Petersberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Petersberg with 37.6% of the second votes, AfD took 28.3%.
- Turnout44.7% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters319 of 714 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +8.2 · CDU +7.0 · SPD −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 Petersberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU37.6%+7.0
- AfD28.3%+8.2
- SPD12.7%-5.9
- Grüne5.4%-4.9
- BSW4.8%+0.6
- FDP3.2%-1.4
- Freie Wähler2.9%+0.8
- Linke2.2%-4.3
- Others2.9%+0.8
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 118 | 37.6% | 33.5% | 30.6% (+7.0) | 22.6% (+15.0) |
| AfD | 89 | 28.3% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+8.2) | 20.8% (+7.5) |
| SPD | 40 | 12.7% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-5.9) | 16.4% (-3.7) |
| Grüne | 17 | 5.4% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-4.9) | 11.6% (-6.2) |
| BSW | 15 | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.2) |
| FDP | 10 | 3.2% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.8) | – |
| Linke | 7 | 2.2% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-4.3) | 8.8% (-6.6) |
| Others | 9 | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.1% (+0.8) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
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 Petersberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Petersberg 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%-1.1
- SPD17.3%+4.6
- Grüne4.6%-0.8
- BSW4.6%-0.2
- FDP4.4%+1.2
- Linke3.7%+1.5
- Freie Wähler2.6%-0.3
- Volt0.4%
- Others2.8%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Petersberg.
| Party | Polling station Petersberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 118 (37.6%) | 2,141 (34.9%) | 3,802 | 32.5% |
| AfD | 89 (28.3%) | 1,274 (20.8%) | 3,185 | 27.2% |
| SPD | 40 (12.7%) | 1,220 (19.9%) | 2,025 | 17.3% |
| Grüne | 17 (5.4%) | 303 (4.9%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 15 (4.8%) | 314 (5.1%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 10 (3.2%) | 276 (4.5%) | 513 | 4.4% |
| Linke | 7 (2.2%) | 195 (3.2%) | 429 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (2.9%) | 191 (3.1%) | 300 | 2.6% |
| Others | 9 (2.9%) | 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.
Petersberg: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Petersberg 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%