Westerburg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Westerburg with 38.8% of the second votes, CDU took 21.8%.
- MayorJanick Pape (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout40.9% · Westerwaldkreis (Wkr. 203) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,689 of 4,127 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +18.7 · CDU −8.8 · SPD −5.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency203 Montabaur
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Westerburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD38.8%+18.7
- CDU21.8%-8.8
- SPD13.2%-5.4
- Linke7.2%+0.7
- Grüne5.8%-4.5
- BSW5.7%+1.5
- FDP4.0%-0.6
- Freie Wähler1.1%-1.0
- Volt0.4%-0.4
- Others1.9%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 648 | 38.8% | 20.9% | 20.1% (+18.7) | 20.8% (+18.0) |
| CDU | 364 | 21.8% | 34.0% | 30.6% (-8.8) | 22.6% (-0.8) |
| SPD | 220 | 13.2% | 17.5% | 18.6% (-5.4) | 16.4% (-3.2) |
| Linke | 121 | 7.2% | 5.9% | 6.5% (+0.7) | 8.8% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 97 | 5.8% | 8.3% | 10.3% (-4.5) | 11.6% (-5.8) |
| BSW | 95 | 5.7% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.7) |
| FDP | 67 | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.6% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 18 | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-1.0) | – |
| Volt | 7 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 32 | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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 Westerburg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg are counted jointly for all 24 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Westerburg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Westerburg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 6,326 postal voters, which is 43.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.6%
- Voters14,508 of 17,567 eligible voters
- Postal vote share43.6% · 6,326
- Member municipalities24
- CDU33.7%+11.9
- AfD25.4%-13.4
- SPD16.4%+3.2
- Grüne6.3%+0.5
- Linke5.1%-2.1
- BSW4.5%-1.2
- FDP4.3%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.5
- Volt0.6%+0.2
- Others2.2%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Westerburg.
| Party | Polling station Westerburg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 364 (21.8%) | 2,508 (39.8%) | 4,853 | 33.7% |
| AfD | 648 (38.8%) | 1,018 (16.2%) | 3,657 | 25.4% |
| SPD | 220 (13.2%) | 1,159 (18.4%) | 2,360 | 16.4% |
| Grüne | 97 (5.8%) | 464 (7.4%) | 912 | 6.3% |
| Linke | 121 (7.2%) | 263 (4.2%) | 735 | 5.1% |
| BSW | 95 (5.7%) | 271 (4.3%) | 649 | 4.5% |
| FDP | 67 (4.0%) | 275 (4.4%) | 616 | 4.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 18 (1.1%) | 125 (2.0%) | 224 | 1.6% |
| Volt | 7 (0.4%) | 46 (0.7%) | 80 | 0.6% |
| Others | 32 (1.9%) | 165 (2.6%) | 318 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AilertchenAfD 37.3%
- BellingenCDU 42.0%
- BerzhahnAfD 35.0%
- BrandscheidCDU 35.6%
- EnspelCDU 43.0%
- GemündenCDU 29.4%
- GirkenrothCDU 35.6%
- GuckheimCDU 41.2%
- HärtlingenAfD 33.3%
- HalbsAfD 39.4%
- HergenrothAfD 37.6%
- HöhnAfD 35.5%
- KadenAfD 35.0%
- KölbingenAfD 34.1%
- LangenhahnCDU 32.8%
- PottumCDU 36.8%
- RotenhainAfD 33.7%
- RothenbachCDU 39.3%
- Stahlhofen am WiesenseeAfD 29.9%
- Stockum-PüschenCDU 41.0%
- WeltersburgCDU 38.3%
- WesterburgAfD 38.8%
- WillmenrodAfD 34.9%
- WinnenAfD 29.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Westerburg: location in the Westerwaldkreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Westerburg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg 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%