Kausen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kausen with 41.3% of the second votes, AfD took 27.5%.
- Turnout45.8% · Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Wkr. 196) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters272 of 594 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +10.7 · AfD +7.4 · Linke −4.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU41.3%+10.7
- AfD27.5%+7.4
- SPD14.1%-4.5
- Grüne5.9%-4.4
- FDP4.1%-0.5
- BSW3.3%-0.9
- Linke1.9%-4.6
- Freie Wähler0.4%-1.7
- Volt0.4%-0.4
- Others1.1%-1.0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 111 | 41.3% | 32.8% | 30.6% (+10.7) | 22.6% (+18.7) |
| AfD | 74 | 27.5% | 22.5% | 20.1% (+7.4) | 20.8% (+6.7) |
| SPD | 38 | 14.1% | 18.6% | 18.6% (-4.5) | 16.4% (-2.3) |
| Grüne | 16 | 5.9% | 7.0% | 10.3% (-4.4) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| FDP | 11 | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.6% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 9 | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Linke | 5 | 1.9% | 5.9% | 6.5% (-4.6) | 8.8% (-6.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.4% | 1.5% | 2.1% (-1.7) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 3 | 1.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% (-1.0) | 10.6% (-9.5) |
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 Kausen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kausen 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%-4.9
- AfD20.5%-7.0
- SPD17.8%+3.7
- Grüne6.4%+0.5
- Linke6.2%+4.3
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- BSW4.6%+1.3
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.8
- Volt0.5%+0.1
- Others1.7%+0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kausen.
| Party | Polling station Kausen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 111 (41.3%) | 2,941 (42.3%) | 5,792 | 36.4% |
| AfD | 74 (27.5%) | 942 (13.6%) | 3,257 | 20.5% |
| SPD | 38 (14.1%) | 1,336 (19.2%) | 2,828 | 17.8% |
| Grüne | 16 (5.9%) | 490 (7.1%) | 1,013 | 6.4% |
| Linke | 5 (1.9%) | 379 (5.5%) | 984 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 11 (4.1%) | 342 (4.9%) | 766 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 9 (3.3%) | 262 (3.8%) | 738 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.4%) | 103 (1.5%) | 195 | 1.2% |
| Volt | 1 (0.4%) | 39 (0.6%) | 72 | 0.5% |
| Others | 3 (1.1%) | 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.
Kausen: location in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kausen 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%