Linz am Rhein: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Linz am Rhein with 25.8% of the second votes, AfD took 21.4%.
- MayorHelmut Muthers (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout30.9% · Neuwied (Wkr. 196) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,386 of 4,486 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU −4.8 · Linke +2.7 · AfD +1.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency196 Neuwied
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Linz am Rhein
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU25.8%-4.8
- AfD21.4%+1.3
- SPD19.4%+0.8
- Grüne11.3%+1.0
- Linke9.2%+2.7
- FDP5.0%+0.4
- BSW3.5%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.0%-1.1
- Volt0.9%+0.1
- Others2.4%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 355 | 25.8% | 31.9% | 30.6% (-4.8) | 22.6% (+3.2) |
| AfD | 295 | 21.4% | 21.2% | 20.1% (+1.3) | 20.8% (+0.6) |
| SPD | 267 | 19.4% | 18.4% | 18.6% (+0.8) | 16.4% (+3.0) |
| Grüne | 156 | 11.3% | 8.9% | 10.3% (+1.0) | 11.6% (-0.3) |
| Linke | 126 | 9.2% | 6.1% | 6.5% (+2.7) | 8.8% (+0.4) |
| FDP | 69 | 5.0% | 4.4% | 4.6% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.7) |
| BSW | 48 | 3.5% | 4.6% | 4.2% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 14 | 1.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% (-1.1) | – |
| Volt | 13 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 33 | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde Vettelschoß: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde Vettelschoß are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Linz am Rhein. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Linz am Rhein only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,605 postal voters, which is 45.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.4%
- Voters12,288 of 14,396 eligible voters
- Postal vote share45.6% · 5,605
- Member municipalities7
- CDU37.3%+11.5
- SPD17.5%-1.9
- AfD16.9%-4.5
- Grüne10.1%-1.2
- Linke5.6%-3.6
- FDP4.3%-0.7
- BSW3.7%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.9%+0.9
- Volt0.7%-0.2
- Others2.0%-0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Linz am Rhein.
| Party | Polling station Linz am Rhein | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde Vettelschoß total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 355 (25.8%) | 2,405 (43.0%) | 4,566 | 37.3% |
| SPD | 267 (19.4%) | 1,033 (18.5%) | 2,136 | 17.5% |
| AfD | 295 (21.4%) | 627 (11.2%) | 2,066 | 16.9% |
| Grüne | 156 (11.3%) | 585 (10.5%) | 1,241 | 10.1% |
| Linke | 126 (9.2%) | 268 (4.8%) | 691 | 5.6% |
| FDP | 69 (5.0%) | 228 (4.1%) | 524 | 4.3% |
| BSW | 48 (3.5%) | 187 (3.3%) | 452 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 14 (1.0%) | 110 (2.0%) | 228 | 1.9% |
| Volt | 13 (0.9%) | 43 (0.8%) | 89 | 0.7% |
| Others | 33 (2.4%) | 104 (1.9%) | 245 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DattenbergCDU 30.3%
- LeubsdorfCDU 38.5%
- Linz am RheinCDU 25.8%
- OckenfelsCDU 31.4%
- Sankt Katharinen (Landkreis Neuwied)AfD 32.3%
- VettelschoßCDU 37.3%
- Kasbach-OhlenbergCDU 33.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Linz am Rhein: location in the Neuwied district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Linz am Rhein highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde Vettelschoß shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Neuwied (Wkr. 196)
- NeuwiedCDU 27.1%
- Briefwahl VG Linz am Rhein ohne Gemeinde VettelschoßCDU 43.0%
- AsbachCDU 36.5%
- Neustadt (Wied)CDU 39.8%
- Briefwahl VG PuderbachCDU 33.0%
- Bad HönningenCDU 34.1%
- Buchholz (Westerwald)CDU 35.2%
- UnkelCDU 33.4%
- Briefwahl VG DierdorfCDU 35.0%
- WindhagenCDU 35.9%
- RheinbreitbachCDU 34.1%
- VettelschoßCDU 37.3%