Bechhofen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bechhofen with 28.9% of the second votes, AfD took 28.8%.
- Turnout51.0% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters873 of 1,712 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +8.7 · Grüne −6.3 · BSW +3.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bechhofen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.9%-1.7
- AfD28.8%+8.7
- SPD16.9%-1.7
- BSW7.3%+3.1
- Linke5.9%-0.6
- FDP5.0%+0.4
- Grüne4.0%-6.3
- Freie Wähler0.9%-1.2
- Volt0.3%-0.5
- Others2.1%±0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 250 | 28.9% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-1.7) | 22.6% (+6.3) |
| AfD | 249 | 28.8% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+8.7) | 20.8% (+8.0) |
| SPD | 146 | 16.9% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-1.7) | 16.4% (+0.5) |
| BSW | 63 | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+3.1) | 5.0% (+2.3) |
| Linke | 51 | 5.9% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| FDP | 43 | 5.0% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.7) |
| Grüne | 35 | 4.0% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-6.3) | 11.6% (-7.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 0.9% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-1.2) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 18 | 2.1% | 3.0% | 2.1% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Zweibrücken-Land: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land are counted jointly for all 17 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bechhofen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bechhofen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,614 postal voters, which is 41.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.6%
- Voters11,157 of 13,038 eligible voters
- Postal vote share41.4% · 4,614
- Member municipalities17
- CDU28.9%±0
- AfD25.9%-2.9
- SPD19.1%+2.2
- Grüne5.4%+1.4
- BSW5.4%-1.9
- FDP5.3%+0.3
- Linke5.0%-0.9
- Freie Wähler1.4%+0.5
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others3.1%+1.0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bechhofen.
| Party | Polling station Bechhofen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 250 (28.9%) | 1,551 (33.9%) | 3,191 | 28.9% |
| AfD | 249 (28.8%) | 789 (17.3%) | 2,862 | 25.9% |
| SPD | 146 (16.9%) | 978 (21.4%) | 2,106 | 19.1% |
| Grüne | 35 (4.0%) | 277 (6.1%) | 600 | 5.4% |
| BSW | 63 (7.3%) | 257 (5.6%) | 599 | 5.4% |
| FDP | 43 (5.0%) | 235 (5.1%) | 583 | 5.3% |
| Linke | 51 (5.9%) | 199 (4.4%) | 548 | 5.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (0.9%) | 84 (1.8%) | 159 | 1.4% |
| Others | 18 (2.1%) | 180 (3.9%) | 347 | 3.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlthornbachAfD 34.0%
- BattweilerAfD 26.5%
- BechhofenCDU 28.9%
- ContwigAfD 36.0%
- DellfeldAfD 35.8%
- DietrichingenCDU 34.6%
- GroßbundenbachCDU 26.5%
- GroßsteinhausenCDU 23.2%
- HornbachAfD 32.1%
- KäshofenCDU 28.0%
- KleinbundenbachCDU 31.1%
- KleinsteinhausenAfD 35.4%
- MauschbachAfD 32.4%
- RiedelbergCDU 33.0%
- RosenkopfAfD 29.7%
- WalshausenAfD 27.5%
- WiesbachAfD 46.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Bechhofen: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bechhofen highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land 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%