Briefwahl VG Kirner Land: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Kirner Land with 31.0% of the second votes, SPD took 26.5%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- SPD +7.9 · Grüne −4.4 · AfD −2.6
- 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 Kirner Land
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 | 1,223 | 31.0% | 30.8% | 30.6% (+0.4) | 22.6% (+8.4) |
| SPD | 1,044 | 26.5% | 20.4% | 18.6% (+7.9) | 16.4% (+10.1) |
| AfD | 690 | 17.5% | 20.4% | 20.1% (-2.6) | 20.8% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 234 | 5.9% | 9.1% | 10.3% (-4.4) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| BSW | 196 | 5.0% | 4.1% | 4.2% (+0.8) | 5.0% (±0) |
| Linke | 186 | 4.7% | 6.2% | 6.5% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-4.1) |
| FDP | 163 | 4.1% | 4.6% | 4.6% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 101 | 2.6% | 1.6% | 2.1% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 34 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 71 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Kirner Land: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Kirner Land are counted jointly for all 17 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Kirner Land. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Kirner Land only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,966 postal voters, which is 36.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 81.1%
- Voters
- 10,956 of 13,517 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 36.2% · 3,966
- Member municipalities
- 17
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Kirner Land | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kirner Land total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 690 (17.5%) | 690 (17.5%) | 3,029 | 27.9% |
| CDU | 1,223 (31.0%) | 1,223 (31.0%) | 2,804 | 25.8% |
| SPD | 1,044 (26.5%) | 1,044 (26.5%) | 2,500 | 23.0% |
| Linke | 186 (4.7%) | 186 (4.7%) | 578 | 5.3% |
| Grüne | 234 (5.9%) | 234 (5.9%) | 547 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 196 (5.0%) | 196 (5.0%) | 491 | 4.5% |
| FDP | 163 (4.1%) | 163 (4.1%) | 449 | 4.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 101 (2.6%) | 101 (2.6%) | 234 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 34 (0.9%) | 34 (0.9%) | 65 | 0.6% |
| Others | 71 (1.8%) | 71 (1.8%) | 171 | 1.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BärenbachCDU 27.6%
- Becherbach bei KirnSPD 29.0%
- HahnenbachAfD 29.8%
- HeimweilerSPD 31.6%
- HennweilerAfD 29.7%
- Hochstetten-DhaunAfD 28.5%
- KirnAfD 40.5%
- LimbachAfD 24.7%
- MeckenbachAfD 38.4%
- Oberhausen bei KirnCDU 28.3%
- OtzweilerAfD 34.2%
- SimmertalAfD 33.8%
- WeitersbornAfD 37.6%
- BruschiedAfD 38.9%
- KellenbachSPD 29.1%
- SchneppenbachCDU 35.1%
- SchwarzerdenSPD 35.6%
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 Kirner Land
In the European election on 9 June 2024, SPD came first in Briefwahl VG Kirner Land with 27.6% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate SPD got 17.5%. 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, SPD was the strongest party in Briefwahl VG Kirner Land with 27.6%, +1.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 960 | 27.6% | 26.5% | +1.1 |
| CDU | 952 | 27.3% | 31.0% | -3.7 |
| AfD | 403 | 11.6% | 17.5% | -5.9 |
| FDP | 260 | 7.5% | 4.1% | +3.4 |
| BSW | 243 | 7.0% | 5.0% | +2.0 |
| Freie Wähler | 210 | 6.0% | 2.6% | +3.4 |
| Grüne | 183 | 5.3% | 5.9% | -0.6 |
| Linke | 64 | 1.8% | 4.7% | -2.9 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 43 | 1.2% | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 33 | 0.9% | – | – |
| Volt | 23 | 0.7% | 0.9% | -0.2 |
| ÖDP | 15 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 93 | 2.7% | – | – |
Tierschutzpartei, Die PARTEI, 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 Kirner Land: 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 25.2%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
In context
More municipalities in Bad Kreuznach (Wkr. 200)
- Bad KreuznachCDU 28.5%
- Briefwahl VG RüdesheimCDU 37.4%
- Briefwahl VG Nahe-GlanCDU 30.8%
- Briefwahl VG Bad KreuznachCDU 38.5%
- KirnAfD 40.5%
- Bad SobernheimAfD 27.6%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Bretzenheim und LangenlonsheimCDU 38.7%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Guldental, Laubenheim und WindesheimCDU 40.2%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Dörrebach, Dorsheim, Eckenroth, Rümmelsheim, Schöneberg, Seibersbach und WaldlaubersheimCDU 39.7%
- Briefwahl Stadt Stromberg und Gemeinden Daxweiler, Roth, Schweppenhausen und WarmsrothCDU 36.5%
- LangenlonsheimCDU 25.7%
- StrombergCDU 28.8%