Rodenberg: 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 Rodenberg with 34.7% (6 of 19 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rodenberg with 27.2% of the second votes, AfD took 23.4%.
- Turnout62.4% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters3,081 of 4,934 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +5.6 · Linke −1.9 · SPD −1.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Rodenberg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rodenberg, as of 14.09.2026 03:05. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGR 34.7% · 6 of 19 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 23.3% in the Samtgemeinde Rodenberg
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde RodenbergSPD 24.1%
- Turnout65.7% · district council election 67.9%
- WGR34.7% · 6 seats
- SPD20.5% · 4 seats
- CDU19.0% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE11.6% · 2 seats
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein10.4%
- FDP3.8% · 1 seat
Turnout 65.7% · 5,228 eligible voters · 19 seats · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Rodenberg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 03:05. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032575406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Rodenberg
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Rodenberg, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD23.3% · 8 seats
- WGSR22.9% · 7 seats
- CDU19.8% · 6 seats
- AfD14.5% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE13.2% · 4 seats
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein3.4%
- GSR3.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.7% · 13,036 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 32 of 32 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Kölling and Warnecke.
- Kölling, Einzelbewerber40.5%
- Warnecke, CDU31.2%
- Volker, SPD28.3%
Turnout 68.0% · 13,036 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 32 of 32 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Rodenberg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Rodenberg
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD24.1%
- CDU19.4%
- WGS18.1%
- AfD16.9%
- GRÜNE11.0%
- Die Linke3.8%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein3.5%
- FDP3.2%
Turnout 67.9% · 13,068 eligible voters · 32 of 32 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD60.4%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU39.6%
Turnout 67.8% · 13,068 eligible voters · 32 of 32 results
Second votes in Rodenberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.2%-0.9
- AfD23.4%+5.6
- SPD21.5%-1.5
- Grüne10.4%-1.1
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP4.3%+0.2
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 835 | 27.2% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-0.9) | 22.6% (+4.6) |
| AfD | 717 | 23.4% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+5.6) | 20.8% (+2.6) |
| SPD | 659 | 21.5% | 24.6% | 23.0% (-1.5) | 16.4% (+5.1) |
| Grüne | 318 | 10.4% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-1.1) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 190 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 131 | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.2) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 109 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 14 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 78 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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 Rodenberg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Rodenberg are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rodenberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rodenberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,698 postal voters, which is 25.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.3%
- Voters10,620 of 12,299 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.4% · 2,698
- Member municipalities6
- CDU29.7%+2.5
- SPD24.1%+2.6
- AfD18.9%-4.5
- Grüne10.8%+0.4
- Linke5.7%-0.5
- FDP4.0%-0.3
- BSW3.3%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others2.3%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Rodenberg.
| Party | Polling station Rodenberg | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Rodenberg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 835 (27.2%) | 904 (33.7%) | 3,138 | 29.7% |
| SPD | 659 (21.5%) | 736 (27.4%) | 2,547 | 24.1% |
| AfD | 717 (23.4%) | 318 (11.8%) | 1,994 | 18.9% |
| Grüne | 318 (10.4%) | 334 (12.4%) | 1,146 | 10.8% |
| Linke | 190 (6.2%) | 114 (4.2%) | 602 | 5.7% |
| FDP | 131 (4.3%) | 97 (3.6%) | 420 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 109 (3.6%) | 73 (2.7%) | 349 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 17 (0.6%) | 20 (0.7%) | 83 | 0.8% |
| Others | 78 (2.5%) | 72 (2.7%) | 248 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- ApelernCDU 25.8%
- HülsedeCDU 31.4%
- Lauenau, FleckenCDU 29.4%
- MessenkampCDU 27.1%
- PohleCDU 35.6%
- RodenbergCDU 27.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Rodenberg: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rodenberg highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Rodenberg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.