Elections
Upcoming elections
- Election of the 21st German Bundestag on Sunday, February 23, 2025
Information on registration law for the Bundestag election
If you would like to support the organization of elections as an election assistant, you can register digitally under Registration as an election assistant.
Federal election
The early election of the 21st German Bundestag will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The election notifications for this should be delivered in Idar-Oberstein by January 30, 2025 at the latest.
Voting at the polling station
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.
However, the red postal ballot letters will no longer be accepted at the polling stations. These must be sent to the city administration or handed in there.Voting by postal vote
Due to the early election date, the deadlines for postal voting have been greatly shortened. Furthermore, when voting by post, postal delivery times must be taken into account to ensure that the documents are received by the administration on time.
Postal voting documents can already be applied for now, even without the election notification. However, postal voting documents are not expected to be sent out until February 6, 2025 at the earliest, as the ballot papers will not be available in the administration until then.
There are several ways to apply for a postal vote:
- The easiest way to apply for a postal vote is online. You can find the link to the online application on the homepage of the city's website at www.idar-oberstein.de.
- The QR code printed on the polling card also leads to the online application. An "Application for a polling card" (= application for postal voting) is also 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 drop it in the city administration's letterbox.
- Furthermore, a postal voting office will be set up at the Idar-Oberstein city administration in Georg-Maus-Straße 2, room II.004, from Monday, February 10, 2025. 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.
Announcements
Past elections
Europe
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.
Bundestag
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.
State Parliament Rhineland-Palatinate
The election to the 18th state parliament took place on 14.03.2021.
Further results of the state election can be found on the website of the state returning officer atwww.wahlen.rlp.de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse
City Council
The local elections in Rhineland-Palatinate took place on 09.06.2019.
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.
District Administrator
On Sunday, October 15, 2023, the run-off election for District Administrator of the Birkenfeld district took place. The overall result can be found on the Birkenfeld district administration website at https://www.landkreis-birkenfeld.de.
Lord Mayor
The election for Lord Mayor of the city of Idar-Oberstein took place on 26.06.2022. The only candidate was incumbent Frank Frühauf. He was elected with 88.1% of the valid votes cast. His second term of office begins on 01.03.2023.
Advisory Board for Migration and Integration
The election for the Advisory Board for Migration and Integration (BMI) of the city of Idar-Oberstein took place on October 27, 2019.