Kescheid: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kescheid with 26.0% of the second votes, AfD took 22.1%.
- Turnout70.6% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters77 of 109 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateSPD −12.1 · Linke +9.1 · BSW +4.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kescheid
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.0%-4.6
- AfD22.1%+2.0
- Linke15.6%+9.1
- Grüne14.3%+4.0
- BSW9.1%+4.9
- SPD6.5%-12.1
- FDP5.2%+0.6
- Others1.3%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 20 | 26.0% | 32.8% | 30.6% (-4.6) | 22.6% (+3.4) |
| AfD | 17 | 22.1% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+2.0) | 20.8% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 12 | 15.6% | 5.9% | 6.5% (+9.1) | 8.8% (+6.8) |
| Grüne | 11 | 14.3% | 7.0% | 10.3% (+4.0) | 11.6% (+2.7) |
| BSW | 7 | 9.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+4.9) | 5.0% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 5 | 6.5% | 18.6% | 18.6% (-12.1) | 16.4% (-9.9) |
| FDP | 4 | 5.2% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.9) |
| Others | 1 | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2.1% (-0.8) | 10.6% (-9.3) |
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 Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld are counted jointly for all 66 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kescheid. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kescheid only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 8,940 postal voters, which is 40.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.2%
- Voters22,216 of 27,023 eligible voters
- Postal vote share40.2% · 8,940
- Member municipalities66
- CDU28.6%+2.6
- AfD24.8%+2.7
- SPD18.7%+12.2
- Grüne8.0%-6.3
- Linke5.8%-9.8
- BSW5.2%-3.9
- FDP4.4%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.9%
- Volt0.7%
- Others2.0%+0.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kescheid.
| Party | Polling station Kescheid | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 20 (26.0%) | 3,057 (34.3%) | 6,303 | 28.6% |
| AfD | 17 (22.1%) | 1,301 (14.6%) | 5,465 | 24.8% |
| SPD | 5 (6.5%) | 1,960 (22.0%) | 4,127 | 18.7% |
| Grüne | 11 (14.3%) | 828 (9.3%) | 1,765 | 8.0% |
| Linke | 12 (15.6%) | 447 (5.0%) | 1,288 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 7 (9.1%) | 431 (4.8%) | 1,152 | 5.2% |
| FDP | 4 (5.2%) | 403 (4.5%) | 963 | 4.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 0 (0.0%) | 216 (2.4%) | 418 | 1.9% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 70 (0.8%) | 153 | 0.7% |
| Others | 1 (1.3%) | 195 (2.2%) | 436 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlmersbachAfD 39.4%
- BachenbergSPD 42.4%
- BerzhausenAfD 36.0%
- BirnbachAfD 25.8%
- BürdenbachAfD 42.9%
- BurglahrCDU 34.4%
- BusenhausenCDU 25.0%
- EichelhardtAfD 27.9%
- EichenAfD 33.6%
- ErsfeldAfD 26.8%
- FiersbachAfD 27.1%
- FlammersfeldAfD 30.9%
- FluterschenAfD 38.6%
- ForstmehrenAfD 26.4%
- GielerothAfD 36.0%
- GiershausenAfD 31.7%
- GüllesheimCDU 30.5%
- HasselbachAfD 35.0%
- HelmenzenAfD 33.3%
- HelmerothCDU 31.0%
- HemmelzenAfD 38.5%
- HeupelzenAfD 27.6%
- HilgenrothAfD 32.6%
- Hirz-MaulsbachCDU 46.9%
- Horhausen (Westerwald)AfD 31.0%
- IdelbergSPD 18.2%
- IngelbachSPD 24.1%
- IsertAfD 29.6%
- KescheidCDU 26.0%
- KettenhausenAfD 43.2%
- KircheibAfD 34.1%
- KraamAfD 32.3%
- KrunkelAfD 29.1%
- MammelzenAfD 32.3%
- MehrenAfD 28.1%
- Michelbach (Westerwald)AfD 31.4%
- NiedersteinebachAfD 40.0%
- Obererbach (Westerwald)AfD 28.8%
- OberirsenAfD 28.3%
- OberlahrCDU 35.6%
- ObersteinebachAfD 26.3%
- OberwambachAfD 34.9%
- ÖlsenAfD 30.4%
- OrfgenAfD 30.9%
- PeterslahrCDU 28.1%
- PleckhausenAfD 30.8%
- RacksenCDU 36.6%
- ReiferscheidAfD 30.6%
- RettersenAfD 25.6%
- RottAfD 33.6%
- SchönebergAfD 40.1%
- SchürdtAfD 29.2%
- Seelbach (Westerwald)CDU 25.4%
- SeifenCDU 28.3%
- SörthAfD 37.4%
- StürzelbachAfD 28.9%
- VolkerzenAfD 35.2%
- WalterschenAfD 31.3%
- WerkhausenCDU 28.0%
- WeyerbuschAfD 32.6%
- WillrothAfD 31.0%
- WölmersenCDU 34.9%
- ZiegenhainCDU 52.0%
- Berod bei HachenburgCDU 29.0%
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald)AfD 39.5%
- NeitersenAfD 32.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kescheid: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kescheid highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld 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%