Lauterecken: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Lauterecken with 40.7% of the second votes, CDU took 19.3%.
- MayorIsabel Steinhauer-Theis (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout34.2% · Kusel (Wkr. 208) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters534 of 1,562 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +20.6 · CDU −11.3 · Grüne −6.1
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency208 Kaiserslautern
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Lauterecken
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD40.7%+20.6
- CDU19.3%-11.3
- SPD16.9%-1.7
- FDP5.9%+1.3
- Linke4.7%-1.8
- BSW4.4%+0.2
- Grüne4.2%-6.1
- Freie Wähler1.9%-0.2
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others1.9%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 215 | 40.7% | 26.9% | 20.1% (+20.6) | 20.8% (+19.9) |
| CDU | 102 | 19.3% | 25.0% | 30.6% (-11.3) | 22.6% (-3.3) |
| SPD | 89 | 16.9% | 22.7% | 18.6% (-1.7) | 16.4% (+0.5) |
| FDP | 31 | 5.9% | 3.5% | 4.6% (+1.3) | 4.3% (+1.6) |
| Linke | 25 | 4.7% | 4.9% | 6.5% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-4.1) |
| BSW | 23 | 4.4% | 5.4% | 4.2% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| Grüne | 22 | 4.2% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-6.1) | 11.6% (-7.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 10 | 1.9% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 10 | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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 Lauterecken. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lauterecken 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%-14.4
- CDU24.7%+5.4
- SPD23.4%+6.5
- Grüne5.5%+1.3
- BSW5.5%+1.1
- Linke5.1%+0.4
- FDP3.4%-2.5
- Freie Wähler3.4%+1.5
- Volt0.4%+0.2
- Others2.4%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lauterecken.
| Party | Polling station Lauterecken | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 215 (40.7%) | 917 (19.1%) | 3,056 | 26.3% |
| CDU | 102 (19.3%) | 1,337 (27.9%) | 2,864 | 24.7% |
| SPD | 89 (16.9%) | 1,229 (25.6%) | 2,710 | 23.4% |
| Grüne | 22 (4.2%) | 260 (5.4%) | 635 | 5.5% |
| BSW | 23 (4.4%) | 292 (6.1%) | 638 | 5.5% |
| Linke | 25 (4.7%) | 225 (4.7%) | 586 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 31 (5.9%) | 149 (3.1%) | 399 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 10 (1.9%) | 227 (4.7%) | 393 | 3.4% |
| Others | 10 (1.9%) | 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.
Lauterecken: location in the Kusel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lauterecken highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein 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%
- KuselAfD 34.2%
- AltenglanAfD 33.7%
- BreitenbachAfD 30.0%
- Brücken (Pfalz)AfD 34.1%
- WolfsteinAfD 30.9%
- RammelsbachAfD 43.9%
- Herschweiler-PettersheimAfD 35.6%