Ellenberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ellenberg with 40.0% of the second votes, SPD took 16.7%.
- Population
- 88 · 44 per km²
- Turnout
- 43.1% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 31 of 72 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD +19.9 · CDU −13.9 · Freie Wähler +4.6
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
- Constituency
- 200 Kreuznach
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Ellenberg
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 12 | 40.0% | 26.0% | 20.1% (+19.9) | 20.8% (+19.2) |
| SPD | 5 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 18.6% (-1.9) | 16.4% (+0.3) |
| CDU | 5 | 16.7% | 29.3% | 30.6% (-13.9) | 22.6% (-5.9) |
| Grüne | 2 | 6.7% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-3.6) | 11.6% (-4.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 6.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+4.6) | – |
| Linke | 1 | 3.3% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-3.2) | 8.8% (-5.5) |
| Volt | 1 | 3.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% (+2.5) | – |
| BSW | 1 | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Others | 1 | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% (+1.2) | 14.9% (-11.6) |
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 Birkenfeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld are counted jointly for all 31 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ellenberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ellenberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,328 postal voters, which is 44.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 82.4%
- Voters
- 12,112 of 14,693 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 44.0% · 5,328
- Member municipalities
- 31
| Party | Polling station Ellenberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 5 (16.7%) | 1,742 (32.9%) | 3,441 | 28.6% |
| AfD | 12 (40.0%) | 942 (17.8%) | 3,050 | 25.4% |
| SPD | 5 (16.7%) | 1,156 (21.8%) | 2,395 | 19.9% |
| Linke | 1 (3.3%) | 314 (5.9%) | 762 | 6.3% |
| Grüne | 2 (6.7%) | 377 (7.1%) | 735 | 6.1% |
| BSW | 1 (3.3%) | 270 (5.1%) | 558 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 0 (0.0%) | 182 (3.4%) | 438 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (6.7%) | 182 (3.4%) | 357 | 3.0% |
| Others | 1 (3.3%) | 113 (2.1%) | 230 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AbentheuerAfD 27.1%
- AchtelsbachSPD 35.8%
- BirkenfeldAfD 41.6%
- BörfinkAfD 33.9%
- BrückenAfD 32.0%
- BuhlenbergSPD 27.7%
- DambachSPD 34.5%
- DienstweilerAfD 22.5%
- ElchweilerAfD 32.0%
- EllenbergAfD 40.0%
- EllweilerAfD 30.3%
- GimbweilerAfD 29.1%
- GollenbergCDU 38.2%
- HattgensteinCDU 34.9%
- Hoppstädten-WeiersbachAfD 31.7%
- KronweilerSPD 31.4%
- LeiselCDU 28.4%
- MeckenbachSPD 35.7%
- NiederbrombachCDU 27.0%
- NiederhambachCDU 39.5%
- NohenCDU 31.0%
- OberbrombachCDU 33.7%
- OberhambachAfD 31.8%
- RimsbergCDU 40.9%
- RinzenbergSPD 34.4%
- Rötsweiler-NockenthalCDU 30.5%
- SchmißbergAfD 27.6%
- SchwollenCDU 30.4%
- SiesbachCDU 36.6%
- Sonnenberg-WinnenbergCDU 31.9%
- Wilzenberg-HußweilerAfD 25.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ellenberg 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
- 88 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 2 km²
- Population density
- 44 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 20.7%
- 67 and older
- 19.6%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 4.3%
- Postcode
- 55765
- Elevation
- 380 m
- Website
- www.ellenberg-nahe.de
- Wikipedia
- Ellenberg (Wikipedia)
Ellenberg has 88 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
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)
Ellenberg: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ellenberg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Ellenberg: 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 remain the strongest party with 49.9% (2025: 40.0%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.