Riede: 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 Riede with 37.8% (6 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Riede with 32.7% of the second votes, AfD took 20.6%.
- Turnout66.7% · Verden (Wkr. 034) 84.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,595 of 2,391 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +4.6 · AfD +2.8 · SPD −2.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency34 Osterholz – Verden
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Riede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Riede, as of 13.09.2026 23:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 37.8% · 6 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 31.7% in the Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ThedinghausenCDU 31.7%
- Turnout67.3% · district council election 69.5%
- CDU37.8% · 6 seats
- SPD26.6% · 4 seats
- AfD14.0% · 2 seats
- Ortmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Ortmann9.8%
- Grüne Liste9.6% · 1 seat
- UBL2.2%
Turnout 67.3% · 2,473 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033615401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Thedinghausen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU31.7% · 10 seats
- SPD24.5% · 7 seats
- Grüne Liste15.6% · 5 seats
- AfD14.9% · 4 seats
- WGST4.5% · 1 seat
- UBL3.9% · 1 seat
- Die Linke3.5% · 1 seat
- FDP1.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.7% · 12,919 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 26 of 26 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Bornemann, SPD50.9%
- Rott, CDU49.1%
Turnout 69.6% · 12,919 eligible voters · Official final result · 26 of 26 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 14:03. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Verden is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU31.7%
- SPD24.0%
- AfD15.7%
- GRÜNE15.2%
- UBL5.0%
- Die Linke3.4%
- FDP3.1%
- BSW1.1%
- FREIE WÄHLER0.8%
Turnout 69.5% · 12,957 eligible voters · 26 of 26 results
District administrator election
- Bohlmann, SPD75.9%
- Pein, FDP24.1%
Turnout 69.5% · 12,957 eligible voters · 26 of 26 results
Second votes in Riede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU32.7%+4.6
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- SPD20.2%-2.8
- Grüne10.4%-1.1
- Linke5.3%-2.8
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW2.9%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 520 | 32.7% | 27.8% | 28.1% (+4.6) | 22.6% (+10.1) |
| AfD | 327 | 20.6% | 18.0% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| SPD | 321 | 20.2% | 23.0% | 23.0% (-2.8) | 16.4% (+3.8) |
| Grüne | 165 | 10.4% | 12.2% | 11.5% (-1.1) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 85 | 5.3% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-2.8) | 8.8% (-3.5) |
| FDP | 71 | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 46 | 2.9% | 3.9% | 3.8% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-2.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 34 | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Thedinghausen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Riede. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Riede only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,411 postal voters, which is 22.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.8%
- Voters10,664 of 12,292 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.6% · 2,411
- Member municipalities4
- CDU29.8%-2.9
- SPD21.9%+1.7
- AfD18.1%-2.5
- Grüne12.0%+1.6
- Linke6.9%+1.6
- FDP4.4%-0.1
- BSW3.3%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.3%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Riede.
| Party | Polling station Riede | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 520 (32.7%) | 785 (32.6%) | 3,164 | 29.8% |
| SPD | 321 (20.2%) | 544 (22.6%) | 2,323 | 21.9% |
| AfD | 327 (20.6%) | 280 (11.6%) | 1,918 | 18.1% |
| Grüne | 165 (10.4%) | 348 (14.5%) | 1,269 | 12.0% |
| Linke | 85 (5.3%) | 145 (6.0%) | 729 | 6.9% |
| FDP | 71 (4.5%) | 114 (4.7%) | 470 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 46 (2.9%) | 85 (3.5%) | 351 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (0.8%) | 23 (1.0%) | 89 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 10 (0.6%) | 25 (1.0%) | 66 | 0.6% |
| Others | 34 (2.1%) | 56 (2.3%) | 239 | 2.3% |
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.
Riede: location in the Verden district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Riede highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.