Stade: 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 Stade with 28.2% (11 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Stade with 25.3% of the second votes, SPD took 23.3%.
- Turnout80.2% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters27,959 of 34,861 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
2026 local elections in Stade
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Stade, as of 18.09.2026 08:16. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 28.2% · 11 of 40 seats
- Mayor: run-offKoeser 34.6% v Kramer 33.1% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from StadeCDU 27.0%
- Turnout59.8% · district council election 59.8%
- CDU28.2% · 11 seats
- SPD22.4% · 9 seats
- AfD17.7% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE10.2% · 4 seats
- Die Linke8.5% · 4 seats
- FDP5.6% · 2 seats
- WG Stade2.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 59.8% · 37,170 eligible voters · 40 seats · Official final result · 40 of 40 results
Source: Hansestadt Stade, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 08:16. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03359038/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Stade
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Koeser and Kramer. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Koeser, SPD34.6%
- Kramer, CDU33.1%
- Baumann, Einzelwahlvorschlag10.9%
- Jorde, Die Linke9.5%
- Bergmann, FDP9.1%
- Klaus, PIRATEN2.8%
Turnout 59.7% · 37,170 eligible voters · Official final result · 40 of 40 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Stade
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.0%
- SPD24.6%
- AfD17.9%
- GRÜNE10.5%
Turnout 59.8% · 37,288 eligible voters · 40 of 40 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU79.4%
- Jacobs, AfD20.6%
Turnout 59.8% · 37,288 eligible voters · 40 of 40 results
Second votes in Stade
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU25.3%-2.8
- SPD23.3%+0.3
- AfD19.4%+1.6
- Grüne11.8%+0.3
- Linke8.8%+0.7
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 7,035 | 25.3% | 29.4% | 28.1% (-2.8) | 22.6% (+2.7) |
| SPD | 6,487 | 23.3% | 22.2% | 23.0% (+0.3) | 16.4% (+6.9) |
| AfD | 5,386 | 19.4% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+1.6) | 20.8% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 3,286 | 11.8% | 11.0% | 11.5% (+0.3) | 11.6% (+0.2) |
| Linke | 2,448 | 8.8% | 7.0% | 8.1% (+0.7) | 8.8% (±0) |
| BSW | 1,154 | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 1,011 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Volt | 257 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 130 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 623 | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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.
Stade: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Stade highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.