Brücktal: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Brücktal with 51.5% of the second votes, AfD took 27.3%.
- Population
- 86 · 36 per km²
- Turnout
- 52.4% · Vulkaneifel (Wkr. 201) 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 33 of 63 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-Palatinate
- CDU +20.9 · SPD −12.5 · AfD +7.2
- 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 Brücktal
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 | 17 | 51.5% | 38.3% | 30.6% (+20.9) | 22.6% (+28.9) |
| AfD | 9 | 27.3% | 18.6% | 20.1% (+7.2) | 20.8% (+6.5) |
| SPD | 2 | 6.1% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-12.5) | 16.4% (-10.3) |
| Grüne | 2 | 6.1% | 7.3% | 10.3% (-4.2) | 11.6% (-5.5) |
| FDP | 1 | 3.0% | 4.6% | 4.6% (-1.6) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.1% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 3.0% | 0.6% | 0.8% (+2.2) | – |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% (-2.1) | 24.4% (-24.4) |
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 Kelberg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Kelberg are counted jointly for all 29 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Brücktal. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Brücktal only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,261 postal voters, which is 45.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 86.5%
- Voters
- 4,985 of 5,765 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 45.4% · 2,261
- Member municipalities
- 29
| Party | Polling station Brücktal | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Kelberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 17 (51.5%) | 1,131 (50.3%) | 2,228 | 45.0% |
| AfD | 9 (27.3%) | 245 (10.9%) | 847 | 17.1% |
| SPD | 2 (6.1%) | 332 (14.8%) | 681 | 13.7% |
| Grüne | 2 (6.1%) | 133 (5.9%) | 293 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 1 (3.0%) | 96 (4.3%) | 249 | 5.0% |
| Linke | 0 (0.0%) | 100 (4.4%) | 238 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 0 (0.0%) | 83 (3.7%) | 170 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (3.0%) | 72 (3.2%) | 135 | 2.7% |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) | 41 (1.8%) | 90 | 1.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BeinhausenAfD 39.0%
- BoxbergCDU 52.4%
- HörschhausenCDU 30.4%
- KatzwinkelCDU 40.4%
- NeichenAfD 29.3%
- ArbachCDU 44.3%
- BerebornAfD 31.7%
- BerenbachCDU 41.6%
- BodenbachCDU 62.8%
- BongardCDU 50.5%
- BorlerAfD 33.3%
- BrücktalCDU 51.5%
- DreesCDU 53.4%
- GunderathAfD 28.3%
- HöchstbergCDU 44.2%
- HorperathCDU 40.4%
- KaperichCDU 46.0%
- KelbergCDU 35.7%
- KötterichenAfD 32.3%
- KolverathCDU 51.5%
- LirstalAfD 36.1%
- MannebachCDU 51.3%
- MosbruchCDU 40.4%
- OberelzCDU 62.3%
- RetterathCDU 39.3%
- SassenCDU 30.8%
- UersfeldCDU 35.6%
- UeßCDU 34.4%
- WelcherathCDU 43.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Brücktal 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
- 86 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 2.4 km²
- Population density
- 36 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- 67 and older
- 16.7%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 12.5%
- Postcode
- 53539
- Elevation
- 470 m
- Website
- www.vgv-kelberg.de
- Wikipedia
- Brücktal (Wikipedia)
Brücktal has 86 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)
Brücktal: location in the Vulkaneifel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Brücktal highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Kelberg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Brücktal: 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 38.7%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.