Kestert: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kestert with 28.4% of the second votes, AfD took 25.9%.
- Population
- 635 · 92 per km²
- Turnout
- 39.4% · Rhein-Lahn-Kreis (Wkr. 198, 203) 83.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 165 of 419 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD +5.8 · FDP −2.7 · Grüne −2.3
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
- Constituency
- 198 Koblenz
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Kestert
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 | 46 | 28.4% | 29.3% | 30.6% (-2.2) | 22.6% (+5.8) |
| AfD | 42 | 25.9% | 20.3% | 20.1% (+5.8) | 20.8% (+5.1) |
| SPD | 29 | 17.9% | 20.9% | 18.6% (-0.7) | 16.4% (+1.5) |
| Linke | 14 | 8.6% | 6.3% | 6.5% (+2.1) | 8.8% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 13 | 8.0% | 9.0% | 10.3% (-2.3) | 11.6% (-3.6) |
| BSW | 5 | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4.2% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.4) | – |
| FDP | 3 | 1.9% | 4.3% | 4.6% (-2.7) | 4.3% (-2.4) |
| Others | 6 | 3.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+1.6) | 10.6% (-6.9) |
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 Loreley: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Loreley are counted jointly for all 22 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kestert. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kestert only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,254 postal voters, which is 49.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 85.4%
- Voters
- 10,576 of 12,381 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 49.7% · 5,254
- Member municipalities
- 22
| Party | Polling station Kestert | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Loreley total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 46 (28.4%) | 1,855 (35.7%) | 3,374 | 32.2% |
| SPD | 29 (17.9%) | 1,363 (26.3%) | 2,615 | 25.0% |
| AfD | 42 (25.9%) | 592 (11.4%) | 1,646 | 15.7% |
| Grüne | 13 (8.0%) | 454 (8.7%) | 889 | 8.5% |
| Linke | 14 (8.6%) | 245 (4.7%) | 589 | 5.6% |
| FDP | 3 (1.9%) | 161 (3.1%) | 389 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 5 (3.1%) | 188 (3.6%) | 373 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (2.5%) | 164 (3.2%) | 277 | 2.6% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 33 (0.6%) | 68 | 0.6% |
| Others | 6 (3.7%) | 136 (2.6%) | 252 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AuelCDU 26.2%
- BornichCDU 31.2%
- DachsenhausenCDU 29.8%
- DahlheimCDU 42.5%
- DörscheidSPD 27.5%
- FilsenCDU 30.8%
- Kamp-BornhofenSPD 30.4%
- KaubSPD 30.0%
- KestertCDU 28.4%
- LierschiedCDU 28.2%
- LykershausenCDU 34.7%
- NochernCDU 38.7%
- OsterspaiCDU 34.1%
- PatersbergCDU 29.2%
- PrathCDU 35.4%
- ReichenbergSPD 39.3%
- ReitzenhainCDU 26.7%
- Sankt Goarshausen, LoreleystadtCDU 26.3%
- SauerthalCDU 30.9%
- WeiselCDU 29.5%
- WeyerSPD 26.8%
- BraubachCDU 24.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Kestert
In the European election on 9 June 2024, SPD came first in Kestert with 33.7% of the vote; in Rhineland-Palatinate SPD got 17.5%. 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, SPD was the strongest party in Kestert with 33.7%, +15.8 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 23.0% (2025 federal election: 39.4%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 32 | 33.7% | 17.9% | +15.8 |
| CDU | 20 | 21.1% | 28.4% | -7.3 |
| AfD | 19 | 20.0% | 25.9% | -5.9 |
| BSW | 4 | 4.2% | 3.1% | +1.1 |
| Linke | 3 | 3.2% | 8.6% | -5.4 |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 3.2% | 2.5% | +0.7 |
| FDP | 2 | 2.1% | 1.9% | +0.2 |
| Grüne | 2 | 2.1% | 8.0% | -5.9 |
| Die PARTEI | 2 | 2.1% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1 | 1.1% | – | – |
| Others | 7 | 7.4% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, 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.
Kestert 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
- 635 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 6.9 km²
- Population density
- 92 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- intermediate density (town, suburb)
- Under 19
- 14.0%
- 67 and older
- 26.1%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 19.9%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 37 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- -193 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Postcode
- 56348
- Elevation
- 70 m
- Website
- www.kestert.de
- Wikipedia
- Kestert (Wikipedia)
Kestert has 635 inhabitants and is intermediate density (town, suburb).
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)
Kestert: location in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kestert highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Loreley shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Kestert: 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 34.5%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
In context
More municipalities in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis (Wkr. 198, 203)
- LahnsteinCDU 31.0%
- Briefwahl VG DiezCDU 32.2%
- Briefwahl VG Aar-EinrichCDU 29.4%
- Briefwahl VG LoreleyCDU 35.7%
- Briefwahl VG NastättenCDU 32.2%
- Bad EmsAfD 26.0%
- DiezAfD 29.6%
- NassauCDU 26.4%
- NastättenAfD 34.8%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Becheln, Dausenau und ArzbachCDU 33.7%
- Briefwahl Gemeinden Fachbach, Frücht, Kemmenau, Miellen und NievernCDU 34.1%
- Briefwahl VG Bad Ems-Nassau, Wkr 203, Gemeinden Singhofen bis ZimmerschiedCDU 33.2%