AfD vote
Second-vote share of the AfD at the Bundestag election, 2025
In 2025 the AfD won 36.2% of the vote in the former East, twice its 18.0% in the former West. In 2021 the shares were 21.5% and 8.2%.
< 15.9%15.9%21.7%27.4%33.2%≥ 39.0%
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
18.0%
excl. Berlin
Former East
36.2%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
19.6%
West Berlin
12.0%
Germany
20.8%
The East's figure is 2.0× the West's (2025).
By state
- Thüringen38.6%
- Sachsen37.3%
- Sachsen-Anhalt37.1%
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern35.0%
- Brandenburg32.5%
- Saarland21.6%
- Rheinland-Pfalz20.1%
- Baden-Württemberg19.8%
- Bayern19.0%
- Niedersachsen17.8%
- Hessen17.8%
- Nordrhein-Westfalen16.8%
- Schleswig-Holstein16.3%
- Berlin15.2%
- Bremen15.1%
- Hamburg10.9%
2025
Then and now
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< 11.4%≥ 11.4%≥ 17.7%≥ 23.9%≥ 30.2%≥ 36.5%
Former West
8.2%
excl. Berlin
Former East
21.5%
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
12.6%
West Berlin
7.2%
Germany
10.4%
The East's figure is 2.6× the West's (2021).
Notes & caveats
- Berlin is shown as one unit on the map; the Federal Returning Officer publishes East and West Berlin separately, shown in the figures.
- 2021 figures include the partial re-run of the election in Berlin on 11 February 2024.
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| State | Side | 2025 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 21.6% | 10.0% |
| Berlin | berlin | 15.2% | 9.4% |
| Brandenburg | east | 32.5% | 18.1% |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 35.0% | 18.0% |
| Sachsen | east | 37.3% | 24.6% |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 37.1% | 19.6% |
| Thüringen | east | 38.6% | 24.0% |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 16.3% | 6.8% |
| Hamburg | west | 10.9% | 5.0% |
| Niedersachsen | west | 17.8% | 7.4% |
| Bremen | west | 15.1% | 6.9% |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 16.8% | 7.3% |
| Hessen | west | 17.8% | 8.8% |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 20.1% | 9.2% |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 19.8% | 9.6% |
| Bayern | west | 19.0% | 9.0% |