Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld with 32.9% of the second votes, SPD took 21.8%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- SPD +3.2 · Grüne −3.2 · CDU +2.3
- 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 Birkenfeld
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 | 1,742 | 32.9% | 29.3% | 30.6% (+2.3) | 22.6% (+10.3) |
| SPD | 1,156 | 21.8% | 20.0% | 18.6% (+3.2) | 16.4% (+5.4) |
| AfD | 942 | 17.8% | 26.0% | 20.1% (-2.3) | 20.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 377 | 7.1% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-4.5) |
| Linke | 314 | 5.9% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| BSW | 270 | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% (+0.9) | 5.0% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 182 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4.6% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 182 | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+1.3) | – |
| Volt | 22 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 113 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld 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 Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,742 (32.9%) | 1,742 (32.9%) | 3,441 | 28.6% |
| AfD | 942 (17.8%) | 942 (17.8%) | 3,050 | 25.4% |
| SPD | 1,156 (21.8%) | 1,156 (21.8%) | 2,395 | 19.9% |
| Linke | 314 (5.9%) | 314 (5.9%) | 762 | 6.3% |
| Grüne | 377 (7.1%) | 377 (7.1%) | 735 | 6.1% |
| BSW | 270 (5.1%) | 270 (5.1%) | 558 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 182 (3.4%) | 182 (3.4%) | 438 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 182 (3.4%) | 182 (3.4%) | 357 | 3.0% |
| Others | 113 (2.1%) | 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.
2024 European election in Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Briefwahl VG Birkenfeld with 29.6% 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 Birkenfeld with 29.6%, −3.3 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 | 1,494 | 29.6% | 32.9% | -3.3 |
| SPD | 1,200 | 23.8% | 21.8% | +2.0 |
| AfD | 517 | 10.2% | 17.8% | -7.6 |
| Freie Wähler | 511 | 10.1% | 3.4% | +6.7 |
| Grüne | 316 | 6.3% | 7.1% | -0.8 |
| FDP | 273 | 5.4% | 3.4% | +2.0 |
| BSW | 226 | 4.5% | 5.1% | -0.6 |
| Die PARTEI | 92 | 1.8% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 85 | 1.7% | – | – |
| Linke | 75 | 1.5% | 5.9% | -4.4 |
| Volt | 53 | 1.1% | 0.4% | +0.7 |
| ÖDP | 17 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 187 | 3.7% | – | – |
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 Birkenfeld: 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 25.4%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.