Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil with 35.5% of the second votes, SPD took 21.8%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +4.9 · AfD −4.5 · SPD +3.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU35.5%+4.9
- SPD21.8%+3.2
- AfD15.6%-4.5
- Grüne7.4%-2.9
- BSW5.2%+1.0
- Linke4.6%-1.9
- FDP3.9%-0.7
- Freie Wähler2.4%+0.3
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others3.0%+0.9
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,610 | 35.5% | 34.2% | 30.6% (+4.9) | 22.6% (+12.9) |
| SPD | 990 | 21.8% | 20.3% | 18.6% (+3.2) | 16.4% (+5.4) |
| AfD | 708 | 15.6% | 16.5% | 20.1% (-4.5) | 20.8% (-5.2) |
| Grüne | 334 | 7.4% | 9.4% | 10.3% (-2.9) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| BSW | 238 | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.2% (+1.0) | 5.0% (+0.2) |
| Linke | 210 | 4.6% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-4.2) |
| FDP | 176 | 3.9% | 4.8% | 4.6% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 107 | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.1% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 30 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 137 | 3.0% | 1.9% | 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 Hermeskeil: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil are counted jointly for all 13 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,566 postal voters, which is 48.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.7%
- Voters9,462 of 11,301 eligible voters
- Postal vote share48.3% · 4,566
- Member municipalities13
- CDU33.3%-2.2
- AfD21.0%+5.4
- SPD19.9%-1.9
- Grüne6.9%-0.5
- Linke5.2%+0.6
- BSW4.7%-0.5
- FDP3.7%-0.2
- Freie Wähler2.0%-0.4
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others2.5%-0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Hermeskeil | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,610 (35.5%) | 1,610 (35.5%) | 3,129 | 33.3% |
| AfD | 708 (15.6%) | 708 (15.6%) | 1,975 | 21.0% |
| SPD | 990 (21.8%) | 990 (21.8%) | 1,871 | 19.9% |
| Grüne | 334 (7.4%) | 334 (7.4%) | 651 | 6.9% |
| Linke | 210 (4.6%) | 210 (4.6%) | 485 | 5.2% |
| BSW | 238 (5.2%) | 238 (5.2%) | 446 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 176 (3.9%) | 176 (3.9%) | 348 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 107 (2.4%) | 107 (2.4%) | 190 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 30 (0.7%) | 30 (0.7%) | 61 | 0.6% |
| Others | 137 (3.0%) | 137 (3.0%) | 238 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BescheidCDU 40.4%
- Beuren (Hochwald)CDU 31.6%
- DamflosCDU 31.1%
- GeisfeldCDU 36.3%
- GrimburgCDU 31.0%
- GusenburgCDU 37.4%
- HermeskeilAfD 32.7%
- Hinzert-PölertAfD 31.4%
- Naurath (Wald)CDU 50.5%
- NeuhüttenCDU 31.9%
- RascheidCDU 37.0%
- ReinsfeldCDU 30.3%
- ZüschSPD 25.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.