Ritterhude: 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 Ritterhude with 36.2% (11 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ritterhude with 28.1% of the second votes, SPD took 22.7%.
- Turnout85.8% · Osterholz (Wkr. 034) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters9,957 of 11,610 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency34 Osterholz – Verden
2026 local elections in Ritterhude
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ritterhude, as of 23.09.2026 14:44. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 36.2% · 11 of 30 seats
- MayorJürgen Bernhard Kuck (SPD), 70.7%
- District council, votes from RitterhudeSPD 34.1%
- Turnout65.2% · district council election 65.1%
- SPD36.2% · 11 seats
- Team Ritterhude25.0% · 7 seats
- CDU19.3% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE14.4% · 4 seats
- Die Linke5.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 65.2% · 12,038 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Gemeinde Ritterhude, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 14:44. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03356008/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Ritterhude
- Kuck, SPD70.7%
- Lehmann, CDU29.3%
Turnout 65.2% · 12,038 eligible voters · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Ritterhude
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osterholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD34.1%
- CDU20.8%
- GRÜNE16.6%
- AfD14.7%
- Die Linke5.7%
- Bürgerfraktion5.2%
- FDP1.5%
- BSW1.4%
Turnout 65.1% · 12,052 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Harjes, SPD44.4%
- Dr. Albrecht, CDU19.2%
- Fürwentsches, GRÜNE18.9%
- Tietjen, WEGBEREITER7.6%
- Birmele, Die Linke5.2%
- Buer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Buer4.8%
Turnout 65.2% · 12,052 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Ritterhude
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.1%±0
- SPD22.7%-0.3
- AfD16.8%-1.0
- Grüne12.3%+0.8
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- BSW4.5%+0.7
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,791 | 28.1% | 28.2% | 28.1% (±0) | 22.6% (+5.5) |
| SPD | 2,246 | 22.7% | 23.0% | 23.0% (-0.3) | 16.4% (+6.3) |
| AfD | 1,663 | 16.8% | 17.3% | 17.8% (-1.0) | 20.8% (-4.0) |
| Grüne | 1,223 | 12.3% | 12.6% | 11.5% (+0.8) | 11.6% (+0.7) |
| Linke | 753 | 7.6% | 7.4% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 449 | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.7) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 432 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| Volt | 76 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 55 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 228 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Ritterhude: location in the Osterholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ritterhude highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.