Forst: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Forst with 27.4% of the second votes, CDU took 20.9%.
- Turnout48.6% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters235 of 484 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU −9.7 · AfD +7.3 · BSW +3.1
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Forst
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD27.4%+7.3
- CDU20.9%-9.7
- SPD16.7%-1.9
- Grüne10.3%±0
- BSW7.3%+3.1
- FDP5.6%+1.0
- Linke5.6%-0.9
- Freie Wähler2.1%±0
- Volt0.9%+0.1
- Others3.4%+1.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 64 | 27.4% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+7.3) | 20.8% (+6.6) |
| CDU | 49 | 20.9% | 32.8% | 30.6% (-9.7) | 22.6% (-1.7) |
| SPD | 39 | 16.7% | 18.6% | 18.6% (-1.9) | 16.4% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 24 | 10.3% | 7.0% | 10.3% (±0) | 11.6% (-1.3) |
| BSW | 17 | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+3.1) | 5.0% (+2.3) |
| FDP | 13 | 5.6% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 13 | 5.6% | 5.9% | 6.5% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-3.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 8 | 3.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% (+1.3) | 10.6% (-7.2) |
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 Hamm (Sieg): overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Forst. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Forst only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,345 postal voters, which is 43.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.6%
- Voters7,718 of 9,579 eligible voters
- Postal vote share43.3% · 3,345
- Member municipalities10
- AfD28.0%+0.6
- CDU25.3%+4.4
- SPD19.8%+3.1
- Grüne6.7%-3.6
- BSW5.9%-1.4
- Linke5.8%+0.2
- FDP3.8%-1.8
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.4
- Others2.3%-1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Forst.
| Party | Polling station Forst | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 64 (27.4%) | 584 (17.5%) | 2,149 | 28.0% |
| CDU | 49 (20.9%) | 1,005 (30.2%) | 1,942 | 25.3% |
| SPD | 39 (16.7%) | 785 (23.6%) | 1,516 | 19.8% |
| Grüne | 24 (10.3%) | 251 (7.5%) | 512 | 6.7% |
| BSW | 17 (7.3%) | 216 (6.5%) | 456 | 5.9% |
| Linke | 13 (5.6%) | 171 (5.1%) | 448 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 13 (5.6%) | 132 (4.0%) | 290 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (2.1%) | 77 (2.3%) | 141 | 1.8% |
| Volt | 2 (0.9%) | 23 (0.7%) | 36 | 0.5% |
| Others | 8 (3.4%) | 87 (2.6%) | 179 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BirkenbeulAfD 27.7%
- BitzenSPD 26.1%
- BreitscheidtAfD 39.6%
- BruchertseifenAfD 37.8%
- EtzbachAfD 44.2%
- ForstAfD 27.4%
- FürthenAfD 30.5%
- Hamm (Sieg), RaiffeisengemeindeAfD 34.8%
- PrachtAfD 38.3%
- RothAfD 42.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Forst: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Forst highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) 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%