Herschberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Herschberg with 33.7% of the second votes, CDU took 27.4%.
- Turnout43.9% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters289 of 658 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +13.6 · Grüne −8.2 · SPD +4.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Herschberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD33.7%+13.6
- CDU27.4%-3.2
- SPD22.8%+4.2
- FDP4.6%±0
- Linke3.9%-2.6
- Freie Wähler2.8%+0.7
- Grüne2.1%-8.2
- BSW1.4%-2.8
- Volt0.4%-0.4
- Others1.1%-1.0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 96 | 33.7% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+13.6) | 20.8% (+12.9) |
| CDU | 78 | 27.4% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-3.2) | 22.6% (+4.8) |
| SPD | 65 | 22.8% | 17.0% | 18.6% (+4.2) | 16.4% (+6.4) |
| FDP | 13 | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.6% (±0) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| Linke | 11 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-2.6) | 8.8% (-4.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.7) | – |
| Grüne | 6 | 2.1% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-8.2) | 11.6% (-9.5) |
| BSW | 4 | 1.4% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-2.8) | 5.0% (-3.6) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 3 | 1.1% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-1.0) | 10.6% (-9.5) |
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 Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben are counted jointly for all 20 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Herschberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Herschberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 6,186 postal voters, which is 52.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.1%
- Voters11,866 of 13,948 eligible voters
- Postal vote share52.1% · 6,186
- Member municipalities20
- CDU32.5%+5.1
- AfD27.2%-6.5
- SPD17.3%-5.5
- Grüne4.6%+2.5
- BSW4.6%+3.2
- FDP4.4%-0.2
- Linke3.7%-0.2
- Freie Wähler2.6%-0.2
- Volt0.4%±0
- Others2.8%+1.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Herschberg.
| Party | Polling station Herschberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 78 (27.4%) | 2,141 (34.9%) | 3,802 | 32.5% |
| AfD | 96 (33.7%) | 1,274 (20.8%) | 3,185 | 27.2% |
| SPD | 65 (22.8%) | 1,220 (19.9%) | 2,025 | 17.3% |
| Grüne | 6 (2.1%) | 303 (4.9%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 4 (1.4%) | 314 (5.1%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 13 (4.6%) | 276 (4.5%) | 513 | 4.4% |
| Linke | 11 (3.9%) | 195 (3.2%) | 429 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (2.8%) | 191 (3.1%) | 300 | 2.6% |
| Others | 3 (1.1%) | 197 (3.2%) | 330 | 2.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- HerschbergAfD 33.7%
- HettenhausenCDU 37.5%
- HöheischweilerAfD 45.1%
- HöhfröschenAfD 36.2%
- NünschweilerAfD 31.1%
- PetersbergCDU 37.6%
- SaalstadtCDU 36.0%
- SchauerbergCDU 35.1%
- Thaleischweiler-FröschenAfD 39.3%
- WeselbergCDU 44.9%
- BiedershausenCDU 35.6%
- Knopp-LabachCDU 47.0%
- KrähenbergCDU 35.4%
- MaßweilerCDU 32.4%
- Obernheim-KirchenarnbachAfD 48.8%
- ReifenbergCDU 32.2%
- Rieschweiler-MühlbachAfD 31.8%
- SchmitshausenCDU 40.0%
- WallhalbenAfD 34.2%
- Winterbach (Pfalz)AfD 38.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Herschberg: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Herschberg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben 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%