Constituency 195 Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 195 Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg went to AfD with 42.1% of the first votes, 22.7 points ahead of CDU (19.4%).
- Second votes: leading
- AfD 43.1%
- Biggest move since 2021
- SPD −16.8 · AfD +16.7
- Turnout
- 80.1% · 2021: 74.4%
- Voters
- 176,212 of 220,067 eligible voters
- State
- Thuringia
Second votes compared with 2021
Shares in percent, change from the 2021 federal election in points. Parties below one percent are grouped as Others.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election published by the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), second votes per constituency, compared with the 2021 result in the same area boundaries.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
If the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to this constituency. A rough estimate, not a forecast for individual candidates.
First votes: AfD ahead with 53.8%, a margin of 40.8 points over CDU. AfD would hold the constituency.
First votes and constituency seat
Since the 2025 electoral reform, the candidate with the most first votes only takes the seat if it is covered by their party's second-vote result in the state.
| Party | Votes | 2025 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfDConstituency seat | 73,608 | 42.1% | 21.2% | +20.9 |
| CDU | 33,940 | 19.4% | 22.3% | -2.9 |
| SPD | 18,315 | 10.5% | 33.6% | -23.1 |
| Linke | 18,445 | 10.5% | 8.4% | +2.1 |
| BSW | 14,697 | 8.4% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 6,140 | 3.5% | 2.9% | +0.6 |
| FDP | 4,205 | 2.4% | 6.3% | -3.9 |
| Grüne | 2,829 | 1.6% | 2.1% | -0.5 |
| MLPD | 312 | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.1 |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 195 lies in Thuringia
Constituency 195 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 79 municipalities in constituency 195
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Suhl, Sonneberg, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Hildburghausen.
- SuhlAfD 37.4%
- SonnebergAfD 46.6%
- SchmalkaldenAfD 41.6%
- MeiningenAfD 43.8%
- Zella-MehlisAfD 39.9%
- SchleusingenAfD 40.8%
- Steinbach-HallenbergAfD 39.7%
- HildburghausenAfD 51.2%
- FöritztalAfD 45.4%
- EisfeldAfD 47.8%
- RömhildAfD 40.4%
- Floh-SeligenthalAfD 40.5%
- Brotterode-TrusetalAfD 48.6%
- FrankenblickAfD 44.4%
- GrabfeldAfD 40.5%
- Neuhaus am RennwegAfD 52.9%
- KaltennordheimAfD 43.6%
- WasungenAfD 49.7%
- SteinachAfD 48.6%
- SchalkauAfD 45.6%
- Breitungen/WerraAfD 50.1%
- LauschaAfD 39.9%
- HeldburgAfD 54.2%
- RhönblickAfD 37.4%
- VeilsdorfAfD 48.0%
- SchleusegrundAfD 45.3%
- AuengrundAfD 52.2%
- StraufhainAfD 55.2%
- MasserbergAfD 51.2%
- ThemarAfD 48.7%
- SchwallungenAfD 57.0%
- FambachAfD 45.1%
- OberhofAfD 28.9%
- Obermaßfeld-GrimmenthalAfD 50.0%
- SchwarzaAfD 52.4%
- RohrAfD 46.6%
The 36 largest of 79 municipalities; all of them via the district pages.
Neighbours and context
Source: Federal Returning Officer, results by constituency, federal election of 23 February 2025, final (as of 14 March 2025), Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0.. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.