Merzkirchen: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Merzkirchen with 34.6% of the second votes, AfD took 24.5%.
- Turnout43.6% · Trier-Saarburg (Wkr. 202) 85.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters189 of 433 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateSPD −4.8 · AfD +4.4 · CDU +4.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency202 Trier
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Merzkirchen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU34.6%+4.0
- AfD24.5%+4.4
- SPD13.8%-4.8
- Grüne6.9%-3.4
- Linke6.9%+0.4
- BSW4.8%+0.6
- FDP3.2%-1.4
- Freie Wähler2.7%+0.6
- Volt1.6%+0.8
- Others1.1%-1.0
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 65 | 34.6% | 34.2% | 30.6% (+4.0) | 22.6% (+12.0) |
| AfD | 46 | 24.5% | 16.5% | 20.1% (+4.4) | 20.8% (+3.7) |
| SPD | 26 | 13.8% | 20.3% | 18.6% (-4.8) | 16.4% (-2.6) |
| Grüne | 13 | 6.9% | 9.4% | 10.3% (-3.4) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 13 | 6.9% | 5.3% | 6.5% (+0.4) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| BSW | 9 | 4.8% | 4.3% | 4.2% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.2) |
| FDP | 6 | 3.2% | 4.8% | 4.6% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.1% (+0.6) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.8) | – |
| Others | 2 | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-1.0) | 10.6% (-9.5) |
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 Saarburg-Kell: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Saarburg-Kell are counted jointly for all 29 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Merzkirchen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Merzkirchen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 10,970 postal voters, which is 53.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.8%
- Voters20,569 of 23,976 eligible voters
- Postal vote share53.3% · 10,970
- Member municipalities29
- CDU34.0%-0.6
- SPD20.4%+6.6
- AfD16.7%-7.8
- Grüne8.4%+1.5
- Linke5.5%-1.4
- FDP4.7%+1.5
- BSW4.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler2.6%-0.1
- Volt0.7%-0.9
- Others2.2%+1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Merzkirchen.
| Party | Polling station Merzkirchen | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Saarburg-Kell total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 65 (34.6%) | 4,068 (37.2%) | 6,951 | 34.0% |
| SPD | 26 (13.8%) | 2,384 (21.8%) | 4,167 | 20.4% |
| AfD | 46 (24.5%) | 1,249 (11.4%) | 3,421 | 16.7% |
| Grüne | 13 (6.9%) | 953 (8.7%) | 1,717 | 8.4% |
| Linke | 13 (6.9%) | 525 (4.8%) | 1,123 | 5.5% |
| FDP | 6 (3.2%) | 532 (4.9%) | 966 | 4.7% |
| BSW | 9 (4.8%) | 523 (4.8%) | 970 | 4.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (2.7%) | 342 (3.1%) | 522 | 2.6% |
| Volt | 3 (1.6%) | 91 (0.8%) | 150 | 0.7% |
| Others | 2 (1.1%) | 256 (2.3%) | 445 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AylCDU 32.5%
- BaldringenCDU 31.8%
- FischCDU 37.2%
- FreudenburgCDU 26.4%
- GreimerathAfD 30.6%
- HeddertCDU 28.7%
- HenternCDU 34.9%
- IrschCDU 30.5%
- Kastel-StaadtAfD 30.4%
- Kell am SeeCDU 32.8%
- KirfCDU 35.3%
- LampadenCDU 28.6%
- MandernCDU 28.7%
- MannebachCDU 28.0%
- OckfenCDU 38.5%
- PalzemCDU 47.0%
- PaschelCDU 30.9%
- SaarburgCDU 28.7%
- SchillingenCDU 29.1%
- SchodenCDU 30.6%
- SchömerichAfD 31.0%
- SerrigCDU 29.7%
- Taben-RodtAfD 28.8%
- TrassemCDU 33.3%
- VierherrenbornCDU 42.3%
- WaldweilerSPD 27.5%
- WincheringenCDU 34.2%
- ZerfAfD 27.4%
- MerzkirchenCDU 34.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Merzkirchen: location in the Trier-Saarburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Merzkirchen highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Saarburg-Kell shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Trier-Saarburg (Wkr. 202)
- Briefwahl VG Saarburg-KellCDU 37.2%
- Briefwahl VG Schweich an der Römischen WeinstraßeCDU 41.0%
- Briefwahl VG KonzCDU 36.2%
- Briefwahl VG Trier-LandCDU 34.8%
- Briefwahl VG RuwerCDU 37.3%
- KonzCDU 28.4%
- Briefwahl VG HermeskeilCDU 35.5%
- SchweichCDU 32.2%
- SaarburgCDU 28.7%
- HermeskeilAfD 32.7%
- TrierweilerCDU 30.6%
- FöhrenCDU 25.6%