Ruschberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ruschberg with 28.4% of the second votes, AfD took 23.4%.
- Turnout44.4% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters280 of 631 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateGrüne −5.3 · SPD +4.4 · AfD +3.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency200 Kreuznach
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Ruschberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.4%-2.2
- AfD23.4%+3.3
- SPD23.0%+4.4
- Linke6.8%+0.3
- BSW5.8%+1.6
- Grüne5.0%-5.3
- FDP3.2%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others1.8%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 79 | 28.4% | 29.3% | 30.6% (-2.2) | 22.6% (+5.8) |
| AfD | 65 | 23.4% | 26.0% | 20.1% (+3.3) | 20.8% (+2.6) |
| SPD | 64 | 23.0% | 20.0% | 18.6% (+4.4) | 16.4% (+6.6) |
| Linke | 19 | 6.8% | 5.3% | 6.5% (+0.3) | 8.8% (-2.0) |
| BSW | 16 | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+1.6) | 5.0% (+0.8) |
| Grüne | 14 | 5.0% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-5.3) | 11.6% (-6.6) |
| FDP | 9 | 3.2% | 4.0% | 4.6% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.1% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Baumholder: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder are counted jointly for all 14 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ruschberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ruschberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,552 postal voters, which is 45.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.9%
- Voters5,628 of 6,869 eligible voters
- Postal vote share45.3% · 2,552
- Member municipalities14
- CDU30.0%+1.6
- AfD26.6%+3.2
- SPD19.4%-3.6
- Grüne5.2%+0.2
- BSW4.5%-1.3
- Linke4.4%-2.4
- Freie Wähler3.7%+1.9
- FDP3.4%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.3
- Others2.3%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ruschberg.
| Party | Polling station Ruschberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 79 (28.4%) | 843 (33.3%) | 1,675 | 30.0% |
| AfD | 65 (23.4%) | 466 (18.4%) | 1,486 | 26.6% |
| SPD | 64 (23.0%) | 579 (22.8%) | 1,083 | 19.4% |
| Grüne | 14 (5.0%) | 161 (6.4%) | 293 | 5.2% |
| BSW | 16 (5.8%) | 133 (5.2%) | 250 | 4.5% |
| Linke | 19 (6.8%) | 92 (3.6%) | 248 | 4.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (1.8%) | 113 (4.5%) | 207 | 3.7% |
| FDP | 9 (3.2%) | 71 (2.8%) | 190 | 3.4% |
| Others | 5 (1.8%) | 67 (2.6%) | 130 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BaumholderAfD 43.1%
- BerglangenbachAfD 29.3%
- Berschweiler bei BaumholderAfD 41.5%
- EckersweilerAfD 30.6%
- Fohren-LindenCDU 25.5%
- FrauenbergAfD 34.0%
- HahnweilerCDU 48.9%
- HeimbachCDU 33.5%
- LeitzweilerCDU 41.5%
- MettweilerAfD 36.0%
- ReichenbachAfD 30.9%
- RohrbachCDU 48.4%
- RückweilerCDU 46.7%
- RuschbergCDU 28.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ruschberg: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ruschberg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.