Nieder Kostenz: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Nieder Kostenz with 33.3% of the second votes, AfD took 30.6%.
- Population
- 190 · 46 per km²
- Turnout
- 51.7% · Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Wkr. 199) 84.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 74 of 143 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- SPD −11.7 · AfD +10.5 · FDP +9.3
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 199 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Nieder Kostenz
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 | 24 | 33.3% | 32.0% | 30.6% (+2.7) | 22.6% (+10.7) |
| AfD | 22 | 30.6% | 21.5% | 20.1% (+10.5) | 20.8% (+9.8) |
| FDP | 10 | 13.9% | 5.4% | 4.6% (+9.3) | 4.3% (+9.6) |
| SPD | 5 | 6.9% | 18.0% | 18.6% (-11.7) | 16.4% (-9.5) |
| BSW | 4 | 5.6% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.4) | 5.0% (+0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 4.2% | 2.4% | 2.1% (+2.1) | – |
| Linke | 2 | 2.8% | 5.2% | 6.5% (-3.7) | 8.8% (-6.0) |
| Volt | 1 | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.6) | – |
| Others | 1 | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% (-0.7) | 22.2% (-20.8) |
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 Kirchberg (Hunsrück): overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg (Hunsrück) are counted jointly for all 40 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Nieder Kostenz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Nieder Kostenz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,653 postal voters, which is 37.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 82.5%
- Voters
- 12,285 of 14,893 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 37.9% · 4,653
- Member municipalities
- 40
| Party | Polling station Nieder Kostenz | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg (Hunsrück) total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 22 (30.6%) | 818 (17.6%) | 3,478 | 28.6% |
| CDU | 24 (33.3%) | 1,486 (32.0%) | 3,255 | 26.7% |
| SPD | 5 (6.9%) | 925 (19.9%) | 2,062 | 16.9% |
| FDP | 10 (13.9%) | 296 (6.4%) | 722 | 5.9% |
| Grüne | 0 (0.0%) | 327 (7.1%) | 720 | 5.9% |
| BSW | 4 (5.6%) | 242 (5.2%) | 610 | 5.0% |
| Linke | 2 (2.8%) | 204 (4.4%) | 588 | 4.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (4.2%) | 187 (4.0%) | 404 | 3.3% |
| Volt | 1 (1.4%) | 34 (0.7%) | 73 | 0.6% |
| Others | 1 (1.4%) | 119 (2.6%) | 267 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BärenbachAfD 37.8%
- BelgSPD 33.8%
- BüchenbeurenAfD 52.1%
- DickenschiedAfD 35.4%
- DillSPD 40.6%
- DillendorfAfD 39.8%
- GehlweilerAfD 34.6%
- GemündenCDU 28.7%
- HahnCDU 43.4%
- HeckenCDU 43.4%
- HeinzenbachAfD 28.6%
- HenauSPD 27.9%
- Hirschfeld (Hunsrück)CDU 41.0%
- KappelCDU 26.4%
- Kirchberg (Hunsrück)AfD 39.8%
- KludenbachSPD 23.2%
- LaufersweilerAfD 30.5%
- LautzenhausenAfD 33.5%
- LindenschiedAfD 31.5%
- MaitzbornCDU 26.0%
- MetzenhausenCDU 32.6%
- Nieder KostenzCDU 33.3%
- NiedersohrenAfD 36.5%
- NiederweilerAfD 38.0%
- Ober KostenzCDU 30.8%
- RaversbeurenCDU 34.2%
- ReckershausenAfD 35.2%
- RödelhausenAfD 37.8%
- RödernAfD 28.0%
- RohrbachAfD 33.0%
- SchlierschiedSPD 23.2%
- SchwarzenAfD 29.5%
- SohrenAfD 45.6%
- SohrschiedCDU 27.5%
- TodenrothCDU 28.6%
- UnzenbergCDU 26.8%
- WahlenauSPD 23.5%
- WomrathSPD 29.2%
- WoppenrothCDU 31.8%
- WürrichAfD 40.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Nieder Kostenz
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Nieder Kostenz with 34.4% 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 Nieder Kostenz with 34.4%, +3.8 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 46.2% (2025 federal election: 51.7%).
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 | 22 | 34.4% | 30.6% | +3.8 |
| CDU | 15 | 23.4% | 33.3% | -9.9 |
| FDP | 9 | 14.1% | 13.9% | +0.2 |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 10.9% | 4.2% | +6.7 |
| SPD | 4 | 6.2% | 6.9% | -0.7 |
| Grüne | 2 | 3.1% | – | – |
| BSW | 2 | 3.1% | 5.6% | -2.5 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1 | 1.6% | – | – |
| Others | 2 | 3.1% | – | – |
Grüne, Tierschutzpartei: 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.
Nieder Kostenz 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
- 190 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 4.1 km²
- Population density
- 46 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 19.2%
- 67 and older
- 14.3%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 3.3%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 15 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- -83 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Postcode
- 55481
- Elevation
- 353 m
- Website
- www.Niederkostenz.de
- Wikipedia
- Nieder Kostenz (Wikipedia)
Nieder Kostenz has 190 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) · 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)
Nieder Kostenz: location in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Nieder Kostenz highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg (Hunsrück) shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Nieder Kostenz: 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 42.4%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
In context
More municipalities in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Wkr. 199)
- BoppardCDU 33.0%
- Briefwahl VG Simmern-RheinböllenCDU 33.6%
- Briefwahl VG Kirchberg (Hunsrück)CDU 32.0%
- Briefwahl VG KastellaunCDU 36.2%
- Briefwahl VG Hunsrück-Mittelrhein ohne Städte Emmelshausen, Oberwesel und Sankt GoarCDU 42.0%
- EmmelshausenCDU 36.5%
- Simmern/ HunsrückAfD 38.9%
- OberweselCDU 39.8%
- Sankt GoarCDU 31.3%
- KastellaunAfD 38.7%
- RheinböllenCDU 29.3%
- Kirchberg (Hunsrück)AfD 39.8%