Schmidthachenbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Schmidthachenbach with 30.6% of the second votes, SPD took 25.4%.
- Turnout58.6% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters174 of 297 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateSPD +6.8 · Grüne −5.7 · BSW −3.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency200 Kreuznach
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Schmidthachenbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.6%±0
- SPD25.4%+6.8
- AfD20.8%+0.7
- Linke7.5%+1.0
- FDP5.8%+1.2
- Grüne4.6%-5.7
- Volt2.3%+1.5
- Freie Wähler1.7%-0.4
- BSW1.2%-3.0
- Others0.0%-2.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 53 | 30.6% | 29.3% | 30.6% (±0) | 22.6% (+8.0) |
| SPD | 44 | 25.4% | 20.0% | 18.6% (+6.8) | 16.4% (+9.0) |
| AfD | 36 | 20.8% | 26.0% | 20.1% (+0.7) | 20.8% (±0) |
| Linke | 13 | 7.5% | 5.3% | 6.5% (+1.0) | 8.8% (-1.3) |
| FDP | 10 | 5.8% | 4.0% | 4.6% (+1.2) | 4.3% (+1.5) |
| Grüne | 8 | 4.6% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-5.7) | 11.6% (-7.0) |
| Volt | 4 | 2.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% (+1.5) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% (-0.4) | – |
| BSW | 2 | 1.2% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-3.0) | 5.0% (-3.8) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% (-2.1) | 10.6% (-10.6) |
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 Herrstein-Rhaunen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen are counted jointly for all 50 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schmidthachenbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schmidthachenbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,702 postal voters, which is 37.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.5%
- Voters15,291 of 18,100 eligible voters
- Postal vote share37.3% · 5,702
- Member municipalities50
- CDU30.7%+0.1
- AfD24.4%+3.6
- SPD20.1%-5.3
- Grüne5.6%+1.0
- Linke4.9%-2.6
- FDP4.6%-1.2
- BSW4.6%+3.4
- Freie Wähler2.4%+0.7
- Volt0.6%-1.7
- Others2.0%+2.0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schmidthachenbach.
| Party | Polling station Schmidthachenbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 53 (30.6%) | 1,956 (34.5%) | 4,654 | 30.7% |
| AfD | 36 (20.8%) | 1,048 (18.5%) | 3,706 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 44 (25.4%) | 1,175 (20.7%) | 3,047 | 20.1% |
| Grüne | 8 (4.6%) | 354 (6.2%) | 850 | 5.6% |
| Linke | 13 (7.5%) | 262 (4.6%) | 750 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 10 (5.8%) | 257 (4.5%) | 700 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 2 (1.2%) | 288 (5.1%) | 703 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (1.7%) | 156 (2.8%) | 364 | 2.4% |
| Volt | 4 (2.3%) | 40 (0.7%) | 93 | 0.6% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 134 (2.4%) | 308 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AllenbachSPD 27.6%
- AsbachCDU 42.4%
- BergenCDU 31.1%
- Berschweiler bei KirnSPD 22.7%
- BollenbachCDU 34.4%
- BreitenthalCDU 39.3%
- BruchweilerCDU 26.5%
- BundenbachAfD 37.6%
- DickesbachAfD 29.7%
- FischbachAfD 28.3%
- GerachAfD 35.6%
- GösenrothCDU 28.7%
- GriebelschiedAfD 30.6%
- HausenSPD 30.5%
- HellertshausenAfD 31.9%
- HerbornCDU 28.5%
- HerrsteinAfD 36.1%
- HettenrodtCDU 41.2%
- HintertiefenbachCDU 32.1%
- HorbruchAfD 25.1%
- HottenbachCDU 32.9%
- KempfeldAfD 30.9%
- KirschweilerCDU 28.1%
- KrummenauAfD 38.9%
- MackenrodtCDU 33.5%
- MittelreidenbachCDU 32.8%
- MörschiedCDU 32.1%
- NiederhosenbachSPD 29.9%
- NiederwörresbachAfD 26.7%
- OberhosenbachCDU 27.6%
- OberkirnAfD 32.5%
- OberreidenbachCDU 26.7%
- OberwörresbachCDU 40.0%
- RhaunenAfD 49.1%
- SchaurenCDU 29.1%
- SchmidthachenbachCDU 30.6%
- SchwerbachGrüne 32.4%
- SensweilerCDU 31.0%
- SienCDU 30.5%
- SienhachenbachSPD 33.7%
- SonnschiedCDU 29.8%
- StipshausenCDU 29.6%
- SulzbachCDU 32.4%
- VeitsrodtCDU 36.7%
- VollmersbachCDU 44.1%
- WeidenAfD 34.0%
- WeitersbachCDU 38.1%
- WickenrodtCDU 47.9%
- WirschweilerAfD 37.9%
- LangweilerAfD 27.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Schmidthachenbach: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schmidthachenbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.