Saalfeld-Rudolstadt: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt with 44.0% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 16.9%. Below, the results of all 26 municipalities.
- District AdministratorMarko Wolfram (SPD), since 2014 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.0% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters65,909 of 82,413 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +5.4 · CDU −1.7 · Linke −1.9 · BSW +0.9
- AfD range across municipalities38.8% to 68.1%
Second votes in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD44.0%+5.4
- CDU16.9%-1.7
- Linke13.3%-1.9
- BSW10.3%+0.9
- SPD7.7%-1.1
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Grüne2.6%-1.6
- Freie Wähler1.7%+0.1
- 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 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 38.8 to 68.1%, CDU 5.3 to 24.6%, Linke 5.9 to 17%, BSW 5.2 to 11.6%, SPD 1.8 to 11.7%, FDP 0.9 to 4.5%, Grüne 0 to 3.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | BSW | SPD | FDP | Grüne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saalfeld/Saale | 18,567 | 79.3% | 41.2 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| Rudolstadt | 15,539 | 77.4% | 39.8 | 17.6 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Unterwellenborn | 5,619 | 82.9% | 47.1 | 16.4 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Bad Blankenburg | 3,825 | 79.3% | 43.6 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Königsee | 3,788 | 64.3% | 54.3 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel | 3,745 | 82.2% | 45.9 | 18.8 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Schwarzatal | 2,324 | 81.5% | 48.9 | 16.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Probstzella | 1,438 | 62.1% | 52.2 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Kaulsdorf | 1,400 | 70.1% | 53.4 | 15.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
| Leutenberg | 1,352 | 83.0% | 46.3 | 16.4 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Briefwahl EG Königsee, Stadt | 1,032 | – | 30.0 | 23.2 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Gräfenthal | 1,001 | 64.2% | 49.0 | 18.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 |
| Briefwahl VVG Schiefergebirge | 901 | – | 29.0 | 19.9 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Briefwahl VVG Schwarzatal ohne Stadt Schwarzatal | 770 | – | 36.1 | 22.9 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Lehesten | 716 | 57.1% | 53.7 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| Katzhütte | 653 | 62.5% | 61.4 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Briefwahl EG Kaulsdorf | 392 | – | 31.3 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| Unterweißbach | 385 | 65.3% | 53.9 | 18.1 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| Sitzendorf | 373 | 58.2% | 53.2 | 16.9 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Drognitz | 308 | 65.1% | 61.8 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Schwarzburg | 293 | 69.6% | 56.2 | 9.0 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| Cursdorf | 285 | 58.9% | 47.1 | 17.9 | 14.6 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Meura | 231 | 73.1% | 56.5 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 2.2 | 0.4 |
| Allendorf | 195 | 70.9% | 59.6 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Deesbach | 190 | 67.6% | 65.3 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Altenbeuthen | 138 | 82.6% | 68.1 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 3.0 | – |
| Döschnitz | 135 | 74.6% | 38.8 | 24.6 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| Rohrbach | 116 | 76.3% | 56.0 | 15.5 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Bechstedt | 103 | 80.5% | 52.4 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Hohenwarte | 95 | 79.2% | 55.3 | 5.3 | 17.0 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
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.