Rimsberg: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rimsberg with 40.9% of the second votes, AfD took 19.7%.
- Turnout65.3% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters66 of 101 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +10.3 · Grüne −7.3 · Freie Wähler +5.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency200 Kreuznach
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Rimsberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.9%+10.3
- AfD19.7%-0.4
- SPD18.2%-0.4
- Freie Wähler7.6%+5.5
- Linke4.5%-2.0
- Grüne3.0%-7.3
- FDP1.5%-3.1
- Others4.5%+2.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 27 | 40.9% | 29.3% | 30.6% (+10.3) | 22.6% (+18.3) |
| AfD | 13 | 19.7% | 26.0% | 20.1% (-0.4) | 20.8% (-1.1) |
| SPD | 12 | 18.2% | 20.0% | 18.6% (-0.4) | 16.4% (+1.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 7.6% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+5.5) | – |
| Linke | 3 | 4.5% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-4.3) |
| Grüne | 2 | 3.0% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-7.3) | 11.6% (-8.6) |
| FDP | 1 | 1.5% | 4.0% | 4.6% (-3.1) | 4.3% (-2.8) |
| Others | 3 | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2.1% (+2.4) | 15.6% (-11.1) |
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 Rimsberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rimsberg 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 association82.4%
- Voters12,112 of 14,693 eligible voters
- Postal vote share44.0% · 5,328
- Member municipalities31
- CDU28.6%-12.3
- AfD25.4%+5.7
- SPD19.9%+1.7
- Linke6.3%+1.8
- Grüne6.1%+3.1
- BSW4.6%
- FDP3.6%+2.1
- Freie Wähler3.0%-4.6
- Volt0.4%
- Others1.9%-2.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rimsberg.
| Party | Polling station Rimsberg | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 27 (40.9%) | 1,742 (32.9%) | 3,441 | 28.6% |
| AfD | 13 (19.7%) | 942 (17.8%) | 3,050 | 25.4% |
| SPD | 12 (18.2%) | 1,156 (21.8%) | 2,395 | 19.9% |
| Linke | 3 (4.5%) | 314 (5.9%) | 762 | 6.3% |
| Grüne | 2 (3.0%) | 377 (7.1%) | 735 | 6.1% |
| BSW | 0 (0.0%) | 270 (5.1%) | 558 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 1 (1.5%) | 182 (3.4%) | 438 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (7.6%) | 182 (3.4%) | 357 | 3.0% |
| Others | 3 (4.5%) | 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.
Rimsberg: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rimsberg highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.