.7 | 17.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Unterbreizbach | 2,279 | 83.1% | 43.2 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Briefwahl VVG Hainich-Werratal | 1,428 | – | 26.2 | 24.0 | 15.5 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 2.3 |
| Briefwahl EG Dermbach | 1,342 | – | 29.9 | 26.4 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Seebach | 1,164 | 80.4% | 35.9 | 18.8 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Briefwahl EG Geisa, Stadt | 938 | – | 26.9 | 39.2 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 1.9 |
| Krauthausen | 886 | 70.2% | 45.3 | 16.2 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Leimbach | 877 | 63.5% | 53.3 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
| Buttlar | 757 | 76.4% | 32.4 | 44.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| Schleid | 598 | 76.2% | 38.5 | 43.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| Berka v. d. Hainich | 431 | 75.1% | 49.2 | 16.0 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| Wiesenthal | 424 | 70.4% | 60.0 | 15.2 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Weilar | 393 | 59.8% | 46.5 | 23.4 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Lauterbach | 383 | 73.0% | 42.6 | 23.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Oechsen | 346 | 71.2% | 32.8 | 29.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 13.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 |
| Bischofroda | 344 | 69.5% | 52.3 | 17.5 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Nazza | 290 | 66.7% | 45.7 | 17.3 | 11.4 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| Empfertshausen | 282 | 67.6% | 43.9 | 17.3 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Gerstengrund | 43 | 95.6% | 25.6 | 53.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | – | – |
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.