Rehden: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGR became the largest group on the council of Rehden with 74.3% (10 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rehden with 33.4% of the second votes, AfD took 22.2%.
- Turnout61.9% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,040 of 1,681 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −5.6 · CDU +5.3 · AfD +4.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Rehden
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rehden, as of 17.09.2026 17:15. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGR 74.3% · 10 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilWGR 21.7% in the Samtgemeinde Rehden
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde RehdenCDU 40.2%
- Turnout60.4% · district council election 63.3%
- WGR74.3% · 10 seats
- SPD15.7% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE10.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 60.4% · 1,886 eligible voters · 13 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Rehden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 17:15. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515405/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Rehden
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Rehden, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- WGR21.7% · 4 seats
- SPD17.2% · 3 seats
- WGW14.6% · 3 seats
- AfD13.4% · 2 seats
- WGB11.6% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE7.9% · 2 seats
- WGH6.6% · 1 seat
- WGD5.9% · 1 seat
- FDP1.2%
Turnout 63.5% · 5,122 eligible voters · 18 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kiene, Einzelwahlvorschlag88.5%
- Nein-Stimmen11.6%
Turnout 63.5% · 5,122 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Rehden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 17:15. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Rehden
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU40.2%
- SPD22.6%
- AfD17.5%
- GRÜNE10.7%
- FDP5.2%
- Die Linke3.8%
Turnout 63.3% · 5,139 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Rehden
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.4%+5.3
- AfD22.2%+4.4
- SPD19.1%-3.9
- Linke6.4%-1.7
- Grüne5.9%-5.6
- FDP5.4%+1.3
- BSW5.0%+1.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 343 | 33.4% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+5.3) | 22.6% (+10.8) |
| AfD | 228 | 22.2% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+4.4) | 20.8% (+1.4) |
| SPD | 196 | 19.1% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-3.9) | 16.4% (+2.7) |
| Linke | 66 | 6.4% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-1.7) | 8.8% (-2.4) |
| Grüne | 61 | 5.9% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-5.6) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| FDP | 56 | 5.4% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+1.3) | 4.3% (+1.1) |
| BSW | 51 | 5.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+1.2) | 5.0% (±0) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 16 | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Rehden: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Rehden are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rehden. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rehden only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 945 postal voters, which is 24.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.3%
- Voters3,848 of 4,618 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.6% · 945
- Member municipalities5
- CDU33.5%+0.1
- SPD20.8%+1.7
- AfD20.2%-2.0
- Grüne6.7%+0.8
- Linke6.3%-0.1
- FDP4.7%-0.7
- BSW4.0%-1.0
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.5
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others2.1%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rehden.
| Party | Polling station Rehden | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Rehden total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 343 (33.4%) | 385 (40.8%) | 1,282 | 33.5% |
| SPD | 196 (19.1%) | 221 (23.4%) | 797 | 20.8% |
| AfD | 228 (22.2%) | 122 (12.9%) | 774 | 20.2% |
| Grüne | 61 (5.9%) | 64 (6.8%) | 258 | 6.7% |
| Linke | 66 (6.4%) | 44 (4.7%) | 240 | 6.3% |
| FDP | 56 (5.4%) | 28 (3.0%) | 180 | 4.7% |
| BSW | 51 (5.0%) | 37 (3.9%) | 153 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (0.6%) | 13 (1.4%) | 43 | 1.1% |
| Volt | 5 (0.5%) | 5 (0.5%) | 20 | 0.5% |
| Others | 16 (1.6%) | 24 (2.5%) | 82 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rehden: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rehden highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Rehden shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.