Oberkirn: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Oberkirn with 32.5% of the second votes, CDU took 31.3%.
- Population
- 321 · 59 per km²
- Turnout
- 62.6% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 169 of 270 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD +12.4 · Grüne −7.8 · SPD −7.6
- 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 Oberkirn
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 | 53 | 32.5% | 26.0% | 20.1% (+12.4) | 20.8% (+11.7) |
| CDU | 51 | 31.3% | 29.3% | 30.6% (+0.7) | 22.6% (+8.7) |
| SPD | 18 | 11.0% | 20.0% | 18.6% (-7.6) | 16.4% (-5.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 6.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+4.6) | – |
| BSW | 11 | 6.7% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+2.5) | 5.0% (+1.7) |
| Linke | 7 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-2.2) | 8.8% (-4.5) |
| FDP | 4 | 2.5% | 4.0% | 4.6% (-2.1) | 4.3% (-1.8) |
| Grüne | 4 | 2.5% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-7.8) | 11.6% (-9.1) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 3 | 1.8% | 2.1% | 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 Herrstein-Rhaunen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen are counted jointly for all 50 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Oberkirn. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Oberkirn only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,702 postal voters, which is 37.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 84.5%
- Voters
- 15,291 of 18,100 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 37.3% · 5,702
- Member municipalities
- 50
| Party | Polling station Oberkirn | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 51 (31.3%) | 1,956 (34.5%) | 4,654 | 30.7% |
| AfD | 53 (32.5%) | 1,048 (18.5%) | 3,706 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 18 (11.0%) | 1,175 (20.7%) | 3,047 | 20.1% |
| Grüne | 4 (2.5%) | 354 (6.2%) | 850 | 5.6% |
| Linke | 7 (4.3%) | 262 (4.6%) | 750 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 4 (2.5%) | 257 (4.5%) | 700 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 11 (6.7%) | 288 (5.1%) | 703 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (6.7%) | 156 (2.8%) | 364 | 2.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.6%) | 40 (0.7%) | 93 | 0.6% |
| Others | 3 (1.8%) | 134 (2.4%) | 308 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AllenbachSPD 27.6%
- AsbachCDU 42.4%
- BergenCDU 31.1%
- Berschweiler bei KirnSPD 22.7%
- BollenbachCDU 34.4%
- BreitenthalCDU 39.3%
- BruchweilerCDU 26.5%
- BundenbachAfD 37.6%
- DickesbachAfD 29.7%
- FischbachAfD 28.3%
- GerachAfD 35.6%
- GösenrothCDU 28.7%
- GriebelschiedAfD 30.6%
- HausenSPD 30.5%
- HellertshausenAfD 31.9%
- HerbornCDU 28.5%
- HerrsteinAfD 36.1%
- HettenrodtCDU 41.2%
- HintertiefenbachCDU 32.1%
- HorbruchAfD 25.1%
- HottenbachCDU 32.9%
- KempfeldAfD 30.9%
- KirschweilerCDU 28.1%
- KrummenauAfD 38.9%
- MackenrodtCDU 33.5%
- MittelreidenbachCDU 32.8%
- MörschiedCDU 32.1%
- NiederhosenbachSPD 29.9%
- NiederwörresbachAfD 26.7%
- OberhosenbachCDU 27.6%
- OberkirnAfD 32.5%
- OberreidenbachCDU 26.7%
- OberwörresbachCDU 40.0%
- RhaunenAfD 49.1%
- SchaurenCDU 29.1%
- SchmidthachenbachCDU 30.6%
- SchwerbachGrüne 32.4%
- SensweilerCDU 31.0%
- SienCDU 30.5%
- SienhachenbachSPD 33.7%
- SonnschiedCDU 29.8%
- StipshausenCDU 29.6%
- SulzbachCDU 32.4%
- VeitsrodtCDU 36.7%
- VollmersbachCDU 44.1%
- WeidenAfD 34.0%
- WeitersbachCDU 38.1%
- WickenrodtCDU 47.9%
- WirschweilerAfD 37.9%
- LangweilerAfD 27.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Oberkirn
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Oberkirn with 27.6% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate AfD got 14.7%. 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, AfD was the strongest party in Oberkirn with 27.6%, −4.9 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 52.0% (2025 federal election: 62.6%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 37 | 27.6% | 32.5% | -4.9 |
| CDU | 34 | 25.4% | 31.3% | -5.9 |
| SPD | 24 | 17.9% | 11.0% | +6.9 |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 6.7% | 6.7% | ±0 |
| FDP | 4 | 3.0% | 2.5% | +0.5 |
| BSW | 4 | 3.0% | 6.7% | -3.7 |
| Grüne | 3 | 2.2% | 2.5% | -0.3 |
| Linke | 3 | 2.2% | 4.3% | -2.1 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 3 | 2.2% | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 2 | 1.5% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 1 | 0.7% | – | – |
| Others | 10 | 7.5% | – | – |
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 votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Oberkirn 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
- 321 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 5.5 km²
- Population density
- 59 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 17.2%
- 67 and older
- 24.4%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 2.3%
- Postcode
- 55624
- Elevation
- 315 m
- Website
- www.oberkirn.de
- Wikipedia
- Oberkirn (Wikipedia)
Oberkirn has 321 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)
Oberkirn: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Oberkirn highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Oberkirn: 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 44.1% (2025: 32.5%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.