Benzweiler: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Benzweiler with 33.7% of the second votes, AfD took 26.7%.
- Turnout53.4% · Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Wkr. 199) 84.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters86 of 161 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateGrüne −8.0 · AfD +6.6 · Linke −4.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency199 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Benzweiler
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.7%+3.1
- AfD26.7%+6.6
- SPD16.3%-2.3
- BSW5.8%+1.6
- FDP4.7%+0.1
- Grüne2.3%-8.0
- Linke2.3%-4.2
- Freie Wähler2.3%+0.2
- Others5.8%+3.7
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 29 | 33.7% | 32.0% | 30.6% (+3.1) | 22.6% (+11.1) |
| AfD | 23 | 26.7% | 21.5% | 20.1% (+6.6) | 20.8% (+5.9) |
| SPD | 14 | 16.3% | 18.0% | 18.6% (-2.3) | 16.4% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 5 | 5.8% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.6) | 5.0% (+0.8) |
| FDP | 4 | 4.7% | 5.4% | 4.6% (+0.1) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| Grüne | 2 | 2.3% | 8.3% | 10.3% (-8.0) | 11.6% (-9.3) |
| Linke | 2 | 2.3% | 5.2% | 6.5% (-4.2) | 8.8% (-6.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 5 | 5.8% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+3.7) | 10.6% (-4.8) |
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 Simmern-Rheinböllen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen are counted jointly for all 44 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Benzweiler. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Benzweiler only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 7,556 postal voters, which is 40.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters18,766 of 22,091 eligible voters
- Postal vote share40.3% · 7,556
- Member municipalities44
- CDU29.5%-4.2
- AfD22.3%-4.4
- SPD19.8%+3.5
- Grüne7.9%+5.6
- FDP5.8%+1.1
- Linke5.0%+2.7
- BSW4.3%-1.5
- Freie Wähler2.1%-0.2
- Volt0.9%
- Others2.4%-3.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Benzweiler.
| Party | Polling station Benzweiler | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 29 (33.7%) | 2,530 (33.6%) | 5,506 | 29.5% |
| AfD | 23 (26.7%) | 1,117 (14.8%) | 4,158 | 22.3% |
| SPD | 14 (16.3%) | 1,604 (21.3%) | 3,697 | 19.8% |
| Grüne | 2 (2.3%) | 684 (9.1%) | 1,478 | 7.9% |
| FDP | 4 (4.7%) | 456 (6.1%) | 1,081 | 5.8% |
| Linke | 2 (2.3%) | 342 (4.5%) | 925 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 5 (5.8%) | 333 (4.4%) | 796 | 4.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (2.3%) | 177 (2.4%) | 393 | 2.1% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 72 (1.0%) | 166 | 0.9% |
| Others | 5 (5.8%) | 210 (2.8%) | 439 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltweidelbachCDU 33.1%
- ArgenthalCDU 28.4%
- BelgweilerAfD 28.9%
- BenzweilerCDU 33.7%
- BergenhausenSPD 25.9%
- BiebernCDU 36.8%
- BubachSPD 30.9%
- BudenbachAfD 26.7%
- DichtelbachCDU 29.7%
- Ellern (Hunsrück)CDU 29.9%
- ErbachAfD 35.5%
- FronhofenCDU 36.1%
- HolzbachAfD 26.2%
- HornSPD 31.2%
- KeidelheimSPD 23.4%
- KisselbachCDU 36.4%
- KlosterkumbdCDU 31.9%
- Külz (Hunsrück)SPD 24.1%
- KümbdchenAfD 27.0%
- LaubachCDU 31.4%
- LiebshausenCDU 36.6%
- MengerschiedCDU 28.2%
- MörschbachAfD 31.8%
- MutterschiedAfD 34.0%
- NannhausenCDU 25.5%
- NeuerkirchSPD 26.4%
- NiederkumbdCDU 29.7%
- OhlweilerSPD 25.2%
- OppertshausenCDU 30.3%
- PleizenhausenCDU 28.8%
- RavengiersburgCDU 31.6%
- RayerschiedSPD 25.9%
- ReichCDU 25.7%
- RheinböllenCDU 29.3%
- RiegenrothCDU 34.1%
- RiesweilerCDU 32.6%
- SargenrothCDU 24.0%
- SchnorbachCDU 30.5%
- SchönbornCDU 30.4%
- Simmern/ HunsrückAfD 38.9%
- SteinbachCDU 41.8%
- TiefenbachAfD 25.9%
- WahlbachAfD 27.6%
- WüschheimAfD 32.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Benzweiler: location in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Benzweiler highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Wkr. 199)
- BoppardCDU 33.0%
- Briefwahl VG Simmern-RheinböllenCDU 33.6%
- Briefwahl VG Kirchberg (Hunsrück)CDU 32.0%
- Briefwahl VG KastellaunCDU 36.2%
- Briefwahl VG Hunsrück-Mittelrhein ohne Städte Emmelshausen, Oberwesel und Sankt GoarCDU 42.0%
- EmmelshausenCDU 36.5%
- Simmern/ HunsrückAfD 38.9%
- OberweselCDU 39.8%
- Sankt GoarCDU 31.3%
- KastellaunAfD 38.7%
- RheinböllenCDU 29.3%
- Kirchberg (Hunsrück)AfD 39.8%