Bitzen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Bitzen with 26.1% of the second votes, AfD took 26.1%.
- Population
- 763 · 332 per km²
- Turnout
- 47.6% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 302 of 634 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- CDU −10.9 · SPD +7.5 · AfD +6.0
- First votes: leading
- SPD candidate
- Constituency
- 196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Bitzen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 78 | 26.1% | 18.6% | 18.6% (+7.5) | 16.4% (+9.7) |
| AfD | 78 | 26.1% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+6.0) | 20.8% (+5.3) |
| CDU | 59 | 19.7% | 32.8% | 30.6% (-10.9) | 22.6% (-2.9) |
| Grüne | 24 | 8.0% | 7.0% | 10.3% (-2.3) | 11.6% (-3.6) |
| Linke | 22 | 7.4% | 5.9% | 6.5% (+0.9) | 8.8% (-1.4) |
| BSW | 15 | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+0.8) | 5.0% (±0) |
| FDP | 8 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-1.9) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.1% (-0.8) | – |
| Others | 11 | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% (+1.6) | 10.6% (-6.9) |
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 Hamm (Sieg): overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bitzen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bitzen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,345 postal voters, which is 43.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 80.6%
- Voters
- 7,718 of 9,579 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 43.3% · 3,345
- Member municipalities
- 10
| Party | Polling station Bitzen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 78 (26.1%) | 584 (17.5%) | 2,149 | 28.0% |
| CDU | 59 (19.7%) | 1,005 (30.2%) | 1,942 | 25.3% |
| SPD | 78 (26.1%) | 785 (23.6%) | 1,516 | 19.8% |
| Grüne | 24 (8.0%) | 251 (7.5%) | 512 | 6.7% |
| BSW | 15 (5.0%) | 216 (6.5%) | 456 | 5.9% |
| Linke | 22 (7.4%) | 171 (5.1%) | 448 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 8 (2.7%) | 132 (4.0%) | 290 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.3%) | 77 (2.3%) | 141 | 1.8% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 23 (0.7%) | 36 | 0.5% |
| Others | 11 (3.7%) | 87 (2.6%) | 179 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BirkenbeulAfD 27.7%
- BitzenSPD 26.1%
- BreitscheidtAfD 39.6%
- BruchertseifenAfD 37.8%
- EtzbachAfD 44.2%
- ForstAfD 27.4%
- FürthenAfD 30.5%
- Hamm (Sieg), RaiffeisengemeindeAfD 34.8%
- PrachtAfD 38.3%
- RothAfD 42.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Bitzen
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Bitzen with 25.1% 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 Bitzen with 25.1%, −1.0 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 35.1% (2025 federal election: 47.6%).
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 | 56 | 25.1% | 26.1% | -1.0 |
| CDU | 52 | 23.3% | 19.7% | +3.6 |
| SPD | 44 | 19.7% | 26.1% | -6.4 |
| BSW | 21 | 9.4% | 5.0% | +4.4 |
| Grüne | 18 | 8.1% | 8.0% | +0.1 |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 3.1% | 1.3% | +1.8 |
| FDP | 5 | 2.2% | 2.7% | -0.5 |
| Volt | 3 | 1.3% | – | – |
| Linke | 2 | 0.9% | 7.4% | -6.5 |
| Die PARTEI | 2 | 0.9% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 12 | 5.4% | – | – |
Volt, Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei: 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.
Bitzen 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
- 763 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- Population density
- 332 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- intermediate density (town, suburb)
- Under 19
- 16.5%
- 67 and older
- 19.2%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 3.5%
- Postcode
- 57539
- Elevation
- 250 m
- Website
- bitzen-online.de
- Wikipedia
- Bitzen (Wikipedia)
Bitzen has 763 inhabitants and is intermediate density (town, suburb).
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) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Bitzen: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bitzen highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Bitzen: 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 be the strongest party with 34.7%; in 2025 SPD led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
In context
More municipalities in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196)
- Briefwahl VG Altenkirchen-FlammersfeldCDU 34.3%
- Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-GebhardshainCDU 42.3%
- Kirchen (Sieg)CDU 35.2%
- Briefwahl VG Daaden-HerdorfCDU 37.6%
- MudersbachCDU 31.2%
- Briefwahl VG Hamm (Sieg)CDU 30.2%
- BetzdorfCDU 27.5%
- NiederfischbachCDU 40.3%
- Briefwahl Stadt Wissen und Gemeinde HövelsCDU 43.2%
- WissenCDU 29.2%
- HerdorfCDU 32.4%
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald)AfD 39.5%