Diefenbach: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Diefenbach with 53.1% of the second votes, BSW took 12.5%.
- Population
- 92 · 65 per km²
- Turnout
- 43.0% · Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 34 of 79 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- AfD +33.0 · CDU −18.1 · BSW +8.3
- First votes: leading
- AfD candidate
- Constituency
- 201 Bitburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Diefenbach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 17 | 53.1% | 18.0% | 20.1% (+33.0) | 20.8% (+32.3) |
| BSW | 4 | 12.5% | 4.0% | 4.2% (+8.3) | 5.0% (+7.5) |
| CDU | 4 | 12.5% | 35.5% | 30.6% (-18.1) | 22.6% (-10.1) |
| FDP | 2 | 6.2% | 5.2% | 4.6% (+1.6) | 4.3% (+1.9) |
| Grüne | 2 | 6.2% | 8.1% | 10.3% (-4.1) | 11.6% (-5.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 6.2% | 3.2% | 2.1% (+4.1) | – |
| Others | 1 | 3.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+1.0) | 35.8% (-32.7) |
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 Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199 are counted jointly for all 15 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Diefenbach. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Diefenbach only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,549 postal voters, which is 30.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 64.7%
- Voters
- 8,284 of 12,799 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 30.8% · 2,549
- Member municipalities
- 15
| Party | Polling station Diefenbach | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199 total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4 (12.5%) | 922 (36.4%) | 2,721 | 33.2% |
| AfD | 17 (53.1%) | 262 (10.3%) | 1,580 | 19.3% |
| SPD | 0 (0.0%) | 581 (22.9%) | 1,573 | 19.2% |
| Grüne | 2 (6.3%) | 250 (9.9%) | 721 | 8.8% |
| FDP | 2 (6.3%) | 130 (5.1%) | 457 | 5.6% |
| Linke | 0 (0.0%) | 128 (5.0%) | 443 | 5.4% |
| BSW | 4 (12.5%) | 97 (3.8%) | 284 | 3.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (6.3%) | 80 (3.2%) | 177 | 2.2% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (0.7%) | 43 | 0.5% |
| Others | 1 (3.1%) | 68 (2.7%) | 206 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BausendorfAfD 33.0%
- BengelAfD 33.3%
- Burg (Mosel)CDU 37.3%
- DiefenbachAfD 53.1%
- EnkirchCDU 33.3%
- FlußbachCDU 30.5%
- HontheimCDU 44.3%
- KinderbeuernAfD 32.6%
- KinheimCDU 42.1%
- KrövCDU 36.4%
- ReilCDU 34.1%
- StarkenburgCDU 41.1%
- Traben-TrarbachCDU 28.7%
- LötzbeurenAfD 29.1%
- IrmenachCDU 31.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Diefenbach
In the European election on 9 June 2024, AfD came first in Diefenbach with 46.7% 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.
- AfD46.7%-6.4
- CDU23.3%+10.8
- BSW10.0%-2.5
- FDP3.3%-2.9
- Freie Wähler3.3%-2.9
- Others13.3%
Change compared with 2025 federal election.
In the 2024 European election, AfD was the strongest party in Diefenbach with 46.7%, −6.4 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 40.7% (2025 federal election: 43.0%).
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 | 14 | 46.7% | 53.1% | -6.4 |
| CDU | 7 | 23.3% | 12.5% | +10.8 |
| BSW | 3 | 10.0% | 12.5% | -2.5 |
| FDP | 1 | 3.3% | 6.2% | -2.9 |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 3.3% | 6.2% | -2.9 |
| Others | 4 | 13.3% | – | – |
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.
Diefenbach 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
- 92 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 1.4 km²
- Population density
- 65 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 14.3%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 7.1%
- Commuter balance
- -33 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Postcode
- 54538
- Elevation
- 270 m
- Website
- www.vgtt.de
- Wikipedia
- Diefenbach (Wikipedia)
Diefenbach has 92 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)
Diefenbach: location in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Diefenbach highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199 shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Diefenbach: 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 remain the strongest party with 64.2% (2025: 53.1%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.
In context
More municipalities in Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201)
- WittlichCDU 31.2%
- Briefwahl VG Wittlich-LandCDU 40.6%
- Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-KuesCDU 40.7%
- MorbachCDU 34.7%
- Briefwahl VG Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 199CDU 36.4%
- Briefwahl VG Traben-Trarbach, Wkr 201CDU 39.6%
- Briefwahl VG Thalfang am ErbeskopfCDU 32.7%
- Bernkastel-KuesCDU 31.5%
- Traben-TrarbachCDU 28.7%
- HetzerathCDU 35.7%
- SalmtalCDU 37.8%
- KrövCDU 36.4%