Herold: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Herold with 28.6% of the second votes, AfD took 19.4%.
- Turnout56.2% · Rhein-Lahn-Kreis (Wkr. 198, 203) 83.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters176 of 313 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency203 Montabaur
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Herold
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.6%-2.0
- AfD19.4%-0.7
- SPD18.3%-0.3
- Grüne11.4%+1.1
- Linke8.6%+2.1
- BSW5.7%+1.5
- FDP2.9%-1.7
- Freie Wähler2.9%+0.8
- Volt0.6%-0.2
- Others1.7%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 50 | 28.6% | 29.3% | 30.6% (-2.0) | 22.6% (+6.0) |
| AfD | 34 | 19.4% | 20.3% | 20.1% (-0.7) | 20.8% (-1.4) |
| SPD | 32 | 18.3% | 20.9% | 18.6% (-0.3) | 16.4% (+1.9) |
| Grüne | 20 | 11.4% | 9.0% | 10.3% (+1.1) | 11.6% (-0.2) |
| Linke | 15 | 8.6% | 6.3% | 6.5% (+2.1) | 8.8% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 10 | 5.7% | 4.3% | 4.2% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.7) |
| FDP | 5 | 2.9% | 4.3% | 4.6% (-1.7) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.8) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 3 | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Aar-Einrich: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Aar-Einrich are counted jointly for all 31 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Herold. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Herold only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,278 postal voters, which is 42.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.1%
- Voters12,561 of 14,596 eligible voters
- Postal vote share42.0% · 5,278
- Member municipalities31
- CDU27.0%-1.6
- AfD21.5%+2.1
- SPD20.4%+2.1
- Grüne9.3%-2.1
- Linke6.4%-2.2
- BSW4.6%-1.1
- FDP4.1%+1.2
- Freie Wähler3.4%+0.5
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Others2.5%+0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Herold.
| Party | Polling station Herold | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Aar-Einrich total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 50 (28.6%) | 1,545 (29.4%) | 3,373 | 27.0% |
| AfD | 34 (19.4%) | 776 (14.8%) | 2,692 | 21.5% |
| SPD | 32 (18.3%) | 1,234 (23.5%) | 2,548 | 20.4% |
| Grüne | 20 (11.4%) | 539 (10.3%) | 1,167 | 9.3% |
| Linke | 15 (8.6%) | 323 (6.1%) | 803 | 6.4% |
| BSW | 10 (5.7%) | 242 (4.6%) | 571 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 5 (2.9%) | 182 (3.5%) | 508 | 4.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (2.9%) | 231 (4.4%) | 426 | 3.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.6%) | 49 (0.9%) | 101 | 0.8% |
| Others | 3 (1.7%) | 136 (2.6%) | 311 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AllendorfSPD 27.2%
- BerghausenCDU 29.3%
- BerndrothAfD 29.8%
- BiebrichAfD 31.7%
- BrembergAfD 26.3%
- BurgschwalbachAfD 23.9%
- DörsdorfCDU 32.3%
- EbertshausenCDU 31.1%
- EisighofenCDU 30.4%
- ErgeshausenCDU 26.5%
- FlachtAfD 26.9%
- GutenackerAfD 28.0%
- HahnstättenAfD 27.3%
- HeroldCDU 28.6%
- KaltenholzhausenAfD 30.4%
- KatzenelnbogenCDU 27.8%
- KlingelbachCDU 28.7%
- KördorfAfD 26.0%
- LohrheimSPD 24.4%
- MittelfischbachCDU 22.0%
- MudershausenAfD 27.0%
- NetzbachCDU 29.1%
- NiederneisenAfD 33.8%
- NiedertiefenbachAfD 44.3%
- OberfischbachAfD 35.7%
- OberneisenAfD 27.0%
- ReckenrothCDU 38.8%
- RettertSPD 24.5%
- RothCDU 27.5%
- SchiesheimAfD 33.0%
- SchönbornCDU 27.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Herold: location in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Herold highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Aar-Einrich shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis (Wkr. 198, 203)
- LahnsteinCDU 31.0%
- Briefwahl VG DiezCDU 32.2%
- Briefwahl VG Aar-EinrichCDU 29.4%
- Briefwahl VG LoreleyCDU 35.7%
- Briefwahl VG NastättenCDU 32.2%
- Bad EmsAfD 26.0%
- DiezAfD 29.6%
- NassauCDU 26.4%
- NastättenAfD 34.8%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Becheln, Dausenau und ArzbachCDU 33.7%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Fachbach, Frücht, Kemmenau, Miellen und NievernCDU 34.1%
- Briefwahl VG Bad Ems-Nassau, Wkr 203, Gemeinden Singhofen bis ZimmerschiedCDU 33.2%