Varrel: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Christian Melloh became the largest group on the council of Varrel with 15.3%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Varrel with 36.8% of the second votes, SPD took 21.2%.
- Turnout63.1% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters668 of 1,058 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +8.7 · Grüne −7.4 · AfD +3.4
- 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 Varrel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Varrel, as of 13.09.2026 21:46. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilChristian Melloh 15.3%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 37.5% in the Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde KirchdorfCDU 37.1%
- Turnout70.1% · district council election 64.8%
- Christian Melloh15.3%
- Dirk Tober14.3%
- Nadine Renzelmann11.7%
- Julian Mattke8.3%
- Caspar Höfener7.6%
- Lena Küthe7.2%
- Daniel Küthe6.3%
- Torben Henke5.1%
- Steffen Kellermann5.0%
- Heiko Diepholz4.7%
- Marina Poppinga4.0%
- Jonas Wietelmann3.3%
- Ulf Gödeker2.9%
- Annika Hubl2.4%
- Jörg Kellermann2.0%
Turnout 70.1% · 1,104 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:46. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Kirchdorf, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- CDU37.5% · 8 seats
- WGS24.2% · 5 seats
- SPD20.0% · 4 seats
- AfD12.0% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE6.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.9% · 6,038 eligible voters · 20 seats · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kemmann, Einzelbewerber53.2%
- Röper, Einzelbewerber46.8%
Turnout 64.9% · 6,038 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:44. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.1%
- SPD20.2%
- AfD14.5%
- UWG12.6%
- GRÜNE7.1%
- Sulingen!3.1%
- Die Linke2.8%
- FDP2.7%
Turnout 64.8% · 6,066 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Varrel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU36.8%+8.7
- SPD21.2%-1.8
- AfD21.2%+3.4
- FDP5.4%+1.3
- Linke5.0%-3.1
- Grüne4.1%-7.4
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler2.6%+1.8
- Others0.8%-1.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 245 | 36.8% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+8.7) | 22.6% (+14.2) |
| SPD | 141 | 21.2% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| AfD | 141 | 21.2% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+3.4) | 20.8% (+0.4) |
| FDP | 36 | 5.4% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+1.3) | 4.3% (+1.1) |
| Linke | 33 | 5.0% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-3.1) | 8.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 27 | 4.1% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-7.4) | 11.6% (-7.5) |
| BSW | 20 | 3.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.8) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 2.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+1.8) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.8% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-1.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Varrel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Varrel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,427 postal voters, which is 31.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.2%
- Voters4,553 of 5,676 eligible voters
- Postal vote share31.3% · 1,427
- Member municipalities6
- CDU36.3%-0.5
- SPD21.9%+0.7
- AfD17.7%-3.5
- Grüne7.0%+2.9
- FDP5.2%-0.2
- Linke5.0%±0
- BSW2.5%-0.5
- Freie Wähler2.1%-0.5
- Volt0.3%
- Others2.0%+1.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Varrel.
| Party | Polling station Varrel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 245 (36.8%) | 566 (39.7%) | 1,647 | 36.3% |
| SPD | 141 (21.2%) | 354 (24.9%) | 993 | 21.9% |
| AfD | 141 (21.2%) | 161 (11.3%) | 802 | 17.7% |
| Grüne | 27 (4.1%) | 108 (7.6%) | 316 | 7.0% |
| FDP | 36 (5.4%) | 72 (5.1%) | 234 | 5.2% |
| Linke | 33 (5.0%) | 47 (3.3%) | 225 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 20 (3.0%) | 38 (2.7%) | 114 | 2.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 17 (2.6%) | 33 (2.3%) | 96 | 2.1% |
| Others | 5 (0.8%) | 39 (2.7%) | 91 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BahrenborstelCDU 45.8%
- Barenburg, FleckenCDU 30.9%
- FreistattSPD 24.5%
- KirchdorfCDU 33.1%
- VarrelCDU 36.8%
- WehrbleckCDU 31.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Varrel: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Varrel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Kirchdorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.