Constituency 203 Montabaur: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 203 Montabaur went to CDU with 35.7% of the first votes, 12.3 points ahead of SPD (23.4%).
- Second votes: leading
- CDU 32.5%
- Biggest move since 2021
- SPD −12.2 · AfD +12.0
- Turnout
- 83.3% · 2021: 77.9%
- Voters
- 174,499 of 209,443 eligible voters
- State
- Rhineland-Palatinate
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: AfD ahead with 28.8%, a margin of 2.4 points over CDU. The constituency would switch from CDU to AfD. 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 | 61,574 | 35.7% | 30.0% | +5.7 |
| SPD | 40,294 | 23.4% | 31.5% | -8.1 |
| AfD | 35,321 | 20.5% | 8.7% | +11.8 |
| Grüne | 10,832 | 6.3% | 8.8% | -2.5 |
| Linke | 8,709 | 5.1% | 2.8% | +2.3 |
| Freie Wähler | 5,923 | 3.4% | 5.5% | -2.1 |
| FDP | 5,462 | 3.2% | 9.3% | -6.1 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 4,209 | 2.4% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 203 lies in Rhineland-Palatinate
Constituency 203 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 297 municipalities in constituency 203
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Westerwaldkreis, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis.
- MontabaurCDU 28.2%
- DiezAfD 29.6%
- Höhr-GrenzhausenAfD 26.1%
- NassauCDU 26.4%
- Ransbach-BaumbachCDU 27.8%
- HachenburgCDU 28.6%
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)AfD 33.4%
- WesterburgAfD 38.8%
- NastättenAfD 34.8%
- RennerodAfD 32.8%
- WirgesAfD 27.5%
- HöhnAfD 35.5%
- HerschbachCDU 33.0%
- HahnstättenAfD 27.3%
- EitelbornCDU 34.0%
- HillscheidCDU 30.4%
- MiehlenCDU 32.4%
- NeuhäuselCDU 32.0%
- SiershahnCDU 33.6%
- AltendiezAfD 26.6%
- Selters (Westerwald)AfD 27.6%
- Dernbach (Westerwald)CDU 36.6%
- NentershausenCDU 41.4%
- MeudtCDU 30.3%
- KatzenelnbogenCDU 27.8%
- HattertCDU 30.1%
- HundsangenCDU 38.4%
- NauortAfD 29.1%
- UnnauAfD 28.7%
- SinghofenCDU 33.3%
- NiederelbertCDU 36.2%
- BirlenbachAfD 29.6%
- AlpenrodAfD 28.7%
- HofAfD 37.0%
- NiederneisenAfD 33.8%
- SimmernCDU 33.1%
The 36 largest of 297 municipalities; all of them via the district pages.
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.