Horbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Horbach with 29.2% of the second votes, AfD took 27.8%.
- Turnout51.7% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters218 of 422 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +7.7 · SPD −7.0 · Freie Wähler +5.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Horbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.2%-1.4
- AfD27.8%+7.7
- SPD11.6%-7.0
- Linke8.8%+2.3
- Freie Wähler7.9%+5.8
- Grüne5.1%-5.2
- FDP4.2%-0.4
- BSW3.2%-1.0
- Others2.3%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 63 | 29.2% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-1.4) | 22.6% (+6.6) |
| AfD | 60 | 27.8% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+7.7) | 20.8% (+7.0) |
| SPD | 25 | 11.6% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-7.0) | 16.4% (-4.8) |
| Linke | 19 | 8.8% | 4.2% | 6.5% (+2.3) | 8.8% (±0) |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 7.9% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+5.8) | – |
| Grüne | 11 | 5.1% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-5.2) | 11.6% (-6.5) |
| FDP | 9 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 7 | 3.2% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-1.0) | 5.0% (-1.8) |
| Others | 5 | 2.3% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Horbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Horbach 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%+3.9
- AfD24.2%-3.6
- SPD17.5%+5.9
- Grüne6.4%+1.3
- Linke4.6%-4.2
- BSW4.1%+0.9
- FDP4.0%-0.2
- Freie Wähler2.8%-5.1
- Volt0.6%
- Others2.7%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Horbach.
| Party | Polling station Horbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 63 (29.2%) | 1,643 (36.8%) | 2,740 | 33.1% |
| AfD | 60 (27.8%) | 764 (17.1%) | 2,010 | 24.2% |
| SPD | 25 (11.6%) | 852 (19.1%) | 1,447 | 17.5% |
| Grüne | 11 (5.1%) | 289 (6.5%) | 532 | 6.4% |
| Linke | 19 (8.8%) | 189 (4.2%) | 378 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 7 (3.2%) | 208 (4.7%) | 340 | 4.1% |
| FDP | 9 (4.2%) | 191 (4.3%) | 335 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 17 (7.9%) | 160 (3.6%) | 233 | 2.8% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 19 (0.4%) | 47 | 0.6% |
| Others | 5 (2.3%) | 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.
Horbach: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Horbach 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%