Herschweiler-Pettersheim: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Herschweiler-Pettersheim with 35.6% of the second votes, SPD took 24.9%.
- Turnout45.3% · Kusel (Wkr. 208) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters462 of 1,019 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +15.5 · CDU −12.5 · SPD +6.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency208 Kaiserslautern
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Herschweiler-Pettersheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD35.6%+15.5
- SPD24.9%+6.3
- CDU18.1%-12.5
- Grüne7.0%-3.3
- Freie Wähler3.5%+1.4
- FDP3.1%-1.5
- Linke2.6%-3.9
- BSW2.0%-2.2
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others3.1%+1.0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 163 | 35.6% | 26.9% | 20.1% (+15.5) | 20.8% (+14.8) |
| SPD | 114 | 24.9% | 22.7% | 18.6% (+6.3) | 16.4% (+8.5) |
| CDU | 83 | 18.1% | 25.0% | 30.6% (-12.5) | 22.6% (-4.5) |
| Grüne | 32 | 7.0% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-4.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 16 | 3.5% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+1.4) | – |
| FDP | 14 | 3.1% | 3.5% | 4.6% (-1.5) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 12 | 2.6% | 4.9% | 6.5% (-3.9) | 8.8% (-6.2) |
| BSW | 9 | 2.0% | 5.4% | 4.2% (-2.2) | 5.0% (-3.0) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 14 | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+1.0) | 10.6% (-7.5) |
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 Oberes Glantal: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal are counted jointly for all 23 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Herschweiler-Pettersheim. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Herschweiler-Pettersheim only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 8,015 postal voters, which is 42.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.2%
- Voters18,988 of 22,559 eligible voters
- Postal vote share42.2% · 8,015
- Member municipalities23
- AfD27.5%-8.1
- CDU25.6%+7.5
- SPD21.2%-3.7
- Grüne5.9%-1.1
- BSW5.4%+3.4
- Linke5.0%+2.4
- FDP3.8%+0.7
- Freie Wähler2.8%-0.7
- Volt0.4%+0.2
- Others2.5%-0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.
| Party | Polling station Herschweiler-Pettersheim | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 163 (35.6%) | 1,448 (18.2%) | 5,154 | 27.5% |
| CDU | 83 (18.1%) | 2,328 (29.3%) | 4,794 | 25.6% |
| SPD | 114 (24.9%) | 1,971 (24.8%) | 3,977 | 21.2% |
| Grüne | 32 (7.0%) | 511 (6.4%) | 1,106 | 5.9% |
| BSW | 9 (2.0%) | 464 (5.8%) | 1,013 | 5.4% |
| Linke | 12 (2.6%) | 347 (4.4%) | 931 | 5.0% |
| FDP | 14 (3.1%) | 301 (3.8%) | 709 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 16 (3.5%) | 279 (3.5%) | 529 | 2.8% |
| Others | 14 (3.1%) | 244 (3.1%) | 461 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltenkirchenAfD 37.4%
- BörsbornAfD 36.3%
- BreitenbachAfD 30.0%
- Brücken (Pfalz)AfD 34.1%
- DittweilerAfD 37.7%
- DunzweilerAfD 38.0%
- FrohnhofenAfD 35.0%
- Glan-MünchweilerCDU 29.5%
- GriesAfD 37.5%
- HenschtalAfD 31.6%
- Herschweiler-PettersheimAfD 35.6%
- HüfflerAfD 25.8%
- KrottelbachSPD 28.5%
- LangenbachAfD 32.4%
- NanzdietschweilerAfD 27.0%
- OhmbachAfD 29.4%
- RehweilerSPD 25.1%
- Schönenberg-KübelbergAfD 36.4%
- Steinbach am GlanAfD 40.4%
- WahnwegenAfD 32.9%
- WaldmohrAfD 39.4%
- MatzenbachSPD 25.7%
- Quirnbach/ PfalzSPD 28.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Herschweiler-Pettersheim: location in the Kusel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Herschweiler-Pettersheim highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.