Briefwahl VG Diez: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Diez with 32.2% of the second votes, SPD took 22.1%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD −5.0 · SPD +3.5 · CDU +1.6
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
Postal-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities.
Second votes in Briefwahl VG Diez
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 | 2,145 | 32.2% | 29.3% | 30.6% (+1.6) | 22.6% (+9.6) |
| SPD | 1,472 | 22.1% | 20.9% | 18.6% (+3.5) | 16.4% (+5.7) |
| AfD | 1,004 | 15.1% | 20.3% | 20.1% (-5.0) | 20.8% (-5.7) |
| Grüne | 736 | 11.0% | 9.0% | 10.3% (+0.7) | 11.6% (-0.6) |
| Linke | 362 | 5.4% | 6.3% | 6.5% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-3.4) |
| FDP | 303 | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.6% (-0.1) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 280 | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.2% (±0) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 166 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 42 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 152 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.1% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Diez: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Diez are counted jointly for all 23 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Diez. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Diez only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 6,701 postal voters, which is 43.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 82.4%
- Voters
- 15,591 of 18,927 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 43.0% · 6,701
- Member municipalities
- 23
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Diez | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Diez total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,145 (32.2%) | 2,145 (32.2%) | 4,360 | 28.2% |
| AfD | 1,004 (15.1%) | 1,004 (15.1%) | 3,472 | 22.4% |
| SPD | 1,472 (22.1%) | 1,472 (22.1%) | 2,980 | 19.3% |
| Grüne | 736 (11.0%) | 736 (11.0%) | 1,495 | 9.7% |
| Linke | 362 (5.4%) | 362 (5.4%) | 1,031 | 6.7% |
| FDP | 303 (4.5%) | 303 (4.5%) | 778 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 280 (4.2%) | 280 (4.2%) | 641 | 4.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 166 (2.5%) | 166 (2.5%) | 313 | 2.0% |
| Volt | 42 (0.6%) | 42 (0.6%) | 90 | 0.6% |
| Others | 152 (2.3%) | 152 (2.3%) | 320 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AltendiezAfD 26.6%
- AullCDU 27.1%
- BirlenbachAfD 29.6%
- CharlottenbergCDU 32.9%
- CrambergAfD 32.0%
- DiezAfD 29.6%
- DörnbergAfD 29.4%
- EppenrodCDU 29.9%
- GeilnauSPD 38.9%
- GückingenCDU 38.2%
- HambachCDU 32.1%
- HeistenbachCDU 35.1%
- HirschbergAfD 26.6%
- HolzappelAfD 36.1%
- HolzheimCDU 30.2%
- HorhausenCDU 32.6%
- IsselbachAfD 29.9%
- LangenscheidCDU 29.6%
- LaurenburgAfD 27.6%
- ScheidtCDU 27.7%
- SteinsbergSPD 28.3%
- WasenbachAfD 34.5%
- BalduinsteinCDU 27.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Briefwahl VG Diez
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Briefwahl VG Diez with 30.6% 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 Briefwahl VG Diez with 30.6%, −1.6 points compared with the 2025 federal election.
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 | 1,782 | 30.6% | 32.2% | -1.6 |
| SPD | 1,314 | 22.6% | 22.1% | +0.5 |
| Grüne | 593 | 10.2% | 11.0% | -0.8 |
| AfD | 556 | 9.6% | 15.1% | -5.5 |
| FDP | 404 | 6.9% | 4.5% | +2.4 |
| Freie Wähler | 316 | 5.4% | 2.5% | +2.9 |
| BSW | 251 | 4.3% | 4.2% | +0.1 |
| Volt | 107 | 1.8% | 0.6% | +1.2 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 100 | 1.7% | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 84 | 1.4% | – | – |
| Linke | 63 | 1.1% | 5.4% | -4.3 |
| ÖDP | 24 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 226 | 3.9% | – | – |
Tierschutzpartei, Die PARTEI, 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-vote districts belong to the Amt or joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) and cannot be assigned to individual municipalities. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Briefwahl VG Diez: 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.
CDU would remain the strongest party with 24.0% (2025: 32.2%).
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 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%
- HahnstättenAfD 27.3%