Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues with 40.7% of the second votes, SPD took 18.8%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +10.1 · AfD −9.7 · FDP +2.1
- 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 Bernkastel-Kues
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.7%+10.1
- SPD18.8%+0.2
- AfD10.4%-9.7
- Grüne8.9%-1.4
- FDP6.7%+2.1
- Linke4.6%-1.9
- BSW3.6%-0.6
- Freie Wähler3.4%+1.3
- Volt0.5%-0.3
- Others2.4%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,799 | 40.7% | 35.5% | 30.6% (+10.1) | 22.6% (+18.1) |
| SPD | 1,757 | 18.8% | 18.0% | 18.6% (+0.2) | 16.4% (+2.4) |
| AfD | 973 | 10.4% | 18.0% | 20.1% (-9.7) | 20.8% (-10.4) |
| Grüne | 830 | 8.9% | 8.1% | 10.3% (-1.4) | 11.6% (-2.7) |
| FDP | 624 | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4.6% (+2.1) | 4.3% (+2.4) |
| Linke | 428 | 4.6% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-4.2) |
| BSW | 335 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4.2% (-0.6) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 316 | 3.4% | 3.2% | 2.1% (+1.3) | – |
| Volt | 43 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 224 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Bernkastel-Kues: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues are counted jointly for all 23 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 9,353 postal voters, which is 53.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.0%
- Voters17,597 of 20,939 eligible voters
- Postal vote share53.2% · 9,353
- Member municipalities23
- CDU37.3%-3.4
- SPD18.2%-0.6
- AfD15.5%+5.1
- Grüne8.2%-0.7
- FDP6.3%-0.4
- Linke5.2%+0.6
- BSW3.6%±0
- Freie Wähler3.0%-0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others2.3%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Bernkastel-Kues | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,799 (40.7%) | 3,799 (40.7%) | 6,525 | 37.3% |
| SPD | 1,757 (18.8%) | 1,757 (18.8%) | 3,186 | 18.2% |
| AfD | 973 (10.4%) | 973 (10.4%) | 2,716 | 15.5% |
| Grüne | 830 (8.9%) | 830 (8.9%) | 1,435 | 8.2% |
| FDP | 624 (6.7%) | 624 (6.7%) | 1,106 | 6.3% |
| Linke | 428 (4.6%) | 428 (4.6%) | 905 | 5.2% |
| BSW | 335 (3.6%) | 335 (3.6%) | 632 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 316 (3.4%) | 316 (3.4%) | 525 | 3.0% |
| Others | 224 (2.4%) | 224 (2.4%) | 407 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bernkastel-KuesCDU 31.5%
- BraunebergCDU 31.3%
- BurgenSPD 23.6%
- ErdenCDU 47.4%
- GornhausenSPD 29.0%
- Graach an der MoselCDU 37.6%
- HochscheidSPD 26.3%
- KestenCDU 38.6%
- KleinichCDU 25.3%
- KommenCDU 34.4%
- LieserCDU 35.8%
- LösnichCDU 35.2%
- LongkampCDU 33.7%
- Maring-NoviandCDU 36.4%
- MinheimCDU 47.0%
- MonzelfeldCDU 28.1%
- Mülheim an der MoselCDU 32.4%
- Neumagen-DhronCDU 31.8%
- PiesportCDU 37.7%
- ÜrzigCDU 38.8%
- VeldenzAfD 25.5%
- WintrichCDU 35.4%
- Zeltingen-RachtigCDU 38.4%
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 Bernkastel-Wittlich (Wkr. 199, 201)
- WittlichCDU 31.2%
- Briefwahl VG Wittlich-LandCDU 40.6%
- 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%
- Neumagen-DhronCDU 31.8%