Schweigen-Rechtenbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Schweigen-Rechtenbach with 28.3% of the second votes, AfD took 24.9%.
- Turnout45.3% · Südliche Weinstraße (Wkr. 210) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters524 of 1,158 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +4.8 · Linke −3.6 · Grüne −2.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency210 Südpfalz
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.3%-2.3
- AfD24.9%+4.8
- SPD20.0%+1.4
- Grüne7.7%-2.6
- BSW5.8%+1.6
- FDP5.6%+1.0
- Linke2.9%-3.6
- Freie Wähler2.1%±0
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others2.5%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 147 | 28.3% | 32.8% | 30.6% (-2.3) | 22.6% (+5.7) |
| AfD | 129 | 24.9% | 19.8% | 20.1% (+4.8) | 20.8% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 104 | 20.0% | 18.1% | 18.6% (+1.4) | 16.4% (+3.6) |
| Grüne | 40 | 7.7% | 10.7% | 10.3% (-2.6) | 11.6% (-3.9) |
| BSW | 30 | 5.8% | 3.9% | 4.2% (+1.6) | 5.0% (+0.8) |
| FDP | 29 | 5.6% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 15 | 2.9% | 5.0% | 6.5% (-3.6) | 8.8% (-5.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 13 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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 Bad Bergzabern: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern are counted jointly for all 21 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schweigen-Rechtenbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schweigen-Rechtenbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 7,573 postal voters, which is 49.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.3%
- Voters15,426 of 18,970 eligible voters
- Postal vote share49.1% · 7,573
- Member municipalities21
- CDU30.0%+1.7
- AfD22.6%-2.3
- SPD19.0%-1.0
- Grüne9.8%+2.1
- Linke4.8%+1.9
- BSW4.7%-1.1
- FDP4.2%-1.4
- Freie Wähler2.0%-0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.5
- Others2.2%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schweigen-Rechtenbach.
| Party | Polling station Schweigen-Rechtenbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 147 (28.3%) | 2,615 (34.7%) | 4,587 | 30.0% |
| AfD | 129 (24.9%) | 1,131 (15.0%) | 3,453 | 22.6% |
| SPD | 104 (20.0%) | 1,545 (20.5%) | 2,913 | 19.0% |
| Grüne | 40 (7.7%) | 812 (10.8%) | 1,501 | 9.8% |
| Linke | 15 (2.9%) | 322 (4.3%) | 728 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 30 (5.8%) | 336 (4.5%) | 721 | 4.7% |
| FDP | 29 (5.6%) | 321 (4.3%) | 640 | 4.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (2.1%) | 199 (2.6%) | 303 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 1 (0.2%) | 61 (0.8%) | 113 | 0.7% |
| Others | 13 (2.5%) | 186 (2.5%) | 337 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bad BergzabernAfD 37.0%
- BarbelrothAfD 32.5%
- BirkenhördtCDU 35.1%
- BöllenbornAfD 46.8%
- DierbachSPD 26.0%
- DörrenbachCDU 28.2%
- Gleiszellen-GleishorbachCDU 33.5%
- HergersweilerAfD 34.3%
- Kapellen-DrusweilerAfD 27.7%
- KapsweyerAfD 29.1%
- KlingenmünsterCDU 28.1%
- NiederhorbachCDU 26.4%
- NiederotterbachAfD 37.3%
- OberhausenCDU 29.6%
- OberotterbachAfD 31.3%
- OberschlettenbachSPD 32.7%
- Pleisweiler-OberhofenAfD 28.2%
- Schweigen-RechtenbachCDU 28.3%
- SchweighofenCDU 32.7%
- SteinfeldCDU 28.7%
- VorderweidenthalAfD 38.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Schweigen-Rechtenbach: location in the Südliche Weinstraße district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schweigen-Rechtenbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Südliche Weinstraße (Wkr. 210)
- Briefwahl VG Bad BergzabernCDU 34.7%
- Briefwahl VG EdenkobenCDU 38.8%
- Briefwahl VG Annweiler am TrifelsCDU 34.7%
- Briefwahl VG HerxheimCDU 40.8%
- Briefwahl VG Landau-LandCDU 33.6%
- Briefwahl VG Offenbach an der QueichCDU 37.4%
- Herxheim bei Landau/ PfalzCDU 32.3%
- Briefwahl VG MaikammerCDU 43.2%
- Bad BergzabernAfD 37.0%
- Annweiler am TrifelsAfD 29.1%
- Offenbach an der QueichAfD 27.6%
- EdenkobenCDU 25.1%