Heltersberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Heltersberg with 32.8% of the second votes, CDU took 30.6%.
- Turnout44.3% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters729 of 1,646 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +12.7 · SPD −3.7 · Grüne −2.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Heltersberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD32.8%+12.7
- CDU30.6%±0
- SPD14.9%-3.7
- Grüne7.9%-2.4
- Linke4.2%-2.3
- FDP3.1%-1.5
- BSW3.1%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.3
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others1.0%-1.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 236 | 32.8% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+12.7) | 20.8% (+12.0) |
| CDU | 220 | 30.6% | 33.5% | 30.6% (±0) | 22.6% (+8.0) |
| SPD | 107 | 14.9% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-3.7) | 16.4% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 57 | 7.9% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-3.7) |
| Linke | 30 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-4.6) |
| FDP | 22 | 3.1% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-1.5) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 22 | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 1.8% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 7 | 1.0% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-1.1) | 10.6% (-9.6) |
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 Waldfischbach-Burgalben: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Heltersberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Heltersberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,502 postal voters, which is 53.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.5%
- Voters8,367 of 9,674 eligible voters
- Postal vote share53.8% · 4,502
- Member municipalities8
- CDU33.1%+2.5
- AfD24.2%-8.6
- SPD17.5%+2.6
- Grüne6.4%-1.5
- Linke4.6%+0.4
- BSW4.1%+1.0
- FDP4.0%+0.9
- Freie Wähler2.8%+1.0
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others2.7%+1.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Heltersberg.
| Party | Polling station Heltersberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 220 (30.6%) | 1,643 (36.8%) | 2,740 | 33.1% |
| AfD | 236 (32.8%) | 764 (17.1%) | 2,010 | 24.2% |
| SPD | 107 (14.9%) | 852 (19.1%) | 1,447 | 17.5% |
| Grüne | 57 (7.9%) | 289 (6.5%) | 532 | 6.4% |
| Linke | 30 (4.2%) | 189 (4.2%) | 378 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 22 (3.1%) | 208 (4.7%) | 340 | 4.1% |
| FDP | 22 (3.1%) | 191 (4.3%) | 335 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (1.8%) | 160 (3.6%) | 233 | 2.8% |
| Volt | 5 (0.7%) | 19 (0.4%) | 47 | 0.6% |
| Others | 7 (1.0%) | 151 (3.4%) | 227 | 2.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- GeiselbergAfD 33.0%
- HeltersbergAfD 32.8%
- HermersbergCDU 36.0%
- HöheinödAfD 31.5%
- HorbachCDU 29.2%
- SchmalenbergAfD 38.3%
- SteinalbenAfD 39.3%
- Waldfischbach-BurgalbenAfD 34.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Heltersberg: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Heltersberg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben 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%