Rinteln: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Rinteln with 29.1% (10 of 36 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rinteln with 26.4% of the second votes, AfD took 25.4%.
- Turnout80.4% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,659 of 19,476 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.6 · Grüne −3.2 · Linke −1.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
2026 local elections in Rinteln
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rinteln, as of 18.09.2026 08:17. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 29.1% · 10 of 36 seats
- MayorAndrea Lange (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 53.9%
- District council, votes from RintelnSPD 26.9%
- Turnout57.4% · district council election 57.5%
- SPD29.1% · 10 seats
- CDU22.5% · 8 seats
- AfD18.6% · 7 seats
- RI10.4% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE8.6% · 3 seats
- FDP4.6% · 2 seats
- DIE LINKE3.6% · 1 seat
- WGS1.6% · 1 seat
- DAVA-Niedersachsen1.1%
Turnout 57.4% · 20,317 eligible voters · 36 seats · Official final result · 39 of 39 results
Source: Stadt Rinteln, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 08:17. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03257031/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Rinteln
- Lange, Einzelwahlvorschlag53.9%
- Kautscha, RI25.9%
- Dr. Horn, FDP20.1%
Turnout 57.4% · 20,317 eligible voters · Official final result · 39 of 39 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Rinteln
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD26.9%
- CDU20.5%
- AfD19.7%
- RI10.2%
- GRÜNE9.7%
- FDP5.7%
- Die Linke4.0%
- WGS1.5%
- BSW1.3%
- FREIE WÄHLER0.5%
Turnout 57.5% · 20,326 eligible voters · 39 of 39 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD54.0%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU46.0%
Turnout 57.4% · 20,326 eligible voters · 39 of 39 results
Second votes in Rinteln
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.4%-1.7
- AfD25.4%+7.6
- SPD21.8%-1.2
- Grüne8.3%-3.2
- Linke6.3%-1.8
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,103 | 26.4% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-1.7) | 22.6% (+3.8) |
| AfD | 3,953 | 25.4% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+7.6) | 20.8% (+4.6) |
| SPD | 3,390 | 21.8% | 24.6% | 23.0% (-1.2) | 16.4% (+5.4) |
| Grüne | 1,291 | 8.3% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-3.3) |
| Linke | 983 | 6.3% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-2.5) |
| BSW | 676 | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 597 | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 109 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 62 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 400 | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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.
Rinteln: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rinteln highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.