Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach with 48.8% of the second votes, CDU took 28.0%.
- Population
- 1,499 · 174 per km²
- Turnout
- 40.6% · Südwestpfalz (Wkr. 209) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 503 of 1,238 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD +28.7 · Grüne −8.7 · SPD −8.0
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 209 Pirmasens
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 240 | 48.8% | 24.7% | 20.1% (+28.7) | 20.8% (+28.0) |
| CDU | 138 | 28.0% | 33.5% | 30.6% (-2.6) | 22.6% (+5.4) |
| SPD | 52 | 10.6% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-8.0) | 16.4% (-5.8) |
| FDP | 15 | 3.0% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-1.6) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| BSW | 14 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-1.4) | 5.0% (-2.2) |
| Linke | 9 | 1.8% | 4.2% | 6.5% (-4.7) | 8.8% (-7.0) |
| Grüne | 8 | 1.6% | 5.9% | 10.3% (-8.7) | 11.6% (-10.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-0.5) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 6 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 2.1% (-0.9) | 10.6% (-9.4) |
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 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 Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach 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 association
- 85.1%
- Voters
- 11,866 of 13,948 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 52.1% · 6,186
- Member municipalities
- 20
| Party | Polling station Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 138 (28.0%) | 2,141 (34.9%) | 3,802 | 32.5% |
| AfD | 240 (48.8%) | 1,274 (20.8%) | 3,185 | 27.2% |
| SPD | 52 (10.6%) | 1,220 (19.9%) | 2,025 | 17.3% |
| Grüne | 8 (1.6%) | 303 (4.9%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 14 (2.8%) | 314 (5.1%) | 544 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 15 (3.0%) | 276 (4.5%) | 513 | 4.4% |
| Linke | 9 (1.8%) | 195 (3.2%) | 429 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (1.6%) | 191 (3.1%) | 300 | 2.6% |
| Others | 6 (1.2%) | 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.
2024 European election in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach with 42.3% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate AfD got 14.7%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, AfD was the strongest party in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach with 42.3%, −6.5 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 29.7% (2025 federal election: 40.6%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 157 | 42.3% | 48.8% | -6.5 |
| CDU | 119 | 32.1% | 28.0% | +4.1 |
| Freie Wähler | 21 | 5.7% | 1.6% | +4.1 |
| SPD | 18 | 4.9% | 10.6% | -5.7 |
| BSW | 14 | 3.8% | 2.8% | +1.0 |
| FDP | 12 | 3.2% | 3.0% | +0.2 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 4 | 1.1% | – | – |
| Grüne | 3 | 0.8% | 1.6% | -0.8 |
| Linke | 2 | 0.5% | 1.8% | -1.3 |
| Volt | 2 | 0.5% | 0.4% | +0.1 |
| ÖDP | 1 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 1 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 17 | 4.6% | – | – |
Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP, Die PARTEI: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach 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
- 1,499 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 8.6 km²
- Population density
- 174 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 19.6%
- 67 and older
- 16.8%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 4.6%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 49 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- -574 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Postcode
- 66919
- Elevation
- 394 m
- Website
- www.wallhalben.de
- Wikipedia
- Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach (Wikipedia)
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach has 1,499 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)
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach: location in the Südwestpfalz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach: 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 remain the strongest party with 61.8% (2025: 48.8%).
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%