Vrees: 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 Vrees with 84.7% (9 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Vrees with 46.8% of the second votes, AfD took 24.3%.
- Turnout71.9% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters981 of 1,365 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +18.7 · SPD −10.7 · Grüne −8.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Vrees
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Vrees, as of 13.09.2026 23:59. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 84.7% · 9 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 64.9% in the Samtgemeinde Werlte
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde WerlteCDU 58.6%
- Turnout73.3% · district council election 64.6%
- CDU84.7% · 9 seats
- FDP15.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 73.3% · 1,524 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Werlte, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:59. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545409/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Werlte
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Werlte, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU64.9% · 20 seats
- AfD18.0% · 5 seats
- SPD10.9% · 3 seats
- FDP6.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 64.6% · 14,006 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kewe, CDU71.4%
- Nein-Stimmen28.6%
Turnout 64.6% · 14,006 eligible voters · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Werlte, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:41. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Werlte
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU58.6%
- AfD17.9%
- SPD9.0%
- FDP5.6%
Turnout 64.6% · 14,022 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU54.2%
- Minich, AfD20.7%
- Außel, SPD15.1%
- Engelken, GRÜNE5.4%
- Meyer, FDP4.6%
Turnout 64.6% · 14,022 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Vrees
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU46.8%+18.7
- AfD24.3%+6.5
- SPD12.3%-10.7
- FDP6.0%+1.9
- Grüne3.5%-8.0
- Linke3.2%-4.9
- BSW2.7%-1.1
- Freie Wähler0.2%-0.6
- Others1.0%-1.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 459 | 46.8% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+18.7) | 22.6% (+24.2) |
| AfD | 238 | 24.3% | 16.6% | 17.8% (+6.5) | 20.8% (+3.5) |
| SPD | 121 | 12.3% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-10.7) | 16.4% (-4.1) |
| FDP | 59 | 6.0% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+1.9) | 4.3% (+1.7) |
| Grüne | 34 | 3.5% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-8.0) | 11.6% (-8.1) |
| Linke | 31 | 3.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-4.9) | 8.8% (-5.6) |
| BSW | 26 | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 10 | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.2) | 10.6% (-9.6) |
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 Werlte: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Werlte are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Vrees. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Vrees only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,389 postal voters, which is 23.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters10,248 of 12,069 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.3% · 2,389
- Member municipalities5
- CDU43.2%-3.6
- AfD22.9%-1.4
- SPD13.5%+1.2
- Linke4.9%+1.7
- FDP4.8%-1.2
- Grüne4.8%+1.3
- BSW3.5%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.4
- Volt0.3%
- Others1.5%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Vrees.
| Party | Polling station Vrees | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Werlte total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 459 (46.8%) | 1,100 (46.1%) | 4,407 | 43.2% |
| AfD | 238 (24.3%) | 338 (14.2%) | 2,339 | 22.9% |
| SPD | 121 (12.3%) | 425 (17.8%) | 1,373 | 13.5% |
| Linke | 31 (3.2%) | 103 (4.3%) | 501 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 59 (6.0%) | 93 (3.9%) | 493 | 4.8% |
| Grüne | 34 (3.5%) | 155 (6.5%) | 494 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 26 (2.7%) | 88 (3.7%) | 359 | 3.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.2%) | 19 (0.8%) | 62 | 0.6% |
| Others | 10 (1.0%) | 51 (2.1%) | 150 | 1.5% |
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.
Vrees: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Vrees highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Werlte shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.