Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen with 33.6% of the second votes, SPD took 21.3%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD −5.3 · CDU +3.0 · SPD +2.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.6%+3.0
- SPD21.3%+2.7
- AfD14.8%-5.3
- Grüne9.1%-1.2
- FDP6.1%+1.5
- Linke4.5%-2.0
- BSW4.4%+0.2
- Freie Wähler2.4%+0.3
- Volt1.0%+0.2
- Others2.8%+0.7
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,530 | 33.6% | 32.0% | 30.6% (+3.0) | 22.6% (+11.0) |
| SPD | 1,604 | 21.3% | 18.0% | 18.6% (+2.7) | 16.4% (+4.9) |
| AfD | 1,117 | 14.8% | 21.5% | 20.1% (-5.3) | 20.8% (-6.0) |
| Grüne | 684 | 9.1% | 8.3% | 10.3% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-2.5) |
| FDP | 456 | 6.1% | 5.4% | 4.6% (+1.5) | 4.3% (+1.8) |
| Linke | 342 | 4.5% | 5.2% | 6.5% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-4.3) |
| BSW | 333 | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 177 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 72 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 210 | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.7) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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 Simmern-Rheinböllen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen are counted jointly for all 44 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 7,556 postal voters, which is 40.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters18,766 of 22,091 eligible voters
- Postal vote share40.3% · 7,556
- Member municipalities44
- CDU29.5%-4.1
- AfD22.3%+7.5
- SPD19.8%-1.5
- Grüne7.9%-1.2
- FDP5.8%-0.3
- Linke5.0%+0.5
- BSW4.3%-0.1
- Freie Wähler2.1%-0.3
- Volt0.9%-0.1
- Others2.4%-0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Simmern-Rheinböllen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,530 (33.6%) | 2,530 (33.6%) | 5,506 | 29.5% |
| AfD | 1,117 (14.8%) | 1,117 (14.8%) | 4,158 | 22.3% |
| SPD | 1,604 (21.3%) | 1,604 (21.3%) | 3,697 | 19.8% |
| Grüne | 684 (9.1%) | 684 (9.1%) | 1,478 | 7.9% |
| FDP | 456 (6.1%) | 456 (6.1%) | 1,081 | 5.8% |
| Linke | 342 (4.5%) | 342 (4.5%) | 925 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 333 (4.4%) | 333 (4.4%) | 796 | 4.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 177 (2.4%) | 177 (2.4%) | 393 | 2.1% |
| Volt | 72 (1.0%) | 72 (1.0%) | 166 | 0.9% |
| Others | 210 (2.8%) | 210 (2.8%) | 439 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltweidelbachCDU 33.1%
- ArgenthalCDU 28.4%
- BelgweilerAfD 28.9%
- BenzweilerCDU 33.7%
- BergenhausenSPD 25.9%
- BiebernCDU 36.8%
- BubachSPD 30.9%
- BudenbachAfD 26.7%
- DichtelbachCDU 29.7%
- Ellern (Hunsrück)CDU 29.9%
- ErbachAfD 35.5%
- FronhofenCDU 36.1%
- HolzbachAfD 26.2%
- HornSPD 31.2%
- KeidelheimSPD 23.4%
- KisselbachCDU 36.4%
- KlosterkumbdCDU 31.9%
- Külz (Hunsrück)SPD 24.1%
- KümbdchenAfD 27.0%
- LaubachCDU 31.4%
- LiebshausenCDU 36.6%
- MengerschiedCDU 28.2%
- MörschbachAfD 31.8%
- MutterschiedAfD 34.0%
- NannhausenCDU 25.5%
- NeuerkirchSPD 26.4%
- NiederkumbdCDU 29.7%
- OhlweilerSPD 25.2%
- OppertshausenCDU 30.3%
- PleizenhausenCDU 28.8%
- RavengiersburgCDU 31.6%
- RayerschiedSPD 25.9%
- ReichCDU 25.7%
- RheinböllenCDU 29.3%
- RiegenrothCDU 34.1%
- RiesweilerCDU 32.6%
- SargenrothCDU 24.0%
- SchnorbachCDU 30.5%
- SchönbornCDU 30.4%
- Simmern/ HunsrückAfD 38.9%
- SteinbachCDU 41.8%
- TiefenbachAfD 25.9%
- WahlbachAfD 27.6%
- WüschheimAfD 32.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
In context
More municipalities in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Wkr. 199)
- BoppardCDU 33.0%
- 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%
- SohrenAfD 45.6%