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%.
- Mayor
- Helmut Muthers (CDU) · Wikidata
- Population
- 6,276 · 349 per km²
- Turnout
- 30.9% · Neuwied (Wkr. 196) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 1,386 of 4,486 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- CDU −4.8 · Linke +2.7 · AfD +1.3
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
- Constituency
- 196 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.
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 | 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 association
- 85.4%
- Voters
- 12,288 of 14,396 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 45.6% · 5,605
- Member municipalities
- 7
| 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.
2024 European election in Linz am Rhein
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Linz am Rhein with 24.5% 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 Linz am Rhein with 24.5%, −1.3 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 22.4% (2025 federal election: 30.9%).
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 | 251 | 24.5% | 25.8% | -1.3 |
| SPD | 180 | 17.6% | 19.4% | -1.8 |
| AfD | 160 | 15.6% | 21.4% | -5.8 |
| Grüne | 126 | 12.3% | 11.3% | +1.0 |
| FDP | 59 | 5.8% | 5.0% | +0.8 |
| BSW | 57 | 5.6% | 3.5% | +2.1 |
| Volt | 37 | 3.6% | 0.9% | +2.7 |
| Die PARTEI | 35 | 3.4% | – | – |
| Linke | 24 | 2.3% | 9.2% | -6.9 |
| Freie Wähler | 19 | 1.9% | 1.0% | +0.9 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 13 | 1.3% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 4 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 60 | 5.9% | – | – |
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 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.
Linz am Rhein 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
- 6,276 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 18 km²
- Population density
- 349 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- intermediate density (town, suburb)
- Under 19
- 17.2%
- 67 and older
- 23.2%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 14.0%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 3,373 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- +1,031 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Birkenstock
- 5,500 employees (2022)
- Postcode
- 53545
- Elevation
- 90 m
- Twin towns
- 3
- Website
- www.linz.de
- Wikipedia
- Linz am Rhein (Wikipedia)
Linz am Rhein has 6,276 inhabitants and is intermediate density (town, suburb). The largest company headquartered in Linz am Rhein is Birkenstock with 5,500 employees.
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) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
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.
Linz am Rhein: 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 28.7%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
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%