Eßweiler: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Eßweiler with 44.5% of the second votes, SPD took 19.2%.
- Turnout48.4% · Kusel (Wkr. 208) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters149 of 308 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +24.4 · CDU −16.9 · Grüne −6.2
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency208 Kaiserslautern
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Eßweiler
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD44.5%+24.4
- SPD19.2%+0.6
- CDU13.7%-16.9
- BSW6.2%+2.0
- Grüne4.1%-6.2
- Freie Wähler4.1%+2.0
- Linke2.7%-3.8
- FDP1.4%-3.2
- Others4.1%+2.0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 65 | 44.5% | 26.9% | 20.1% (+24.4) | 20.8% (+23.7) |
| SPD | 28 | 19.2% | 22.7% | 18.6% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+2.8) |
| CDU | 20 | 13.7% | 25.0% | 30.6% (-16.9) | 22.6% (-8.9) |
| BSW | 9 | 6.2% | 5.4% | 4.2% (+2.0) | 5.0% (+1.2) |
| Grüne | 6 | 4.1% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-6.2) | 11.6% (-7.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 4.1% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+2.0) | – |
| Linke | 4 | 2.7% | 4.9% | 6.5% (-3.8) | 8.8% (-6.1) |
| FDP | 2 | 1.4% | 3.5% | 4.6% (-3.2) | 4.3% (-2.9) |
| Others | 6 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+2.0) | 10.6% (-6.5) |
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 Lauterecken-Wolfstein: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein are counted jointly for all 40 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Eßweiler. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Eßweiler only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,831 postal voters, which is 41.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.9%
- Voters11,741 of 14,334 eligible voters
- Postal vote share41.1% · 4,831
- Member municipalities40
- AfD26.3%-18.2
- CDU24.7%+11.0
- SPD23.4%+4.2
- Grüne5.5%+1.4
- BSW5.5%-0.7
- Linke5.1%+2.4
- FDP3.4%+2.0
- Freie Wähler3.4%-0.7
- Volt0.4%
- Others2.4%-1.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Eßweiler.
| Party | Polling station Eßweiler | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 65 (44.5%) | 917 (19.1%) | 3,056 | 26.3% |
| CDU | 20 (13.7%) | 1,337 (27.9%) | 2,864 | 24.7% |
| SPD | 28 (19.2%) | 1,229 (25.6%) | 2,710 | 23.4% |
| Grüne | 6 (4.1%) | 260 (5.4%) | 635 | 5.5% |
| BSW | 9 (6.2%) | 292 (6.1%) | 638 | 5.5% |
| Linke | 4 (2.7%) | 225 (4.7%) | 586 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 2 (1.4%) | 149 (3.1%) | 399 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (4.1%) | 227 (4.7%) | 393 | 3.4% |
| Others | 6 (4.1%) | 135 (2.8%) | 279 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AdenbachCDU 29.7%
- AschbachAfD 29.1%
- BubornCDU 32.1%
- CronenbergAfD 51.5%
- DeimbergAfD 33.9%
- EinöllenAfD 37.0%
- EßweilerAfD 44.5%
- GinsweilerAfD 33.9%
- GlanbrückenAfD 30.5%
- GrumbachAfD 27.8%
- HefersweilerAfD 30.2%
- HeinzenhausenAfD 35.1%
- Herren-SulzbachCDU 34.5%
- HinzweilerSPD 37.5%
- HohenöllenAfD 39.4%
- HombergAfD 38.3%
- HoppstädtenCDU 30.0%
- JettenbachSPD 28.1%
- KappelnCDU 45.0%
- KirrweilerSPD 36.8%
- Kreimbach-KaulbachAfD 30.4%
- LangweilerAfD 27.0%
- LautereckenAfD 40.7%
- LohnweilerAfD 31.2%
- MedardSPD 26.1%
- MerzweilerCDU 33.7%
- NerzweilerAfD 26.2%
- NußbachAfD 39.3%
- Oberweiler im TalAfD 28.8%
- Oberweiler-TiefenbachSPD 26.9%
- OdenbachAfD 36.2%
- Offenbach-HundheimAfD 32.0%
- ReipoltskirchenAfD 35.6%
- RelsbergSPD 36.0%
- RothselbergCDU 26.7%
- Rutsweiler an der LauterAfD 28.2%
- Sankt JulianAfD 32.5%
- UnterjeckenbachCDU 50.0%
- WiesweilerAfD 35.5%
- WolfsteinAfD 30.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Eßweiler: location in the Kusel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Eßweiler highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.