Esch: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Esch with 35.7% of the second votes, AfD took 23.8%.
- Turnout57.6% · Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters186 of 323 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateSPD −6.2 · Grüne −5.4 · CDU +5.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency201 Bitburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Esch
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU35.7%+5.1
- AfD23.8%+3.7
- SPD12.4%-6.2
- Linke7.0%+0.5
- Freie Wähler5.4%+3.3
- Grüne4.9%-5.4
- BSW4.9%+0.7
- FDP2.7%-1.9
- Others3.2%+1.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 66 | 35.7% | 35.5% | 30.6% (+5.1) | 22.6% (+13.1) |
| AfD | 44 | 23.8% | 18.0% | 20.1% (+3.7) | 20.8% (+3.0) |
| SPD | 23 | 12.4% | 18.0% | 18.6% (-6.2) | 16.4% (-4.0) |
| Linke | 13 | 7.0% | 5.3% | 6.5% (+0.5) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 10 | 5.4% | 3.2% | 2.1% (+3.3) | – |
| Grüne | 9 | 4.9% | 8.1% | 10.3% (-5.4) | 11.6% (-6.7) |
| BSW | 9 | 4.9% | 4.0% | 4.2% (+0.7) | 5.0% (-0.1) |
| FDP | 5 | 2.7% | 5.2% | 4.6% (-1.9) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Others | 6 | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+1.1) | 10.6% (-7.4) |
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 Wittlich-Land: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land are counted jointly for all 40 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Esch. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Esch only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 9,542 postal voters, which is 47.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.1%
- Voters20,154 of 23,411 eligible voters
- Postal vote share47.3% · 9,542
- Member municipalities40
- CDU37.8%+2.1
- AfD18.1%-5.7
- SPD17.3%+4.9
- Grüne7.7%+2.8
- Linke4.7%-2.3
- FDP4.4%+1.7
- Freie Wähler3.7%-1.7
- BSW3.7%-1.2
- Volt0.6%
- Others2.0%-1.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Esch.
| Party | Polling station Esch | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 66 (35.7%) | 3,858 (40.6%) | 7,568 | 37.8% |
| AfD | 44 (23.8%) | 1,236 (13.0%) | 3,625 | 18.1% |
| SPD | 23 (12.4%) | 1,767 (18.6%) | 3,463 | 17.3% |
| Grüne | 9 (4.9%) | 792 (8.3%) | 1,537 | 7.7% |
| Linke | 13 (7.0%) | 407 (4.3%) | 940 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 5 (2.7%) | 411 (4.3%) | 883 | 4.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 10 (5.4%) | 391 (4.1%) | 736 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 9 (4.9%) | 368 (3.9%) | 751 | 3.7% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 72 (0.8%) | 115 | 0.6% |
| Others | 6 (3.2%) | 200 (2.1%) | 410 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltrichCDU 33.9%
- ArenrathCDU 37.9%
- BergweilerCDU 29.0%
- BettenfeldAfD 34.4%
- BinsfeldCDU 33.9%
- BruchCDU 34.7%
- DierscheidCDU 35.1%
- DreisCDU 41.2%
- EckfeldCDU 39.0%
- EisenschmittCDU 31.6%
- EschCDU 35.7%
- GipperathCDU 38.6%
- GladbachCDU 34.6%
- GreimerathCDU 28.0%
- GroßlittgenAfD 33.8%
- HasbornCDU 27.9%
- HeidweilerCDU 41.7%
- HetzerathCDU 35.7%
- HupperathCDU 32.6%
- KarlAfD 35.4%
- KlausenCDU 30.8%
- LaufeldCDU 49.0%
- Manderscheid, StadtCDU 34.3%
- MeerfeldCDU 48.6%
- MinderlittgenCDU 33.5%
- NiederöfflingenCDU 39.2%
- NiederscheidweilerCDU 47.1%
- OberöfflingenCDU 36.4%
- OberscheidweilerCDU 49.5%
- Osann-MonzelCDU 32.5%
- PantenburgCDU 50.5%
- PlattenCDU 41.7%
- PleinCDU 35.6%
- RivenichAfD 28.6%
- SalmtalCDU 37.8%
- SchladtCDU 42.6%
- SehlemCDU 35.9%
- WallscheidCDU 30.8%
- LandscheidCDU 32.2%
- NiersbachCDU 36.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Esch: location in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Esch highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201)
- WittlichCDU 31.2%
- Briefwahl VG Wittlich-LandCDU 40.6%
- Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-KuesCDU 40.7%
- MorbachCDU 34.7%
- Briefwahl VG Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199CDU 36.4%
- Briefwahl VG Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 201CDU 39.6%
- Briefwahl VG Thalfang am ErbeskopfCDU 32.7%
- Bernkastel-KuesCDU 31.5%
- Traben-TrarbachCDU 28.7%
- HetzerathCDU 35.7%
- SalmtalCDU 37.8%
- KrövCDU 36.4%