Zeltingen-Rachtig: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Zeltingen-Rachtig with 38.4% of the second votes, AfD took 16.9%.
- Turnout34.4% · Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters578 of 1,680 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +7.8 · AfD −3.2 · Grüne −2.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency199 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Zeltingen-Rachtig
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU38.4%+7.8
- AfD16.9%-3.2
- SPD16.8%-1.8
- Grüne7.9%-2.4
- Linke6.5%±0
- FDP5.1%+0.5
- Freie Wähler3.1%+1.0
- BSW2.1%-2.1
- Volt0.3%-0.5
- Others3.0%+0.9
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 220 | 38.4% | 35.5% | 30.6% (+7.8) | 22.6% (+15.8) |
| AfD | 97 | 16.9% | 18.0% | 20.1% (-3.2) | 20.8% (-3.9) |
| SPD | 96 | 16.8% | 18.0% | 18.6% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+0.4) |
| Grüne | 45 | 7.9% | 8.1% | 10.3% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-3.7) |
| Linke | 37 | 6.5% | 5.3% | 6.5% (±0) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| FDP | 29 | 5.1% | 5.2% | 4.6% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 18 | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2.1% (+1.0) | – |
| BSW | 12 | 2.1% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-2.1) | 5.0% (-2.9) |
| Volt | 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 17 | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.9) | 10.6% (-7.6) |
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 Bernkastel-Kues: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues are counted jointly for all 23 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Zeltingen-Rachtig. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Zeltingen-Rachtig only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 9,353 postal voters, which is 53.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.0%
- Voters17,597 of 20,939 eligible voters
- Postal vote share53.2% · 9,353
- Member municipalities23
- CDU37.3%-1.1
- SPD18.2%+1.4
- AfD15.5%-1.4
- Grüne8.2%+0.3
- FDP6.3%+1.2
- Linke5.2%-1.3
- BSW3.6%+1.5
- Freie Wähler3.0%-0.1
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others2.3%-0.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Zeltingen-Rachtig.
| Party | Polling station Zeltingen-Rachtig | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 220 (38.4%) | 3,799 (40.7%) | 6,525 | 37.3% |
| SPD | 96 (16.8%) | 1,757 (18.8%) | 3,186 | 18.2% |
| AfD | 97 (16.9%) | 973 (10.4%) | 2,716 | 15.5% |
| Grüne | 45 (7.9%) | 830 (8.9%) | 1,435 | 8.2% |
| FDP | 29 (5.1%) | 624 (6.7%) | 1,106 | 6.3% |
| Linke | 37 (6.5%) | 428 (4.6%) | 905 | 5.2% |
| BSW | 12 (2.1%) | 335 (3.6%) | 632 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 18 (3.1%) | 316 (3.4%) | 525 | 3.0% |
| Others | 17 (3.0%) | 224 (2.4%) | 407 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bernkastel-KuesCDU 31.5%
- BraunebergCDU 31.3%
- BurgenSPD 23.6%
- ErdenCDU 47.4%
- GornhausenSPD 29.0%
- Graach an der MoselCDU 37.6%
- HochscheidSPD 26.3%
- KestenCDU 38.6%
- KleinichCDU 25.3%
- KommenCDU 34.4%
- LieserCDU 35.8%
- LösnichCDU 35.2%
- LongkampCDU 33.7%
- Maring-NoviandCDU 36.4%
- MinheimCDU 47.0%
- MonzelfeldCDU 28.1%
- Mülheim an der MoselCDU 32.4%
- Neumagen-DhronCDU 31.8%
- PiesportCDU 37.7%
- ÜrzigCDU 38.8%
- VeldenzAfD 25.5%
- WintrichCDU 35.4%
- Zeltingen-RachtigCDU 38.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Zeltingen-Rachtig: location in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Zeltingen-Rachtig highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues 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%