Vechta: 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 Vechta with 41.4% (13 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Vechta with 37.1% of the second votes, SPD took 18.3%.
- MayorKristian Kater (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout82.5% · Vechta (Wkr. 032) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,272 of 23,369 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +9.0 · SPD −4.7 · AfD −3.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Vechta
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Vechta, as of 15.09.2026 11:13. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 41.4% · 13 of 32 seats
- MayorKristian Kater (BBV), 56.2%
- District council, votes from VechtaCDU 40.7%
- Turnout63.5% · district council election 63.4%
- CDU41.4% · 13 seats
- SPD22.4% · 7 seats
- AfD11.1% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE9.3% · 3 seats
- WFV6.4% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.0% · 2 seats
- VCD2.2% · 1 seat
- FDP2.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 63.5% · 25,545 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 32 of 32 results
Source: Stadt Vechta, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 11:13. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03460009/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Vechta
- Kater, BBV56.2%
- Frohn, CDU43.8%
Turnout 63.5% · 25,545 eligible voters · Official final result · 32 of 32 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Vechta
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Vechta is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU40.7%
- SPD24.2%
- AfD11.8%
- GRÜNE9.0%
- Die Linke5.4%
- UWG5.3%
- FDP3.8%
Turnout 63.4% · 25,605 eligible voters · 32 of 32 results
District administrator election
- Gerdesmeyer, CDU66.3%
- Busch, SPD33.7%
Turnout 63.4% · 25,605 eligible voters · 32 of 32 results
Second votes in Vechta
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU37.1%+9.0
- SPD18.3%-4.7
- AfD14.2%-3.6
- Grüne10.8%-0.7
- Linke8.6%+0.5
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 7,106 | 37.1% | 41.7% | 28.1% (+9.0) | 22.6% (+14.5) |
| SPD | 3,503 | 18.3% | 16.2% | 23.0% (-4.7) | 16.4% (+1.9) |
| AfD | 2,727 | 14.2% | 16.4% | 17.8% (-3.6) | 20.8% (-6.6) |
| Grüne | 2,079 | 10.8% | 8.3% | 11.5% (-0.7) | 11.6% (-0.8) |
| Linke | 1,657 | 8.6% | 6.7% | 8.1% (+0.5) | 8.8% (-0.2) |
| FDP | 908 | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 636 | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Volt | 127 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 105 | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 316 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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.
Vechta: location in the Vechta district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Vechta highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.