Maxsain: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Maxsain with 34.7% of the second votes, CDU took 24.2%.
- Turnout46.2% · Westerwaldkreis (Wkr. 203) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters393 of 850 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +14.6 · SPD −7.5 · CDU −6.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency203 Montabaur
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Maxsain
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD34.7%+14.6
- CDU24.2%-6.4
- SPD11.1%-7.5
- Grüne8.7%-1.6
- Linke6.4%-0.1
- FDP4.9%+0.3
- BSW3.9%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.8%±0
- Others3.6%+1.5
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 135 | 34.7% | 20.9% | 20.1% (+14.6) | 20.8% (+13.9) |
| CDU | 94 | 24.2% | 34.0% | 30.6% (-6.4) | 22.6% (+1.6) |
| SPD | 43 | 11.1% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-7.5) | 16.4% (-5.3) |
| Grüne | 34 | 8.7% | 8.3% | 10.3% (-1.6) | 11.6% (-2.9) |
| Linke | 25 | 6.4% | 5.9% | 6.5% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-2.4) |
| FDP | 19 | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.6% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| BSW | 15 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Others | 14 | 3.6% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+1.5) | 10.6% (-7.0) |
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 Selters (Westerwald): overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald) are counted jointly for all 21 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Maxsain. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Maxsain only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,072 postal voters, which is 39.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.4%
- Voters10,334 of 12,539 eligible voters
- Postal vote share39.4% · 4,072
- Member municipalities21
- CDU32.1%+7.9
- AfD24.0%-10.7
- SPD16.8%+5.7
- Grüne7.0%-1.7
- Linke5.9%-0.5
- FDP4.6%-0.3
- BSW4.6%+0.7
- Freie Wähler2.4%+0.6
- Volt0.5%-0.3
- Others2.2%-1.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Maxsain.
| Party | Polling station Maxsain | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald) total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 94 (24.2%) | 1,524 (37.7%) | 3,287 | 32.1% |
| AfD | 135 (34.7%) | 632 (15.6%) | 2,456 | 24.0% |
| SPD | 43 (11.1%) | 777 (19.2%) | 1,724 | 16.8% |
| Grüne | 34 (8.7%) | 292 (7.2%) | 717 | 7.0% |
| Linke | 25 (6.4%) | 204 (5.0%) | 609 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 19 (4.9%) | 189 (4.7%) | 473 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 15 (3.9%) | 179 (4.4%) | 467 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.8%) | 133 (3.3%) | 246 | 2.4% |
| Volt | 3 (0.8%) | 21 (0.5%) | 49 | 0.5% |
| Others | 14 (3.6%) | 90 (2.2%) | 222 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- EllenhausenAfD 31.4%
- FreilingenAfD 34.3%
- FreirachdorfAfD 29.6%
- GoddertAfD 27.6%
- HartenfelsCDU 35.7%
- HerschbachCDU 33.0%
- KrümmelCDU 30.7%
- MarienrachdorfCDU 33.9%
- MarothAfD 36.0%
- MaxsainAfD 34.7%
- NordhofenCDU 30.5%
- QuirnbachAfD 36.5%
- RückerothAfD 30.6%
- SchenkelbergCDU 34.1%
- Selters (Westerwald)AfD 27.6%
- SessenhausenCDU 29.6%
- SteinenAfD 25.9%
- VielbachCDU 28.0%
- WölferlingenAfD 39.8%
- EwighausenAfD 36.4%
- WeidenhahnCDU 37.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Maxsain: location in the Westerwaldkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Maxsain highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald) shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Westerwaldkreis (Wkr. 203)
- Briefwahl VG MontabaurCDU 41.4%
- Briefwahl VG HachenburgCDU 36.7%
- Briefwahl VG WesterburgCDU 39.8%
- Briefwahl VG WirgesCDU 42.9%
- Briefwahl VG Ransbach-BaumbachCDU 39.5%
- Briefwahl VG WallmerodCDU 46.2%
- Briefwahl VG Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)CDU 35.1%
- MontabaurCDU 28.2%
- Briefwahl VG RennerodCDU 39.5%
- Briefwahl VG Selters (Westerwald)CDU 37.7%
- Briefwahl VG Höhr-GrenzhausenCDU 37.4%
- Höhr-GrenzhausenAfD 26.1%