Elections

Eligible voters can only vote in the polling station of the constituency in whose electoral roll they are registered. Which polling station this is can be found on the polling card. You should bring your polling card and in any case your official identity card with you to vote. The polling stations are open from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm.
However, the red postal ballot letters will not be accepted at the polling stations. These must be sent to the city administration or handed in there. On election day, they can also be handed in from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the postal voting offices in the Idar-Oberstein exhibition center.

Due to the early election date, the deadlines for postal voting have been greatly shortened. Furthermore, when voting by postal vote, postal delivery times must be taken into account so that the documents are received by the administration on time (by Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the latest).

There are several ways to apply for a postal vote:

• An "Application for a polling card" (= application for postal voting) is printed on the back of the polling card. Simply fill it out, sign it and send it in a stamped envelope to the electoral office or post it in the city administration's letterbox.
• Furthermore, a postal voting office has been set up at the Idar-Oberstein municipal administration in Georg-Maus-Straße 2, room II.004. Here, eligible voters can apply for a postal vote in person and, if necessary, cast their vote directly. The postal voting office is open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 12 noon and Monday to Thursday from 2 pm to 4 pm.
• Postal voting documents can also be applied for informally by sending a letter to the city administration, electoral office, Georg-Maus-Straße 1, 55743 Idar-Oberstein, by fax to 06781/64-9501 or by email to briefwahl@idar-oberstein.de. Please state your first and last name, date of birth and full home address (street, house number, zip code, town). However, it is not possible to apply for postal voting documents by telephone.

Publications of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs

The European elections took place on 09.06.2014. The results of the European elections for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the district of Birkenfeld and the town of Idar-Oberstein can be found on the website of the state returning officer at www.wahlen.rlp.de/europawahl/ergebnisse.

The election to the 20th German Bundestag took place on 26.09.2021.

Further results of the federal election for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate can be found on the website of the state returning officer at www.wahlen.rlp.de/bundestagswahl/ergebnisse.

The election to the 18th state parliament took place on 14.03.2021.

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Distribution of seats on Idar-Oberstein City Council 2024 - 2029:

Further results can be found on the website of the state election administrator at https://www.rlp-wahlen.de/M198/SR_Wahl/. Further information on the City Council, its members and its committees can be found in the council and citizen information system.

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