Schmalkalden-Meiningen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Schmalkalden-Meiningen with 41.6% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 18.2%. Below, the results of all 38 municipalities.
- District AdministratorPeggy Greiser, since 2018 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.3% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters79,055 of 98,485 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +3.0 · CDU −0.4 · Linke −2.4 · BSW +0.6
- AfD range across municipalities28.9% to 60.2%
Second votes in Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD41.6%+3.0
- CDU18.2%-0.4
- Linke12.8%-2.4
- BSW10.0%+0.6
- SPD8.9%+0.1
- FDP2.8%±0
- Grüne2.7%-1.5
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.6
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- 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 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 28.9 to 60.2%, CDU 12 to 33.3%, Linke 5.7 to 16.8%, BSW 4 to 17%, SPD 3 to 11.3%, FDP 0 to 7.5%, Grüne 0 to 4.4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | BSW | SPD | FDP | Grüne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmalkalden | 11,333 | 77.4% | 41.6 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Meiningen | 11,038 | 55.8% | 43.8 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Zella-Mehlis | 8,228 | 79.9% | 39.9 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Steinbach-Hallenberg | 6,369 | 81.4% | 39.7 | 20.6 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| Briefwahl EG Meiningen, Stadt | 4,845 | – | 26.0 | 20.2 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 2.8 | 5.9 |
| Floh-Seligenthal | 3,944 | 82.8% | 40.5 | 21.3 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 |
| Brotterode-Trusetal | 3,913 | 80.7% | 48.6 | 17.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Grabfeld | 3,784 | 83.7% | 40.5 | 23.0 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Kaltennordheim | 2,910 | 61.7% | 43.6 | 20.5 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Wasungen | 2,836 | 64.1% | 49.7 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Breitungen/Werra | 2,114 | 56.4% | 50.1 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Rhönblick | 1,831 | 84.5% | 37.4 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl EG Breitungen/Werra | 1,334 | – | 29.0 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 11.2 | 14.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Schwallungen | 1,294 | 70.1% | 57.0 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Briefwahl VVG Hohe Rhön | 1,268 | – | 32.5 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| Fambach | 1,054 | 64.7% | 45.1 | 18.2 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
| Briefwahl VVG Wasungen-Amt Sand | 992 | – | 33.3 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| Briefwahl VVG Dolmar-Salzbrücke | 944 | – | 27.7 | 22.7 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| Oberhof | 901 | 79.8% | 28.9 | 21.5 | 16.2 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal | 606 | 62.7% | 50.0 | 16.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Schwarza | 596 | 63.7% | 52.4 | 15.8 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Rohr | 555 | 72.6% | 46.6 | 17.2 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Kühndorf | 512 | 69.6% | 55.9 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Untermaßfeld | 511 | 50.7% | 38.4 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| Frankenheim/Rhön | 483 | 56.3% | 52.9 | 15.7 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Rippershausen | 455 | 69.3% | 47.7 | 19.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Vachdorf | 441 | 71.1% | 39.5 | 23.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Dillstädt | 403 | 67.6% | 54.8 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| Rosa | 399 | 70.9% | 55.4 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| Christes | 347 | 75.4% | 60.2 | 18.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Roßdorf | 332 | 67.5% | 51.1 | 17.5 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Neubrunn | 331 | 75.4% | 42.6 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Erbenhausen | 305 | 75.1% | 45.4 | 25.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Einhausen | 268 | 75.7% | 45.2 | 15.6 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Utendorf | 250 | 75.8% | 47.5 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Oberweid | 240 | 59.3% | 43.1 | 18.4 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Belrieth | 213 | 77.7% | 48.6 | 15.1 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 1.4 | – |
| Mehmels | 192 | 68.1% | 53.1 | 16.1 | 5.7 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Ritschenhausen | 175 | 67.0% | 42.5 | 21.8 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 2.9 |
| Friedelshausen | 151 | 64.0% | 40.9 | 23.5 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 8.7 | – | 3.4 |
| Ellingshausen | 134 | 70.2% | 45.5 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 12.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Leutersdorf | 129 | 67.9% | 34.1 | 33.3 | 10.1 | 13.2 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Birx | 95 | 70.4% | 34.0 | 20.2 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 10.6 | 7.4 | – |
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.