Ransbach-Baumbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ransbach-Baumbach with 27.8% of the second votes, AfD took 26.4%.
- MayorMichael Merz · Wikidata
- Turnout38.3% · Westerwaldkreis (Wkr. 203) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,981 of 5,176 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +6.3 · SPD −3.9 · Grüne −3.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency203 Montabaur
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Ransbach-Baumbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.8%-2.8
- AfD26.4%+6.3
- SPD14.7%-3.9
- Linke10.1%+3.6
- Grüne6.6%-3.7
- FDP5.3%+0.7
- BSW5.2%+1.0
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.4
- Others1.7%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 544 | 27.8% | 34.0% | 30.6% (-2.8) | 22.6% (+5.2) |
| AfD | 516 | 26.4% | 20.9% | 20.1% (+6.3) | 20.8% (+5.6) |
| SPD | 288 | 14.7% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-3.9) | 16.4% (-1.7) |
| Linke | 197 | 10.1% | 5.9% | 6.5% (+3.6) | 8.8% (+1.3) |
| Grüne | 129 | 6.6% | 8.3% | 10.3% (-3.7) | 11.6% (-5.0) |
| FDP | 104 | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+1.0) |
| BSW | 102 | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.0) | 5.0% (+0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 35 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 8 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 34 | 1.7% | 2.2% | 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 Ransbach-Baumbach: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Ransbach-Baumbach are counted jointly for all 11 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ransbach-Baumbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ransbach-Baumbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,742 postal voters, which is 52.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.5%
- Voters9,115 of 10,913 eligible voters
- Postal vote share52.0% · 4,742
- Member municipalities11
- CDU33.8%+6.0
- AfD20.2%-6.2
- SPD16.5%+1.8
- Grüne8.5%+1.9
- Linke6.3%-3.8
- FDP5.4%+0.1
- BSW4.4%-0.8
- Freie Wähler2.2%+0.4
- Volt0.6%+0.2
- Others2.2%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ransbach-Baumbach.
| Party | Polling station Ransbach-Baumbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Ransbach-Baumbach total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 544 (27.8%) | 1,871 (39.5%) | 3,059 | 33.8% |
| AfD | 516 (26.4%) | 616 (13.0%) | 1,829 | 20.2% |
| SPD | 288 (14.7%) | 877 (18.5%) | 1,491 | 16.5% |
| Grüne | 129 (6.6%) | 435 (9.2%) | 773 | 8.5% |
| Linke | 197 (10.1%) | 244 (5.2%) | 575 | 6.3% |
| FDP | 104 (5.3%) | 255 (5.4%) | 489 | 5.4% |
| BSW | 102 (5.2%) | 172 (3.6%) | 395 | 4.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 35 (1.8%) | 110 (2.3%) | 199 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 8 (0.4%) | 33 (0.7%) | 53 | 0.6% |
| Others | 34 (1.7%) | 118 (2.5%) | 195 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlsbachAfD 29.9%
- BreitenauAfD 36.5%
- CaanCDU 31.8%
- DeesenCDU 30.9%
- HundsdorfAfD 25.9%
- NauortAfD 29.1%
- OberhaidAfD 40.7%
- Ransbach-BaumbachCDU 27.8%
- SessenbachCDU 37.2%
- WirscheidAfD 29.3%
- WittgertAfD 31.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ransbach-Baumbach: location in the Westerwaldkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ransbach-Baumbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Ransbach-Baumbach 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%