Herforst: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Herforst with 36.8% of the second votes, CDU took 25.5%.
- Turnout36.0% · Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Wkr. 201) 83.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters321 of 891 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +16.7 · CDU −5.1 · Grüne −3.1
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency201 Bitburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Herforst
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD36.8%+16.7
- CDU25.5%-5.1
- SPD15.7%-2.9
- Grüne7.2%-3.1
- Linke4.1%-2.4
- BSW3.5%-0.7
- FDP2.8%-1.8
- Freie Wähler2.8%+0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.5
- Others1.3%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 117 | 36.8% | 17.0% | 20.1% (+16.7) | 20.8% (+16.0) |
| CDU | 81 | 25.5% | 36.0% | 30.6% (-5.1) | 22.6% (+2.9) |
| SPD | 50 | 15.7% | 16.7% | 18.6% (-2.9) | 16.4% (-0.7) |
| Grüne | 23 | 7.2% | 7.1% | 10.3% (-3.1) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 13 | 4.1% | 4.7% | 6.5% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-4.7) |
| BSW | 11 | 3.5% | 3.4% | 4.2% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 9 | 2.8% | 4.3% | 4.6% (-1.8) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 2.8% | 8.3% | 2.1% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 4 | 1.3% | 1.7% | 2.1% (-0.8) | 10.6% (-9.3) |
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 Speicher: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Speicher are counted jointly for all 9 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Herforst. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Herforst only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,950 postal voters, which is 57.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.9%
- Voters5,141 of 6,281 eligible voters
- Postal vote share57.4% · 2,950
- Member municipalities9
- CDU35.5%+10.0
- AfD20.4%-16.4
- SPD18.4%+2.7
- Freie Wähler6.8%+4.0
- Grüne5.1%-2.1
- Linke4.2%+0.1
- FDP4.0%+1.2
- BSW3.3%-0.2
- Volt0.6%+0.3
- Others1.7%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Herforst.
| Party | Polling station Herforst | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Speicher total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 81 (25.5%) | 1,196 (40.7%) | 1,819 | 35.5% |
| AfD | 117 (36.8%) | 420 (14.3%) | 1,043 | 20.4% |
| SPD | 50 (15.7%) | 579 (19.7%) | 941 | 18.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (2.8%) | 223 (7.6%) | 346 | 6.8% |
| Grüne | 23 (7.2%) | 146 (5.0%) | 259 | 5.1% |
| Linke | 13 (4.1%) | 105 (3.6%) | 216 | 4.2% |
| FDP | 9 (2.8%) | 106 (3.6%) | 207 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 11 (3.5%) | 89 (3.0%) | 170 | 3.3% |
| Volt | 1 (0.3%) | 23 (0.8%) | 30 | 0.6% |
| Others | 4 (1.3%) | 54 (1.8%) | 87 | 1.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Auw an der KyllAfD 37.3%
- BeilingenCDU 43.3%
- HerforstAfD 36.8%
- HostenCDU 31.7%
- PhilippsheimSPD 40.5%
- PreistCDU 43.0%
- SpeicherAfD 33.4%
- OrenhofenCDU 31.0%
- SpangdahlemCDU 36.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Herforst: location in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Herforst highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Speicher shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.