Bottenbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Bottenbach with 33.9% of the second votes, CDU took 30.1%.
- Turnout51.4% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters298 of 580 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +13.8 · Grüne −6.9 · SPD −3.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bottenbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD33.9%+13.8
- CDU30.1%-0.5
- SPD15.4%-3.2
- BSW5.1%+0.9
- Linke4.5%-2.0
- FDP3.4%-1.2
- Grüne3.4%-6.9
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.7
- Volt1.0%+0.2
- Others1.7%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 99 | 33.9% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+13.8) | 20.8% (+13.1) |
| CDU | 88 | 30.1% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-0.5) | 22.6% (+7.5) |
| SPD | 45 | 15.4% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-3.2) | 16.4% (-1.0) |
| BSW | 15 | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+0.9) | 5.0% (+0.1) |
| Linke | 13 | 4.5% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-4.3) |
| FDP | 10 | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Grüne | 10 | 3.4% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-6.9) | 11.6% (-8.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-0.7) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.7% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Pirmasens-Land ohne Gemeinde Lemberg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land ohne Gemeinde Lemberg are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bottenbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bottenbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,990 postal voters, which is 35.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.6%
- Voters8,476 of 9,785 eligible voters
- Postal vote share35.3% · 2,990
- Member municipalities10
- CDU31.6%+1.5
- AfD26.7%-7.2
- SPD18.4%+3.0
- Grüne5.1%+1.7
- BSW4.9%-0.2
- FDP4.0%+0.6
- Linke3.8%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.4
- Volt0.5%-0.5
- Others3.3%+1.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bottenbach.
| Party | Polling station Bottenbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land ohne Gemeinde Lemberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 88 (30.1%) | 1,180 (39.8%) | 2,647 | 31.6% |
| AfD | 99 (33.9%) | 522 (17.6%) | 2,240 | 26.7% |
| SPD | 45 (15.4%) | 556 (18.7%) | 1,540 | 18.4% |
| Grüne | 10 (3.4%) | 163 (5.5%) | 428 | 5.1% |
| BSW | 15 (5.1%) | 131 (4.4%) | 407 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 10 (3.4%) | 112 (3.8%) | 334 | 4.0% |
| Linke | 13 (4.5%) | 98 (3.3%) | 315 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.4%) | 74 (2.5%) | 154 | 1.8% |
| Volt | 3 (1.0%) | 20 (0.7%) | 42 | 0.5% |
| Others | 5 (1.7%) | 111 (3.7%) | 277 | 3.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- EppenbrunnAfD 33.5%
- HilstSPD 27.2%
- KröppenCDU 32.2%
- LembergAfD 29.5%
- ObersimtenAfD 38.2%
- RuppertsweilerAfD 39.8%
- SchweixAfD 33.9%
- TrulbenCDU 31.4%
- VinningenAfD 33.4%
- BottenbachAfD 33.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Bottenbach: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bottenbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land ohne Gemeinde Lemberg 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%