Wattenheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wattenheim with 30.1% of the second votes, AfD took 25.7%.
- Turnout51.3% · Bad Dürkheim (Wkr. 207) 85.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters648 of 1,263 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +5.6 · Freie Wähler −1.6 · Linke −1.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency207 Neustadt – Speyer
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Wattenheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.1%-0.5
- AfD25.7%+5.6
- SPD17.8%-0.8
- Grüne10.1%-0.2
- Linke5.3%-1.2
- FDP4.0%-0.6
- BSW3.6%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.5%-1.6
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others2.8%+0.7
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 194 | 30.1% | 31.2% | 30.6% (-0.5) | 22.6% (+7.5) |
| AfD | 166 | 25.7% | 20.3% | 20.1% (+5.6) | 20.8% (+4.9) |
| SPD | 115 | 17.8% | 18.9% | 18.6% (-0.8) | 16.4% (+1.4) |
| Grüne | 65 | 10.1% | 10.7% | 10.3% (-0.2) | 11.6% (-1.5) |
| Linke | 34 | 5.3% | 5.1% | 6.5% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-3.5) |
| FDP | 26 | 4.0% | 5.1% | 4.6% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 23 | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.2% (-0.6) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.5% | 2.0% | 2.1% (-1.6) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 18 | 2.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% (+0.7) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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 Leiningerland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Leiningerland are counted jointly for all 21 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Wattenheim. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Wattenheim only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 9,398 postal voters, which is 44.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.3%
- Voters21,286 of 24,384 eligible voters
- Postal vote share44.2% · 9,398
- Member municipalities21
- CDU29.6%-0.5
- AfD22.8%-2.9
- SPD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne9.2%-0.9
- Linke5.0%-0.3
- FDP4.9%+0.9
- BSW4.0%+0.4
- Freie Wähler2.4%+1.9
- Volt0.6%+0.4
- Others2.1%-0.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Wattenheim.
| Party | Polling station Wattenheim | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Leiningerland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 194 (30.1%) | 3,142 (33.7%) | 6,254 | 29.6% |
| AfD | 166 (25.7%) | 1,552 (16.6%) | 4,816 | 22.8% |
| SPD | 115 (17.8%) | 2,048 (22.0%) | 4,076 | 19.3% |
| Grüne | 65 (10.1%) | 859 (9.2%) | 1,943 | 9.2% |
| Linke | 34 (5.3%) | 382 (4.1%) | 1,059 | 5.0% |
| FDP | 26 (4.0%) | 422 (4.5%) | 1,036 | 4.9% |
| BSW | 23 (3.6%) | 376 (4.0%) | 844 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (0.5%) | 257 (2.8%) | 504 | 2.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.2%) | 68 (0.7%) | 130 | 0.6% |
| Others | 18 (2.8%) | 219 (2.3%) | 451 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltleiningenAfD 36.0%
- Battenberg (Pfalz)CDU 46.5%
- BissersheimCDU 30.6%
- Bockenheim an der WeinstraßeCDU 26.4%
- CarlsbergAfD 32.8%
- DirmsteinAfD 30.0%
- EbertsheimAfD 31.3%
- GerolsheimAfD 32.3%
- GroßkarlbachCDU 30.3%
- HettenleidelheimCDU 28.4%
- KindenheimAfD 27.5%
- Kirchheim an der WeinstraßeCDU 26.6%
- KleinkarlbachCDU 23.8%
- LaumersheimCDU 30.0%
- MertesheimAfD 38.9%
- NeuleiningenCDU 32.0%
- ObersülzenCDU 27.7%
- Obrigheim (Pfalz)AfD 30.3%
- QuirnheimAfD 32.1%
- TiefenthalCDU 24.3%
- WattenheimCDU 30.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Wattenheim: location in the Bad Dürkheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wattenheim highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Leiningerland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Bad Dürkheim (Wkr. 207)
- HaßlochAfD 26.3%
- Bad DürkheimCDU 32.0%
- Briefwahl VG LeiningerlandCDU 33.7%
- GrünstadtCDU 30.4%
- FreinsheimCDU 30.5%
- Wachenheim an der WeinstraßeCDU 39.1%
- Weisenheim am SandCDU 32.9%
- DeidesheimCDU 42.0%
- Lambrecht (Pfalz)AfD 26.9%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Ellerstadt, Friedelsheim und GönnheimCDU 38.4%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Forst an der Weinstraße und MeckenheimCDU 36.0%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim und RuppertsbergCDU 46.0%