Rieste: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Rieste with 36.3% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rieste with 31.4% of the second votes, AfD took 24.4%.
- Population
- 3,620 · 118 per km²
- Turnout
- 60.0% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 1,665 of 2,776 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower Saxony
- AfD +6.6 · Grüne −4.6 · CDU +3.3
- First votes: leading
- CDU candidate
- Constituency
- 38 Osnabrück-Land
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Rieste
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rieste, as of 25.09.2026 14:33. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal council
- SPD 36.3% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde council
- CDU 34.9% in the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück
- CDU 35.6%
- Turnout
- 68.0% · district council election 65.0%
Turnout 68.0% · 3,008 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 31 Oct 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 25.09.2026 14:33. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034595402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Bersenbrück, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 38 seats
Turnout 65.1% · 24,549 eligible voters · 38 seats · Official final result · 51 of 51 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026: Michael Wernke (CDU) with 52.8%.
- Wernke, CDU52.8%
- Brummer-Bange, Einzelwahlvorschlag47.2%
Turnout 43.4% · 24,556 eligible voters · Official final result · 51 of 51 results
- Wernke, CDU48.7%
- Brummer-Bange, Einzelwahlvorschlag32.3%
- Maxhuni, AfD Niedersachsen19.0%
Turnout 65.0% · 24,549 eligible voters · Official final result · 51 of 51 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 31 Oct 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 25.09.2026 14:34. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
Turnout 65.0% · 24,599 eligible voters · 51 of 51 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Spieker, CDU31.3%
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag26.5%
- Dilge, AfD20.0%
- Bartz, SPD13.3%
- Frerker, Die Linke5.9%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.0%
Turnout 64.9% · 24,599 eligible voters · 51 of 51 results
Second votes in Rieste
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are shown on that administration's page.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 521 | 31.4% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+3.3) | 22.6% (+8.8) |
| AfD | 405 | 24.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+6.6) | 20.8% (+3.6) |
| SPD | 337 | 20.3% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-2.7) | 16.4% (+3.9) |
| Linke | 117 | 7.1% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| Grüne | 115 | 6.9% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| FDP | 66 | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 45 | 2.7% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 22 | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 28 | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.2% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Bersenbrück: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Rieste. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Rieste only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,806 postal voters, which is 25.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association
- 82.2%
- Voters
- 18,575 of 22,586 eligible voters
- Postal vote share
- 25.9% · 4,806
- Member municipalities
- 7
| Party | Polling station Rieste | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 521 (31.4%) | 2,025 (42.2%) | 6,564 | 35.5% |
| AfD | 405 (24.4%) | 581 (12.1%) | 4,406 | 23.8% |
| SPD | 337 (20.3%) | 1,007 (21.0%) | 3,173 | 17.2% |
| Grüne | 115 (6.9%) | 434 (9.0%) | 1,353 | 7.3% |
| Linke | 117 (7.1%) | 260 (5.4%) | 1,097 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 66 (4.0%) | 175 (3.6%) | 675 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 45 (2.7%) | 140 (2.9%) | 684 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 22 (1.3%) | 76 (1.6%) | 180 | 1.0% |
| Others | 28 (1.7%) | 78 (1.6%) | 290 | 1.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AlfhausenCDU 36.1%
- AnkumCDU 35.6%
- BersenbrückAfD 30.9%
- EggermühlenCDU 43.1%
- GehrdeAfD 33.6%
- KettenkampCDU 42.4%
- RiesteCDU 31.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
2024 European election in Rieste
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Rieste with 41.8% of the vote; in Lower Saxony CDU got 31.4%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Rieste with 41.8%, +10.4 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 48.2% (2025 federal election: 60.0%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer's polling-district statistics, aggregated to the municipality. Postal votes counted by a joint administration are not included here.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 575 | 41.8% | 31.4% | +10.4 |
| SPD | 253 | 18.4% | 20.3% | -1.9 |
| AfD | 212 | 15.4% | 24.4% | -9.0 |
| Grüne | 104 | 7.6% | 6.9% | +0.7 |
| FDP | 52 | 3.8% | 4.0% | -0.2 |
| BSW | 39 | 2.8% | 2.7% | +0.1 |
| Volt | 22 | 1.6% | 0.2% | +1.4 |
| Linke | 19 | 1.4% | 7.1% | -5.7 |
| Die PARTEI | 19 | 1.4% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 16 | 1.2% | 1.3% | -0.1 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 17 | 1.2% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 8 | 0.6% | – | – |
| Others | 39 | 2.8% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including assigned postal-vote districts; Hamburg's boroughs are derived from the polling-district number. Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Rieste in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 3,620 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 30.6 km²
- Population density
- 118 inhabitants per km²
- Settlement type
- thinly populated (rural)
- Under 19
- 19.4%
- 67 and older
- 14.7%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 7.4%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 1,901 (as of 2025-06-30)
- Commuter balance
- +165 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Postcode
- 49597
- Elevation
- 38 m
- Website
- www.rieste.de
- Wikipedia
- Rieste (Wikipedia)
Rieste has 3,620 inhabitants and is thinly populated (rural).
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Rieste: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rieste highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
Rieste: if the election were held today
The current national polling average (as of 7 Nov 2026) applied to the municipality's 2025 second-vote result. A rough estimate without local factors.
AfD would be the strongest party with 33.4%; in 2025 CDU led.
Method: proportional swing of the national polling average, see constituency nowcast.