Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan with 28.1% of the second votes, CDU took 27.3%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- SPD +9.5 · Grüne −3.9 · CDU −3.3
- First votes: leading
- SPD candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,637 | 28.1% | 22.7% | 18.6% (+9.5) | 16.4% (+11.7) |
| CDU | 1,594 | 27.3% | 25.0% | 30.6% (-3.3) | 22.6% (+4.7) |
| AfD | 1,095 | 18.8% | 26.9% | 20.1% (-1.3) | 20.8% (-2.0) |
| Grüne | 372 | 6.4% | 5.8% | 10.3% (-3.9) | 11.6% (-5.2) |
| BSW | 355 | 6.1% | 5.4% | 4.2% (+1.9) | 5.0% (+1.1) |
| Linke | 236 | 4.0% | 4.9% | 6.5% (-2.5) | 8.8% (-4.8) |
| FDP | 173 | 3.0% | 3.5% | 4.6% (-1.6) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 174 | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 27 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 173 | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.9) | 10.6% (-7.6) |
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 Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan 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 association
- 81.8%
- Voters
- 14,574 of 17,820 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 40.3% · 5,872
- Member municipalities
- 34
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,095 (18.8%) | 1,095 (18.8%) | 3,825 | 26.5% |
| CDU | 1,594 (27.3%) | 1,594 (27.3%) | 3,528 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 1,637 (28.1%) | 1,637 (28.1%) | 3,474 | 24.1% |
| Grüne | 372 (6.4%) | 372 (6.4%) | 843 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 355 (6.1%) | 355 (6.1%) | 773 | 5.4% |
| Linke | 236 (4.0%) | 236 (4.0%) | 681 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 173 (3.0%) | 173 (3.0%) | 470 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 174 (3.0%) | 174 (3.0%) | 403 | 2.8% |
| Others | 173 (3.0%) | 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.
2024 European election in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan with 25.6% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate CDU got 30.7%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan with 25.6%, −1.7 points compared with the 2025 federal election.
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,488 | 25.6% | 27.3% | -1.7 |
| SPD | 1,477 | 25.4% | 28.1% | -2.7 |
| AfD | 693 | 11.9% | 18.8% | -6.9 |
| Freie Wähler | 542 | 9.3% | 3.0% | +6.3 |
| BSW | 414 | 7.1% | 6.1% | +1.0 |
| Grüne | 362 | 6.2% | 6.4% | -0.2 |
| FDP | 267 | 4.6% | 3.0% | +1.6 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 147 | 2.5% | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 71 | 1.2% | – | – |
| Linke | 59 | 1.0% | 4.0% | -3.0 |
| Volt | 48 | 0.8% | 0.5% | +0.3 |
| ÖDP | 16 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 233 | 4.0% | – | – |
Tierschutzpartei, Die PARTEI, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Briefwahl VG Kusel-Altenglan: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would be the strongest party with 26.8%; in 2025 SPD led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.