Constituency 208 Kaiserslautern: the result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, the constituency seat in constituency 208 Kaiserslautern went to SPD with 28.0% of the first votes, 2.5 points ahead of AfD (25.5%).
- Second votes: leading
- AfD 25.9%
- Biggest move since 2021
- AfD +13.5 · SPD −12.0
- Turnout
- 81.5% · 2021: 75.3%
- Voters
- 179,205 of 219,842 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 35.0%, a margin of 11.2 points over SPD. The constituency would switch from SPD to AfD.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPDConstituency seat | 49,464 | 28.0% | 33.9% | -5.9 |
| AfD | 45,160 | 25.5% | 12.0% | +13.5 |
| CDU | 42,591 | 24.1% | 21.5% | +2.6 |
| Grüne | 10,099 | 5.7% | 8.7% | -3.0 |
| BSW | 7,628 | 4.3% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 7,385 | 4.2% | 7.3% | -3.1 |
| Linke | 7,396 | 4.2% | 4.0% | +0.2 |
| FDP | 5,138 | 2.9% | 7.1% | -4.2 |
| Volt | 1,576 | 0.9% | 0.5% | +0.4 |
| BD | 448 | 0.3% | – | – |
Candidates and members for this constituency
People with a 2025 candidacy or a mandate for this constituency, with their first-vote share.
Where constituency 208 lies in Rhineland-Palatinate
Constituency 208 in colour with the first-vote share of the constituency seat, the state's other constituencies in grey. Tap to open a constituency.
The 207 municipalities in constituency 208
Sorted by number of voters, each with its own second-vote result. Districts: Kaiserslautern, kreisfreie Stadt, Donnersbergkreis, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.
- KaiserslauternAfD 24.8%
- Eisenberg (Pfalz)AfD 27.1%
- KirchheimbolandenCDU 26.1%
- OtterbergCDU 25.8%
- RockenhausenCDU 25.4%
- WeilerbachCDU 28.8%
- OtterbachCDU 28.6%
- Enkenbach-AlsenbornAfD 31.6%
- RodenbachCDU 27.0%
- Schönenberg-KübelbergAfD 36.4%
- WaldmohrAfD 39.4%
- BolandenAfD 25.6%
- WinnweilerAfD 33.3%
- KuselAfD 34.2%
- HochspeyerAfD 32.1%
- MehlingenAfD 31.0%
- KerzenheimCDU 24.5%
- NiederkirchenAfD 29.1%
- RamsenCDU 26.9%
- MackenbachAfD 29.1%
- KatzweilerAfD 27.4%
- GöllheimAfD 39.1%
- MarnheimAfD 30.5%
- AltenglanAfD 33.7%
- Reichenbach-SteegenSPD 27.1%
- AlsenzCDU 26.1%
- BreitenbachAfD 30.0%
- Brücken (Pfalz)AfD 34.1%
- MehlbachAfD 35.4%
- SchwedelbachCDU 29.1%
- KriegsfeldCDU 28.6%
- OlsbrückenAfD 32.1%
- ObermoschelAfD 32.0%
- DannenfelsCDU 27.8%
- SchallodenbachCDU 32.4%
- Albisheim (Pfrimm)AfD 39.4%
The 36 largest of 207 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.