Deinste: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Deinste with 49.9% (7 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Deinste with 30.9% of the second votes, SPD took 22.1%.
- Turnout65.0% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,083 of 1,665 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.3 · Grüne −3.7 · CDU +2.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Deinste
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Deinste, as of 14.09.2026 01:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 49.9% · 7 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 38.4% in the Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde FredenbeckCDU 37.7%
- Turnout71.3% · district council election 67.4%
- CDU49.9% · 7 seats
- FWG SG Fredenbeck23.1% · 3 seats
- SPD14.3% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE9.1% · 1 seat
- Die Linke3.6%
Turnout 71.3% · 1,767 eligible voters · 13 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033595402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Fredenbeck, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU38.4% · 12 seats
- AfD20.5% · 6 seats
- SPD18.4% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE8.3% · 2 seats
- FWG SG Fredenbeck8.1% · 2 seats
- Die Linke3.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 67.5% · 11,125 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Siol, Einzelwahlvorschlag Tim78.0%
- Nein-Stimmen22.0%
Turnout 67.5% · 11,125 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck, 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 Fredenbeck
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.7%
- AfD21.8%
- SPD17.5%
- GRÜNE7.8%
- FWG6.3%
- Die Linke3.7%
- FDP2.0%
Turnout 67.4% · 11,187 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU75.2%
- Jacobs, AfD24.8%
Turnout 67.4% · 11,187 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Deinste
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.9%+2.8
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- AfD22.1%+4.3
- Grüne7.8%-3.7
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 333 | 30.9% | 29.4% | 28.1% (+2.8) | 22.6% (+8.3) |
| SPD | 238 | 22.1% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-0.9) | 16.4% (+5.7) |
| AfD | 238 | 22.1% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+4.3) | 20.8% (+1.3) |
| Grüne | 84 | 7.8% | 11.0% | 11.5% (-3.7) | 11.6% (-3.8) |
| Linke | 61 | 5.7% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| FDP | 42 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| BSW | 38 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 10 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 7 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 26 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Fredenbeck: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Deinste. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Deinste only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,260 postal voters, which is 25.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters8,975 of 10,575 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.2% · 2,260
- Member municipalities3
- CDU33.3%+2.4
- AfD23.1%+1.0
- SPD20.8%-1.3
- Grüne7.5%-0.3
- Linke5.2%-0.5
- FDP3.5%-0.4
- BSW3.1%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Deinste.
| Party | Polling station Deinste | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 333 (30.9%) | 861 (38.2%) | 2,969 | 33.3% |
| AfD | 238 (22.1%) | 321 (14.2%) | 2,062 | 23.1% |
| SPD | 238 (22.1%) | 550 (24.4%) | 1,858 | 20.8% |
| Grüne | 84 (7.8%) | 214 (9.5%) | 673 | 7.5% |
| Linke | 61 (5.7%) | 79 (3.5%) | 463 | 5.2% |
| FDP | 42 (3.9%) | 74 (3.3%) | 310 | 3.5% |
| BSW | 38 (3.5%) | 65 (2.9%) | 281 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 10 (0.9%) | 18 (0.8%) | 64 | 0.7% |
| Volt | 7 (0.6%) | 14 (0.6%) | 54 | 0.6% |
| Others | 26 (2.4%) | 58 (2.6%) | 194 | 2.2% |
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.
Deinste: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Deinste highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Fredenbeck shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.