Briefwahl VG Ruwer: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Briefwahl VG Ruwer with 37.3% of the second votes, SPD took 21.4%.
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD −7.7 · CDU +6.7 · SPD +2.8
- 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 Ruwer
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU37.3%+6.7
- SPD21.4%+2.8
- AfD12.4%-7.7
- Grüne10.0%-0.3
- Linke4.9%-1.6
- FDP4.1%-0.5
- BSW4.0%-0.2
- Freie Wähler3.2%+1.1
- Volt0.9%+0.1
- Others1.8%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,463 | 37.3% | 34.2% | 30.6% (+6.7) | 22.6% (+14.7) |
| SPD | 1,411 | 21.4% | 20.3% | 18.6% (+2.8) | 16.4% (+5.0) |
| AfD | 821 | 12.4% | 16.5% | 20.1% (-7.7) | 20.8% (-8.4) |
| Grüne | 662 | 10.0% | 9.4% | 10.3% (-0.3) | 11.6% (-1.6) |
| Linke | 324 | 4.9% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-1.6) | 8.8% (-3.9) |
| FDP | 268 | 4.1% | 4.8% | 4.6% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 261 | 4.0% | 4.3% | 4.2% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 213 | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.1% (+1.1) | – |
| Volt | 61 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 116 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Ruwer: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer are counted jointly for all 19 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Briefwahl VG Ruwer. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Ruwer only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 6,625 postal voters, which is 52.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.0%
- Voters12,595 of 14,307 eligible voters
- Postal vote share52.6% · 6,625
- Member municipalities19
- CDU34.2%-3.1
- SPD20.3%-1.1
- AfD15.8%+3.4
- Grüne10.4%+0.4
- Linke5.5%+0.6
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW4.2%+0.2
- Freie Wähler2.6%-0.6
- Volt0.8%-0.1
- Others1.6%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Briefwahl VG Ruwer.
| Party | Polling station Briefwahl VG Ruwer | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,463 (37.3%) | 2,463 (37.3%) | 4,285 | 34.2% |
| SPD | 1,411 (21.4%) | 1,411 (21.4%) | 2,548 | 20.3% |
| AfD | 821 (12.4%) | 821 (12.4%) | 1,976 | 15.8% |
| Grüne | 662 (10.0%) | 662 (10.0%) | 1,308 | 10.4% |
| Linke | 324 (4.9%) | 324 (4.9%) | 692 | 5.5% |
| FDP | 268 (4.1%) | 268 (4.1%) | 553 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 261 (4.0%) | 261 (4.0%) | 528 | 4.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 213 (3.2%) | 213 (3.2%) | 331 | 2.6% |
| Volt | 61 (0.9%) | 61 (0.9%) | 103 | 0.8% |
| Others | 116 (1.8%) | 116 (1.8%) | 203 | 1.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BonerathCDU 39.3%
- FarschweilerAfD 30.6%
- GusterathCDU 28.5%
- GutweilerCDU 27.5%
- HerlCDU 33.3%
- HinzenburgCDU 49.2%
- HolzerathCDU 25.3%
- KaselCDU 33.4%
- KorlingenCDU 31.2%
- LorscheidCDU 28.0%
- MertesdorfCDU 27.1%
- MorscheidCDU 35.6%
- OllmuthGrüne 20.9%
- OsburgAfD 32.1%
- PluwigCDU 31.4%
- RiverisCDU 30.1%
- SchöndorfCDU 39.8%
- ThommCDU 34.1%
- WaldrachCDU 33.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.