Gotha: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Gotha with 40.6% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 18.2%. Below, the results of all 29 municipalities.
- District AdministratorOnno Eckert (SPD), since 2018 · Wikidata
- Turnout79.6% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters81,607 of 102,566 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +2.0 · CDU −0.4 · Linke −0.3 · SPD +0.5
- AfD range across municipalities33.9% to 53.9%
Second votes in Gotha
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD40.6%+2.0
- CDU18.2%-0.4
- Linke14.9%-0.3
- SPD9.3%+0.5
- BSW9.1%-0.3
- Grüne2.9%-1.3
- FDP2.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.6%±0
- 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 Gotha
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Gotha
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 33.9 to 53.9%, CDU 14.2 to 28.8%, Linke 6.5 to 17%, SPD 2.6 to 11.3%, BSW 4.5 to 11%, Grüne 0.5 to 4.2%, FDP 1 to 5.5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | SPD | BSW | Grüne | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotha | 24,408 | 74.8% | 38.2 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 2.4 |
| Waltershausen | 7,649 | 78.9% | 40.8 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Ohrdruf | 4,575 | 61.0% | 51.8 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Friedrichroda | 4,538 | 79.1% | 39.8 | 18.8 | 15.3 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Drei Gleichen | 4,469 | 70.1% | 46.6 | 18.3 | 12.8 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Nessetal | 4,428 | 69.6% | 44.0 | 17.2 | 13.9 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Georgenthal | 4,135 | 65.8% | 47.2 | 17.8 | 11.3 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| Nesse-Apfelstädt | 4,006 | 83.0% | 33.9 | 20.4 | 16.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Hörsel | 3,198 | 84.6% | 39.7 | 19.2 | 15.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Bad Tabarz | 2,522 | 78.9% | 36.9 | 20.4 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Tambach-Dietharz/Thür. Wald | 2,293 | 80.8% | 43.4 | 19.3 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Briefwahl EG Ohrdruf, Stadt | 1,485 | – | 32.0 | 21.5 | 17.6 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Tonna | 1,228 | 54.3% | 48.1 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl EG Georgenthal | 1,110 | – | 28.2 | 24.5 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
| Briefwahl EG Nessetal | 1,069 | – | 25.5 | 24.9 | 18.8 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 |
| Briefwahl EG Drei Gleichen | 1,068 | – | 28.9 | 25.7 | 14.3 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 5.1 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl VVG Fahner Höhe | 1,000 | – | 31.1 | 25.3 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| Dachwig | 844 | 65.9% | 42.0 | 20.6 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl VVG Nesseaue | 686 | – | 27.7 | 21.6 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| Sonneborn | 678 | 67.1% | 40.9 | 21.9 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Luisenthal | 617 | 67.9% | 41.9 | 19.0 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Molschleben | 601 | 73.1% | 39.9 | 21.0 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| Döllstädt | 576 | 64.7% | 46.4 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
| Friemar | 498 | 60.4% | 52.7 | 17.9 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| Großfahner | 492 | 75.8% | 47.2 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Schwabhausen | 469 | 75.2% | 50.3 | 20.2 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Gierstädt | 458 | 73.4% | 40.5 | 20.5 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
| Emleben | 446 | 81.8% | 49.3 | 18.6 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Eschenbergen | 428 | 73.8% | 46.3 | 21.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Tüttleben | 417 | 70.8% | 53.9 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| Bienstädt | 383 | 68.8% | 36.8 | 23.3 | 14.6 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Nottleben | 245 | 71.4% | 42.0 | 28.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Pferdingsleben | 206 | 68.7% | 47.3 | 21.9 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Zimmernsupra | 195 | 70.1% | 51.8 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| Tröchtelborn | 187 | 75.4% | 42.5 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
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.