Rastede: 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 Rastede with 34.6% (12 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rastede with 28.4% of the second votes, SPD took 24.9%.
- MayorStephan Tapper, since 2026 · Wikidata
- Turnout86.0% · Ammerland (Wkr. 027) 84.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,043 of 17,499 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −3.1 · SPD +1.9 · FDP +1.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency27 Oldenburg – Ammerland
2026 local elections in Rastede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rastede, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 34.6% · 12 of 34 seats
- MayorStephan Tapper (Einzelbewerber), 53.4%
- District council, votes from RastedeCDU 34.3%
- Turnout69.1% · district council election 69.0%
- CDU34.6% · 12 seats
- SPD22.0% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE17.1% · 6 seats
- AfD13.0% · 4 seats
- UWG5.4% · 2 seats
- FDP3.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.1% · 18,161 eligible voters · 34 seats · Preliminary result · 33 of 33 results
Source: Gemeinde Rastede, 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. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03451005/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Rastede
- Tapper, Einzelbewerber53.4%
- Daries, Einzelbewerberin46.6%
Turnout 69.1% · 18,161 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 33 of 33 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Rastede
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Ammerland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU34.3%
- SPD20.2%
- GRÜNE15.7%
- AfD12.9%
- UWG5.3%
- Die Linke4.1%
Turnout 69.0% · 18,177 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
District administrator election
- Lehners, CDU54.0%
- Meyer, SPD28.3%
- Miks, GRÜNE17.7%
Turnout 68.9% · 18,177 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
Second votes in Rastede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.4%+0.3
- SPD24.9%+1.9
- AfD14.7%-3.1
- Grüne12.3%+0.8
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- FDP5.2%+1.1
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,249 | 28.4% | 29.3% | 28.1% (+0.3) | 22.6% (+5.8) |
| SPD | 3,725 | 24.9% | 24.2% | 23.0% (+1.9) | 16.4% (+8.5) |
| AfD | 2,199 | 14.7% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-3.1) | 20.8% (-6.1) |
| Grüne | 1,847 | 12.3% | 11.1% | 11.5% (+0.8) | 11.6% (+0.7) |
| Linke | 1,084 | 7.2% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-1.6) |
| FDP | 782 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 4.1% (+1.1) | 4.3% (+0.9) |
| BSW | 585 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 97 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 85 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 324 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 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.
Rastede: location in the Ammerland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rastede highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.