Rathsweiler: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rathsweiler with 37.1% of the second votes, AfD took 22.9%.
- Turnout60.5% · Kusel (Wkr. 208) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters72 of 119 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +6.5 · Grüne −6.0 · SPD −5.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency208 Kaiserslautern
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Rathsweiler
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU37.1%+6.5
- AfD22.9%+2.8
- SPD12.9%-5.7
- Linke7.1%+0.6
- Freie Wähler5.7%+3.6
- Grüne4.3%-6.0
- BSW4.3%+0.1
- FDP2.9%-1.7
- Others2.9%+0.8
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 26 | 37.1% | 25.0% | 30.6% (+6.5) | 22.6% (+14.5) |
| AfD | 16 | 22.9% | 26.9% | 20.1% (+2.8) | 20.8% (+2.1) |
| SPD | 9 | 12.9% | 22.7% | 18.6% (-5.7) | 16.4% (-3.5) |
| Linke | 5 | 7.1% | 4.9% | 6.5% (+0.6) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 5.7% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+3.6) | – |
| Grüne | 3 | 4.3% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-6.0) | 11.6% (-7.3) |
| BSW | 3 | 4.3% | 5.4% | 4.2% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 2 | 2.9% | 3.5% | 4.6% (-1.7) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Others | 2 | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.8) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
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 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 Rathsweiler. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rathsweiler 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%+3.6
- CDU24.4%-12.7
- SPD24.1%+11.2
- Grüne5.8%+1.5
- BSW5.4%+1.1
- Linke4.7%-2.4
- FDP3.3%+0.4
- Freie Wähler2.8%-2.9
- Volt0.4%
- Others2.6%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rathsweiler.
| Party | Polling station Rathsweiler | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 16 (22.9%) | 1,095 (18.8%) | 3,825 | 26.5% |
| CDU | 26 (37.1%) | 1,594 (27.3%) | 3,528 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 9 (12.9%) | 1,637 (28.1%) | 3,474 | 24.1% |
| Grüne | 3 (4.3%) | 372 (6.4%) | 843 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 3 (4.3%) | 355 (6.1%) | 773 | 5.4% |
| Linke | 5 (7.1%) | 236 (4.0%) | 681 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 2 (2.9%) | 173 (3.0%) | 470 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (5.7%) | 174 (3.0%) | 403 | 2.8% |
| Others | 2 (2.9%) | 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.
Rathsweiler: location in the Kusel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rathsweiler highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.