Elben: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Elben with 34.8% of the second votes, AfD took 33.3%.
- Turnout54.2% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters142 of 262 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +13.2 · SPD −8.0 · Grüne −7.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Elben
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU34.8%+4.2
- AfD33.3%+13.2
- SPD10.6%-8.0
- Linke7.1%+0.6
- FDP4.3%-0.3
- BSW3.5%-0.7
- Grüne2.8%-7.5
- Freie Wähler0.7%-1.4
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others2.1%±0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 49 | 34.8% | 32.8% | 30.6% (+4.2) | 22.6% (+12.2) |
| AfD | 47 | 33.3% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+13.2) | 20.8% (+12.5) |
| SPD | 15 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 18.6% (-8.0) | 16.4% (-5.8) |
| Linke | 10 | 7.1% | 5.9% | 6.5% (+0.6) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| FDP | 6 | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-0.3) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 5 | 3.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 4 | 2.8% | 7.0% | 10.3% (-7.5) | 11.6% (-8.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2.1% (-1.4) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 3 | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Betzdorf-Gebhardshain: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain are counted jointly for all 17 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Elben. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Elben only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 6,967 postal voters, which is 43.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.2%
- Voters15,991 of 19,231 eligible voters
- Postal vote share43.6% · 6,967
- Member municipalities17
- CDU36.4%+1.6
- AfD20.5%-12.8
- SPD17.8%+7.2
- Grüne6.4%+3.6
- Linke6.2%-0.9
- FDP4.8%+0.5
- BSW4.6%+1.1
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.5
- Volt0.5%-0.2
- Others1.7%-0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Elben.
| Party | Polling station Elben | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 49 (34.8%) | 2,941 (42.3%) | 5,792 | 36.4% |
| AfD | 47 (33.3%) | 942 (13.6%) | 3,257 | 20.5% |
| SPD | 15 (10.6%) | 1,336 (19.2%) | 2,828 | 17.8% |
| Grüne | 4 (2.8%) | 490 (7.1%) | 1,013 | 6.4% |
| Linke | 10 (7.1%) | 379 (5.5%) | 984 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 6 (4.3%) | 342 (4.9%) | 766 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 5 (3.5%) | 262 (3.8%) | 738 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.7%) | 103 (1.5%) | 195 | 1.2% |
| Volt | 1 (0.7%) | 39 (0.6%) | 72 | 0.5% |
| Others | 3 (2.1%) | 113 (1.6%) | 266 | 1.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlsdorfCDU 33.1%
- BetzdorfCDU 27.5%
- DickendorfCDU 32.1%
- ElbenCDU 34.8%
- ElkenrothCDU 35.0%
- FensdorfCDU 48.1%
- GebhardshainCDU 38.0%
- GrünebachCDU 31.2%
- KausenCDU 41.3%
- MalbergCDU 36.4%
- MolzhainCDU 41.7%
- NaurothAfD 32.1%
- Rosenheim (Landkreis Altenkirchen)CDU 36.2%
- ScheuerfeldCDU 30.8%
- Steinebach/ SiegAfD 30.4%
- SteinerothCDU 30.3%
- WallmenrothCDU 35.5%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Elben: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Elben highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
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%