Briefwahl VG Gerolstein: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Gerolstein with 40.5% of the second votes, SPD took 18.1%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateCDU +9.9 · AfD −6.5 · Grüne −1.9
- 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 Gerolstein
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.5%+9.9
- SPD18.1%-0.5
- AfD13.6%-6.5
- Grüne8.4%-1.9
- Linke4.7%-1.8
- FDP4.2%-0.4
- BSW4.1%-0.1
- Freie Wähler3.5%+1.4
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others2.2%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,971 | 40.5% | 38.3% | 30.6% (+9.9) | 22.6% (+17.9) |
| SPD | 1,775 | 18.1% | 16.8% | 18.6% (-0.5) | 16.4% (+1.7) |
| AfD | 1,331 | 13.6% | 18.6% | 20.1% (-6.5) | 20.8% (-7.2) |
| Grüne | 822 | 8.4% | 7.3% | 10.3% (-1.9) | 11.6% (-3.2) |
| Linke | 462 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 6.5% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-4.1) |
| FDP | 416 | 4.2% | 4.6% | 4.6% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 397 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.2% (-0.1) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 347 | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.1% (+1.4) | – |
| Volt | 64 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 213 | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.1% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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 Gerolstein: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein are counted jointly for all 38 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Gerolstein. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Gerolstein only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 9,838 postal voters, which is 50.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.1%
- Voters19,410 of 23,647 eligible voters
- Postal vote share50.7% · 9,838
- Member municipalities38
- CDU36.3%-4.2
- AfD20.0%+6.4
- SPD17.1%-1.0
- Grüne7.5%-0.9
- Linke5.3%+0.6
- FDP4.4%+0.2
- BSW4.1%±0
- Freie Wähler2.7%-0.8
- Volt0.6%-0.1
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Gerolstein.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Gerolstein | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,971 (40.5%) | 3,971 (40.5%) | 6,988 | 36.3% |
| AfD | 1,331 (13.6%) | 1,331 (13.6%) | 3,864 | 20.0% |
| SPD | 1,775 (18.1%) | 1,775 (18.1%) | 3,304 | 17.1% |
| Grüne | 822 (8.4%) | 822 (8.4%) | 1,452 | 7.5% |
| Linke | 462 (4.7%) | 462 (4.7%) | 1,023 | 5.3% |
| FDP | 416 (4.2%) | 416 (4.2%) | 842 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 397 (4.1%) | 397 (4.1%) | 782 | 4.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 347 (3.5%) | 347 (3.5%) | 517 | 2.7% |
| Volt | 64 (0.7%) | 64 (0.7%) | 115 | 0.6% |
| Others | 213 (2.2%) | 213 (2.2%) | 388 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BasbergCDU 36.2%
- BerlingenCDU 38.8%
- BerndorfAfD 36.2%
- BirgelCDU 37.9%
- Dohm-LammersdorfCDU 38.8%
- EschCDU 51.1%
- FeusdorfCDU 36.9%
- GerolsteinAfD 35.3%
- GönnersdorfAfD 38.2%
- HillesheimCDU 28.3%
- Hohenfels-EssingenCDU 36.0%
- JünkerathAfD 25.9%
- Kalenborn-ScheuernAfD 39.4%
- Kerpen (Eifel)CDU 29.9%
- LissendorfAfD 26.2%
- NerothCDU 36.1%
- OberbettingenCDU 32.9%
- Oberehe-StroheichCDU 33.3%
- PelmAfD 33.3%
- RockeskyllCDU 40.4%
- SalmCDU 54.3%
- ÜxheimCDU 37.4%
- WalsdorfAfD 35.9%
- WiesbaumCDU 37.6%
- BirresbornCDU 27.1%
- DensbornCDU 30.4%
- DuppachCDU 41.2%
- HallschlagCDU 28.1%
- KerschenbachCDU 36.8%
- KoppAfD 29.4%
- MürlenbachCDU 27.9%
- NohnCDU 41.4%
- OrmontCDU 49.3%
- ReuthCDU 36.7%
- ScheidCDU 44.9%
- SchüllerCDU 41.3%
- StadtkyllCDU 34.4%
- SteffelnCDU 36.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.