Constituency 177 Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 177 Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg went to CDU with 36.8% of the first votes, 14.7 points ahead of SPD (22.1%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 33.4%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +9.1 · SPD −8.6
- Turnout
- 84.2% · 2021: 78.1%
- Voters
- 182,782 of 217,091 eligible voters
- State
- Hesse
Second votes compared with 2021
Shares in percent, change from the 2021 federal election in points. Parties below one percent are grouped as Others.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election published by the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), second votes per constituency, compared with the 2021 result in the same area boundaries.
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.
If the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to this constituency. A rough estimate, not a forecast for individual candidates.
First votes: CDU ahead with 27.2%, a margin of 2.9 points over AfD. CDU would hold the constituency. The margin lies within the usual polling error, the constituency is close.
First votes and constituency seat
Since the 2025 electoral reform, the candidate with the most first votes only takes the seat if it is covered by their party's second-vote result in the state.
| Party | Votes | 2025 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDUConstituency seat | 66,648 | 36.8% | 30.2% | +6.6 |
| SPD | 40,101 | 22.1% | 28.5% | -6.4 |
| AfD | 31,379 | 17.3% | 8.0% | +9.3 |
| Grüne | 19,472 | 10.8% | 14.4% | -3.6 |
| Linke | 9,026 | 5.0% | 2.7% | +2.3 |
| FDP | 7,660 | 4.2% | 10.7% | -6.5 |
| Freie Wähler | 3,890 | 2.1% | 3.6% | -1.5 |
| Volt | 2,888 | 1.6% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 177 lies in Hesse
Constituency 177 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 27 municipalities in constituency 177
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.
- Limburg a. d. LahnCDU 32.6%
- TaunussteinCDU 31.8%
- Idstein, HochschulstadtCDU 32.6%
- Eltville am RheinCDU 36.7%
- NiedernhausenCDU 33.9%
- Bad CambergCDU 34.8%
- Oestrich-WinkelCDU 35.3%
- HünstettenCDU 32.2%
- Geisenheim, HochschulstadtCDU 30.5%
- HadamarCDU 32.8%
- HünfeldenCDU 29.6%
- Bad SchwalbachCDU 30.1%
- DornburgCDU 40.6%
- Rüdesheim am RheinCDU 32.8%
- HeidenrodCDU 30.7%
- ElzCDU 39.2%
- Selters (Taunus)CDU 37.2%
- BrechenCDU 35.6%
- HohensteinCDU 31.4%
- SchlangenbadCDU 33.2%
- WallufCDU 34.9%
- AarbergenCDU 29.3%
- WaldemsCDU 30.1%
- Waldbrunn (Westerwald)CDU 38.7%
- KiedrichCDU 32.6%
- LorchCDU 37.6%
- ElbtalCDU 36.5%
Neighbours and context
Source: Federal Returning Officer, results by constituency, federal election of 23 February 2025, final (as of 14 March 2025), Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0.. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.