Politics
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
|
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 43.5 | 7 | 41.1 | 6 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19.9 | 3 | 24.5 | 4 |
| FWV | Freie Wählervereinigung Abtsteinach | 36.6 | 5 | 34.4 | 5 |
| Total | 100.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 15 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 59.1 | 54.9 | |||
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