Kusel: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Kusel with 34.2% of the second votes, CDU took 21.5%.
- MayorMartin Heß (CDU), since 2024 · Wikidata
- Turnout41.4% · Kusel (Wkr. 208) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,543 of 3,726 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +14.1 · CDU −9.1 · Grüne −4.7
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency208 Kaiserslautern
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kusel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD34.2%+14.1
- CDU21.5%-9.1
- SPD20.3%+1.7
- Grüne5.6%-4.7
- Linke5.4%-1.1
- FDP4.3%-0.3
- BSW4.2%±0
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others2.4%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 521 | 34.2% | 26.9% | 20.1% (+14.1) | 20.8% (+13.4) |
| CDU | 327 | 21.5% | 25.0% | 30.6% (-9.1) | 22.6% (-1.1) |
| SPD | 309 | 20.3% | 22.7% | 18.6% (+1.7) | 16.4% (+3.9) |
| Grüne | 85 | 5.6% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-4.7) | 11.6% (-6.0) |
| Linke | 82 | 5.4% | 4.9% | 6.5% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-3.4) |
| FDP | 66 | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4.6% (-0.3) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 64 | 4.2% | 5.4% | 4.2% (±0) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 28 | 1.8% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 37 | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Kusel-Altenglan: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan are counted jointly for all 34 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kusel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kusel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,872 postal voters, which is 40.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.8%
- Voters14,574 of 17,820 eligible voters
- Postal vote share40.3% · 5,872
- Member municipalities34
- AfD26.5%-7.7
- CDU24.4%+2.9
- SPD24.1%+3.8
- Grüne5.8%+0.2
- BSW5.4%+1.2
- Linke4.7%-0.7
- FDP3.3%-1.0
- Freie Wähler2.8%+1.0
- Volt0.4%+0.2
- Others2.6%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kusel.
| Party | Polling station Kusel | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 521 (34.2%) | 1,095 (18.8%) | 3,825 | 26.5% |
| CDU | 327 (21.5%) | 1,594 (27.3%) | 3,528 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 309 (20.3%) | 1,637 (28.1%) | 3,474 | 24.1% |
| Grüne | 85 (5.6%) | 372 (6.4%) | 843 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 64 (4.2%) | 355 (6.1%) | 773 | 5.4% |
| Linke | 82 (5.4%) | 236 (4.0%) | 681 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 66 (4.3%) | 173 (3.0%) | 470 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 28 (1.8%) | 174 (3.0%) | 403 | 2.8% |
| Others | 37 (2.4%) | 173 (3.0%) | 372 | 2.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlbessenAfD 32.9%
- AltenglanAfD 33.7%
- BlaubachCDU 25.4%
- BosenbachAfD 30.7%
- Dennweiler-FrohnbachSPD 26.1%
- EhweilerCDU 37.4%
- ElzweilerAfD 36.7%
- ErdesbachAfD 32.5%
- EtschbergSPD 32.0%
- FöckelbergAfD 30.4%
- Haschbach am RemigiusbergAfD 27.5%
- HerchweilerAfD 35.6%
- HorschbachAfD 30.4%
- KörbornCDU 25.9%
- KonkenAfD 30.8%
- KuselAfD 34.2%
- Neunkirchen am PotzbergAfD 34.7%
- NiederalbenCDU 28.9%
- NiederstaufenbachCDU 32.8%
- OberalbenAfD 26.6%
- OberstaufenbachAfD 35.4%
- PfeffelbachAfD 44.3%
- RammelsbachAfD 43.9%
- RathsweilerCDU 37.1%
- ReichweilerAfD 29.5%
- RuthweilerAfD 29.7%
- Rutsweiler am GlanCDU 34.1%
- SchellweilerAfD 30.5%
- SelchenbachAfD 29.9%
- ThallichtenbergAfD 45.1%
- TheisbergstegenCDU 27.3%
- UlmetCDU 30.6%
- WelchweilerAfD 32.5%
- BedesbachAfD 27.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kusel: location in the Kusel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kusel highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Kusel (Wkr. 208)
- Briefwahl VG Oberes GlantalCDU 29.3%
- Briefwahl VG Kusel-AltenglanSPD 28.1%
- Briefwahl VG Lauterecken-WolfsteinCDU 27.9%
- Schönenberg-KübelbergAfD 36.4%
- WaldmohrAfD 39.4%
- AltenglanAfD 33.7%
- BreitenbachAfD 30.0%
- Brücken (Pfalz)AfD 34.1%
- WolfsteinAfD 30.9%
- RammelsbachAfD 43.9%
- LautereckenAfD 40.7%
- Herschweiler-PettersheimAfD 35.6%