Niehl: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Niehl with 40.5% of the second votes, Grüne took 21.6%.
- Population
- 66 · 33 per km²
- Turnout
- 63.3% · Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Wkr. 201) 83.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 38 of 60 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- Freie Wähler +16.8 · SPD −13.2 · AfD −12.0
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
- Constituency
- 201 Bitburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Niehl
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 | 15 | 40.5% | 36.0% | 30.6% (+9.9) | 22.6% (+17.9) |
| Grüne | 8 | 21.6% | 7.1% | 10.3% (+11.3) | 11.6% (+10.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 18.9% | 8.3% | 2.1% (+16.8) | – |
| AfD | 3 | 8.1% | 17.0% | 20.1% (-12.0) | 20.8% (-12.7) |
| SPD | 2 | 5.4% | 16.7% | 18.6% (-13.2) | 16.4% (-11.0) |
| FDP | 1 | 2.7% | 4.3% | 4.6% (-1.9) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Linke | 1 | 2.7% | 4.7% | 6.5% (-3.8) | 8.8% (-6.1) |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 2.1% (-2.1) | 15.6% (-15.6) |
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 Südeifel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel are counted jointly for all 43 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Niehl. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Niehl only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,023 postal voters, which is 48.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 84.9%
- Voters
- 10,368 of 12,205 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 48.4% · 5,023
- Member municipalities
- 43
| Party | Polling station Niehl | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 15 (40.5%) | 1,895 (37.9%) | 3,748 | 36.4% |
| SPD | 2 (5.4%) | 967 (19.3%) | 1,891 | 18.4% |
| AfD | 3 (8.1%) | 525 (10.5%) | 1,451 | 14.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (18.9%) | 492 (9.8%) | 850 | 8.3% |
| Grüne | 8 (21.6%) | 388 (7.8%) | 798 | 7.8% |
| Linke | 1 (2.7%) | 220 (4.4%) | 503 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 1 (2.7%) | 206 (4.1%) | 440 | 4.3% |
| BSW | 0 (0.0%) | 179 (3.6%) | 365 | 3.5% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 33 (0.7%) | 69 | 0.7% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 93 (1.9%) | 180 | 1.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlsdorfCDU 32.6%
- AltscheidFreie Wähler 38.0%
- Ammeldingen bei NeuerburgCDU 44.2%
- BerkothCDU 30.3%
- BiesdorfCDU 38.8%
- BollendorfCDU 32.2%
- DauwelshausenFreie Wähler 37.5%
- EchternacherbrückCDU 32.0%
- EmmelbaumCDU 38.1%
- ErnzenCDU 41.6%
- FerschweilerSPD 26.0%
- GeichlingenCDU 44.7%
- HeilbachSPD 24.1%
- HolsthumCDU 31.7%
- HüttenCDU 38.7%
- Hüttingen bei LahrCDU 34.1%
- IrrelCDU 32.2%
- KarlshausenCDU 38.9%
- KörperichCDU 33.1%
- KoxhausenCDU 40.4%
- KruchtenCDU 37.2%
- LahrCDU 37.7%
- MenningenCDU 34.6%
- MettendorfCDU 33.1%
- MindenCDU 32.8%
- NeuerburgCDU 34.1%
- NiederweisAfD 25.8%
- NiehlCDU 40.5%
- NusbaumCDU 39.6%
- UtscheidCDU 36.8%
- PeffingenCDU 34.5%
- PlascheidCDU 64.6%
- PrümzurlayCDU 34.3%
- RodershausenCDU 37.7%
- Roth an der OurCDU 30.0%
- SchankweilerCDU 31.0%
- SinspeltCDU 32.3%
- ÜbereisenbachCDU 67.6%
- WallendorfCDU 40.0%
- WeidingenCDU 44.2%
- EisenachCDU 34.9%
- GilzemCDU 30.4%
- ObergecklerCDU 36.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Niehl 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
- 66 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 2 km²
- Population density
- 33 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 12.9%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 5.7%
- Postcode
- 54646
- Elevation
- 329 m
- Wikipedia
- Niehl (Wikipedia)
Niehl has 66 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) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Niehl: location in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Niehl highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Niehl: 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 29.5% (2025: 40.5%).
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.