Ratzert: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ratzert with 29.4% of the second votes, SPD took 25.7%.
- Turnout69.0% · Neuwied (Wkr. 196) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters138 of 200 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU −14.4 · AfD +9.3 · SPD +7.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Ratzert
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD29.4%+9.3
- SPD25.7%+7.1
- CDU16.2%-14.4
- Grüne11.8%+1.5
- Linke5.1%-1.4
- FDP3.7%-0.9
- Freie Wähler3.7%+1.6
- BSW3.7%-0.5
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others0.0%-2.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 40 | 29.4% | 21.2% | 20.1% (+9.3) | 20.8% (+8.6) |
| SPD | 35 | 25.7% | 18.4% | 18.6% (+7.1) | 16.4% (+9.3) |
| CDU | 22 | 16.2% | 31.9% | 30.6% (-14.4) | 22.6% (-6.4) |
| Grüne | 16 | 11.8% | 8.9% | 10.3% (+1.5) | 11.6% (+0.2) |
| Linke | 7 | 5.1% | 6.1% | 6.5% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-3.7) |
| FDP | 5 | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 3.7% | 1.8% | 2.1% (+1.6) | – |
| BSW | 5 | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.3) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 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 Puderbach: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach are counted jointly for all 16 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ratzert. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ratzert only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,129 postal voters, which is 42.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.2%
- Voters9,715 of 11,678 eligible voters
- Postal vote share42.5% · 4,129
- Member municipalities16
- CDU27.5%+11.3
- AfD27.1%-2.3
- SPD17.8%-7.9
- Grüne6.9%-4.9
- Linke5.5%+0.4
- BSW5.1%+1.4
- FDP4.6%+0.9
- Freie Wähler3.1%-0.6
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others1.9%+1.9
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ratzert.
| Party | Polling station Ratzert | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 22 (16.2%) | 1,358 (33.0%) | 2,652 | 27.5% |
| AfD | 40 (29.4%) | 716 (17.4%) | 2,614 | 27.1% |
| SPD | 35 (25.7%) | 845 (20.5%) | 1,718 | 17.8% |
| Grüne | 16 (11.8%) | 341 (8.3%) | 668 | 6.9% |
| Linke | 7 (5.1%) | 195 (4.7%) | 529 | 5.5% |
| BSW | 5 (3.7%) | 199 (4.8%) | 489 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 5 (3.7%) | 173 (4.2%) | 445 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (3.7%) | 153 (3.7%) | 300 | 3.1% |
| Volt | 1 (0.7%) | 34 (0.8%) | 58 | 0.6% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 100 (2.4%) | 185 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DernbachAfD 38.0%
- DöttesfeldAfD 31.6%
- DürrholzAfD 32.0%
- HanrothAfD 40.5%
- HarschbachCDU 35.2%
- LinkenbachAfD 29.8%
- NiederhofenAfD 40.8%
- NiederwambachAfD 26.4%
- OberdreisAfD 32.4%
- PuderbachAfD 37.7%
- RatzertAfD 29.4%
- RaubachAfD 32.4%
- Rodenbach bei PuderbachAfD 32.1%
- SteimelAfD 38.3%
- UrbachAfD 31.4%
- WoldertAfD 34.5%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ratzert: location in the Neuwied district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ratzert highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Neuwied (Wkr. 196)
- NeuwiedCDU 27.1%
- Briefwahl VG Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde VettelschoßCDU 43.0%
- AsbachCDU 36.5%
- Neustadt (Wied)CDU 39.8%
- Briefwahl VG PuderbachCDU 33.0%
- Bad HönningenCDU 34.1%
- Buchholz (Westerwald)CDU 35.2%
- UnkelCDU 33.4%
- Briefwahl VG DierdorfCDU 35.0%
- WindhagenCDU 35.9%
- RheinbreitbachCDU 34.1%
- VettelschoßCDU 37.3%