Kandel: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kandel with 26.0% of the second votes, AfD took 24.1%.
- MayorMichael Gaudier · Wikidata
- Turnout45.1% · Germersheim (Wkr. 210) 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,957 of 6,563 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU −4.6 · AfD +4.0 · SPD +1.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency210 Südpfalz
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kandel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.0%-4.6
- AfD24.1%+4.0
- SPD20.2%+1.6
- Grüne11.1%+0.8
- Linke5.8%-0.7
- FDP5.2%+0.6
- BSW4.0%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.1%-1.0
- Volt0.4%-0.4
- Others2.0%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 763 | 26.0% | 31.2% | 30.6% (-4.6) | 22.6% (+3.4) |
| AfD | 705 | 24.1% | 24.9% | 20.1% (+4.0) | 20.8% (+3.3) |
| SPD | 593 | 20.2% | 16.0% | 18.6% (+1.6) | 16.4% (+3.8) |
| Grüne | 325 | 11.1% | 8.7% | 10.3% (+0.8) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 171 | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.5% (-0.7) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| FDP | 152 | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.6% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.9) |
| BSW | 118 | 4.0% | 4.8% | 4.2% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 31 | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-1.0) | – |
| Volt | 13 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 60 | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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 Kandel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Kandel are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kandel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kandel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,740 postal voters, which is 45.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.9%
- Voters10,465 of 12,181 eligible voters
- Postal vote share45.3% · 4,740
- Member municipalities7
- CDU30.2%+4.2
- AfD19.7%-4.4
- SPD19.6%-0.6
- Grüne11.4%+0.3
- FDP4.9%-0.3
- Linke4.9%-0.9
- BSW4.2%+0.2
- Freie Wähler2.1%+1.0
- Volt0.9%+0.5
- Others2.1%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kandel.
| Party | Polling station Kandel | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kandel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 763 (26.0%) | 1,584 (33.5%) | 3,139 | 30.2% |
| AfD | 705 (24.1%) | 660 (14.0%) | 2,051 | 19.7% |
| SPD | 593 (20.2%) | 972 (20.6%) | 2,039 | 19.6% |
| Grüne | 325 (11.1%) | 588 (12.4%) | 1,186 | 11.4% |
| FDP | 152 (5.2%) | 222 (4.7%) | 511 | 4.9% |
| Linke | 171 (5.8%) | 214 (4.5%) | 509 | 4.9% |
| BSW | 118 (4.0%) | 208 (4.4%) | 440 | 4.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 31 (1.1%) | 123 (2.6%) | 215 | 2.1% |
| Volt | 13 (0.4%) | 56 (1.2%) | 96 | 0.9% |
| Others | 60 (2.0%) | 98 (2.1%) | 222 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Erlenbach bei KandelAfD 29.9%
- FreckenfeldCDU 28.6%
- KandelCDU 26.0%
- MinfeldCDU 29.4%
- SteinweilerCDU 33.2%
- VollmersweilerCDU 29.5%
- WindenCDU 24.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kandel: location in the Germersheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kandel highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Kandel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.