Derschen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Derschen with 30.3% of the second votes, CDU took 28.3%.
- Turnout53.3% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters399 of 749 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +10.2 · Grüne −5.8 · SPD −3.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Derschen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD30.3%+10.2
- CDU28.3%-2.3
- SPD15.2%-3.4
- BSW6.3%+2.1
- FDP5.3%+0.7
- Linke5.1%-1.4
- Grüne4.5%-5.8
- Freie Wähler2.0%-0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.3
- Others2.5%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 120 | 30.3% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+10.2) | 20.8% (+9.5) |
| CDU | 112 | 28.3% | 32.8% | 30.6% (-2.3) | 22.6% (+5.7) |
| SPD | 60 | 15.2% | 18.6% | 18.6% (-3.4) | 16.4% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 25 | 6.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+2.1) | 5.0% (+1.3) |
| FDP | 21 | 5.3% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+1.0) |
| Linke | 20 | 5.1% | 5.9% | 6.5% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-3.7) |
| Grüne | 18 | 4.5% | 7.0% | 10.3% (-5.8) | 11.6% (-7.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 10 | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.1% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Derschen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Derschen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,481 postal voters, which is 40.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.6%
- Voters11,083 of 13,418 eligible voters
- Postal vote share40.4% · 4,481
- Member municipalities10
- CDU32.2%+3.9
- AfD22.7%-7.6
- SPD19.5%+4.3
- Grüne5.9%+1.4
- Linke5.8%+0.7
- BSW4.8%-1.5
- FDP4.7%-0.6
- Freie Wähler1.6%-0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others2.3%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Derschen.
| Party | Polling station Derschen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 112 (28.3%) | 1,678 (37.6%) | 3,550 | 32.2% |
| AfD | 120 (30.3%) | 639 (14.3%) | 2,505 | 22.7% |
| SPD | 60 (15.2%) | 1,006 (22.6%) | 2,144 | 19.5% |
| Grüne | 18 (4.5%) | 314 (7.0%) | 655 | 5.9% |
| Linke | 20 (5.1%) | 217 (4.9%) | 636 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 25 (6.3%) | 211 (4.7%) | 529 | 4.8% |
| FDP | 21 (5.3%) | 179 (4.0%) | 522 | 4.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (2.0%) | 86 (1.9%) | 178 | 1.6% |
| Others | 10 (2.5%) | 107 (2.4%) | 255 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DaadenAfD 27.6%
- DerschenAfD 30.3%
- EmmerzhausenAfD 30.9%
- FriedewaldAfD 27.2%
- HerdorfCDU 32.4%
- MaudenAfD 36.8%
- NiederdreisbachAfD 37.8%
- NisterbergCDU 31.4%
- SchutzbachAfD 34.2%
- WeitefeldCDU 27.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Derschen: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Derschen highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196)
- Briefwahl VG Altenkirchen-FlammersfeldCDU 34.3%
- Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-GebhardshainCDU 42.3%
- Kirchen (Sieg)CDU 35.2%
- Briefwahl VG Daaden-HerdorfCDU 37.6%
- MudersbachCDU 31.2%
- Briefwahl VG Hamm (Sieg)CDU 30.2%
- BetzdorfCDU 27.5%
- NiederfischbachCDU 40.3%
- Briefwahl Stadt Wissen und Gemeinde HövelsCDU 43.2%
- WissenCDU 29.2%
- HerdorfCDU 32.4%
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald)AfD 39.5%