Sonneberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Sonneberg with 45.8% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 17.6%. Below, the results of all 8 municipalities.
- District AdministratorRobert Sesselmann (AfD), since 2023 · Wikidata
- Turnout79.2% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters35,266 of 44,507 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +7.2 · CDU −1.0 · Linke −3.3 · BSW +0.6
- AfD range across municipalities39.9% to 59.3%
Second votes in Sonneberg
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD45.8%+7.2
- CDU17.6%-1.0
- Linke11.9%-3.3
- BSW10.0%+0.6
- SPD7.9%-0.9
- FDP2.4%-0.4
- Grüne2.1%-2.1
- Freie Wähler1.6%±0
- Volt0.2%-0.3
- Others0.5%+0.1
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 Sonneberg
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Sonneberg
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 39.9 to 59.3%, CDU 12.9 to 20.4%, Linke 10 to 16.3%, BSW 8.1 to 12.2%, SPD 5.2 to 8.6%, FDP 0.5 to 2.7%, Grüne 0.5 to 3.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | BSW | SPD | FDP | Grüne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonneberg | 13,768 | 77.7% | 46.6 | 16.7 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Föritztal | 5,728 | 82.6% | 45.4 | 20.4 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Frankenblick | 3,803 | 82.0% | 44.4 | 18.4 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Neuhaus am Rennweg | 3,682 | 55.1% | 52.9 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| Steinach | 2,324 | 78.5% | 48.6 | 18.4 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Schalkau | 2,138 | 81.4% | 45.6 | 16.9 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Lauscha | 2,046 | 77.6% | 39.9 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Briefwahl EG Neuhaus am Rennweg, Stadt | 1,566 | – | 29.9 | 21.7 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Goldisthal | 211 | 71.5% | 59.3 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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.