Hirschthal: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Hirschthal with 36.1% of the second votes, AfD took 36.1%.
- Population
- 80 · 51 per km²
- Turnout
- 56.2% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 36 of 64 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- CDU −19.5 · SPD +17.5 · AfD +16.0
- First votes: leading
- SPD candidate
- Constituency
- 209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Hirschthal
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD36.1%+17.5
- AfD36.1%+16.0
- CDU11.1%-19.5
- Grüne5.6%-4.7
- Freie Wähler2.8%+0.7
- Others8.3%+6.2
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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 | 13 | 36.1% | 17.0% | 18.6% (+17.5) | 16.4% (+19.7) |
| AfD | 13 | 36.1% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+16.0) | 20.8% (+15.3) |
| CDU | 4 | 11.1% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-19.5) | 22.6% (-11.5) |
| Grüne | 2 | 5.6% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-4.7) | 11.6% (-6.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.7) | – |
| Others | 3 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+6.2) | 28.7% (-20.4) |
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 Dahner Felsenland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Dahner Felsenland are counted jointly for all 15 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Hirschthal. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Hirschthal only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,252 postal voters, which is 54.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 84.3%
- Voters
- 9,640 of 11,429 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 54.5% · 5,252
- Member municipalities
- 15
| Party | Polling station Hirschthal | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Dahner Felsenland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4 (11.1%) | 2,118 (40.6%) | 3,562 | 37.3% |
| AfD | 13 (36.1%) | 757 (14.5%) | 1,981 | 20.8% |
| SPD | 13 (36.1%) | 892 (17.1%) | 1,515 | 15.9% |
| Grüne | 2 (5.6%) | 438 (8.4%) | 759 | 8.0% |
| FDP | 0 (0.0%) | 237 (4.5%) | 447 | 4.7% |
| Linke | 0 (0.0%) | 207 (4.0%) | 371 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 0 (0.0%) | 230 (4.4%) | 371 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (2.8%) | 139 (2.7%) | 217 | 2.3% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (0.5%) | 44 | 0.5% |
| Others | 3 (8.3%) | 171 (3.3%) | 270 | 2.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BobenthalCDU 40.0%
- BusenbergCDU 29.4%
- DahnCDU 31.1%
- ErfweilerCDU 40.4%
- Erlenbach bei DahnAfD 44.4%
- Fischbach bei DahnCDU 39.3%
- HirschthalSPD 36.1%
- LudwigswinkelCDU 33.3%
- NiederschlettenbachCDU 33.3%
- NothweilerCDU 25.0%
- RumbachAfD 25.7%
- SchindhardAfD 31.9%
- Schönau (Pfalz)CDU 42.2%
- Bruchweiler-BärenbachCDU 39.3%
- BundenthalCDU 32.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Hirschthal in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 80 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 1.6 km²
- Population density
- 51 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 28.0%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 11.0%
- Commuter balance
- -22 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Postcode
- 66996
- Elevation
- 206 m
- Wikipedia
- Hirschthal (Wikipedia)
Hirschthal has 80 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Hirschthal: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hirschthal highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Dahner Felsenland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Hirschthal: 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 46.2%; in 2025 SPD led.
- AfD46.2%+10.1
- SPD28.7%-7.4
- CDU7.5%-3.6
- Grüne7.0%+1.4
- Freie Wähler2.7%-0.1
- Others8.0%-0.3
Change compared with 2025 election.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
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%