Darstein: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Darstein with 25.9% of the second votes, CDU took 24.7%.
- Turnout51.8% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters86 of 166 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateGrüne −7.9 · SPD +7.3 · CDU −5.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Darstein
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD25.9%+7.3
- CDU24.7%-5.9
- AfD23.5%+3.4
- Linke5.9%-0.6
- BSW5.9%+1.7
- FDP4.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler4.7%+2.6
- Grüne2.4%-7.9
- Volt1.2%+0.4
- Others1.2%-0.9
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 22 | 25.9% | 17.0% | 18.6% (+7.3) | 16.4% (+9.5) |
| CDU | 21 | 24.7% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-5.9) | 22.6% (+2.1) |
| AfD | 20 | 23.5% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+3.4) | 20.8% (+2.7) |
| Linke | 5 | 5.9% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| BSW | 5 | 5.9% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+1.7) | 5.0% (+0.9) |
| FDP | 4 | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.1) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 4.7% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+2.6) | – |
| Grüne | 2 | 2.4% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-7.9) | 11.6% (-9.2) |
| Volt | 1 | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 1 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-0.9) | 10.6% (-9.4) |
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 Hauenstein: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Darstein. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Darstein only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,358 postal voters, which is 56.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.6%
- Voters5,944 of 7,023 eligible voters
- Postal vote share56.5% · 3,358
- Member municipalities8
- CDU35.5%+10.8
- AfD20.5%-3.0
- SPD16.9%-9.0
- Grüne8.0%+5.6
- Linke4.7%-1.2
- BSW4.1%-1.8
- FDP3.8%-0.9
- Freie Wähler2.5%-2.2
- Volt0.7%-0.5
- Others3.3%+2.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Darstein.
| Party | Polling station Darstein | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 21 (24.7%) | 1,329 (40.0%) | 2,086 | 35.5% |
| AfD | 20 (23.5%) | 480 (14.5%) | 1,203 | 20.5% |
| SPD | 22 (25.9%) | 571 (17.2%) | 995 | 16.9% |
| Grüne | 2 (2.4%) | 267 (8.0%) | 470 | 8.0% |
| Linke | 5 (5.9%) | 150 (4.5%) | 278 | 4.7% |
| BSW | 5 (5.9%) | 142 (4.3%) | 243 | 4.1% |
| FDP | 4 (4.7%) | 147 (4.4%) | 223 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (4.7%) | 96 (2.9%) | 146 | 2.5% |
| Volt | 1 (1.2%) | 26 (0.8%) | 39 | 0.7% |
| Others | 1 (1.2%) | 111 (3.3%) | 193 | 3.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DarsteinSPD 25.9%
- DimbachAfD 31.7%
- HauensteinCDU 33.0%
- HinterweidenthalAfD 32.7%
- LugCDU 32.7%
- SchwanheimAfD 34.2%
- SpirkelbachAfD 28.1%
- WilgartswiesenAfD 31.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Darstein: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Darstein highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209)
- Briefwahl VG Thaleischweiler-WallhalbenCDU 34.9%
- Briefwahl VG Dahner FelsenlandCDU 40.6%
- Briefwahl VG Zweibrücken-LandCDU 33.9%
- Briefwahl VG Waldfischbach-BurgalbenCDU 36.8%
- RodalbenCDU 35.4%
- Briefwahl VG HauensteinCDU 40.0%
- Briefwahl VG Pirmasens-Land ohne Gemeinde LembergCDU 39.8%
- LembergAfD 29.5%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Clausen, Donsieders, Leimen und MerzalbenCDU 43.2%
- Münchweiler an der RodalbCDU 38.8%
- ContwigAfD 36.0%
- Waldfischbach-BurgalbenAfD 34.1%