Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain with 42.3% of the second votes, SPD took 19.2%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- CDU +11.7 · AfD −6.5 · Grüne −3.2
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,941 | 42.3% | 32.8% | 30.6% (+11.7) | 22.6% (+19.7) |
| SPD | 1,336 | 19.2% | 18.6% | 18.6% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+2.8) |
| AfD | 942 | 13.6% | 22.5% | 20.1% (-6.5) | 20.8% (-7.2) |
| Grüne | 490 | 7.1% | 7.0% | 10.3% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-4.5) |
| Linke | 379 | 5.5% | 5.9% | 6.5% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-3.3) |
| FDP | 342 | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| BSW | 262 | 3.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 103 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.1% (-0.6) | – |
| Volt | 39 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 113 | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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 Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain 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 association
- 83.2%
- Voters
- 15,991 of 19,231 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 43.6% · 6,967
- Member municipalities
- 17
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,941 (42.3%) | 2,941 (42.3%) | 5,792 | 36.4% |
| AfD | 942 (13.6%) | 942 (13.6%) | 3,257 | 20.5% |
| SPD | 1,336 (19.2%) | 1,336 (19.2%) | 2,828 | 17.8% |
| Grüne | 490 (7.1%) | 490 (7.1%) | 1,013 | 6.4% |
| Linke | 379 (5.5%) | 379 (5.5%) | 984 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 342 (4.9%) | 342 (4.9%) | 766 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 262 (3.8%) | 262 (3.8%) | 738 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 103 (1.5%) | 103 (1.5%) | 195 | 1.2% |
| Volt | 39 (0.6%) | 39 (0.6%) | 72 | 0.5% |
| Others | 113 (1.6%) | 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.
2024 European election in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain with 48.6% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate CDU got 30.7%. 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, CDU was the strongest party in Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain with 48.6%, +6.3 points compared with the 2025 federal election.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,283 | 48.6% | 42.3% | +6.3 |
| SPD | 986 | 14.6% | 19.2% | -4.6 |
| AfD | 589 | 8.7% | 13.6% | -4.9 |
| Grüne | 420 | 6.2% | 7.1% | -0.9 |
| FDP | 396 | 5.9% | 4.9% | +1.0 |
| BSW | 267 | 4.0% | 3.8% | +0.2 |
| Freie Wähler | 249 | 3.7% | 1.5% | +2.2 |
| Linke | 92 | 1.4% | 5.5% | -4.1 |
| Die PARTEI | 82 | 1.2% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 78 | 1.2% | – | – |
| Volt | 79 | 1.2% | 0.6% | +0.6 |
| ÖDP | 22 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 212 | 3.1% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: 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-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Briefwahl VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain: 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.
CDU would remain the strongest party with 32.9% (2025: 42.3%).
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%
- 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%
- Birken-HonigsessenCDU 43.3%